The storm heading for the coast could cause a devastating surge, the National Hurricane Center says.
Jacob Blake: Gunshots fired on the third night of protests
Two people have been killed and one injured during a third night of unrest in the US city of Kenosha.
Elder Fernandes: Body found in search for missing soldier
Sgt Elder Fernandes was reported missing on 19 August from his Texas army base.
Trump's convention gives platform to some with fringe views
2020-08-26T03:58:05Z WASHINGTON (AP) — An advocate of “household voting” in which husbands get the final say. A woman who has argued that school sex ed programs are “grooming” children to be sexualized by predators like Jeffrey Epstein. A candidate who has peddled in racist tropes and bizarre QAnon conspiracy theories. President Donald Trump has long…
In a shift, Belarus leader seeks to stem protests gradually
2020-08-26T10:04:33Z MINSK, Belarus (AP) — When Belarusians filled the streets to protest what they called a fraudulent election that kept authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko in power, the blunt repressions came first. Police used tear gas, flash grenades and beatings on the crowds in the capital of Minsk and elsewhere. They detained thousands, with hundreds injured…
Today’s GOP ‘Is Donald Trump’s Party’
This week’s GOP convention is giving America a nightly view of the current Republican Party, under complete command of President Trump.
Jacob Blake: Two shot dead in third night of Wisconsin unrest
The clashes in the city of Kenosha follow the police shooting of black man Jacob Blake.
Iran nuclear deal: UN rejects US bid to ‘snapback’ Iran sanctions
The US envoy accuses other Security Council members of “standing in the company of terrorists”.
Laura now forecast to be a catastrophic Category 4 hurricane
2020-08-26T10:01:52Z GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — Hurricane Laura is forecast to rapidly power up into a “catastrophic” Category 4 hurricane, even stronger than previously expected, as it churns toward Texas and Louisiana gathering wind and water that swirls over much of the Gulf of Mexico. Satellite images show that Laura has become “a formidable hurricane” in…
Laura now forecast to be a catastrophic Category 4 hurricane
2020-08-26T10:01:52Z GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — Hurricane Laura is forecast to rapidly power up into a “catastrophic” Category 4 hurricane, even stronger than previously expected, as it churns toward Texas and Louisiana gathering wind and water that swirls over much of the Gulf of Mexico. Satellite images show that Laura has become “a formidable hurricane” in…