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Hail as deep as two feet lies in the front yards of home along Logan Avenue between Platte Avenue and Bijou Street after a storm hit Colorado Springs, Colo., Monday, Aug. 29, 2016. Colorado Springs has dispatched snow plows to clean up after a powerful storm dumped heavy hail across the city. City spokeswoman Kim Melchor tells The Gazette she does not know how many plows were sent out, but crews are "pretty busy" after Monday afternoon's storm. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP)

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Hundreds of people were evaciuated onto the runway at Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday night amid reports of an active shooter (Twitter / @rossegreenberg)

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Former New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's organization Everytown for Gun Safety has directly provided $1.7 million to a campaign to influence a firearms ballot measure in Maine. (Associated Press)

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We've determined what started the massive fires ... (Illustration by Michael Ramirez for Creators Syndicate)

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In this Aug. 25, 2016 photo, debris from gutted homes line the streets of Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Max Becherer)

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Photo of a damaged engine on Southwest Flight #3472 from New Orleans to Orlando, which had to make an emergency landing in Pensacola. Photo originally snapped by Jeremy Martin, accessed via KOCO on August 27, 2016.

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In this Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016 photo, thousands of dead and decaying fish are washing ashore as they float up Waackaack Creek on the morning tide in Keansburg, N.J. State environmental officials say the scores of dead peanut bunker fish were likely chased into the Raritan Bay by other fish. Once there, they apparently were killed off by low levels of dissolved oxygen in the water. (Robert Sciarrino/NJ Advance Media via AP)

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The Pentagon's Office of Net Assessment (ONA) is coming under fire from critics inside the military and in Congress for failing to do its job, with some officers calling ONA the "Office of No Threat Assessments." (Associated Press)

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Nigerian officials have claimed on at least three occasions that they have killed or fatally wounded Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau — only to have him resurface weeks or months later in video recordings. (Associated Press)

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Die-hard: Boko Haram chief Abubakar Shekau has been reported killed or fatally wounded at least three times only to resurface on video. (Associated Press)

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Safety of Chromium-6 Levels in North Carolina Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

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Louisiana's flooding has spurred fears of mosquito-born illnesses, though Zika-transmitting Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are not native to Baton Rouge. (Associated Press)

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President Barack Obama waves as he steps off Air Force One at Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport in Baton Rouge, La., Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016. Obama is traveling to the area to survey the flood damage. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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An AH-1Z Viper Super Cobra helicopter lands aboard the USS Makin Island in the Pacific Ocean, Oct. 5, 2010. (U.S. Marine Corps) ** FILE **

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Kevin Harvick celebrates after winning a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016 in Bristol, Tenn. The race was delayed Saturday night due to severe weather. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)

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This is a disaster ... (Illustration by Michael Ramirez for Creators Syndicate)

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Residents wade through floodwaters from heavy rains in the Chateau Wein Apartments in Baton Rouge, La., on Aug. 12. (Associated Press)

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President Obama has been vacationing on Martha's Vineyard over the past two weeks, as Baton Rouge, Louisiana has suffered severe flooding. (Associated Press)

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, right, help to unload supplies for flood victims during a tour of the flood damaged area in Gonzales, La., Friday, Aug. 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Max Becherer)