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BAGHDAD (AP) — The United States and its Western allies will be getting some help from the Arab League in the fight against the Islamic State group and other extremists. The Arab League today agreed to take urgent measures to deal with those groups. The resolution came even as a suicide bomber killed 16 people at a meeting of Sunni tribal fighters and security troops in Iraq.
PHOENIX (AP) — Storms that flooded several Phoenix-area freeways and numerous local streets during the morning commute today have set an all-time record for rainfall in Phoenix in a single day. The National Weather Service recorded 2.99 inches of rain by about 7 a.m., breaking the old record of 2.91 inches set in 1933. The morning rainfall also eclipsed Phoenix's average total rainfall for the entire summer rainy season. Sections of the major commuter freeways Interstate 10 and 17 in west Phoenix were closed during the commute.
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Officials say a wildfire in the backcountry of California's Yosemite National Park that forced the helicopter evacuation of about 100 park visitors has nearly quadrupled in size overnight. It's now burned through about four square miles. It isn't threatening any structures, and the park remains open. But it's closed some trails and a campsite. Calm winds forecast for today along with relatively high humidity are expected to help with the firefight.
LONDON (AP) — Britain's Prince George isn't going to be an only child for long. British royal officials say Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge are expecting their second child. Once again, the former Kate Middleton is being treated for acute morning sickness in the early phases of her pregnancy. Before giving birth to Prince George, she was so ill she had to be hospitalized.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush are launching a new scholars program — but their opening act could have been a comedy routine. The two former presidents traded laughs and friendly banter today as they announced a partnership to help people learn about presidential leadership. With Hillary Rodham Clinton in the audience, Bush joked that he tells people who ask about another Bush-Clinton White House campaign: "The first one didn't turn out too good." Bush was referring to his father's defeat in 1992 by Bill Clinton.
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