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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A spokesman for the Louisiana Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness says two disaster recovery centers are now open in areas that flooded. Mike Steele says more will open as buildings are found with enough parking and proper access for people with disabilities. Officials are also setting up a temporary bus system to help people in and around Baton Rouge whose vehicles were damaged by flooding.
PHELAN, Calif. (AP) — An arson fire that destroyed 189 homes in a Northern California town is now 95 percent contained. The 6-square-mile blaze destroyed at least 300 structures, including 189 homes and eight businesses in Lower Lake. More than 1,200 firefighters are battling the fire that started Aug. 13. A man from nearby Clearlake is charged with 14 counts of arson in connection to the Lower Lake blaze and 11 other fires dating back to July 2015.
MANORVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A 10-year-old boy who was critically injured in a multi-car wreck in suburban New York this morning has died. The crash on the Long Island Expressway near Manorville killed three other people, including Scott Martella. a former aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Suffolk County police say the boy's father, who was also killed, was behind the wheel of a Subaru that apparently lost control and struck a Honda and a BMW.
PARMA HEIGHTS, Ohio (AP) — Police say a car has slammed into a crowd at an outdoor concert in Ohio injuring nine people, two of them seriously. It happened tonight in Parma Heights, about 10 miles south of Cleveland. Police say a 74-year-old woman was leaving the community concert and accidentally hit the gas pedal instead of the brake as she was pulling out of a parking space. Police say she drove onto a dance floor in the parking lot and crashed into a crowd.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Olympic flame has been extinguished and the Rio Games are over. During tonight closing ceremony, singer Mariene de Castro was showered with water that resembled rain, which put out the Olympic cauldron's flames. Then fireworks shot from the top of Rio de Janiero's Maracana Stadium. Moments later the arena turned into a samba-fueled Carnival-like party.
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