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• Man charged after CPD officer grazed in South Side shootout - WLS

  

  CHICAGO (WLS) -- A 24-year-old man is facing eight charges after a Chicago police officer suffered a graze wound to his face while chasing a suspect on the city's South Side.Charles Lawson is charged with four counts of attempted murder, one count each of aggravated battery, possession of a stolen vehicle, aggravated hijacking and aggravated fleeing and eluding after allegedly committing an armed carjacking which resulted in the chase and shootout in which the officer was wounded. Police ..

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• Suspect in New York imam's slaying drove into Iraqi cyclist minutes later, man says

  

  NEW YORK — Ten minutes after Oscar Morel allegedly killed an imam and his assistant, he cursed and then struck an Iraqi man walking his bicycle through a crosswalk, the man said yesterday. Salam David Alshimiri, who also goes by David Hunter, a fashion designer who fled the Iraq War, saw a black sport-utility vehicle moving erratically, glanced at the driver and tried to get out of the way. Instead, the driver sped up and appeared to drive right at him, Alshimiri said in an interview Wednesday..

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• New York fire department ordered to remove American flags from trucks

  

  POUGHKEEPSIE, New York — Officials are hoping to reach a compromise after a decision to remove American flags from fire trucks stirred a controversy that has gained national attention. The city's Board of Fire Commissioners on Monday voted, 3-2, to have Arlington Fire Chief Tory Gallante remove the flags from the backs of three fire trucks, the Poughkeepsie Journal reports. Gallante tells the Journal he has been "inundated" with phone calls offering support and expressing disappointment in t..

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• Campaign shake-up signals that Trump will finish race on his own terms

  

  Donald Trump, following weeks of agitation over his advisers’ attempts to temper his style, moved Wednesday to overhaul his struggling campaign by rebuffing those efforts and personally elevating two longtime associates who have encouraged his combative populism. Trump’s decision sent a powerful signal to Republicans and Democrats alike that the real estate magnate intends to finish the presidential race on his own terms and that his closing argument to voters will defy the usual partisan templ..

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• The Daily 202: What Trump's latest shakeup says about his flailing campaign

  

  Donald Trump concludes his speech last night in Wisconsin. (John Ehlke/West Bend Daily News via AP) THE BIG IDEA: Shaking up his campaign once again, Donald Trump has decided to let Trump be Trump. The Republican nominee knows he’s losing. Congenitally unable to take personal responsibility, he blames his slide in the polls on the people who have prodded him to act “presidential” and wage a more traditional campaign. In a 5:38 a.m. press release, Trump announced that Stephen Bannon, who go..

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• Focus Turns to Recovery and Relief as Louisiana Floodwaters Ebb

  

  Video Louisiana Residents Face the Flooding Residents in southern Louisiana began to assess the damage from the severe flooding that submerged the region over the last week. Thousands have sought shelter or have had to be rescued. By MEGAN SPECIA and YARA BISHARA on Publish Date August 17, 2016. Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Agence France-Presse — Getty..

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• 4-year-old Arkansas girl found abused told police her name was 'idiot'

  

  A 4-year-old Arkansas girl who was taken into protective custody after being zip-tied to her bed as punishment by her mother and her mother’s boyfriend thought her name was “idiot,” police said. Jennifer Diane Denen, 30 and Clarence Eugene Reed, 47, were arrested last Friday on suspicion of domestic battery, permitting the abuse of a minor and endangering the welfare of a minor. Hot Springs police officers responded to Cooper-Anthony Mercy Child Advocacy Center after human services workers and ..

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• Many residents in path of Calif. fire will 'come home to nothing'

  

  A wildfire raging through drought-parched canyons near Cajon Pass in Southern California has forced the mandatory evacuation of thousands of people. Authorities say the blaze is moving north toward Wrightwood and shows no sign of slowing down. (Aug. 16) APA wildfire burns in the Cajon Pass in San Bernardino county, Calif., on Aug. 16, 2016.(Photo: Will Lester, AP)HESPERIA, Calif. — Tens of thousands of Californians are anxiously awaiting word if their homes have been destroyed and belov..

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• Tropical Storm Fiona Forms in the Central Atlantic | The Weather Channel

  

  Story HighlightsTropical Storm formed on Wednesday evening in the central Atlantic Ocean.The tropical storm is no threat to land.Tropical Depression Six developed enough thunderstorm activity on Wednesday afternoon to become Tropical Storm Fiona.Here is the latest status from the National Hurricane Center:Tropical Storm Fiona was located nearly 1,000 miles west of the Cabo Verde Islands, as of Wednesday night.Fiona is moving toward the west-northwest around 16 mph.The storm is forecast to intens..

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