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Obama tours a flood-damaged Baton Rouge neighborhood.

President Obama Tours Flood Destruction In Louisiana

7:34pm August 23, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

Obama visited a neighborhood in East Baton Rouge Parish more than a week after flooding hit southeastern Louisiana, killing at least 13 people and damaging or destroying more than 60,000 homes.

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, the GOP vice presidential nominee, gets his hair trimmed by barber Henry Jones in Norristown, Pa.

Mike Pence Got His Hair Cut At A Black Barbershop, And This Happened

6:51pm August 23, 2016

The GOP vice presidential candidate dropped into a Pennsylvania barbershop to get a haircut Thursday. The barber wasn't quite sure who he was.

Former corrections officer Robert Fletcher says he bought this painting from artist Peter Doig in 1976.

Artist Peter Doig Says He Didn't Paint This, And A Judge Agrees

6:15pm August 23, 2016

by Andrew Limbong

A retired corrections officer says he bought the painting from Doig in 1976, but Doig (now a famous artist) says that wasn't him. So the retiree lawyered up and went to court.

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California Firefighters Contain Blue Cut Fire, Grapple With Other Blazes

6:06pm August 23, 2016

by Jason Slotkin

Crews surrounded the San Bernardino County fire Tuesday. Meanwhile, multiple wildfires continue to bedevil crews, including one near a historic estate built by William Randolph Hearst.

The 50 Most Segregating School Borders In America

4:58pm August 23, 2016

by Cory Turner

Detroit and Birmingham, Ala., top a new national list of school district boundaries that separate the haves from the have nots.

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Pierogi Fest Brings Poland To Indiana Annually

4:47pm August 23, 2016

by Michael Puente

For our series on off-kilter summer festivals, we go to the annual Pierogi Fest in Whiting, Ind. The festival includes beer halls, pierogi eating contests and even pierogi tossing contests.

FBI To Release Thousands More Documents In Clinton Email Probe

4:47pm August 23, 2016

by Tamara Keith

Thousands more emails from Hillary Clinton's time as secretary of state could be released just weeks before the November election.

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New Residential Towers Bring Big Changes To New York's Skyline

4:47pm August 23, 2016

by Joel Rose

The New York skyline is undergoing big changes with more than a dozen super tall residential towers going up now. Many of the global ultra-rich who buy these apartments spend just a fraction of the year in them. Critics say they're paying a much lower tax rate than full-time New York residents. But defenders say these luxury buildings support a lot of good jobs and contribute to the local economy.

Persistent Drought Kills Millions Of Trees In California Forests

4:47pm August 23, 2016

by Christopher Joyce

Years of drought have strained California's forests, killing millions of trees and fueling wildfires.

NLRB Rules Student Assistants At Private Universities Are Employees

4:47pm August 23, 2016

by Yuki Noguchi

The National Labor Relations Board on Tuesday ruled in favor of students at private universities who argue their work as researchers and teaching assistants makes them employees in the eyes of the law. For decades, the board has flip-flopped on this issue.