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0830 Today in History

Here’s the latest for Tuesday, August 29th: U.S. targets 10 drugs for Medicare price negotiations; Hurricane Idalia surges toward Florida; UNC shooting suspect denied bond; 127-year-old water main gives way under NYC’s Times Square.
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Russian state-funded media has released footage showing American Paul Whelan in a penal colony. The video shows Whelan standing among other inmates and working at a sewing machine in prison clothes. (Date unknown)

Just few weeks after flash floods killed several people in Slovenia, the small Alpine country is faced with another rain storm which flooded coastal areas within few hours. (August 29)

Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Bogota to protest recent hikes in gas prices that have drastically increased the cost of fuel in Colombia. (August 29) (AP Video/Marko Alvarez)

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter visited the Navy headquarters, a day before Navy Day. (Aug. 29)

UNC-Chapel Hill students and staff react to a campus shooting that resulted in the death of a faculty member on Monday, Aug. 28,2023. (AP video: Erik Verduzco)

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. …

0829 Today in History

Five people, including four children, have died and dozens have been rescued in two separate incidents involving migrant boats heading to Greek islands from nearby Turkish shores. Greek authorities say four children died and 18 people were rescued afte…