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“I have been in law enforcement (for) 45 years,” Sheriff Ron Hickman said. “I don’t recall another incident this cold-blooded and cowardly.”

In Michigan, a state trooper was killed when the motorcycle he was on was struck by a trailer being towed by a car. According to police, Trooper Chad Wolf was dragged by the trailer for miles before the car’s 72-year-old driver pulled over at a rest area. Wolf died at a hospital.

Arrests made in Europe after scores of bodies found

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President Obama made the trip this week and talked about change that still needs to occur to make recovery complete. On Thursday, he argued Hurricane Katrina “started out as a natural disaster” but “became a man-made one – a failure of government to look out for its own citizens.” The President toured the hard-hit Treme and Lower Ninth Ward neighborhoods.

In the mostly African-American Lower Ninth Ward, where Obama spoke, the recovery efforts are varied: His venue was a multi-million dollar community center, built with the help of federal funds after Katrina, that sits only blocks from the abandoned cars and blighted lots that have become symbols of a slow recovery.

Trump: I’m rich; I can pay more

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The Brookfield Zoo in Chicago shared baby pictures on Friday of the yet-to-be named little ones. They are going to hang out with Mom, Sarani, until mid-October when they’ll make their public debut.

So who would pay more during a Trump presidency? Hedge fund people, he said. The way they – and real estate investors – earn money is taxed differently at a lower rate. They didn’t build this country, the middle class did, Trump said.

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