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WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's campaign is complaining about the media, just as his supporters are urging him to focus his attacks on his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. On CNN today, Trump's campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, said news organizations focused on a pair of Trump comments for days rather than doing more stories about the economic plan Trump announced. Trump himself weighed in on Twitter, accusing the "disgusting" media of putting "false meaning" into his words.
LOWER LAKE, Calif. (AP) — Flames racing through dry brush have forced more than 1,000 people to flee their homes in a Northern California lake community that was evacuated in a devastating wildfire last year. Authorities have ordered about 1,200 residents to leave 500 homes south of the town of Lower Lake. The wildfire has quickly spread to more than 2 square miles, and crews face hot weather and little cloud cover as they try to get a handle on the flames.
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Authorities say a fourth body has been recovered after an explosion at an apartment complex in Maryland. Officials say at least four others remain unaccounted for. The explosion late Wednesday night sent debris hundreds of feet, and people more than a mile away reported the blast was strong enough to shake their homes. The cause of the explosion remains under investigation.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Widespread flooding in Louisiana has left some motorists stranded motorists on a highway since yesterday. A Baton Rouge woman says she was on her way to a bridal shower she was supposed to be hosting when flooding shut down a section of Interstate 12. Alex Cobb says she had food from the bridal shower that she was able to eat, and a produce truck about a quarter-mile up the road opened its doors and shared its stock with the stranded motorists.
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A federal emergency declaration over Flint, Michigan's, lead-tainted water crisis ends today, but state officials said work continues to fix the drinking water system and provide services to city residents. The end to the declaration means the state now bears the full cost of bottled water, filters and other water supplies. Federal resources, health programs and monitoring efforts will continue.
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