The headline news from August 16, 2015

The archive of all headlines from August 16, 2015, organized by time of publication.

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Los Angeles Times  16/Aug/2015 02:00:09

The classification changes come with benefits such as workers' compensation and sometimes health insurance. And the trend may not be due entirely to recent litigation involving Uber. CALIFORNIA

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Donald Trump: Undocumented Immigrants ’Have to Go’

NBC News  16/Aug/2015 02:15:06

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Los Angeles Times  16/Aug/2015 03:15:09

The classification changes come with benefits such as workers' compensation and sometimes health insurance. And the trend may not be due entirely to recent litigation involving Uber. Nation

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Los Angeles Times  16/Aug/2015 03:45:07

The classification changes come with benefits such as workers' compensation and sometimes health insurance. And the trend may not be due entirely to recent litigation involving Uber. Sports

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Backers fear old weaknesses stalk Clinton campaign

Washingtonpost  16/Aug/2015 04:15:06

As Bernie Sanders’s popularity grows and the e-mail bad news gets worse, some Democrats see the front-runner as insular, defensive and tone-deaf to changes.

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Los Angeles Times  16/Aug/2015 04:30:09

With a record heat wave rolling across the Southland — some areas had temperatures over 100 degrees — the Cabin fire is at 0% containment.

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NBC interviewDonald Trump says illegal immigrants ’have to go’

The Guardian  16/Aug/2015 05:30:08

Republican presidential candidate appears on Meet the Press and tells Chuck Todd ‘we have to make a whole new set of standards’ for immigration

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Los Angeles Times  16/Aug/2015 06:00:08

Proposals include an extra $2 per pack on cigarettes to increase payments to doctors who serve poor patients, and a new fee on real estate transactions to finance homes for low-income Californians. L.A. Now

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Los Angeles Times  16/Aug/2015 06:15:08

Proposals include an extra $2 per pack on cigarettes to increase payments to doctors who serve poor patients, and a new fee on real estate transactions to finance homes for low-income Californians. CALIFORNIA

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Los Angeles Times  16/Aug/2015 06:45:07

Proposals include an extra $2 per pack on cigarettes to increase payments to doctors who serve poor patients, and a new fee on real estate transactions to finance homes for low-income Californians. L.A. Now

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Los Angeles Times  16/Aug/2015 09:15:08

Proposals include an extra $2 per pack on cigarettes to increase payments to doctors who serve poor patients, and a new fee on real estate transactions to finance homes for low-income Californians. OBITUARIES

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Los Angeles Times  16/Aug/2015 09:30:09

Business entities routinely donate to city candidates, but it isn't always clear who owns them. That makes it difficult for the public to follow the money. CALIFORNIA POLITICS

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Police Torture Scandal Casts Long Shadow Over Chicago

NBC News  16/Aug/2015 11:30:06

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Los Angeles Times  16/Aug/2015 12:15:07

After a 2012 pedestrian death, a four-lane avenue was reduced to two, with bicycle lanes on each side. Crashes dropped, but residents say the added congestion has sent cars darting onto side streets. CITY HALL

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Exclusion of Blacks From Juries Raises New Scrutiny

New York Times  16/Aug/2015 12:45:04

A study in Louisiana has found that prosecutors used peremptory challenges three times as often to strike black potential jurors as others during the last decade.

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Los Angeles Times  16/Aug/2015 12:45:08

After a 2012 pedestrian death, a four-lane avenue was reduced to two, with bicycle lanes on each side. Crashes dropped, but residents say the added congestion has sent cars darting onto side streets. Asia

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NBC News  16/Aug/2015 13:15:10

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Police Torture Scandal Casts Long Shadow Over Chicago

NBC News  16/Aug/2015 13:30:07

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Los Angeles Times  16/Aug/2015 14:00:09

There is no indication that the pilot made a distress call, says a Transportation Ministry spokesman. A search is suspended and will resume Monday morning. CITY HALL

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CNN  16/Aug/2015 14:30:02

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CNN  16/Aug/2015 14:45:02

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At Iowa fair, Trump, Clinton and chaos

Washingtonpost  16/Aug/2015 14:45:07

The spectacle that the candidates created during their visits to the Des Moines fairgrounds crystallized the dynamics of the 2016 presidential race.

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At Iowa fair, Trump, Clinton and chaos

Washingtonpost  16/Aug/2015 15:00:06

The spectacle the candidates created during their visits to the Des Moines fairgrounds crystallized the dynamics of the 2016 presidential race.

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Trump: It Would Be a ’Miracle’ if Hillary Clinton Stays in Race

NBC News  16/Aug/2015 15:30:06

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Trump: It’d Be a ’Miracle’ if Clinton Continues Her Run

NBC News  16/Aug/2015 15:45:08

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CNN  16/Aug/2015 16:00:02

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Los Angeles Times  16/Aug/2015 16:45:07

Scores of rescuers are headed to the remote area and will begin searching Monday morning after an airliner carrying 54 people goes missing in Indonesia's mountainous province of Papua. CITY HALL

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Donald Trump talks policyIran deal ’will lead to nuclear holocaust’

The Guardian  16/Aug/2015 17:00:08

Republican frontrunner outlines details of policies – fighting Isis, taking on immigrants and shutting down government to stop Planned Parenthood

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Carly Fiorina’Not clear’ Trump is a Republican and ’of course’ Clinton lied

The Guardian  16/Aug/2015 19:00:08

Candidate redoubles attacks on Democratic frontrunner about emails but saves some of her criticism for real estate mogul

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Los Angeles Times  16/Aug/2015 19:00:10

A Silver Lake project has emerged as a controversial symbol of the tradeoffs city officials will face as they try to slow traffic, reduce collision rates and expand transportation options. Mobility Plan 2035

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Sentencing reform unites Kochs, Obama

Washingtonpost  16/Aug/2015 20:30:08

The billionaires have used their wealth to counter the president at almost every turn, but clemency has united the longtime nemeses.

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Sentencing reform unites Kochs, Obama

Washingtonpost  16/Aug/2015 20:45:08

The billionaires have used their wealth to counter the president at almost every turn, but clemency has united the nemeses.

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Donald Trump: Undocumented Immigrants ’Have to Go’

NBC News  16/Aug/2015 21:00:07

Meet the Press

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NBC News  16/Aug/2015 21:45:06

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Donald Trump: Undocumented Immigrants ’Have to Go’

NBC News  16/Aug/2015 22:00:07

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Obama Warns China for Its Use of Covert Agents in U.S.

New York Times  16/Aug/2015 22:30:04

American officials said that Chinese law enforcement agents covertly in this country are part of Beijing’s campaign to repatriate Chinese fugitives living abroad.

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China Warned Over Its Use of Covert Agents on U.S. Soil

New York Times  16/Aug/2015 23:00:03

American officials said that Chinese law enforcement agents covertly in this country are part of Beijing’s campaign to repatriate Chinese fugitives living abroad.

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Chelsea ManningPrisoner ’denied access to legal library’ prior to disciplinary hearing

The Guardian  16/Aug/2015 23:00:07

Imprisoned soldier faces potential solitary confinement after alleged violations including possession of unapproved reading material and expired toothpaste

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China Warned Over Its Use of Covert Agents on U.S. Soil

New York Times  16/Aug/2015 23:30:04

American officials said that Beijing agents are pressuring Chinese fugitives living abroad to return home as part of a campaign called Operation Fox.

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