nearly 1,000 acres. some residents were ordered out but have since been allowed to return home. >> and a state lawmaker is blaming federal mismanagement and lawsuits from environmentalists for creating conditions that are allowing the fire to spread. there are new charges stemming in the fatal shooting of a black teenager nearly three years ago. alex perez is in chicago. >> reporter: the disturbing dash cam video sparked national outrage as chicago police officer van dyke shooting laquan mcdonald 16 times as he walked away holding a knife. he is awaiting trial on murder charges, and a special pros kwurt charging his partner, joseph walsh, thomas gaffney and

david march with conspiracy, obstruction of justice and misconduct. >> these lied in order to prevent independent criminal investigators from learning the truth. >> reporter: all three officers were there the night of the shooting. the indictment alleges they lied, falsely saying that mcdonald was assaulting officers, forcing van dyke to shoot him. >> while they are sworn to preserve and protect as well as uphold the law, they are not above the law. >> reporter: the officers charged today have not yet entered pleas. van dyke has pleaded not guilty. meanwhile, three cases of the plague have been confirmed in new mexico. health authorities say two men and a woman have contracted the disease most associated with the middle ages. it is normally spread by fleas feeding on dead rodents. it's easily

antibiotics if caught early. and independence day from a low credit score. >> oh. >> starting july 1st, the three major credit bureaus will be forced to wipe two major black marks off their credit reports, civil judgments and many tax liens, often include inaccurate information. so credit scores could jump up to 40 point. >> you get a better credit score! and you get a better credit score! >> yes, exactly. in ohio, a police chase unlike any other. >> the sheriff's deputy makes a traffic stop but forgot one important thing. this is a view from his car. he start the sprinting after, as it rolls backward down the road. >> forgot the e-brake. he managed to get in and stop the car. no one was hurt. the sheriff's office is now looking into the incident. >> i think the next time around he remembered the brake. >> wasn't a

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with camping season now under way, there are new warnings after a series of baea attacks. >> reporter: 33-year-old james frederick is recovering in the hospital after a close and lightning-fast encounter with a mother grizzly bear. >> we never saw her before she attacked. the first time i saw her was when she was attacking james. >> reporter: over the weekend, he and his friend alex were riding bikes outside anchorage alaska when suddenly the bear attacked, knocking him off his bike. >> the brown bear, the grizzly crashed out of the bushes, charged james who was behind my a few yards, and pulled him down

>> reporter: luckily, alex carries bear spray. >> i was able to spray her with the bear spray, and as soon as she tasted that, she ran back into the woods. >> reporter: james is the fifth bear attack victim in alaska in just over a week. but he was lucky. two others were killed, including a 16 year old runner who got separated from his group, a large black bear attacking and killing him. >> he was able to establish cell phone contact with one of his brothers. he said there's a bear, and from the sounds on the phone, it appeared that an attack was taking place right then. >> reporter: large black bears can weigh up to 6 lu00 pounds, rare brown grizzlies up to 700 pounds. experts say you want to take pry cautions ms may cautions. maybe if you have food with you, triple package it. and have that

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♪ all right, so admittedly, we can all use some extra money on summer vacation, and here with some tips to come up with over $500 in just over four weeks. >> yeah. >> is our finance expert, vera givens. just that quick. i am an all ears. you say change your withholding. >> average tax rate is $3,000. if you change your withholdings, you get it so it comes out just even, that's putting $250 back in your pocket every month. >> but don't do it for the rest of the year. >> that's your tip, not

traffic -- >> there is a survey or study that came out that said wasted time in traffic and fuel is costing $1200 a year. so my suggestion here is that motorists just find another mode of transportation, maybe carpool, take a bike, public transportation may be the way to go. it's just going to put money pack in yo back in your pocket if you take easy steps. >> and it's a quicker way to go. in many of our big cities. overdraft fees are averaging $25 to $35 a hit, even if you just overdraft for a penny. >> i know. it's crazy. there was recent data that came out that college students in particular, $750 million in overdraft fees is what they're paying a year. so, that's not good. so the average or the median overdraft fee is $35. if you stop doing this, if you have two overdrafts a month, don't do it,

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summer gas prices are the lowest since 2005. it could be 20 cents a gallon, 30 cents a gallon. so my point here is to do your research, do your homework. don't stop doing it just because gas prices are low, shop around, and you're looking at saving $325 a year or $27 a month. >> and when you say price matching. >> oh, a lot of people forego this. the price matching that many stores offer by foregoing it. you're leaving $15 a month on the table. take advantage of the price matching. $15 back in your mopocket and you're ready to go on summer vacation with just under $500 in four weeks. go in with a receipt, i bought this, and you have it on your phone, they're happy to do that. >> stay with us, you're watching "world news

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attention. >> including the attention of the disco queen, gloria gaynor. she used the song to keep her motivated. here's tom yanez. >> reporter: for graduates, the evidence was right there in front of them. anything is possible. >> it was difficult. when i was starting to apply to college, i didn't have an address to apply to. >> reporter: that's because she along with her mother and sister lived in this beat-up chevy cavalier. imagine seeing life through that back broken window. >> i was trying to pin down my homework with my books and it started raining on my homework, and i was like, this can be the end or the beginning of me fighting on. >> reporter: and fight, she did. >> the first semester, i was taking four ap classes, and the second semester, try ap class, and during the time i was also

council and the president of the literature club. >> reporter: when times were really tough, disco. >> i took like song lyrics, like "i will survive" by gloria gaynor. i listened to that song when we had internet access, keeping myself going, like i will survive this. >> reporter: megan not only survived but went to the top of the class. >> i got a letter from stanford that they were interested in me. >> reporter: next fall she heads to stanford to study education and teach the lesson she lived. >> you can push the limits and yourself, because you can do things even if you doesn't think you can. >> she was so obsessed with that song and gloria gaynor, that gloria gaynor serenaded her at the airport. >> do the moves.

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