Maui Fire Evacuations, Purdue Bankruptcy Blocked, Poland Moves Troops to Border

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🗓️ 14 August 2023

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Mass evacuations continue after deadly Maui wildfires. The Supreme Court agrees to review a controversial bankruptcy case involving Purdue Pharma. Wary of Belarus, Poland to send troops to its border.

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0:00.0	Hawaii Governor Josh Green urges people who still have their homes to open them up.
0:07.4	We are going to need to house thousands of people.
0:10.2	How can the state help those fleeing the wildfires?
0:12.8	I'm Steve Inskeep with Sarah McKemmon, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:21.6	Should the Sankler family be able to use a bankruptcy settlement to shield themselves
0:25.8	from liability for oxy content, the Supreme Court will try to answer.
0:30.2	It will be the decision that really sues whether these are even bankruptcy deals on the first place.
0:36.7	Also, Poland sends more troops to its border with Belarus.
0:40.8	Leaders in Warsaw are keeping an eye on mercenaries from Russia's Wagner group.
0:45.1	What are the mercenaries doing there?
0:47.3	Stay with us, we've got the news you need to start your day.
0:56.8	The wildfires on the island of Maui are changing many people's lives.
1:00.5	Hawaii's governor says the fast-moving fires that have killed at least 55 people have also
1:06.4	destroyed hundreds of homes. We've been reporting this week on the fires that swept through a historic
1:11.4	town and far beyond. Residents have to go somewhere in both the short and longer term.
1:17.3	Hawaii Public Radio's Bill Dorman is following the story high bill.
1:21.4	Hi, Aloha, Sarah.
1:23.3	So how are authorities helping the people who fled the fires on it?
1:27.4	Short-term, the focus is on sheltering those who need it and trying to find the missing and
1:32.9	connecting families. Also, basic supplies from water to fuel are becoming an issue.
1:39.4	It's a story as we've been saying all week about the west side of Maui Island.
1:43.8	That's where people lost lives and where the most destruction is taken place.
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