TWO MORE FOUND DEAD IN WILDFIRE

» Butte SACR A MEN T O , C A LIF . County Sheriff Kory Honea says two more sets of human remains were found Tuesday, bringing the total number killed in a devastating California wildfire to 81.

Honea says the list of names of those unaccounted for after the Northern California wildfire has increased to 870.

Honea says the additional 171 names came from a backlog of voicemails that detectives worked through Tuesday.

The blaze that started Nov. 8 leveled Paradise, destroying more than 13,000 homes.

2 kids, 2 adults dead in arson fire at mansion.

» Two children COLTS NECK , N . J . and two adults were found dead Tuesday at a burning mansion that was intentionally set ablaze in an upscale community near the New Jersey shore, officials said.

One of the owners of the home is a technology CEO with a relative whose home also caught fire Tuesday, records show.

Authorities said they were investigating whether the two blazes were connected.

Three severely burned bodies were found inside the mansion in Colts Neck, and a man’s body was discovered outside.

U.S. sounds word of caution on expansion of Korea ties.

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Mike Pompeo said Tuesday the U.S. has “made clear” to South Korea that progress on disarming North Korea should not lag behind the expansion of relations between the two Koreas.

Pompeo said there’s “complete agreement” between Washington and Seoul on this, but his comments to reporters underscore U.S. anxiety over a potential disconnect with its close ally.

Pompeo said the U.S. and South Korea set up a working group to ensure they don’t “talk past each other” on their dealings with North Korea. Stephen Biegun, U.S. special representative for North Korea, was holding the talks with his South Korean counterpart, Lee Do-hoon.

Puerto Rico seeks more funds, help from Congress post-Maria.

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Puerto Rico’s governor is imploring U.S. Congress to increase federal funding and approve several measures to help the island recover from Hurricane Maria, saying that the U.S. territory is still struggling more than a year after the Category 4 storm.

Gov. Ricardo Rossello released a letter on Tuesday in which he asked the U.S. government to cover all costs linked to debris removal and emergency protective measures, declare the entire island a distressed area for tax break purposes and provide a tourism tax credit, among other things.

While he called Congress “an instrumental partner,” he also demanded equal treatment for the people of Puerto Rico, who are U.S. citizens.

DNA links dead convict to 49-year-old rape, murder case.

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ASS.» A convicted rapist M who died in 2001 has been identified as the killer of a 23-year-old Harvard University graduate student nearly 50 years ago, a Massachusetts prosecutor said Tuesday.

DNA evidence points to Michael Sumpter as the man who killed Jane Britton, who was sexually assaulted and bludgeoned to death in her Cambridge apartment in January 1969, Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan said.

Britton’s slaying is the third killing to which Sumpter has been linked since his death at age 54. — Denver Post wire services