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• Hurricane Idalia approaches Florida, residents told to evacuate ahead of arrival.
• Wildfires burn out-of-control in Northeast Greece, firefighters from across Europe fight blaze.
• Biden Administration announces negotiations with drugs makers on prices for 10 popular prescriptions.
• Labor Department releases July jobs numbers, unemployment remains low.
• LGBT rights activists rally in Sacramento in annual advocacy day at Capitol.
• Opponents of state resentencing bill call on lawmakers to reject it. 
• Native groups call for repatriation of ancestors’ remains.

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