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She posted a career-best points total.

Stocks on Wall Street fell today with the Dow losing nearly 270 points.

And Piers Raphael Nam reports that investors pulled back as tensions between the U.S.

and Iran sent oil prices sharply higher.

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Authorities in Northern California say it will be at least another day before crews can attempt to recover the bodies of the eight backcountry skiers who were killed in Tuesday's avalanche and resume the search for a ninth person still missing and presumed dead.

Six other survivors were rescued.

The Nevada County Sheriff's Office says it's too early to determine if any charges are warranted, but that investigators are working to determine if criminal negligence played a role.

The mayor of Washington, D.C., has declared an emergency over the Potomac River sewage spill, the worst of its kind in the nation's history.

Justin O'Neill from member station WAMU reports.

In Philadelphia, work is set to resume tomorrow on the restoration of an exhibit of people once enslaved by President George Washington.

The National Park Service began reinstalling the panels following a judge's order.

The U.S.

Attorney's Office is appealing the ruling.

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The U.S.

and Iran have now held two rounds of indirect talks over Iran's disputed nuclear program, the latest this week in Geneva.

There's been no sign of a breakthrough, and as tensions mount, the Trump administration is ramping up military forces in the region.