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FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri National Guard is pulling out of the town of Ferguson. Gov. Jay Nixon gave the orders to the Guard saying, "I feel we're making progress." But a state of emergency remains in effect. Protests following the fatal shooting of an unarmed black 18-year-old by a white police officer had gotten violent at times, but they've been fairly calm the last three nights.
GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations says more than 190,000 people have died in Syria's civil war since it began in March 2011. The tally from the U.N. human rights office covers the period until this April. The high death toll reflects the recent surge in deadly attacks by the al-Qaida-breakaway Islamic State group targeting rival militant groups, mainstream Western-backed Syrian rebels and Kurdish militiamen in northern Syria.
IZVARYNE, Ukraine (AP) — A convoy of 34 trucks carrying aid from Russia has arrived in eastern Ukraine today. Russia unilaterally sent in the trucks to the rebel-held city of Luhansk, saying its patience had worn out after a week of delays from the Ukrainian government. The International Committee of the Red Cross had planned to escort the convoy, but said it had not received enough security guarantees. Shelling in Luhansk has been going on for weeks.
CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. (AP) — One firefighter is in critical condition and another is in fair condition after a charity stunt went terribly wrong in Campbellsville, Kentucky. The local police chief says four firefighters were taking part in an "ice bucket challenge" and were in a fire truck ladder dumping water on college students when the ladder got too close to a power line. Police say they ladder never touched the power line, but it carried such a high voltage that it was able to energize the truck, shocking the firefighters.
ELYRIA, Ohio (AP) — The Cookie Monster may not be happy about this decision. A much-loved buttery cookie with pink icing has been removed from the cafeteria in one school district in northeast Ohio in order to meet federal nutritional guidelines. The Elyria (eh-LEER'-ee-uh) pink cookie has developed a cult following, and The Elyria Chronicle-Telegram says it was once named the "Best Cafeteria Cookie" by Cleveland magazine. Food services director Scott Teaman says the recipe could have been changed to better meet nutritional standards, but it just wouldn't have been the same.
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