All Stories from August 19, 2016 (Change date)
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More Californians refusing to evacuate despite fire dangerAug 19, 2016 7:00 am - FONTANA, Calif. (AP) - Officials say Californians are increasingly ignoring evacuation orders as the region faces what could be its most hazardous fire season on record....
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Illinois no longer will call children 'wards' of stateAug 19, 2016 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed an executive order banning the state from calling children under its care wards and instead instructing th...
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Devastating loss for champion US wrestler Jordan BurroughsAug 19, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - U.S. wrestler Jordan Burroughs came to the Rio Olympics expecting to build a legacy so great he could transcend his sport. Instead, the defending O...
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Prison workers say at least 10 killed in Nigeria jailbreakAug 19, 2016 7:00 am - WARRI, Nigeria (AP) - Prison workers say at least 10 inmates and a prison officer have been shot and killed in an attempted jailbreak in southeastern Nigeria, though pol...
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Surprise: Dillon wins Xfinity race at Bristol in wild finishAug 19, 2016 7:00 am - BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) - Austin Dillon figured fourth place was about all he could get Friday night until the old Brad Keselowski-Kyle Busch rivalry reared up at Bristol Mo...
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Amtrak taps former freight railroad head to be new CEOAug 19, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The former head of the Norfolk Southern freight railroad, Charles "Wick" Moorman, has been tapped to be president and CEO of Amtrak, the nation's passe...
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US sends jets to protect forces from Syrian regime strikesAug 19, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. has twice scrambled fighter aircraft to protect American special operations forces and allies after Syrian government warplane attacks near th...
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Old steel mill will soon be world's largest vertical farmAug 19, 2016 7:00 am - NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Stacks of leafy greens are sprouting inside an old brewery in New Jersey. "What we do is we trick it," said David Rosenberg, co-founder and chief exe...
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Kerber reaches semis in Cincinnati, keeps Williams in sightAug 19, 2016 7:00 am - MASON, Ohio (AP) - Angelique Kerber has Serena Williams within arm's reach, and she's trying not to think about it. Kerber advanced to the Western & Southern Open semifi...
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WTO largely sides with EU over Russian ban on pork productsAug 19, 2016 7:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - A World Trade Organization panel has largely sided with the European Union in its dispute with Russia over a Russian ban of imports of EU pigs, pork and pi...