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Thomas Fahmy was holding an umbrella when a flash sent him to the ground in Staten Island, New York. He got back up moments later and walked into a neighbor’s home. He was later taken to a hospital, where he says doctors found no burns and he did not lose consciousness.

With just over 10,000 red telephone boxes left in the UK, photographer William Arnold is leading a campaign to try and save them – by making 52 phone calls.

MapQuest is seeing a surge in downloads after refusing to adopt President Donald Trump’s “Lake America” name change.

Naomi Osaka channeled former NBA star Allen Iverson for her look for the US Open saying she appreciates how he merged culture and sport into his style.

In an elaborate scheme, federal prosecutors say 35-year-old Daejon Labrayae Love scammed women by pretending to be an NFL player for the 49ers. Love and his alleged co-conspirator, 18-year-old Taylor Jamie Chan, have been charged with wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, according to investigators. Love appeared in court in Boise, Idaho, on August 27, and is being transferred to Oregon for further hearings. Chan has elected to have a preliminary hearing in Oregon.

Dale Sanders, who goes by Grey Beard, started the hike in West Virginia last September and finished it almost a year later at the top of Maine’s highest peak – on Monday. August 31.

An island disappeared from satellite imagery in British Columbia, Canada, within a month, sparking a mystery on social media. A spokesperson for the reservoir’s operator told CNN affiliate CBC that the island was likely formed from an accumulation of driftwood, which allowed trees and plants to grow. When reservoir levels rose, the mass broke free and was carried away by the wind, CNN affiliate CBC reports.

An Arkansas State Trooper pulled a man from a car by his dreadlocks during an arrest in Blytheville, Arkansas on August 19. In an incident report, the officer said the man failed to respond to his requests to exit the vehicle. The man in the video, Tedrick Washington, later posted part of the incident on Facebook, demanding “justice.”

托马斯·法赫米当时正撑着伞，突然一道闪光把他震倒在地，地点是纽约史坦顿岛。他片刻后起身，走进邻居家。之后他被送往医院，据他所说，医生检查后发现他身上没有烧伤，而且他当时也没有失去意识。

英国仅剩 1 万多个红色电话亭，摄影师威廉·阿诺德发起了一项拯救它们的运动——他拨打了 52 个电话。

MapQuest拒绝采用唐纳德·特朗普总统提出的将湖泊更名为“美国湖”的提议后，下载量激增。

大坂直美在美网公开赛上的造型致敬了前NBA球星艾伦·艾弗森，她说她很欣赏艾弗森将文化和体育融入到自己的风格中。

联邦检察官称，35岁的戴琼·拉布雷亚·洛夫（Daejon Labrayae Love）精心策划了一起诈骗案，他冒充旧金山49人队的NFL球员，诈骗多名女性。据调查人员称，洛夫及其18岁的同谋泰勒·杰米·陈（Taylor Jamie Chan）已被控电信诈骗和共谋电信诈骗罪。洛夫于8月27日在爱达荷州博伊西出庭，目前已被移送至俄勒冈州接受进一步审理。陈已选择在俄勒冈州进行预审。

绰号“灰胡子”的戴尔·桑德斯去年九月从西弗吉尼亚州开始徒步旅行，近一年后，于8月31日星期一，登上了缅因州最高峰的顶峰。

加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省的一座小岛在一个月内从卫星图像中消失，引发社交媒体上的热议。水库运营方的一位发言人告诉CNN附属电视台CBC，这座小岛很可能是由堆积的浮木形成的，这些浮木上长满了树木和植物。据CBC报道，当水库水位上升时，这堆浮木脱离水库，被风吹走了。

8月19日，在阿肯色州布莱斯维尔市，一名阿肯色州巡警在逮捕一名男子时，揪着他的脏辫把他从车里拽了出来。在事件报告中，该警官称，这名男子拒绝服从他下车的命令。视频中的男子泰德里克·华盛顿后来在Facebook上发布了部分事件视频，要求“伸张正义”。