An American missionary who was kidnapped in Niger last year has been released after nine months in captivity; average gas prices in the U.S. have set a new record for this point in the month of August; the Trump administration is reportedly planning to spend more than $900 million dollars on White House renovations, mostly funded by taxpayer dollars; the University of Michigan is doing away with letter grades for some freshmen to protect their mental health; President Donald Trump is calling for changes in childhood vaccine schedules, including separating the MMR shot into three separate vaccines; new data from the Labor Department shows inflation cooled slightly last month, with prices up 3.4% from a year ago; a Cleveland man and his baby girl have set a new world record in the ‘Stroller Mile’; and for the first time newlywed Travis Kelce is talking about his July wedding to Taylor Swift.
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