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SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — Residents are beginning to return to home in Southern California as crews make significant gains against a wildfire that officials say has destroyed more than 100 houses. The big blaze in mountain areas east of Los Angeles is 68 percent contained. It's already burned 58 square miles. Crews are also reporting progress containing an arson fire In the mountains north of San Francisco that's destroyed almost 200 homes in Lower Lake.
ST. AMANT, La. (AP) — It's a real mess in the parts of southern Louisiana hit by massive flooding. As waters recede, residents are facing mud-caked homes so thoroughly soaked that mold is a top concern. An estimated 60,000 homes have been damaged, and 102,000 people have registered for federal assistance so far. Searchers are still going door to door looking for survivors or bodies trapped by floodwaters. At least 13 people are confirmed dead.
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) —Donald Trump is reaching out to minority voters. At a rally in Virginia on Saturday, the Republican presidential nominee said his party must do a better job appealing to African-American voters. He also said he wants the GOP to become their political home as it was in the era of Abraham Lincoln. Earlier, Trump met with his new National Hispanic Advisory Council for Trump, which hopes to help the campaign's Hispanic outreach.
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey is dealing with another apparent terrorist attack. Authorities say a bomber targeted an outdoor wedding party in the southeastern city of Gaziantep, near the border with Syria. The blast on Saturday killed at least 30 people and wounded 94 others. Turkey has been rocked by a wave of attacks in the past year that have either been claimed by Kurdish militants or blamed on the Islamic State group.
ST. SIMON'S ISLAND, Ga. (AP) — It took him nearly three years, but 93-year-old Ernie Andrus has made it across America. The World War II veteran dipped his toes in the Atlantic on Saturday morning after jogging from California to Georgia to help raise money to return a WWII-era ship in Indiana to Normandy, France, for the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landing. Andrus was a medic on a similar ship during the war.
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