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Hurricane Laura left scattered debris and damaged homes in Lake Charles, La. last week. The state has reported 15 deaths associated with the storm, with more than half of those attributed to improper use of portable generators.
David J. Phillip/APEight of Louisiana's 15 hurricane-related deaths are linked to carbon monoxide poisoning from portable generators. As of Tuesday, many thousands of households in the state are still without power.
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CDC Issues Sweeping Temporary Halt On Evictions Nationwide Amid Pandemic National News
The move could prevent millions of evictions that housing advocates warn are looming as people who have lost work run out of money. Landlord groups want to know who will pay for the lost rent.
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Census Door Knocking In Some Areas To End Even Earlier Than Expected National News
The Census Bureau confirms San Diego is among the areas where in-person counting for the 2020 census will end as early as Sept. 18, almost two weeks before the expedited end date of Sept. 30.
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FEMA Says It Will Stop Paying For Cloth Face Masks For Schools National News
FEMA says pandemic-related funding is available from other sources, including millions of masks from Health and Human Services. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden blasted the policy change.
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Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes: Trump Will Use Every Opportunity To Divide People National News
Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, a Democrat, was among local officials who asked President Trump not to visit his state. Barnes says a real leader would have already offered words of consolation.
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Florida Cuts Ties With Large Coronavirus Testing Lab, Citing 75,000 Delayed Results National News
Quest Diagnostics accounts for roughly 30% of Florida's total of some 4.6 million tests. The state calls the release of results from weeks or months ago an "unacceptable dump of test results."
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Facebook And Twitter Remove Russia-Backed Accounts Targeting Left-Leaning Voters National News
Researchers say one of the operation's goals was to steer left-leaning voters away from the Biden-Harris campaign ahead of the November election.
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'Charlie Hebdo' To Reprint Muhammad Cartoons As Trial Linked To 2015 Attack Begins National News
The satirical weekly, whose Paris offices were stormed by Islamist extremists who killed several staff members, will reprint the controversial cartoons that apparently sparked the attack.
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