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PHELAN, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters are continuing to make progress against a massive wildfire that destroyed at least 105 homes in the mountains east of Los Angeles. Fire officials say containment rose to 83 percent overnight, and there is no active fire along the perimeters. Several other wildfires continue to burn across the state, including one in San Luis Obispo County that prompted the closure of the Hearst Castle. Fire officials say that fire is burning in the opposite direction of the historic landmark and the blaze is 35 percent contained.
ISTANBUL (AP) — A child suicide bomber has killed at least 51 people and wounded nearly 70 others at a Kurdish wedding party near Turkey's border with Syria. That's according to Turkey's president, who described the attack as an attempt by Islamic State extremists to destabilize the nation by exploiting ethnic and religious tensions. The deadliest attack in Turkey this year comes as the country is still reeling from last month's failed coup attempt.
BAGHDAD (AP) — Traffic has begun flowing through a busy street in central Baghdad for the first time in nearly two months. The street was sealed off after a July 3 attack that killed close to 300 people. For weeks after the attack, grieving families and loved ones gathered at the site to light candles in the evenings, while others marched in protests. Local authorities began to sweep away the reminders of the attack yesterday, and by this morning the streets were almost entirely cleared.
NEW YORK (AP) — A memorial and a march are being held in New York City to mark the 25th anniversary of the 1991 race riot in the Crown Heights neighborhood in Brooklyn. Four days of violence began after a black 7-year-old boy was hit and killed by a car in a rabbi's motorcade. The neighborhood is holding a series of anniversary events today in an effort to bring children of different backgrounds together.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — U.S. Olympic Committee CEO Scott Blackmun says further action is coming in the matter of 12-time swimming medalist Ryan Lochte (LAHK'-tee) and his three teammates whose story of a robbery overshadowed the Rio de Janeiro Games. Blackmun says "they let down our athletes" and let down Americans. He didn't offer any details on what disciplinary action may be coming.
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