| The Latest: Florida city votes to remove Confederate names Posted: 31 Aug 2017 12:45 AM PDT  The Latest on protests and debate about Confederate symbols around the U.S. (all times local):
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| Shivering girl, 3, found clinging to drowned mother 'who saved her' in Texas floods Posted: 30 Aug 2017 11:54 PM PDT  A shivering three-year-old girl found clinging to the body of her drowned mother in a rain-swollen canal in Southeast Texas was likely saved by her mother's effort to carry her child to safety from Harvey's floods, police said on Wednesday. Beaumont police identified the mother as 41-year-old Colette Sulcer and said her daughter was being treated for hypothermia but doing well. When rescuers found the mother and daughter, the girl was on her mother's back, holding on, said Police Officer Haley Morrow. "I envision what I would do if that was me in that situation and that's what I would do: I would put my child on my back and try to swim to safety or whatever," Morrow said. Hurricane Harvey hits Texas, in pictures Sulcer's vehicle got stuck Tuesday afternoon in the flooded parking lot of an office park just off Interstate 10, said Capt. Brad Penisson of the fire-rescue department in Beaumont. Squalls from Harvey were pounding Beaumont with up to 2 inches (5 centimeters) of rain an hour with 38 mph (60 kph) gusts, according to the National Weather Service. A witness saw the woman take her daughter and try to walk to safety when the swift current of a flooded drainage canal next to the parking lot swept them both away, Penisson said. Morrow said the woman's actions probably saved her little girl's life. "When they found her she was still up out of the water," Morrow said. The US Coast Guard responds to search and rescue requests in response to Hurricane Harvey in the Beaumont, Texas Credit: EPA A police and fire-rescue team in a boat caught up to them a half-mile downstream from Sucler's vehicle, according to Penisson. Rescuers pulled them into the boat just before they would have gone under a railroad trestle where the water was so high that the boat could not have followed. First responders lifted the child from her mother's body and tried to revive the woman, but she never regained consciousness. A citizen allowed first responders to load the mother and daughter into his truck and he brought them to a waiting ambulance, Morrow said. The sacrificial love of a mother was demonstrated down in TX, RIP Colette Sulcer - You will not be forgotten #MothersLove#ForeverLove— Motivated Patriot (@aroesta) August 30, 2017 This woman is a true hero and her daughter will always know her mom saved her. #ColetteSulcer— Toby (@realBrowncoat) August 30, 2017 The child was taken to the Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, and was expected to be released on Wednesday. Officer Carol Riley said the girl was doing "very well" and was chatty. "Everybody at the hospital and the officers just fell in love with her," Riley said. At least 25 people have been killed by Harvey since Friday, when it made landfall in Texas as a Category 4 hurricane. Harvey has since weakened to a tropical storm.
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| Trevor Noah Defends Melania Trump For Traveling To Texas In Stilettos Posted: 30 Aug 2017 10:50 PM PDT  Trevor Noah wants people online to cut first lady Melania Trump some slack. On "The Daily Show" Tuesday, the host called out everyone who'd earlier criticized her after she was pictured wearing high-heeled, black stilettos before she boarded a flight from the White House to Texas with President Donald Trump.
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| Here's How Harvey Is Affecting Wild Animals Posted: 30 Aug 2017 09:01 PM PDT  People and pets aren't the only ones trying to get back on their feet after Tropical Storm Harvey.
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| Records: Library shooting suspect planned to target school Posted: 30 Aug 2017 07:58 PM PDT  CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) — The teenager accused of gunning down two employees inside a New Mexico public library had planned to shoot up his high school but went to the library instead, according to court documents filed Wednesday.
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| US thanks Mexico for Texas flood aid offer Posted: 30 Aug 2017 06:17 PM PDT  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson put aside controversy over US plans to build a wall on its southern border Wednesday and thanked Mexico for its offer of aid to flood-stricken Texas. Tillerson was welcoming his Mexican counterpart Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray to talks on trade and security when he made the comments, even as deadly Storm Harvey made a second landfall. "I want to thank the government of Mexico for its offer of assistance in the state of Texas," Tillerson, himself a Texan, said.
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| Chris Christie: Ted Cruz Is 'Dead Wrong' for Defending Superstorm Sandy Vote Posted: 30 Aug 2017 05:36 PM PDT  "He should just stand up now and say, 'You know what, I was wrong."
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| Illinois Dad Returns Home to Find Wife and Twin Daughters Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide Posted: 30 Aug 2017 03:59 PM PDT  Police in Joliet, Illinois, are investigating an apparent murder-suicide after a woman there shot her twin daughters on Monday before turning the gun on herself, PEOPLE confirms
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| Groups sue to protect Yellowstone bears as hunts anticipated Posted: 30 Aug 2017 03:15 PM PDT  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Wildlife advocates and a Montana Indian tribe have asked a U.S. court to restore protections for grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone National Park so that trophy hunting of the fearsome animals would not be allowed.
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| Black MMA Fighter Says He Saved Stranded Harvey Victim With Confederate Flag Posted: 30 Aug 2017 02:37 PM PDT  Hurricane Harvey has affected millions in Texas and Louisiana, leaving many displaced and in desperate need of food, help and shelter.
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