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Trump administration officials say the Coast Guard is in pursuit of another ship in the Caribbean that it says is violating U.S.

sanctions.

Officials say the vessel is operating under what's called a false flag and is included in a judicial seizure order.

It's not clear, though, what ship the U.S.

is pursuing.

The U.S.

has already seized two ships involved with oil deliveries from Venezuela, all as part of a pressure campaign against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

Many legal experts say the detentions of the oil-carrying vessels violate international law.

Washington Governor Bob Ferguson has sent National Guard troops to King County, where river levees failed last week and led to the flooding of hundreds of homes.

Ferguson says the troops will be patrolling the levees and looking for other problems.

This natural disaster that we are facing as a state and that we continue to go through is truly historic in nature.

In California, meanwhile, evacuation orders are in place for some parts of Shasta County in the northern part of that state because of major flooding along the Yuba River there.

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Actor James Ransom has died.

Ransom was best known for playing Ziggy Sobotka in the HBO series The Wire.

He also had roles in The Black Phone and Black Phone 2, and he also appeared in other television programs, including in the detective series Bosch.

The Los Angeles Medical Examiner's Office says he died of suicide.