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Here’s the latest for Tuesday, August 29th: U.S. targets 10 drugs for Medicare price negotiations; Hurricane Idalia surges toward Florida; UNC shooting suspect denied bond; 127-year-old water main gives way under NYC’s Times Square.
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Rain and storms cause flooding and landslides in Italy

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter visited the Navy headquarters, a day before Navy Day. (Aug. 29)

A weeklong camp in Washington’s Olympic National Park convened tribes from across Western states to share knowledge, successes and challenges as climate change intensifies. There have been six of these climate camps, hosting more than 70 tribes. (Aug 2…

UNC-Chapel Hill students and staff react to a campus shooting that resulted in the death of a faculty member on Monday, Aug. 28,2023. (AP video: Erik Verduzco)

A.J. Laguerre worked at a Dollar General store after finishing high school to help support the grandmother who raised him. Angela Michelle Carr was an Uber driver beloved by her children. Jerrald Gallion relished weekends with his 4-year-old daughter. …

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Here’s the latest for Monday August 28th: Tropical storm could become hurricane and threaten Florida; DeSantis booed at vigil for Jacksonville shooting victims; 3 US Marines dead in Australia crash; New crew reaches International Space Station.
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The trickling sound of treated radioactive water flowing to an underground pool could be heard as media toured the Fukushima nuclear power plant, a week after the beginning of the release of wastewater from the plant into the Pacific Ocean. (August 28)…

Four new crew members arrived on the International Space Station on Sunday. The four, from the U.S., Denmark, Japan and Russia, are due to stay in orbit for six months. (Aug. 28)(AP video production by Rod Jussim)