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Wildfires In Canada Send Unwelcome Smoke Into The U.S.

8:37am August 23, 2018

Some residents of Spokane, Wash., want to send the smoke back. They've asked every resident to put five fans on the roof — enough, they say, to blow the smoke back to Canada.

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University Charter School's first integrated class poses for a photo.

In A Segregated County, A New Charter School Offers An Alternative

8:13am August 23, 2018

by Sherrel Wheeler Stewart

Only about half of University Charter School's 300-plus students are black. That's a rarity in Sumter County, Ala., which, like many school systems, has struggled to achieve integration.

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Hawaii Braces For Lane, A Category 4 Hurricane

7:45am August 23, 2018

by Adrian Florido

As Hurricane Lane approached Hawaii, President Trump signed a disaster declaration for the state. And officials there say they're preparing for the worst as the category 4 storm nears.

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N.J. Mayor Thanks Himself For Handling Water Main Break

6:45am August 23, 2018

Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla posted on Facebook about the water main. A magazine reports that in the comments section, a nice compliment appeared but it came from the mayor's own account.

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Jay Kitashima lashes down the roof of his home in preparation for Hurricane Lane on Wednesday along Ewa Beach in Honolulu.

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Powerful Hurricane Lane Lumbers Toward Hawaii As Residents Prepare

6:13am August 23, 2018

by James Doubek

The storm, with maximum sustained winds of 145 mph, is predicted to near the Hawaiian Islands Thursday and Friday, the National Weather Service said.

Ohio State Suspends Head Coach Urban Meyer For 3 Games

5:56am August 23, 2018

by Tom Goldman

Officials at Ohio State have suspended head football coach Urban Meyer for three games without pay for his handling of domestic violence allegations against a former assistant coach.

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Nationally gathered statistics suggest that nearly half of graduating physicians in 2017 owed more than $200,000 in student debt.

NYU's Move To Make Medical School Free For All Gets Mixed Reviews

5:00am August 23, 2018

by Julie Rovner

New York University students cheered, but critics say waiving tuition isn't the best way to ease student debt or boost the number of primary care doctors from diverse backgrounds.

Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer makes a statement during a news conference in Columbus, Ohio on Wednesday.

Ohio State Suspends Football Coach Urban Meyer For 3 Games

4:44am August 23, 2018

by James Doubek

Meyer's sanction comes along with a more than two-week suspension for Athletics Director Gene Smith over their response to allegations of domestic abuse against a former assistant coach.

Heleine Tchayou, center, the mother of Charly Leundeu Keunang, a homeless man who was shot and killed during a confrontation on Skid Row by Los Angeles police, arrives at a news conference in Los Angeles in 2015. On Tuesday, the Los Angeles City Council a

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LA Approves $1.9 Million Settlement To Family Of Homeless Man Killed By LAPD

1:01am August 23, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

An investigation exonerated officers who fatally shot a mentally ill man, but a jury ruled they'd used excessive force. The payout is the first involving LAPD bodycams capturing a police killing.

A historical commission decided that Confederate monuments at the State Capitol building in Raleigh, including this one recognizing the North Carolina women of the Confederacy, will not be moved.

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3 North Carolina Confederate Monuments Will Stay In Place, Commission Decides

11:35pm August 22, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

It also recommends at least one monument to be added to the Capitol grounds that highlights the contributions of the state's African American citizens, and new signage on the existing statues.