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5 Things to Know for August 13: DC Police Takeover, Ukraine, Alaska Summit, Glacier Outburst, Covid-19 | News Channel 3-12
President Trump may invoke the Home Rule Act to control DC police despite declining violent crime, raising concerns over emergency justification and federal authority.
- Early Tuesday, water surged from Suicide Basin’s glacier, causing Mendenhall Lake and River near Juneau, Alaska, to flood and leading officials to suggest evacuation for some residents.
- The flooding, linked to climate change from fossil fuel pollution, is forecast to continue until around noon with the river cresting near 16.6 feet, surpassing last August's record.
- On Friday, the two global leaders are scheduled to convene at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson near Anchorage, Alaska, after several European locations were ruled out because of security concerns.
- Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Zelensky vowed not to cede eastern lands to Russia, warning that abandoning Donbas could allow Putin to launch a third war in Ukraine.
- In Washington, DC, the police deployed armored personnel carriers near the Washington Monument amid a crime emergency declaration by Trump, though recent data showed violent crime had decreased.
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