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SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — The Republican presidential candidates wrangled over immigration, gay marriage and foreign affairs during Wednesday's prime-time debate, hosted by CNN. Front-runner Donald Trump called former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush "weak on immigration." Bush pressed Trump to apologize for comments he made about Bush's Mexican-born wife, and Trump refused. Former Hewlett-Packard executive Carly Fiorina took aim at Trump for derogatory comments he made about her appearance.
NEW YORK (AP) — As the Republican presidential candidates took part in a televised debate Wednesday night, their Democratic rival Hillary Rodham Clinton appeared on "The Tonight Show" with host Jimmy Fallon. The two joked about Donald Trump's hair but also talked about the State Department email scandal. Fallon told Clinton that if she would just "tell us what's in the emails," the scandal would go away. Clinton said the emails are "boring."
MIDDLETOWN, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters battling wildfires in Northern California have found two more bodies in burned-out homes. They were found in an area 60 miles southeast of Sacramento where mandatory evacuations were ordered over the weekend. And officials fear that several other people were killed in the fast-moving blaze. On Sunday, the body of a 72-year-old woman was found in her Lake County home.
ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah (AP) — Six hikers who got trapped by floodwaters in Zion National Park have been found dead and another is still missing in Utah. Park ranger Therese Picard says the deluge of rain fueled the flood Monday evening, which "went from a trickle to a wall" of water. Zion officials say the hikers got a permit to hike Keyhole Canyon early that morning, hours before a flash flood warning.
BROOKSVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities in Florida say they've removed more than 3,500 "bladed instruments" from the home of a woman they say tried to stab a sheriff's deputy. The Hernando County Sheriff's Office says the woman tried to attack the deputy Tuesday night with a large sword or machete inside her mobile home. Deputies had gone to the home to help probation and parole officers who had a warrant for her arrest, but she refused to surrender. After about five hours Nickole Dykema was hit with a stun gun and taken into custody.
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