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| Good morning. It’s Wednesday, Aug. 5, and we’re very glad that two handy tow truck drivers dismantled a car to save a kitten. See the photos here. Now let’s get to the news. | |  | It was a big night of primary elections in Michigan, Kansas, Missouri and more. | -
In Michigan: The race for the Democratic nomination in a key Senate seat remains too close to call between centrist Rep. Haley Stevens and populist candidate Abdul El-Sayed. -
In another key contest: Left-wing Democrat William Lawrence won a primary in a battleground House district in Michigan. Find our takeaways from elections across five states here.  |  | Trump ordered changes to his new helipad after weeks of around-the-clock work. | | This composite shows a granite presidential seal being installed July 30, on the left, and the seal being removed yesterday, on the right. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP/Peter W. Stevenson/The Post) | -
Why? He became frustrated with its appearance. That prompted contractors to disassemble their work and consider leveling out the White House lawn, The Post reported. -
What else to know: A woman who was arrested at the Reflecting Pool in June after picking some peeling liner out of the water told The Post about the “heartbreaking” ordeal.  | A federal judge opened up about threats he experienced after ruling against Trump. | -
In one disturbing incident: John McConnell said he received a pizza delivery under the name of a fellow judge’s son who was fatally shot in 2020. It was part of a wave of threats. -
Yesterday: A federal judge agreed to dismiss seditious-conspiracy cases against members of the Oath Keepers, a group that planned to storm the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.  | A man was charged with arson as wildfires continued to rage in Washington state. | | A family looks through the remains of their home in the northern part of Spokane. (Lindsey Wasson/AP) | -
The latest: Three fires are burning around Spokane, scorching more than 8,000 acres. Yesterday, authorities arrested a 37-year-old man in connection with one wildfire. -
This woman had front-row seats to an inferno: Micaela Jaime and her family piled 17 people into two boats to wait out the fires on Lake Spokane. See the dramatic footage here.  | The CDC expanded the cyclosporiasis outbreak to 15 states. | -
Where is it now? Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire and North Carolina joined nine other states in the country’s largest known outbreak, tied to lettuce from Mexico. -
In Missouri: The number of cases of the diarrhea-causing parasite jumped dramatically in the past week. Some patients there said they consumed Taco Bell before getting sick. | |
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