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Migrants wait atop the freight train they had been traveling north on, as it starts to rain after the train suffered a minor derailment outside Reforma de Pineda, Chiapas state, Mexico. Migrants from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador travel north by train, by foot, or if they can afford it, by bus. Along the way, they face attacks by criminal gangs and extortion by Mexican authorities. (Associated Press)
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Sen. Richard Burr, North Carolina Republican and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Veterans', said of a potential cash infusion to the VA: "This is ludicrous. It is impossible for us to even start an intelligent conversation on what we put in legislation when we have numbers that are so grotesquely out of line." (Associated Press)
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Abby Dean foiled her baby sitter's attempt to blame a home robbery on two black men. Credit: Fox6Now screenshot
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A disabled train outside Stadium-Amory Metro station causes delays at L'Enfant Plaza Metro station Tuesday morning. Crowds waiting for the train would grow to some five people deep. Keith Lane/Special to the Washington Times
