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• Severe flooding in North Carolina follows Matthew’s departure; death toll climbs

  09-10-2016 22:19
  
  Image of The Weather Channel’s Hurricane Matthew Tracker
  WILMINGTON, N.C. — Hurricane Matthew’s torrential rains triggered severe flooding in North Carolina on Sunday as the deteriorating storm made its exit to the sea, and thousands of people had to be rescued from their homes and cars. The death toll in the U.S. climbed to at least 16, nearly half of them in North Carolina.
  Officials say at least seven were killed by the storm in North Carolina, with at least four more people
  
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• Dam release raises water levels along Kenai River

  09-10-2016 21:30
  
  Courtesy National Weather Service of Alaska
  Residents are being advised that Kenai River water levels are rising into next week.
  The Peninsula Clarion reports that a release last week from the Skilak Glacier Dammed Lake is pushing the water level higher.
  National Weather Service Anchorage hydrologist Crane Johnson said an alert was issued to inform people in the area.
  He said now is the time to take precautions like moving items to higher ground.
  Online weather service hydrographs show wat
  
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• Coast Guard: Boat runs aground after operator fell asleep

  09-10-2016 18:28 via ktoo.org
  
  U.S. Coast Guard Station Juneau. (File photo)
  The Coast Guard reported a boat operator fell asleep Saturday morning and ran his vessel aground in Peril Strait.
  The strait is south of Chichagof Island and north of Sitka. Officials said four people were aboard the 41-foot recreational vessel Pirate Son.
  The passengers called the grounding into the Coast Guard around 10:30 a.m. None were injured in the accident.
  Coast Guard Petty Officer Kelly Parker said the Alaska State Troopers reached the
  
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• Legal community concerned about impacts of PFD cuts on restitution payments

  09-10-2016 04:38
  
  Restitution is considered by many to be a staple of the criminal justice system. It allows victims to receive money from their offenders, which in turn helps pay for things like counseling and medical expenses.
  The executive director of Victims for Justice said it prevents people from becoming “re-victimized” after a crime.
  “If somebody was assaulted and out of work for quite a bit, they can use those restitution payments to pay for not only the work and the money they lost, bu
  
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• Alaska senators say they won’t support Trump

  09-10-2016 04:14 via ktoo.org
  
  Both of Alaska’s U.S. senators are joining the ranks of Republican leaders who say they are dumping Donald Trump as the presidential nominee.
  The pushback follows the release of a recording of Trump making lewd comments about women.
  The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan said in a statement Saturday that he supports vice presidential nominee Gov. Mike Pence for president.
  Sullivan released the statement after what he called reprehensible revelations about Trump
  
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• US judge sides with Nevada tribes in voting rights case

  09-10-2016 04:13 via ktoo.org
  
  Two Native American tribes in Nevada have won an emergency court order in a federal lawsuit accusing the Republican secretary of state and two counties of discriminating against them under the Voting Rights Act.
  U.S. District Judge Miranda Du issued a temporary injunction in Reno late Friday requiring the establishment of satellite polling places on two northern Nevada reservations ahead of next month’s election in the Western battleground state.
  The Pyramid Lake and Walker River Paiute tr
  
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• Behind the curtain at an Alaska drag show

  09-10-2016 04:07 via ktoo.org
  Drag shows in Juneau have become a major, annual fundraiser for the nonprofit Alaskan AIDS Assistance Association.
  Attendance topped 200 after two nights of Femme Fatale shows in Juneau on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1.At the Rendezvous bar in downtown Juneau, a few people are sipping drinks and early birds are trickling in.
  The drag queens and kings aren’t set to take the stage for another hour and a half.
  But backstage — a bar store room — it’s cramped.
  Makeup palettes
  
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• U.S. Rushes Aid To Haiti, Where Hurricane Matthew Killed Hundreds

  09-10-2016 03:54 via ktoo.org
  
  Residents carry a coffin containing the remains of a pregnant woman killed by Hurricane Matthew, in Jeremie, Haiti. People across southwest Haiti are salvaging what they can from wreckage the Category 4 storm caused.
  Dieu Nalio Chery/AP
  As fears are confirmed about the extent of the damage Hurricane Matthew inflicted on Haiti — with a government agency saying 470 people died in one district alone — USAID is airlifting more than 480 metric tons of relief supplies to the small nation.
  
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• Republicans Call For Donald Trump To Drop Out; Trump Says He Won’t Quit

  09-10-2016 03:54 via ktoo.org
  
  Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump points out to the crowd of supporters as he arrives at a campaign rally on Oct. 4, 2016 in Prescott Valley, Arizona.
  Ralph Freso/Getty Images
  Reaction to the video of Donald Trump using explicit language and apparently describing himself forcing himself on women continues to roll in. And it is not good for the GOP nominee. Prominent Republicans are calling on him to drop out and elected officials are running from him and fast. See the full list of Rep
  
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• Emails Reveal Clinton’s Mixed Relationship With Wall Street

  09-10-2016 03:53 via ktoo.org
  
  Goldman Sachs Chairman & CEO Lloyd Blankfein stands with Hillary Clinton during the 2014 Clinton Global Initiative meeting in New York on Sept. 24, 2014.
  Stephen Chernin/AFP/Getty Images
  Excerpts from speeches Hillary Clinton was paid to give to big banks suggest a relationship with Wall Street that is a lot more familiar and pragmatic than the fiery rhetoric she has sometimes used on the campaign trail.
  “I represented all of you for eight years. I had great relations and worked so clo
  
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• Dog owner warns of possible booby traps at local park

  09-10-2016 03:35
  
  An Anchorage man says two of his dogs were injured by a booby trap at a dog park. He now wants to warn other dog owners of the dangers that could be lying in wait for their pets to find.
  Matthew Sanders was walking his two dogs at the South Anchorage Sports Park on Klatt Road Friday night and threw a ball for them to fetch. He said he heard them yelp and when he found them, they were covered in blood. One of his dogs, Mabel, suffered a split tongue as a result of whatever she had come in co
  
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• UPDATE: Suspect arrested in fatal police shooting

  09-10-2016 00:16
  
  Lesley Zerebny and Jose VegaCourtesy Palm Springs Police Department
  Updated at 11 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 9
  The Palm Springs Police Department (PSPD) in southern California says three of its officers were shot Saturday afternoon. Two have since died, police said at a press conference.
  At the press conference, PSPD Chief Bryan Reyes identified the two slain officers as Jose “Gil” Vega and 27-year-old Lesley Zerebny. Reyes said Vega was a 35-year veteran with the force and
  
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• UPDATE: 2 police officers killed, third injured in Palm Springs shooting

  09-10-2016 00:16
  
  Updated at 4:20 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 8
  The Palm Springs Police Department (PSPD) in southern California says three of its officers were shot Saturday afternoon. Two have since died, police said at a press conference.
  At the press conference, PSPD Chief Bryan Reyes identified the two slain officers as Jose “Gil” Vega and 27-year-old Lesley Zerebny. Reyes said Vega was a 35-year veteran with the force and was preparing to retire in September. He also noted that Vega had vol
  
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• 3 police officers shot in Palm Springs

  09-10-2016 00:16
  
  The Palm Springs Police Department (PSPD) in southern California says three of its officers were shot Saturday afternoon.
  The condition of those officers was not immediately known, according to a statement from PSPD.
  Dozens of law enforcement officers responded to the area of Cypress and Del Lago Roads in Palm Springs around 2 p.m. to conduct a manhunt, The Desert Sun, a local news agency, reports.
  Palm Springs is located northeast of San Diego.
  This is a developing story, please check back for
  
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