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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)
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Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., speaks during the opening day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Monday, July 18, 2016. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **
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Burning Book Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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A bulldozer pushes a dead humpback whale that washed ashore at Dockweiler Beach into the ocean along the Los Angeles coast on Friday, July 1, 2016. The whale floated in Thursday evening. It is approximately 40 feet long and is believed to have been between 10 to 30 years old. Marine animal authorities will try to determine why the animal died. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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Jessica Simpson as Daisy Duke in the 2005 film version of ‘The Dukes of Hazzard.’
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Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is widely thought to be Donald Trump's choice for running mate. Republicans say the Indiana governor would be unifying, and some called him a "conservative's conservative." (Associated Press Photographs)
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A U.S. Marine tests DARPA's Legged Squad Support System. (Facebook, DARPA, U.S. Marine Corps)
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"The attorneys general have appointed themselves to decide what is valid and what is invalid regarding climate change," House Science Committee Chairman Lamar Smith of Texas said at a press conference with other committee Republicans. "The attorneys general are pursuing a political agenda at the expense of scientists' right to free speech." (Associated Press)
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The entrance area to the Skull Island: Reign of Kong attraction at Universal's Islands of Adventure theme park. (Photograp by Jacquie Kubin/Special to The Washington Times)
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FILE - This April 28, 2010 file photo shows the Colstrip Steam Electric Station, a coal-fired power plant in Colstrip, Mont. The Colstrip plant, a coal plant serving utility customers across the Pacific Northwest, has agreed to shut down two of its four units by 2022 under a settlement announced Tuesday, July 12, 2016, with environmentalists who sued over alleged air pollution violations. (AP Photo/Matt Brown, file)
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Governments anxiously await a tribunal's ruling on China's territorial claims in the South China Sea, a hotly contested area that may serve as a beachhead against Chinese expansion in the region. (Associated Press)
