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Land smolders during a forest fire in Altamira in Brazil's Amazon, Monday, Aug. 26, 2019. The fire is very close to Kayapo indigenous land located on the Bau indigenous reserve. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

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Brazil accepts fire aid from Chile

by Luis Andres Henao Associated PressAugust 28, 2019

A police officer walks close to the scene outside a bar where more than 20 people died in an overnight attack, in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico, early Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Wednesday "the criminals went in, closed the doors, the emergency exits, and set fire to the place." (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

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Fiery attack on bar in southern Mexico kills 26

by Mark Stevenson Associated PressAugust 28, 2019

Members of gun violence prevention group Moms Demand Action listen to testimony on firearms proposals Wednesday at a Public Safety Committee hearing at the State House in Boston.

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Legislative panel hears views on gun safety bills

by Bob Salsberg Associated PressAugust 28, 2019

Farmer Randy Miller is shown with his soybeans, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019, at his farm in Lacona, Iowa. Miller, who also farms corn, is among farmers unhappy with President Donald Trump over waivers granted to oil refineries that have sharply reduced demand for corn-based ethanol. Miller called it "our own country stabbing us in the back." (AP Photo/Julie Pace)

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New corn-ethanol rules irk farmers

by Steve Karnowski Associated Press, Scott McFetridge Associated Press, and Julie Pace Associated PressAugust 28, 2019

Anti-Brexit supporters wave flags and hold signs at College Green near the Houses of Parliament in central London, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson maneuvered Wednesday to give his political opponents even less time to block a no-deal Brexit before the Oct. 31 withdrawal deadline, winning Queen Elizabeth II's approval to suspend Parliament. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

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UK PM moves to suspend Parliament

by Danica Kirka Associated PressAugust 28, 2019

Citizens stock up on gasoline a few hours before the passing of tropical storm Dorian, in Canovanas, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019. Puerto Rico is facing its first major test of emergency preparedness since the 2017 devastation of Hurricane Maria as Tropical Storm Dorian nears the U.S. territory at near-hurricane force. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

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Hurricane aims for Southeast US

by Danica Coto Associated PressAugust 28, 2019

A fossilized cranium of Australopithecus anamensis, considered to be an ancestor of A. afarensis, represented by “Lucy” found in 1974. From 3.8 million years ago, the ancestral species is the oldest known member of Australopithecus, the grouping of creatures that preceded our own branch of the family tree, called Homo.

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Ethiopian fossil reveals face for ‘Lucy’ ancestor

by Malcolm Ritter Associated PressAugust 28, 2019

CORRECTS DAY TO WEDNESDAY-The main entrance to the University of Vermont Medical Center shown on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019. A federal agency says Vermont's largest hospital required a nurse to participate in an abortion over her moral objections. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)

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Nurse: Hospital forced her to aid in abortion

by Wilson Ring Associated PressAugust 28, 2019

Three of Deepwater Wind's five turbines stand in the water off Block Island, R.I, the nation’s first offshore wind farm.

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Five East Coast governors push feds on offshore wind

by Steve LeBlanc Associated PressAugust 28, 2019

FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 file photo, Britain's Prince Andrew delivers the keynote speech of the Japan-UK security cooperation conference in Tokyo. Prince Andrew in a statement Saturday Aug. 24, 2019 denied any knowledge of criminal behavior by one-time friend Jeffrey Epstein who killed himself in a New York jail while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)

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Epstein accuser says Prince Andrew should ‘come clean’

by Staff Report August 28, 2019