Aug 26 WATCH: Louisiana Gov. Edwards holds briefing ahead of Hurricane Laura landfall By Associated Press Laura is expected to strike Wednesday night into Thursday morning along the Louisiana-Texas border. Forecasters warn of “catastrophic storm surge, extreme winds and flash flooding" and 20 feet (6 meters) of storm surge. Continue reading
Aug 26 Decades later, Al Sharpton still insists: No justice, no peace By Aaron Morrison, Associated Press This week’s commemoration of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom will focus on police violence, and its ever-expanding roll call of victims. But at the center will be the Rev. Al Sharpton, the protest's organizer. Continue reading
Aug 26 Biloxi’s 15-year recovery from Hurricane Katrina offers lessons for other coastal cities By Jennifer Trivedi, The Conversation After the news media move on from a major disaster site, rebuilding continues for years. Continue reading
Aug 26 3 shot, 2 killed in 3rd night of unrest over Blake shooting By Mike Householder, Scott Bauer, Associated Press Two people were shot to death and another was wounded during a third night of protests in Kenosha over the police shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake, and authorities Wednesday hunted for a possible vigilante seen on cellphone video… Continue reading
Aug 26 Laura strengthens into ‘extremely dangerous’ Category 4 By Jeff Martin, John L. Mone, Stacey Plaisance, Associated Press Laura strengthened Wednesday into a menacing Category 4 hurricane, raising fears of a 20-foot storm surge that forecasters said would be "unsurvivable” and capable of sinking entire communities. Continue reading
Aug 25 New COVID-19 mandates on health care facilities get pushback By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced it will require facilities to test staff regularly or face fines. It included a thinly veiled threat to cut off Medicare and Medicaid funds to facilities that fail to send in certain… Continue reading
Aug 25 Ranked voting in presidential election put on hold in Maine By David Sharp, Associated Press A state judge has cleared the way for a GOP-led referendum aimed at nullifying ranked choice voting in presidential races in Maine, meaning the voting system cannot be used in the presidential contest this November. Continue reading
Aug 25 New virus cases decline in the U.S. and experts credit masks By Carla K. Johnson, Adam Geller, Associated Press The number of Americans newly diagnosed with the coronavirus is falling — a development experts credit at least partly to increased wearing of masks — even as the outbreak continues to claim nearly 1,000 lives in the U.S. each day. Continue reading
Aug 25 Watch 3:31 News Wrap: New virus cases down 20 percent since early August In our news wrap Tuesday, some hopeful news on the COVID-19 pandemic. Johns Hopkins University reports new infections have slowed to 43,000 per day nationwide -- down more than 20 percent from early August. Also, Texas and Louisiana ordered more… Continue watching
Aug 25 Watch 4:08 Public outcry in Kenosha over Jacob Blake shooting turns violent after dark U.S. cities continue to struggle with policing, physical force and public outrage. In Wisconsin, Gov. Tony Evers declared a state of emergency due to violence in Kenosha, where police shot Jacob Blake over the weekend. Blake, who is Black, is… Continue watching