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• Houston evokes painful memories of Katrina

  27-08-2017 23:54
  
  As people waded in chest-high floodwaters in the United States' fourth-largest city, Houston's mayor announced Sunday that the main convention center would be opening as a shelter, evoking memories of Hurricane Katrina, when breached levees in New Orleans stranded tens…
  
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• Rescuers pluck hundreds from rising floodwaters in Houston

  27-08-2017 23:52
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Tropical Storm Harvey sent devastating floods pouring into the nation's fourth-largest city Sunday as rising water chased thousands of people to rooftops or higher ground and overwhelmed rescuers who could not keep up with the constant calls…
  
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• AP PHOTOS: Houston underwater from fierce Harvey rains

  27-08-2017 23:52
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Tropical Storm Harvey unloaded extraordinary amounts of rain into Texas after the once-fearsome hurricane crashed into vulnerable homes and businesses along the coastline, killing at least two people, injuring up to 14 and trapping hundreds more in…
  
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• Tulsa Police Officer Saves Suicidal Man

  27-08-2017 23:46
  
  A Tulsa police officer ran into a man’s house Sunday morning just in time to save him from hanging to death, according to reports.   
  
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• Local leaders say 1,000 dead from Sierra Leone mudslides

  27-08-2017 23:38
  
  FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — More than 1,000 people have died from the mudslide and flood that hit Sierra Leone's capital nearly two weeks ago, a local leader and a minister said Sunday during services honoring the disaster's victims.
  
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• Trump meets and tweets as Texas gov praises Harvey response

  27-08-2017 23:23
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump sought to showcase the federal government's response to Hurricane Harvey in a tweetstorm of his own Sunday, marveling over its size like a TV host and announcing a visit to Texas with the natural…
  
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• The Latest: Black-clad protesters swarm rally, assault 3

  27-08-2017 23:21
  
  BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on protests in the San Francisco Bay Area (all times local):
  
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• 8 mountain climbers die in 3 accidents in Europe's Alps

  27-08-2017 23:02
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Eight mountain climbers have died in three different accidents this weekend in the Austrian and Italian Alps.
  
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• Berkeley protests turn tense with right and left facing off

  27-08-2017 22:58
  
  BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Several thousand people converged in Berkeley Sunday for a "Rally Against Hate" in response to a planned right-wing protest that raised concerns of violence and triggered a massive police presence. Several people were arrested for violating…
  
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• Guatemala president moves to expel UN anti-corruption chief

  27-08-2017 22:47
  
  GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — President Jimmy Morales announced Sunday he was expelling the head of a U.N. anti-corruption commission that is investigating his campaign's financing — only to have the order blocked hours later by Guatemala's top court.
  
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• Tulsa Pedestrian Hit By Driver Dies In Hospital Over Night

  27-08-2017 22:27
  
  A Tulsa man died Saturday night shortly after getting hit by a driver near 2800 East 51st  Street according to police.  
  
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• White House says President Donald Trump to travel to Texas on Tuesday.

  27-08-2017 22:21
  WASHINGTON (AP) — White House says President Donald Trump to travel to Texas on Tuesday.
  
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• UN Chief on 3-day visit to Israel, Palestinian territories

  27-08-2017 21:46
  JERUSALEM (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is visiting Israel and the Palestinian territories to discuss ways to revive the peace process.
  
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• Wisconsin Democrats face crowded field against Walker

  27-08-2017 21:30
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democrats have sometimes struggled to field candidates against Republican Gov. Scott Walker. This time around, they find themselves with the opposite problem.
  
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• The Latest on Harvey: Dallas to open large shelter; Trump to visit Tuesday

  27-08-2017 21:06
  
  Both major airports in Houston have been closed. Officials in Dallas say they'll open the city's convention center to about 5,000 people who are fleeing from the hurricane-ravaged southern part of the state.
  
