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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is back in Washington after two weeks of sun and fun on Martha's Vineyard. The glow from his vacation may fade sooner than expected. Obama gets back on the road tomorrow to comfort residents of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a city hard-hit in recent weeks by heavy flooding and the killings of three law enforcement officers.
WASHINGTON (AP) — GOP officials are insisting that presidential nominee Donald Trump is finally hitting his stride and will catch up with Democrat Hillary Clinton by around Labor Day. Clinton campaign officials are dismissing the idea of a changed Trump as nonsense. Polls now mostly show Trump lagging Clinton by 5 percentage points or more nationally.
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities have lifted all evacuation orders for thousands of people driven out by a wildfire in Southern California. About 82,000 people were ordered to leave their properties when the fire broke out last Tuesday, 60 miles east of Los Angeles. As firefighters advanced on the blaze, evacuation orders were gradually lifted.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Rio de Janeiro Games couldn't end without dancing. Moments after the Olympic cauldron's flame was extinguished last night, the arena turned into a samba-fueled Carnival-like party. The U.S. can claim bragging rights in winning the most number of medals: 121, 46 of them gold. The next summer games will be in Tokyo in 2020.
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's first lady has visited Pearl Harbor in Hawaii for the first time to pay tribute to the victims of the Japanese attack 75 years ago. Akie Abe (ah-kee-eh ah-bay) said in her Facebook entry that she had laid flowers and prayed at the USS Arizona Memorial. There's speculation that her husband, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (shin-zoh ah-bay), may also pay a visit.
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