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MIAMI (AP) — The United States is likely to be dealing with the Zika virus for a year or two. That's according to a National Institutes of Health official. Dr. Anthony Fauci tells ABC that other Gulf Coast states, besides Florida, are most vulnerable to the spread of the disease. Fauci, who heads the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, says he would not be surprised to see cases in Texas and Louisiana, especially in areas where there's been flooding.
PHELAN, Calif. (AP) — Fire crews are gaining ground on a number of wildfires that have been burning out of control for some time. An arson fire that destroyed 189 homes in Lower Lake in Northern California is now 95 percent contained. Elsewhere, all evacuation orders have been lifted for residents affected by a Southern California wildfire that drove thousands from their homes 60 miles east of Los Angeles. That blaze destroyed an estimated 105 homes.
MANORVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — An 81-year-old man who was injured in a multi-car crash on New York's Long Island has died. Suffolk County police say he died late Sunday night. His wife remains hospitalized in critical condition following the crash Sunday morning on the Long Island Expressway near Manorville. The crash killed four other people, including a former aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and a 10-year-old boy. Six others were injured.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea and the United States are now engaged in their annual military drills. The Ulchi Freedom Guardian drills that began Monday for a 12-day run are largely computer-simulated war games. The exercises got underway despite North Korea's threat to launch nuclear strikes on Seoul and Washington if the drills show any signs of aggression toward the North's territory. Pyongyang calls the drills an invasion rehearsal.
CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average price of gasoline in the U.S. is up by more than half a cent. The Lundberg Survey pegs the price of regular at $2.17 a gallon. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg says higher crude oil prices are causing refiners and retailers to bump up their prices. Still, she says, the average price is 54 cents lower than a year ago. Lundberg found the average price of midgrade unleaded is $2.46 a gallon, and the average price of premium is $2.67 a gallon.
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