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A 2009 prescribed burn clears out debris on the Fort Apache reservation in Whiteriver, Arizona. Photo courtesy the White Mountain Apache Tribe and Fort Apache Agency. By White Mountain Apache Tribe.
WILDFIRE VAL
A 2009 prescribed burn clears out debris on the Fort Apache reservation in Whiteriver, Arizona. Photo courtesy the White Mountain Apache Tribe and Fort Apache Agency. By White Mountain Apache Tribe.

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The head of Russia's National Defense Control Center, Col. Gen. Mikhail Mizintsev, speaks to the media during an inter-agency coordination headquarters meeting and video call between Moscow and Syria in Moscow, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018. (Balashova Olga, Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) **FILE**

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Sig Sauer P320 Subcompact - Unlike any other pistol in its class, the P320 features a unique 5-point safety system, standard on all models: Striker Safety, Disconnect Safety, 3-point Take Down Safety System, Takedown is prohibited without removal of magazine, System prohibits takedown without slide locked to the rear, Rotation of takedown lever allows disassembly without tools or trigger manipulation. The unique modular design of the P320 offers the user the ultimate in flexibility to change calibers, sizes, and fit. Small, medium, and large complete polymer grip modules ensure comfortable and optimal fit for the widest range of hand sizes

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In this photo taken on Sunday, May 13, 2018, health care workers wear virus protective gear at a treatment center in Bikoro Democratic Republic of Congo. Congo's latest Ebola outbreak has spread to a city of more than 1 million people, a worrying shift as the deadly virus risks traveling more easily in densely populated areas. Two suspected cases of hemorrhagic fever were reported in the Wangata health zones that include Mbandaka, the capital of northwestern Equateur province. The city is about 150 kilometers (93 miles) from Bikoro, the rural area where the outbreak was announced last week, said Congo's Health Minister Oly Ilunga. (AP Photo/John Bompengo)

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A poster for missing University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts hangs in the window of a local business, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018, in Brooklyn, Iowa. Tibbetts was reported missing from her hometown in the eastern Iowa city of Brooklyn in July 2018. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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ACLC Blessing Ossining NY

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This undated photo provided by the Iowa Department of Public Safety shows Cristhian Bahena Rivera. Authorities said on Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018, that they have charged a man living in the U.S. illegally with murder in the death of Iowa college student, Mollie Tibbetts, who disappeared a month ago while jogging in a rural area. Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation Special Agent Rick Rahn said that Rivera, 24, was charged with murder in the death of Tibbetts. (Iowa Department of Public Safety via AP)

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FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017 file photo, police surround the "Silent Sam" Confederate monument during a protest to remove the statue at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C. In North Carolina, officials are trying to determine whether this and other Confederate memorials have become public safety hazards _ a determination that opponents believe could fulfill an exception to a 2015 law preventing their permanent removal. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

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Illustration on drugged driving by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017, file photo, a flame burns at the Shell Deer Park oil refinery in Deer Park, Texas. Companies have reported that roughly two dozen storage tanks holding crude oil, gasoline and other fuels collapsed or otherwise failed during Harvey, spilling a combined 140,000 gallons of fuel, according to an Associated Press analysis of state and federal accident databases. Federal rules require companies to be prepared for spills, but don't require them to take any specific measures to secure the massive fuel storage tanks at refineries and oil production sites that are prone to float and break during floods. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

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Maduro in Flames Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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A structure and vehicles burn in the wake of the Oak Fire Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018, near Grass Valley, Calif. (Elias Funez/The Union via AP)

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Federal Aviation Administration officials investigate the scene of a plane crash in Payson, Utah on Monday, Aug. 13, 2018. Authorities say the small plane has crashed into a house in Utah, killing the pilot. (Scott G Winterton/The Deseret News via AP)

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Workers wearing yellow hard hats are seen at upper right from the air Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018, near Steilacoom, Wash., at the site on Ketron Island in Washington state where an Horizon Air turboprop plane crashed Friday after it was stolen from Sea-Tac International Airport. Investigators were working to find out how an airline employee stole the plane and crashed it after being chased by military jets that were quickly scrambled to intercept the aircraft. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Washington Mystics forward Elena Delle Donne shoots against the Seattle Storm in a 100-77 win over the Seattle Storm on Thursday at Capital One Arena. (Arturo Holmes/Special to The Washington Times).

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions pauses while speaking during a meeting of the Federal Commission on School Safety in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Thursday, July 26, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Lee Petty, center, 50-year-old head of the most successful family in stock car racing, and his sons look into empty engine well of a new race car on July 15, 1964. In the shop with Petty at Level Cross, NC are Maurice, left, 25, an occasional driver whose main job is building engines and helping pit crews, and Richard, 26, the family's no. 1 driver since 1961 when Lee was crippled in an accident at the Daytona International Speedway. (AP Photo)

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Illustration on flood insurance by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times