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The Latest: Jacksonville shooting leaves 2 officers injuredJacksonville shooting leaves 2 officers injured

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This undated photo provided by the U.S. Border Patrol shows 12 packages of methamphetamine that were confiscated from a U.S. citizen after a border patrol agent spotted a remote-controlled drone swooping over the border fence Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017 at a border crossing near San Diego, Calif. Authorities have arrested a man they say used the drone to fly drugs across the Mexican border into California. (U.S. Border Patrol via AP)

Border agents track drone from sky to drugs on the groundA 25-year-old U.S. citizen has been charged with using a drone to smuggle more than 13 pounds of methamphetamine from Mexico by drone, an unusually large seizure for what is still a novel technique to bring illegal drugs into the United States

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1 police officer killed, 3 injured in 2 shootings in FloridaFlorida authorities say two Kissimmee police officers have been shot

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Investigators examine materials at a command center Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017, in Haleiwa, Hawaii. An Army helicopter with five on board crashed several miles off Oahu's North Shore late Tuesday. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)

Helicopter crew had life vests, air bottles during crashAll five crew members that were aboard a Black Hawk helicopter that crashed over the Pacific had life vests and an air bottle for underwater breathing

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Wyndham Lathem arrives at a police station as he is escorted by Chicago police, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017, in Chicago. Lathem, a Northwestern University professor, and Andrew Warren, an Oxford University financial officer, have been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Trenton James Cornell-Duranleau, a Michigan native who had been working in Chicago. Authorities say Cornell-Duranleau suffered more than 40 stab wounds to his upper body during the July attack in Lathem's high-rise Chicago condo. Lathem and Warren surrendered peacefully to police in California on Aug. 4 after an eight-day manhunt. (AP Photo/Jim Young, Pool)

Northwestern prof, Oxford staffer extradited to ChicagoNorthwestern prof, Oxford staffer extradited to Chicago

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The Latest: Suspect in stabbing death back in ChicagoA Northwestern University professor accused with another man in the brutal stabbing death of a 26-year-old hair stylist has returned to Chicago from California to face murder charges.

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The Latest: Florida authorities say 4 police officers shotFlorida authorities say 4 police officers shot in two cities

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Cameron Padgett, a 23-year-old senior at Georgia State University, is photographed downtown in Atlanta, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. Padgett sued, successfully, for white nationalist Richard Spencer to speak at Auburn University in April after the Alabama school tried to cancel the event. Padgett calls himself an "identitarian" _ not a white nationalist _ and insists "advocating for the interests of white people" doesn't make him a racist. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Charlottesville exposes new threat for college campusesFar-right extremist groups have found college campuses are fertile ground for spreading their message and attracting new followers

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Exhaustion reads on the face of a firefighter from Noorvik, Alaska, while he and his team were working the primary fire line on the Lolo Peak fire near Carlton Ridge, watching for and extinguishing spot fires that threatened to jump the line, Friday, Aug. 18, 2017 in Missoula, Mont. The Lolo Peak Fire in western Montana blew up overnight leading law enforcement officers to order the evacuation of up to 400 more homes west of the town of Lolo. (Kurt Wilson/The Missoulian via AP)

Oregon wildfire causes evacuations in prime eclipse zoneResidents of more than 400 homes in a prime eclipse-viewing location in Oregon have been ordered to evacuate because of a rapidly growing wildfire that's already closed access to a portion of a wilderness area and a regional highway

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Underwater devices look for Army helicopter crew off HawaiiThe Navy is using remotely operated underwater vehicles and sonar to help in the search for a missing Army helicopter and its five-member crew off Hawaii

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FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2015, file photo, filmmaker Roman Polanski tells reporters he can "breath with relief" after a Polish judge ruled that the law forbids his extradition to the U.S., where in 1977 he pleaded guilty to having sex with a minor, in Krakow, Poland. A Los Angeles judge has denied the impassioned plea of Roman Polanski's victim to end the criminal case against the fugitive director. Judge Scott Gordon ruled Friday, Aug. 18, 2017, Polanski must appear in a Los Angeles court if he expects to have his four-decade-old case resolved. (AP Photo/Jarek Praszkiewicz, File)

Judge refuses to end Roman Polanski sex assault caseA Los Angeles judge has denied the impassioned plea of Roman Polanski's victim to end the criminal case against the fugitive director

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The mosaic tile design meant to represent Times Square's status as the "Crossroads of the World" is part of the subway station's border, in New York, Friday, Aug. 18, 2017. Transit officials have decided to alter subway tiles at the station that have a design that's been compared to the Confederate flag, to make it "crystal clear" that they don't depict the flag. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

NY subway tiles with Confederate flag look to be alteredTransit officials have decided to alter subway tiles at a Manhattan station that have a cross-like design that's been compared to the Confederate flag

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