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News Wrap: New Zealand mosque gunman sentenced to life in prison

In our news wrap Thursday, a white supremacist who killed 51 people at two New Zealand mosques was sentenced to life in prison without parole. The mass shootings happened in March 2019. Also, the death toll from two days of…

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South Africa police accused of abuse after teen is killed

By Mogomotsi Magome, Associated Press

South African police have clashed with protesters demonstrating against the alleged killing of a 16-year-old boy by local policemen in Eldorado Park, an area of Soweto near Johannesburg.

Biden, Harris criticize Trump response to unrest and pandemic

By Will Weissert, Alexandra Jaffe, Kathleen Ronayne, Associated Press

Biden's remarks on television and Harris' in a speech come hours before Trump plans to address the final night of the Republican National Convention. The two had been largely silent for the first three days of the GOP gathering.

Louisiana parish votes to keep Confederate statue; Hurricane Laura topples it

By Melinda Deslatte, Associated Press

The South's Defenders Monument formerly stood in front of the Calcasieu Parish courthouse. On Thursday morning it could be seen lying on its side, with broken tree branches strewn on the grass around it.

Fox’s Tucker Carlson takes heat for Kenosha commentary

By David Bauder, Associated Press

Carlson said leaders in Kenosha, Wisconsin, had failed to keep control of their streets following the weekend police shooting of a Black man. Some critics interpreted Carlson's words as support for vigilante justice.

Hurricane Laura further strains FEMA in disaster-filled year

By Ben Fox, Associated Press

Hurricane Laura was also testing an already-stretched Federal Emergency Management Agency in what is shaping up to be a unprecedentedly disastrous year. FEMA has never faced a year like 2020.

Trump to visit storm-hit Louisiana and Texas

By Associated Press

President Donald Trump says he will visit the Gulf Coast this weekend to tour damage from one of the fiercest hurricanes to hit the United States.

WATCH: Kenosha officials give update on police shooting of Jacob Blake

By Stephen Groves, Scott Bauer, Associated Press

Groups that had taken to Kenosha’s streets with long guns were nowhere to be seen early Thursday following somber protests and no widespread unrest for the first night since the weekend police shooting of Jacob Blake.

How some educators are teaching antiracism to the youngest students

By Aaricka Washington, The Hechinger Report

Education leaders have started to reckon with how to comprehensively teach history and antiracism. With young kids, the challenge is finding ways to tackle those topics in substantive yet age-appropriate ways.