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In an era when anyone can go online and find video of extremist beheadings, police shootings and other carnage, major news organizations applied their own standards to coverage of this week's killing of a TV news crew in Virginia and showed only carefully selected portions of the footage. Read full news at Ann Dadow

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Three firefighters died and four others were injured while battling a wildfire in northern Washington state, Gov. Jay Inslee said Wednesday evening. The firefighters were confronting a blaze in Okanogan County near the town of Twisp, about 150 miles northeast of Seattle. “My heart breaks over the loss of life,” Inslee said in a statement. “They gave their lives to protect others. It was their calling, but the loss for their families is immense.” Inslee also requested a federal declaration of emergency for the state, saying 11 counties are battling more than 40 fires in all. Lightning strikes and gusty winds are expected to spark and spread more blazes in the coming days, his request said. Hours earlier, the approaching fire led officials to tell residents to evacuate the towns of Twisp and Winthrop, whose combined population is about 1,300, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s latest figures. Read full news @ ann Dadow

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* Port, a main hub for aid, is held by Houthi rebels * Hodeida is a focal point of humanitarian crisis * Fighting also reported further south in Taiz (Adds humanitarian, political context) Read more at Ann Dadow

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — The Obama administration hopes that the nuclear deal it negotiated with Iran may one day lead to broader cooperation. But the State Department has some cautionary words for Americans who think the reconciliation is already underway.

“This deal over Iran’s nuclear program does not alter the United States’ assessment of the risks of travel to Iran for U.S. citizens,” says a travel warning the agency issued on Wednesday.

“Dual national Iranian-American citizens may encounter difficulty in departing Iran,” it says.

Advisories for Americans who travel abroad are regularly published by the State Department. The latest entry on Iran follows a warning in January, and it was made public the day President Obama defended the nuclear accord in a major speech at American University in Washington. Read More at Ann Dadow

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Safety officials in northern New Hampshire worked through the night investigating the collapse of a circus tent during a severe storm that killed two spectators and injured at least 22 other people.