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Here’s the latest for Thursday August 3rd; Former President Donald Trump due in court to face felony charges; Pittsburgh synagogue gunman to get death sentence; NYC asks for migrant crisis aid; Report says climate change affects billions of people.

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With global temperatures shattering records this year, are most people actually seeing this year as anything all that different? For many, climate change is hitting home, but for others, summer is summer, and they’ll take more convincing. (Aug. 3) (AP …

Supporters of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party staged a protest after their leader Tarique Rahman was sentenced to nine years on a corruption charge. (August 2)(AP video/Al Emrun Garjon)

Critics worry that the faster programs could do a disservice to young students.

Torrential rains around Beijing destroyed roads, knocked out power and caused at least 21 deaths and left 26 people missing. (August 2)

Brooke, a 376-pound resident of the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park, got a CT scan and other tests at the University of Florida’s vet school

Pope Francis arrived at the Vatican Embassy in Lisbon to meet with 13 survivors of clergy sexual abuse in Portugal. (August 2) (AP video/Pietro De Cristofaro, Jorge Jeronimo)

After months of listening to Nicholas Alahverdian’s courtroom explanations, a judge recommended his extradition to the United States from Scotland.

A truck carrying multiple packs of nacho cheese spilled over Interstate 30 in the northwest city of Prescott, according to authorities.

There could be a new contender for heaviest animal to ever live. While today’s blue whale has long held the title, scientists have dug up fossils from an ancient giant that could tip the scales. (Aug. 3)