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A.J. Laguerre worked at a Dollar General store after finishing high school to help support the grandmother who raised him. Angela Michelle Carr was an Uber driver beloved by her children. Jerrald Gallion relished weekends with his 4-year-old daughter. …

Long-time Los Angeles politician Mark Ridley-Thomas was sentenced to 42 months in prison on corruption convictions Monday.

A rescue helicopter crashed southwest of the Pompano Beach Airpark in the Miami metropolitan area, the Broward County Sheriff’s Office is reporting.

One faculty member is dead following a shooting at UNC Chapel Hills that led to a three-hour-long lockdown Monday, officials said.

A fire rescue helicopter crashed near Fort Lauderdale, according to the Broward County authorities, killing at least two people and injuring more.

Ron DeSantis was booed at a vigil for the Black people killed in a shooting at a Dollar General. The sheriff said it was racially motivated.

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Here’s the latest for Monday August 28th: Tropical storm could become hurricane and threaten Florida; DeSantis booed at vigil for Jacksonville shooting victims; 3 US Marines dead in Australia crash; New crew reaches International Space Station.
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The trickling sound of treated radioactive water flowing to an underground pool could be heard as media toured the Fukushima nuclear power plant, a week after the beginning of the release of wastewater from the plant into the Pacific Ocean. (August 28)…

Four new crew members arrived on the International Space Station on Sunday. The four, from the U.S., Denmark, Japan and Russia, are due to stay in orbit for six months. (Aug. 28)(AP video production by Rod Jussim)