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Kendra Curieo waits in traffic to evacuate Marysville, Calif., Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017. Thousands of residents of Marysville and other Northern California communities were told to leave their homes Sunday evening as an emergency spillway of the Oroville Dam could fail at any time unleashing flood waters from Lake Oroville, according to officials from the California Department of Water Resources. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) (AP)

Oroville Dam emergency repairs ongoing, as nearly 200,000 remain under evacuation

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This photo released by the Texas Office of the Attorney General shows Carl Ferrer. (AP)

Online sex bust: Backpage.com’s CEO arrested for sex-trafficking

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