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Politics This Morning: What to expect from night 3 of the RNC

By Yamiche Alcindor, Daniel Bush

The second night of the 2020 Republican National Convention featured a pardon from President Donald Trump, a naturalization ceremony and speeches from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Sen. Rand Paul, Melania Trump and others. As day three of the RNC…

WATCH: Texas governor warns of 'unsurvivable' storm surge

By Associated Press

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott urged people who had not yet evacuated from the path of Hurricane Laura to leave — as they only had "about five hours" to do so as of his noon press conference.

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.

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.

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.

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…

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.

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…

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.

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.