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Trump dominates social media amid Republican presidential debate

Real estate mogul Donald Trump won viewers’ attention during the Republican U.S. presidential debate, though perhaps not the debate itself, as the other candidates looked to build their own name recognition. The billionaire businessman and television personality was the most-mentioned candidate on Twitter during Thursday night’s debate, the most-discussed on Facebook and the most-searched on Google, according to data from the companies. Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson was a distant second

California wildfire grows as crews work to protect communities

By Curtis Skinner SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A wildfire running rampant through drought-parched vegetation in northern California grew by several thousand acres overnight into Wednesday, as firefighters worked to stop the flames from spreading toward communities. The so-called Jerusalem Fire, which was sparked on Sunday, has grown to cover 16,500 acres (6,677 hectares) of dry and rural ranch land north of Napa Valley wine country and is only 6 percent