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5A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 2017 WORLD IN BRIEF Associated Press Civilian drills grow lax among South Koreans used to threats Within 24 hours, a pair of wildly different Trump speeches RENO, Nev. — Within a 24-hour span, President Donald Trump delivered one speech in which he tore into the media and members of his own party, and a second in which he called for national unity and love. The about-face seemed to reflect the president’s real-time internal debate between calls for moderation and his inclination to let loose. On Wednesday, the president spoke in mea- sured tones and stuck to his prepared remarks as he praised veterans at an American Legion conference in Nevada as examples for a nation yearning to set aside its differences. “We are here to hold you up as an example of strength, courage and resolve that our coun- try will need to overcome the many challenges that we face,” he said. The night before, the president cut loose in Arizona, defying instructions from his aides to stick to the script and angrily renewing his fight with the press over its coverage of his comments about the race-fueled violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. House Speaker Ryan visits Intel, talks tax reform HILLSBORO — U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan discussed tax reform during a visit to Intel’s offices outside Portland, Oregon. The Oregonian reported that Ryan was joined Wednesday by U.S. Rep. Greg Walden, a fellow Republican, at the event in Hillsboro. Ryan says he’d like to see Congress pass legislation to slash tax rates for businesses and individuals this year. He also addressed President Donald Trump’s comment that a government shut- down may be preferable if funding for a new border wall with Mexico isn’t secured. Ryan says that would be the wrong move. He also tried out drones and an automated car that use Intel’s microchips. He will visit Boeing in Seattle today. US Navy: Body found by Malaysia not one of McCain’s missing SINGAPORE — A body found at sea by Malaysian forces is not one of the 10 U.S. sail- ors missing after a collision between the USS John S. McCain and an oil tanker, the Navy’s 7th Fleet said Thursday, as more Marine Corps divers joined a search of the destroyer’s flooded compartments. The remains found earlier in the week by the Malaysian navy were medically examined and will be returned to Malaysian authorities, the fleet said in a statement. Divers have found remains in flooded com- partments of the McCain, which is docked at Singapore’s naval base, but the Navy has not disclosed specifics. Five of the 10 missing sail- ors have been named by relatives. Aircraft and ships from the navies of Sin- gapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Australia are searching seas east of Singapore where the col- lision happened early Monday and the search area continues to expand, the Navy said. More Marine Corps divers have arrived in Singapore to help with the search of the McCain’s inte- rior, it said. The commander of the 7th Fleet was relieved of duty Wednesday following the McCain collision and other accidents this year that raised questions about its operations in the Pacific. Seven sailors died in June when the AP Photo/Steven Senne One customer, left, holds the door for another at the Pride Station & Store on Thursday in Chicopee, Mass., where the winning ticket for the Powerball was sold. Numbers for $758.7M Powerball jackpot drawn The owner of the store that sold the lone winning Powerball ticket says he’s donating the store’s $50,000 prize to several local charities. Bob Bolduc owns the Pride store chain. One of its stores, in Chicopee, Massachusetts, sold the only ticket that won the $758.7 million jackpot. It’s the largest grand prize won by a single lottery ticket in U.S. history. The lucky numbers from Wednesday night’s drawing are 6, 7, 16, 23 and 26, and the Pow- erball number is 4. destroyer USS Fitzgerald collided with a con- tainer ship off Japan. Two lesser-known inci- dents occurred earlier in the year. Harvey regains tropical storm strength in Gulf of Mexico MIAMI — Harvey regained tropical storm strength as it drifted in the Gulf of Mexico toward Texas early Thursday and forecasters said it could become a hurricane. The storm’s maximum sustained winds had increased to near 45 mph. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said additional strengthening was expected and Harvey could become a hur- ricane on Friday. The tropical storm was centered about 410 miles southeast of Port Mansfield, Texas, and was moving northwest near 7 mph. In Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered the State Operations Center to elevate its readiness level, making state resources available for pos- sible rescue and recovery actions. Abbott also pre-emptively declared a state of disaster for 30 counties on or near the coast to speed deploy- ment of state resources to any areas affected. Emergency officials Wednesday asked resi- dents along the upper Texas coastline to move or prepare to move inland. Those in low-lying areas were urged to seek higher ground, and those elsewhere were told to monitor official announcements closely. 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In announcing its decision, Qatar did not mention the diplomatic crisis roiling Gulf Arab nations since June, when Qatar found its land, sea and air routes cut off by its neighbors over Doha’s policies across the Mideast. However, the move comes just days after Saudi Arabia began promoting a Qatari royal family member whose branch of the family was ousted in a palace coup in 1972. DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — The Reflections treatment center looked like just the place for Michelle Holley’s youngest daughter to kick her- oin. Instead, as with dozens of other Florida sub- stance abuse treatment facilities, the owner was more interested in defrauding insurance compa- nies by keeping addicts hooked, her family says. “It looked fine. They were saying all the right things to me. I could not help my child so I trusted them to help my child,” Holley said. LISTINGS T HURSDAY E VENING L Qatar restores diplomatic ties to Iran amid regional crisis Many addicts seeking opioid recovery find relapse and fraud THE DAILY ASTORIAN A Instead, the center refused to give 19-year- old Jaime Holley her prescription medicine when she left, forcing her to use illegal drugs to avoid acute withdrawal symptoms, her mother said. She died of a heroin overdose last November. “Right to my face they lied to me, and I believed them.” Rather than working to get people well, a growing number of unscrupulous indus- try players are focusing on getting addicts to relapse so that insurance dollars keep rolling in, according to law enforcement officials, treatment experts and addicts in recovery. “It’s terrible right now. I don’t know of any business that wants to kill its customers, but this one does,” said Timothy Schnellenberger, who has worked for years in running addiction recovery centers in Florida. “It really breaks my heart. Kids are dying left and right.” SEOUL, South Korea — Once or twice a year, activity on the streets of South Korea’s capital freezes as a wailing siren marks a nationwide drill aimed at preparing against a North Korean attack. Cars stop on roads. Pedestrians move into buildings and subway stations. Government buildings are evacuated. The scenes during the latest air-raid drill on Wednesday are remarkable for turning parts of this usually bustling city into a ghost town. But a closer look raises questions about whether the exercises are adequately preparing South Koreans while the threat from North Korea’s nuclear and missile program grows. For many, there’s no real training, just peo- ple standing around in schoolyards or other gathering spots, staring into their smartphones, chatting amiably or just looking bored or frustrated. Many schools don’t participate in the air- raid drills and those that do often escort chil- dren outside. Leaving their buildings would be a good idea during earthquakes, but a terrible decision during attacks. The country has nearly 19,000 evacuation shelters, mostly built in subway stations and the parking garages of apartments and large buildings. Yet a 2014 government survey found that an overwhelming number of South Kore- ans did not know which shelters were closest to their homes. Evening listings THURSDAY A UGUST 24 A - Charter Astoria/ Seaside - L - Charter Long Beach 6:30 7 PM 7:30 8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30 11 PM 11:30 KATU News (N) (:35) Jimmy Kimmel KATU News (N) World News (N) Jeopardy! Wheel of Fortune Boy Band "Top Five Revealed!" (SF) (N) Net.Star "ABC Stars vs. Variety" (N) The Gong Show KOMO 4 News (:35) Jimmy Kimmel KOMO 4 News Wheel of Fortune Jeopardy! Boy Band "Top Five Revealed!" 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