Final prep

First-grade teacher Florence Gathright prepares her classroom for the beginning of school tomorrow at Nance Elementary School. 

Today is the 221st day of 2023 and the 50th day of summer.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The gray, two-story home with white trim toppled and slid, crashing into the river below as rushing waters carried off a bobbing chunk of its roof. Next door, a condo building teetered on the edge of the bank, its foundation already having fallen away as erosion undercut it.

CHICAGO (AP) — A man was charged with first-degree murder Monday after witnesses said a 9-yearold Chicago girl riding a scooter was fatally shot by someone upset over noise.

NEW YORK (AP) — For years, the man known as Otoniel was seen as one of the world's most dangerous drug lords, the elusive boss of a cartel and paramilitary group with a blood-drenched grip on much of northern Colombia.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Voters in Ohio are weighing whether to make it more difficult to change the state's constitution, a decision that will have national implications in the debate over the future of abortion rights in the United States.

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