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Today’s Rundown:
- Failed communication and huge death toll in Maui fires
- AMPTP Makes Counterproposal To WGA; Negotiations Recess But Will Resume Next Week
- Lil Tay’s brother suspected of orchestrating social media hoax, ex-manager suggests motive
- Cow named after racial slur removed from Wisconsin State Fair
- California gives Waymo and Cruise the go-ahead to charge passengers
- Hip-Hop Celebrates Its Golden Anniversary at Yankee Stadium
- Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin says he’s been thinking seriously about becoming an independent
- Illinois Supreme Court finds assault weapons ban constitutional
- Montgomery police have arrested Reggie Gray, the man accused of wielding a folding chair as a weapon during the riverfront brawl
- Ammon Bundy arrested at high school football fundraiser
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ONE DAY OLDER ON AUGUST 14:
Steve Martin (78)
Jackee Harry (67)
Magic Johnson (64)
WHAT HAPPENED TODAY:
1935: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law, creating unemployment insurance and pension plans for the elderly.
2003: A blackout hit the northeastern United States and part of Canada; 50 million people lost power.
2019: The 1619 Project, produced by Nikole Hannah-Jones, to examine legacy of slavery in America, launched in The New York Times Magazine.
PLUS, TODAY WE CELEBRATE: Navajo Code Talkers Day
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