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FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Racial unrest has boiled over again in suburban St. Louis. Heavily-armed police fired tear gas and smoke bombs at protesters after objects were thrown. Officers, including some on an armored truck, pointed weapons at protesters still angry about the weekend fatal shooting of an unarmed black teen by a white officer in Ferguson. Two reporters say they were arrested while at a McDonalds and later released without charges.
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say it may not be necessary to conduct a large-scale rescue of Iraqis trapped on a mountaintop. A team of military personnel flown to the scene and later extracted reported far fewer refugees remaining on Sinjar Mountain. Some apparently were able to flee because of U.S. airstrikes against the extremist group Islamic State. The refugees are members of a religious minority. Several thousand remain.
CAIRO (AP) — Israel and Hamas have agreed to extend a temporary cease-fire for five days. That's according to Egyptian and Palestinian officials. Egypt has been brokering indirect talks between the two factions in an effort to negotiate a substantive deal to end the war in Gaza. Just before the truce was extended, five rockets were fired into Israel. Its military targeted locations across Gaza in response.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Defense officials in South Korea say North Korea has fired three short-range projectiles into the sea less than an hour before Pope Francis arrived Thursday. His visit is the first by a pope to South Korea in 25 years.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers have voted to place a $7.5 billion water plan before voters in November. It would be the largest water investment in decades and comes during a historic drought. The plan is designed to build reservoirs, clean up contaminated groundwater and promote water-treatment technologies, including desalination.
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