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Veterans' Day military parade postponed until 2019

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Veterans' Day military parade postponed until 2019

Aug. 16 (UPI) -- A military parade originally scheduled for Veterans' Day this year will be postponed until 2019, the Defense Department said Thursday.

Nielsen: Students should receive medical training in case of attack

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Nielsen: Students should receive medical training in case of attack

Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Students should be trained to treat injured victims, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Thursday during a school-safety meeting.

Chipotle to retrain employees in food safety after illnesses

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Chipotle to retrain employees in food safety after illnesses

Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Chipotle employees face another round of food-safety training after nearly 650 customers became sick after eating at an Ohio restaurant last month.

Authorities ID remains of missing Georgia boy at N.M. compound

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Authorities ID remains of missing Georgia boy at N.M. compound

Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Remains found at a makeshift compound in New Mexico were identified as those of missing Georgia 3-year-old Abdul-Ghani Wahhaj.

Pai: FCC's use of flawed broadband data not 'good enough'

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Pai: FCC's use of flawed broadband data not 'good enough'

Lawmakers worry that inaccurate maps of broadband Internet coverage will stymie the FCC's efforts to close the digital divide.

LA the first U.S. city to install body scanners on urban rail system

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LA the first U.S. city to install body scanners on urban rail system

Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Los Angeles' urban railway is the first in the nation to roll out body scanners to protect passengers.

Drying Lake Mead could trigger federal water shortage by 2020

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Drying Lake Mead could trigger federal water shortage by 2020

Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Nevada's Lake Mead, the West's largest reservoir, could fall below a critical threshold in two years if a new forecast by the Bureau of Reclamation is correct.

Severe rain headed for Northeast after killing 2 in Midwest

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Severe rain headed for Northeast after killing 2 in Midwest

Aug. 16 (UPI) -- More severe rain is expected to add to already record levels in the Northeast, forecasters say, after flooding in Kansas killed a man and his adult son.

University releases video of Miami bridge collapse

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University releases video of Miami bridge collapse

Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Florida International University released a new video that shows a deadly bridge collapse in March, as well as footage from the days leading to the disaster.

Colorado baker sues state for religious persecution

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Colorado baker sues state for religious persecution

Aug. 16 (UPI) -- A Colorado baker who won a Supreme Court ruling this year over his refusal to bake a cake for a same-sex marriage is now suing the state.

CDC: More U.S. deaths caused by drug overdoses in 2017 than ever before

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CDC: More U.S. deaths caused by drug overdoses in 2017 than ever before

Aug. 16 (UPI) -- A record number of Americans died of opioid overdoses in 2017, lending to what experts and the Trump administration consider a growing national health crisis.

Police: Synthetic pot laced with opioid behind Connecticut mass overdose

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Police: Synthetic pot laced with opioid behind Connecticut mass overdose

Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Authorities say at least 71 people in Connecticut overdosed after smoking marijuana laced with what they believe was a powerful opioid.

Colorado police arrest man for deaths of pregnant wife, 2 girls

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Colorado police arrest man for deaths of pregnant wife, 2 girls

Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Authorities have arrested a Colorado man after they say he confessed to killing his pregnant wife and two young daughters, who went missing this week.

Ex-ICE agent accused in sexual assaults of 2 women

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Ex-ICE agent accused in sexual assaults of 2 women

Aug. 16 (UPI) -- A former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent has been charged in relation to three sexual assaults involving two women.

Power outage causes flight delays at Reagan National Airport in D.C.

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Power outage causes flight delays at Reagan National Airport in D.C.

Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., experienced a brief power outage Wednesday night that caused widespread delays and some cancellations.

Florida man dies after falling into vat of oil and grease

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Florida man dies after falling into vat of oil and grease

Aug. 15 (UPI) -- A 61-year-old man died Wednesday after he fell into a vat of oil and grease while working on a property in Florida, police said.

Suspected IS militant arrested in California for death of Iraqi officer

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Suspected IS militant arrested in California for death of Iraqi officer

Aug. 15 (UPI) -- A suspected Islamic State member who attempted to get refugee status in California was arrested for a 2014 murder in Iraq, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.

Shark attacks man at Cape Cod beach

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Shark attacks man at Cape Cod beach

Aug. 15 (UPI) -- A Massachusetts man was bit by a shark at a Cape Cod beach on Wednesday.

Mendocino Complex Fire grows by 10,000 acres

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Mendocino Complex Fire grows by 10,000 acres

Aug. 15 (UPI) -- The largest wildfire in California's history, which claimed the life of a firefighter, grew nearly 10,000 acres Wednesday, fire officials said.

Army finds lone dog tag among soldiers' remains returned from North Korea

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Army finds lone dog tag among soldiers' remains returned from North Korea

EVANSVILLE, Ind., Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Among the 55 boxes of soldiers' remains returned to the United States from North Korea in July was a single dog tag that belonged to a U.S. Army medic from the Midwest.

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