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1:50 This week crews began the first phase of fire cleanup for homes that have been destroyed by the Carr Fire. 6:50 Three weeks past the deadline to reunify families, 559 children are still separated from their parents; nearly 400 have parents who have already been deported. The government says it has a plan to reunify them all, but NGOs on the ground say it's not that simple. What's the hold up? 10:19 This month some 1,000 new American citizens will take the oath to become citizens. Every time this happens, the El Paso County Republican Party tries to convince these new Americans to become Republicans. They've done it for years. But this time they’ve done it in a place where the GOP brand is tough to sell. 15:36 While most of India celebrates Independence Day, the state of Jammu & Kashmir is experiencing another internet shutdown, an increasingly frequent occurrence in various parts of the country. Since 2012, India has shut off the internet to specific regions more than 200 times. 19:43 Onondaga lake, site of the Iroquois confederacy, was once called "the most polluted lake in America" and has been designated a superfund site since 1994. Now, after almost $2 billion and almost a decade of remediation, the county is ready to open it back up to the public for swimming and fishing. But the bottom of the lake is still full of toxic chemicals, and the Onondaga nation claims it is still unsafe to use.