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Here’s the latest for Wednesday, August 23rd: California’s mountain and desert towns clean up from tropical storm; Conservative attorney surrenders to Georgia authorities in Trump election case; Heat wave scorches central US; Space craft from India set…
Simon Cowell raves over ‘AGT’ mother-son fire stunt act, Howie Mandel says ‘it’s just wrong’
Stunt artist Ray Wold won over Simon Cowell during the first “AGT” live show Tuesday night with his fiery and death-defying mother-son act.
DNA sought from families of Hawaii wildfire missing
Authorities in Hawaii on Tuesday pleaded with relatives of those missing after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century to come forward and give DNA samples, saying the low number provided so far threatens to hinder efforts to identify any re…
Mayor Karen Bass calls Texas governor ‘evil’ for busing migrants to Los Angeles during Tropical Storm Hilary
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass criticized Texas Gov. Greg Abbott after the state sent another bus of migrants to the city during Tropical Storm Hilary.
March on Washington, 60 years later
In 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. issued his resounding call for racial harmony that set off decades of push and pull toward progress. The historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom remains a marker by which progress is measured. (Aug. 2…
Ex-New York police chief who led Gilgo Beach investigation arrested for soliciting sex
James Burke, the former suburban New York police chief who led the Gilgo Beach murders probe, was charged with soliciting sex at a park.
Feds fine ship company $2 million for dumping oil and garbage into ocean off U.S. coast
Zeaborn Ship Management pleaded guilty to keeping false records related to dumping oily bilge water into the ocean for months.
Indianapolis police release video of officer fatally shooting Black man after traffic stop
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department released footage showing a man fatally shot in the back by an officer as he ran from a traffic stop.
A man was killed after threatening Biden. It’s not just him: Threats are on rise across US
Increased acceptance of political violence, mixed with election rhetoric, “makes for a dangerous situation,” experts say.