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• Hurricane Harvey the latest threat to flood-prone Houston

  27-08-2017 21:05
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Hurricane Harvey slammed into the Texas coast some 175 miles (280 kilometers) from Houston, but the nation's fourth-largest city has never needed a direct strike from a catastrophic storm to flood.
  
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• Services held in NY for Marines killed in Mississippi crash

  27-08-2017 20:47
  NEWBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — Hundreds have gathered to remember nine Marine Corps aviators who were killed when their New York-based transport plane crashed in Mississippi last month.
  
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• NY police: Anti-Semitic graffiti at Long Island high school

  27-08-2017 20:30
  SYOSSET, N.Y. (AP) — New York police are investigating the spray painting of swastikas and other anti-Semitic messages on walls, doors and windows of a Long Island high school.
  
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• Smuggling tunnel found in San Diego, 30 people detained

  27-08-2017 20:28
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Authorities in California say they have found a smuggling tunnel that carried dozens of people across the border from Mexico into the United States.
  
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• Tom Bossert Calls Criticism Of Trump Pardoning Arpaio During Hurricane "Wrong"

  27-08-2017 19:36
  
  White House homeland security adviser Tom Bossert called Sen. Chuck Schumer's claim that President Trump hid his pardoning of former sheriff Joe Arpaio under reports of Hurricane Harvey "clearly wrong." 
  
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• Hurricane Harvey: Salvation Army Tulsa will send units to Texas

  27-08-2017 18:56
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• Ongoing Myanmar clashes leave 96 dead, including 6 civilians

  27-08-2017 18:46
  
  BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar's government and advocates for the country's Muslim Rohingya ethnic minority traded charges Sunday of killing civilians, burning down buildings and planting land mines, as clashes that began last week when insurgents launched attacks against police posts…
  
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• Man Goes Fishing In Home Flooded By Harvey

  27-08-2017 18:45
  
  Despite catastrophic flooding caused by Harvey, one Texas family created fun within their water-filled home.  Check out the videos below to see how the family stayed in good spirits despite an unfortunate situation.  The video was first posted on Twitter, in separate tweets, by Houston resident Viviana Saldana.
  
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• The Latest: Official says 10 killed in Afghan car bombing

  27-08-2017 18:44
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Latest on developments in Afghanistan (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: Berkeley police brace for possible protests

  27-08-2017 18:41
  
  BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on protests in the San Francisco Bay Area (all times local):
  
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• GE CEO Immelt out of running to lead challenged Uber

  27-08-2017 18:33
  General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt has taken himself out of the running to lead Uber as the ride-hailing giant seeks to overcome its ethical scandals and turn itself into a profitable business.
  
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• With Trump pardon, Arpaio again wiggles out of legal trouble

  27-08-2017 18:29
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — In his 24 years as metro Phoenix's sheriff, Joe Arpaio survived scandals and dodged investigations that would easily have sunk the careers of many politicians.
  
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• South Sudan should probe death of US reporter: rights group

  27-08-2017 18:22
  JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — The killing of an American journalist in South Sudan violates international humanitarian law and should be investigated, according to an international human rights group.
  
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• Iran sentences New Age-style Shiite Islam founder to death

  27-08-2017 18:20
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An attorney for the founder of a mystical, New Age version of Shiite Islam says an Iranian court has sentenced his client to death.
  
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• The Latest: Victoria evacuees warned not to return yet

  27-08-2017 18:08
  
  CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — The Latest on Tropical Storm Harvey (all times local):
  
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• Tillerson says Trump 'speaks for himself' on racial violence

  27-08-2017 17:51
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is suggesting that President Donald Trump's values should be considered separate from America's values when it comes to race.
  
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• The Latest: Houston has responded to more than 1,000 calls

  27-08-2017 17:43
  
  CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — The Latest on Tropical Storm Harvey (all times local):
  
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• Police: Concrete slab may hold remains of long-missing woman

  27-08-2017 17:18
  
  MILTON, Pa. (AP) — Investigators hope tests on a three-ton hunk of concrete will soon solve the 1989 disappearance of a young mother, by determining whether her remains were fed through wood chipper and then entombed in the basement of…
  
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• Water 'is swallowing us up': Catastrophic floods hit Houston

  27-08-2017 17:17
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Rescuers answered thousands of desperate calls for help Sunday as floodwaters from the remnants of Hurricane Harvey rose high enough to begin filling second-story homes, and authorities urged stranded families to seek refuge on rooftops.
  
