Headlines for August 24, 2020
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- Raging California Wildfires Displace 120,000, Burn 1.2 Million Acres
- FDA Approves Blood Plasma Treatment as U.S. COVID-19 Death Toll Tops 176,000
- Countries Grapple with Second Wave, as South Korea Warns Country Is in "Grave Situation"
- House Passes Bill to Halt Changes at USPS as Fears Mount over Mail-in Ballots
- House Passes Bill to Provide Emergency Funding for USCIS as Agency Plans Major Staff Cuts
- Belarus Protests Continue Demanding Resignation of President Lukashenko
- At Least 17 Killed in Colombia Over Deadly Weekend
- At Least 14 People Killed in Twin Bombings in the Philippines
- U.S. Troops Withdraw from Camp Taji in Iraq
- Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny in Coma in German Hospital
- Hurricane Laura Kills at Least 9 People in Caribbean as It Heads to Southern U.S., on Heels of Storm Marco
- Protesters in Lafayette, Louisiana, Demand Justice for Trayford Pellerin, Shot Dead by Police
- Protests Erupt in Kenosha, Wisconsin, After Police Shooting of Jacob Blake
- "Alt-Right" Groups Attack Antifascist Protesters in Portland, Oregon
- New Law in Tennessee Would Criminalize BLM Protesters, Strip Them of Their Right to Vote
- Protesters Take to the Streets of Charlotte, NC as RNC Kicks Off
- Longtime White House Adviser Kellyanne Conway to Step Down
- Trump's Sister Calls Out President's Family Separation Policy, Lies and Cruelty in Audio Tapes
- Lori Loughlin Gets Two-Month Prison Term for College Admissions Bribes
- Golden State Killer Sentenced to Life in Prison Without Parole