Puerto Rico Tropical Weather
Two large navigation buoys hit by strong winds and waves, float near the coast, as Tropical Storm Erika moves away from the area in Guayama, Puerto Rico, Friday, Aug. 28, 2015. The storm was expected to dump up to 8 inches of rain across the drought-stricken northern Caribbean as it carved a path toward the U.S.
(Ricardo Arduengo, Associated Press)
Today's top stories:
Images from the tiny Caribbean island of Dominica show the devastation after Tropical Storm Erika left at least 12 dead. (CNN News)
Libyan workers continue to search for bodies at sea and on shore after two migrant vessels capsized Thursday. (BBC News)
Two months after it legalized gay marriage nationwide, the U.S. Supreme Court is being asked by a Kentucky county clerk for permission to deny marriage licenses to same-sex couples. (Associated Press)
National news:
An appeals court in the District of Columbia dealt a setback today to an activist's lawsuit against the government over the legality of the National Security Agency's call records program, ruling the plaintiff hasn't proved his standing to sue. (Washington Post)
A former New Hampshire prep school student accused of raping a freshman girl as part of a campus tradition was acquitted today of the most serious charges against him. (NBC News)
In the 10 years since Hurricane Katrina, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has nearly completed one of the world's most remarkable hurricane protection systems to encircle New Orleans. (NPR News)
A former Arkansas state treasurer was sentenced in a federal court today to 30 months in prison for bribery in her handling of the state's bond portfolio. (Reuters)
A long-standing battle between activists and the city of Chicago over school closures in minority neighborhoods has intensified with a dozen protesters entering their 12th day of a hunger strike today over a shuttered high school. (Reuters)
Maryland's schools superintendent is resigning to take a post leading an Ohio education nonprofit - FutureReady Columbus. (Associated Press)
Relatives and civil rights activists gathered at the gravesite of Emmett Till to remember the black Chicago teenager 60 years after he was killed for whistling at a white woman in Mississippi. (Associated Press)
International news:
Authorities in Hungary and Italy have made arrests in the deaths of scores migrants and refugees this week, including 71 whose bodies were found in an abandoned truck in Austria. (CNN News)
Nuclear weapons secured the deal with South Korea and ended a dangerous military standoff, according to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (NBC News)
The United Nations plans a new round of talks between Libya's warring factions next week in Geneva in an effort to form a unity government and end the country's crisis, a UN spokesman said today. (Reuters)
Cross-border firing between India and Pakistan killed at least nine people today, the day India marked the 50th anniversary of a war between the two South Asian nations. (Al Jazeera America)
German police said today they have launched a criminal probe against a female protester who hurled insults at Chancellor Angela Merkel during her visit to a refugee shelter. (AFP News)
Jozef Wesolowski, the Vatican's former ambassador to the Dominican Republic and the highest-ranking Holy See official to be charged with sexually abusing young boys, was found dead today as he awaited trial. He was 67. (Washington Post)