PHOTO SURFACES WITH TRUDEAU IN BROWNFACE

Canadian leader Justin Trudeau’s campaign for national elections was hit Wednesday by the publication of a yearbook photo showing him in brownface makeup at a costume party in 2001.

Time magazine posted the photo, which it says was published in the yearbook from the West Point Grey Academy, a private school in British Columbia where Trudeau worked as a teacher before entering politics. The photo depicts Trudeau wearing a turban and robe, with dark makeup on his hands, face and neck.

Liberal Party spokesman Cameron Ahmad confirmed the photo is of Trudeau. He says it was taken at the school’s annual dinner, which had an “Arabian Nights” theme that year. Trudeau was dressed as a character from “Aladdin.”

Trudeau, who launched his re-election campaign exactly one week ago, said he should have known better.

“I’m disappointed in myself,” Trudeau said.

Joe Kennedy III to challen Markey in Senate primary.

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Massachusetts U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III, a scion of one of America’s most storied political families, is set to announce he will challenge U.S. Sen. Edward Markey in the state’s Democratic primary in 2020.

A person with knowledge of Kennedy’s plans told The Associated Press that Kennedy will make the announcement Saturday.

The 38-year-old grandson of Robert Kennedy has been quietly laying down the foundation of a run, building up his staff and formally announcing his intentions by filing paperwork.

Epstein’s alleged abuse of teenage girl detailed in lawsuit against his estate.

A woman who says she is “Victim-1” in the New York indictment against deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein filed suit against his estate Wednesday, saying he abused her for three years beginning when she was a 14-year-old girl struggling to find a way to help her family pay rent.

The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Manhattan, offers new details about Epstein’s interactions with Victim-1, including specifics of the alleged crimes, and how her personal situation made her an easier target. The lawsuit was filed by the woman’s lawyer, Roberta Kaplan.

In court papers identifying her as “Jane Doe,” she alleges that Epstein recruited her to engage in sex acts in 2002.

Fire at Liberian school kills more than two dozen students.

Flames swept a boarding school early Wednesday in the West African country of Liberia, killing at least 28 children, while trapping others in the rubble.

The students were sleeping in a dormitory attached to a mosque when an electrical issue is thought to have sparked the fire, a police spokesman said.

The blaze remains under investigation.

Officers were still searching for missing people about midday Wednesday in Paynesville City, a suburb of the Liberian capital, Monrovia.

Wildfires in Indonesia have ravaged 800,000 acres; palm oil farmers are mostly to blame.

Forest fires that have ravaged Indonesia since July have blanketed the region in thick, toxic smoke that has sickened people and endangered wildlife, amid accusations from neighboring Malaysia that Indonesia’s government is not doing enough.

The blazes, a persistent problem in the summer, have been sparked by farmers who set land on fire to make room for new crops. The arid conditions after the dry and hot summer have made this year’s infernos particularly devastating. The fires have destroyed more than 800,000 acres of land, an area larger than Rhode Island.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo said Tuesday he’d sent 5,600 more workers to assist in controlling the fires.

— Denver Post wire services