Refugees from Iraq streaming across the (border) into Syria as the militant group known as the Islamic State threatens more territory. UN officials say at least 12,000 Yazidis are now gathered at the (makeshift) camp in Syria.

A chaotic commute in the Philippines Wednesday morning. A (commuter) train rammed through a concrete barrier in Manila, plowing into cars and injuring scores of passengers.

In New York, officials are calling it the single (rainiest) day on record for the state. 13 inches of rain fell in the town of Babylon on Long Island Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. The storm (flooeded) homes and stranded cars on the highway. Dozens of people were rescued from vehicles along flooded roads.

And in Minnesota, politics has gone to the dogs. The tiny village of Cormorant (electing) a 7-year-old dog named Duke to the mayor's office. The pup beat out the owner of the town's general store by more than double.

Robert Bumsted, The Associated Press with AP News Minute.