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• Houston mayor: More 2,000 calls for rescue amid flooding, city's convention center opening as shelter

  27-08-2017 17:07
  HOUSTON (AP) — Houston mayor: More 2,000 calls for rescue amid flooding, city's convention center opening as shelter.
  
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• Chicago's Defender newspaper topic of lecture series opener

  27-08-2017 17:06
  CINCINNATI (AP) — The Chicago Defender newspaper's role in U.S. black history will be the focus of the first lecture for the 2017-'18 series at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati.
  
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• Biden says Trump 'emboldened white supremacists'

  27-08-2017 17:03
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden has leveled harsh words at President Donald Trump for placing blame on "both sides" for the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.
  
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• The Latest: Lebanon says buried bodies are its soldiers

  27-08-2017 17:00
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on developments in Lebanon and Syria (all times local):
  
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• Warm, Humid Sunday Across Green Country

  27-08-2017 16:59
  
  We’re in for a warm and humid Sunday across Green Country, but a cold front is approaching that will bring with it a chance for scattered storms over the next 24 hours. 
  
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• Trump says Canada, Mexico being "very difficult" on NAFTA

  27-08-2017 16:45
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is accusing Canada and Mexico of being "very difficult" at the negotiating table over the North American Free Trade Agreement, and threatening anew to terminate the deal.
  
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• Former Colombia rebels try hand at politics with new party

  27-08-2017 16:40
  
  BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — After more than five decades of battle in Colombia's jungles, the nation's largest rebel movement initiated the launch of its political party Sunday at a concrete convention center in the capital, vowing to upend the country's…
  
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• Group seeks to complete Boy Scout statue after 76 years

  27-08-2017 16:34
  
  BARRE, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont city defined by the stone pulled from within its surrounding hills is hoping to use that granite to commission a piece of art conceived more than seven decades ago honoring one of the nation's…
  
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• 'We carry guns': Armed judges in spotlight after Ohio attack

  27-08-2017 16:05
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — More judges are carrying weapons than most people realize, even though attacks on judges remain rare, surveys and experts say.
  
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• Mayweather Breaks Historic Record, Retires 50-0

  27-08-2017 15:58
  
  Undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather defeated UFC champion Conor McGregor in 10 rounds in their much-anticipated fight Saturday night. 
  
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• Guatemala president expels UN anti-corruption chief

  27-08-2017 15:50
  
  GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales announced Sunday he is expelling the head of a U.N. anti-corruption commission that is investigating the president's campaign financing.
  
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• The Latest: Trump to visit Texas when conditions allow

  27-08-2017 15:31
  
  CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — The Latest on Tropical Storm Harvey (all times local):
  
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• Sick puppies spur New York scrutiny of non-profit rescues

  27-08-2017 15:28
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — When Alexis Kozmon and her husband decided to get a dog for their 6-year-old daughter, they chose to adopt rather than buy from a breeder to teach the child the value of rescuing.
  
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• Rescue Efforts Mount In Houston As Harvey Pours It On Heavy

  27-08-2017 15:13
  
  Hundreds of rescues have already been made in Houston and many more are expected. 
  
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• Rising floodwaters trap hundreds stranded in wake of Harvey

  27-08-2017 15:09
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Rescuers battling heavy downpours plucked hundreds of people from rising floodwaters left in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, answering desperate calls for help all along the ravaged Texas coastline where at least two people were killed and…
  
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• 8 mountain climbers die in 3 different accidents in Alps

  27-08-2017 14:55
  BERLIN (AP) — Eight mountain climbers have died in three different accidents this weekend in the Austrian and Italian Alps.
  
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