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Click here to read about how attorneys for former Olympian David Hearn, whose Reflecting Pool vandalism case was dropped by the D.C. U.S. Attorney's Office, say President Trump is still pushing a "false version" of the events. 

Upon arrival to a medical appointment was summoned to the clinic's financial office and told he had to make a $5,000 preservice deposit, because Mayo had since determined it did not accept his insurance. He was automatically designated "self-pay," even though his plan had out-of-network benefits.  Not having that kind of cash on hand — and angry on principle — he refused. His appointment was canceled.  This is happening more and more across healthcare networks.  For more on this story, click here.

Two soldiers were killed when a U.S. Army Apache helicopter from Fort Hood crashed in Salado, Texas, on Wednesday, the Army and local law enforcement officials said.  Click here for more.

Click here to read about how a petition to declare U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra "persona non grata" and have him removed from his post had received more than 104,000 signatures as of Thursday. 

An American in the United States Antarctic Program was recently evacuated from Antarctica and admitted to a New Zealand hospital in serious condition, officials said.

The individual was transported from the U.S. McMurdo Station for emergency medical treatment on July 31, in an operation carried out under "dangerous" winter conditions.  Click here for more.

Alabama sheriff's deputies and police wrangled a 1,500-pound runaway bull Friday in a foot pursuit across the highway in Pickens County.  Click here for the story and video.  

 Investigators are probing whether Iranian hackers are behind the malicious cyber activity this week that targeted water systems in seven states, including Minnesota. If they are found to be the culprits, it would not be the first time Iranian actors have been linked to cyberattacks against the U.S.  Click here for more on this story.

Click here to read about how SeaWorld San Antonio welcomed seven more beluga whales on Tuesday, the latest development in the international effort to relocate dozens of the mammals from a shuttered Canadian theme park.  The group of females – Xena, Gemini, Skyla, Meeka, Eve, Neva and Calypso – was the second to leave Marineland, and marked the largest beluga transfer ever completed in the United States.

Click here to read about how with 100 days left until the November 3 midterms, Democrats hold polling leads while Republicans maintain slim congressional majorities bolstered by recent redistricting gains and a rural Senate bias.