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Photos: Southern California wildfire becomes 'monster'

Photos: Southern California wildfire becomes 'monster'

The fire erupted in a landscape ready to burn after years of drought and amid hot, dry and windy weather -- conditions not expected to begin easing until late Thursday or Friday.

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Photos: Ilhan Omar and supporters celebrate primary victory

Photos: Ilhan Omar and supporters celebrate primary victory

Ilhan Omar is a step closer to becoming the nation's first Somali-American state lawmaker after winning a three-way DFL primary race Tuesday, ending the career of one of Minnesota's longest-serving legislators, Phyllis Kahn.

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Photos: Rio opens Olympics with celebration and serious message

Photos: Rio opens Olympics with celebration and serious message

With fireworks forming the word "Rio" in the sky and supermodel Gisele Bundchen shimmering to the tune of "The Girl from Ipanema," Rio de Janiero jubilantly welcomed the world Friday to the first Olympic Games in South America.
by Associated Press

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Photos: A national park in the heart of the Cities

Photos: A national park in the heart of the Cities

The Mississippi National River and Recreation Area is a 72-mile stretch of the Mississippi from the riverbanks at Dayton through the drop at St. Anthony falls to the flats south of Hastings.
by William Lager and Evan Frost

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Photos: Protesters and police face off in St. Paul

Photos: Protesters and police face off in St. Paul

Police and demonstrators protesting the police shooting of Philando Castile spent tense hours together this week as officers broke up an encampment outside the Minnesota governor's residence and protesters took to the street.
by Evan Frost

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Poetry as protest at 'Black Poets Speak Out'

Poetry as protest at 'Black Poets Speak Out'

One of the poets to perform was Sarah Ogutu who said, "If words have the power of life and death then when no one speaks, this must just be death."

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Photos: Family, friends mourn Philando Castile

Photos: Family, friends mourn Philando Castile

Friends, family and the public gathered Thursday for the funeral of Philando Castile. The day began with a procession to the Cathedral of St. Paul from the nearby Brooks Funeral Home.

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