Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:<\/p>\n
1. TRUMP SHAKES UP CAMPAIGN STAFF AGAIN<\/p>\n
Slipping in the polls, the Republican presidential nominee is bringing in Breitbart News’ Stephen Bannon as campaign CEO and promoting pollster Kellyanne Conway to campaign manager.<\/p>\n
2. WHY OPIOID EPIDEMIC HAS FAR-REACHING EFFECTS<\/p>\n
More than 28,000 Americans died from overdosing on opiates in 2014, a record mark that impacts millions of family members, first responders, and taxpayers.<\/p>\n
3. LOUISIANA FLOOD CRISIS STAGGERING<\/p>\n
At least 40,000 homes damaged, 30,000 people rescued and 11 people killed in some of the worst flooding in the state’s history.<\/p>\n
4. MONSTROUS CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE DRIVES OVER 80,000 FROM HOMES<\/p>\n
The blaze northeast of Los Angeles turns into a 28-square-mile monster that had burned an untold number of homes in the Cajon Pass near Interstate 15.<\/p>\n
5. WHAT MESSAGE MOSCOW MAY BE SENDING TO WASHINGTON<\/p>\n
By using an Iranian air base to bomb targets in Syria, Russia puts overt pressure on the Obama administration to join a military partnership.<\/p>\n
6. WHO MILWAUKEE VICTIM WAS<\/p>\n
Sylville K. Smith, the black man killed in a police shooting, suffered from cognitive and mental health issues, and he carried a gun because of past violence against him, his grandfather says.<\/p>\n
7. TURKEY TO RELEASE 38,000 FROM JAIL<\/p>\n
The move to reduce its prison population apparently would make space for thousands of people who have been arrested as part of an investigation into last month’s failed coup.<\/p>\n
8. ROMANCE NOVELS CHALLENGE TRADITIONS IN NIGERIA<\/p>\n
Dozens of young women in Kano are rebelling by writing books that rail against a strict interpretation of Islam propagated by extremist group Boko Haram.<\/p>\n
9. POLITICAL FAMILY MAKING COMEBACK<\/p>\n
Liz Cheney, daughter of former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, sweeps to victory in a crowded race for the Republican nomination for Wyoming’s lone seat in the U.S. House.<\/p>\n
10. BLIND AMERICANS CAN NOW FEEL A PART OF OLYMPICS LIKE NEVER BEFORE<\/p>\n
NBC is airing the Rio Games in prime time with two narrators who describe what’s going on in between the pronouncements from announcers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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