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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Craig Fugate (FYOO'-gayt), is going to Louisiana today to talk with state officials about the ongoing flooding. The federal government declared a major disaster in the state, specifically four parishes including East Baton Rouge and Livingston. Although the rain has mostly stopped, the flood danger is extending as water flows toward the Gulf of Mexico.
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian opposition monitoring groups say a wave of airstrikes on rebel-held parts of the northern city of Aleppo have killed at least 15 civilians and wounded many others. The Local Coordination Committees says the warplanes carrying out today's strikes were Russian, while the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says it's not clear. Russia says its airplanes that took off today left from a base in Iran, to target members of the Islamic State group and other militants in Syria.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton has tapped former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to lead her White House transition team, which will oversee planning for a potential Clinton administration should the Democratic nominee win in November. Republican Donald Trump has tapped New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to lead his transition efforts. By law, both nominees have access to offices in Washington and other resources to begin planning for their potential administrations.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A big drop in the cost of gasoline and other energy sources is keeping inflation under control. The government says consumer prices were unchanged in July, after a two-tenths of one-percent gain in June. Energy prices fell by the largest amount in five months. Core inflation, which excludes volatile energy and food, edged up 0.1 percent in July, the smallest increase in four months.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The last tower of the iconic Riviera Hotel and Casino has been reduced to a pile of rubble on the Las Vegas Strip. This morning's implosion of the Monte Carlo wing came two months after the taller Monaco tower was leveled the same way. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority now owns the property and plans to use it for an expansion of the Las Vegas Convention Center. The property closed in May 2015 after 60 years hosting headliners from Liberace (lih-bur-AH'-chee) to Dean Martin.
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