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The New River Gorge Bridge in West Virginia. (Eric Althoff)
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Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (Associated Press)
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Amazon announced a deal with the British government on Monday, July 25, 2016, to begin testing its delivery drones. (YouTube, Amazon) ** FILE **
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A police officer works with a K-9 inspecting the premises of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima monastery on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Associated Press)
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Mike Reno. (Dave Kapp)
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Illustration on leveraging U.S. visas against China's territorial aggression in the South China Sea by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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Australia's delegation head Kitty Chiller, right, and boxer Daniel Lewis listen to questions during a press conference in the Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, July 25, 2016. The head of the Australian delegation says that despite a delay of several days she expects her delegation to move into the athletes village on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
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Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents rescued seven people in three separate incidents. One of the rescued individuals had to be airlifted from the brush to a local hospital. Seen here four undocumented aliens discovered hidden in a vehicle trunk by Border Patrol agents at Sarita checkpoint. Photo provided by: U.S. Customs and Border Protection
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A large plume of smoke from a wildfire rises near Highway 1, burning five miles south of Carmel, Calif., on Friday, July 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
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GERMANY OUT In this grab taken from video, people leave a mall, after a shooting, in Munich, Germany, Friday, July 22, 2016. A manhunt was underway Friday for a shooter or shooters who opened fire at a shopping mall in Munich, killing and wounding several people, a Munich police spokeswoman said. The city transit system shut down and police asked people to avoid public places. (NONSTOP NEWS via AP)
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Members of the public run away from the Olympia Einkaufszentrum mall, after a shooting, in Munich, Germany, Friday, July 22, 2016. A manhunt was underway Friday for a shooter or shooters who opened fire at a shopping mall in Munich, killing and wounding several people, a Munich police spokeswoman said. The city transit system shut down and police asked people to avoid public places. (AP)
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"My message is that things have to change — and they have to change right now," Donald Trump says, vowing to be a fighter for all Americans. (Associated Press)
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Marine veteran David McClellan, 86, was held captive in a New York motel for four years. (ABC-7 New York screenshot)
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In this May 23, 2016, file photo, arborist Jim Clark inches up a giant sequoia to collect new growth from its canopy in the southern Sierra Nevada near Camp Nelson, Calif. Clark volunteers with Archangel Ancient Tree Archive, a nonprofit group that collects genetic samples from ancient trees and clones them in a lab to be planted in the forest. (AP Photo/Scott Smith)
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"The plan will affect every single commuter. Even repairs outside of the District will affect us," D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Thursday at a press event at the Eastern Market Metro station, which will be affected by the second phase of the transit agency's "SafeTrack" plan. "We believe Washington, D.C., will be affected by all 15 surges." (Associated Press)
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The most dramatic repudiation of the deal came Monday from Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, elected in November, who said that he "will not honor" the proposed restrictions on emissions, calling them "stupid" and citing his country's need for greater economic development and industrialization. (Associated Press)
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New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announces a lawsuit against Volkswagen, Tuesday, July 19, 2016, in New York. Several states are suing Volkswagen and its affiliates Audi and Porsche over diesel emissions cheating, alleging that the German automakers defrauded customers by selling diesel vehicles equipped with software allowing them to cheat emissions testing. In response, the company said, "The allegations in complaints filed by certain states today are essentially not new and we have been addressing them in our discussions with U.S. federal and state authorities." (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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Fireworks explode behind the Olympic rings during their inauguration ceremony on May 20, 2015, at Madureira Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Associated Press)
