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Posted August 17, 2016 7:00 am

By The Associated Press

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump concludes his speech at his campaign rally Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016 in West Bend, Wis. (John Ehlke/West Bend Daily News via AP) The Associated Press

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

1. TRUMP SHAKES UP CAMPAIGN STAFF AGAIN

Slipping in the polls, the Republican presidential nominee is bringing in Breitbart News' Stephen Bannon as campaign CEO and promoting pollster Kellyanne Conway to campaign manager.

2. WHY OPIOID EPIDEMIC HAS FAR-REACHING EFFECTS

More than 28,000 Americans died from overdosing on opiates in 2014, a record mark that impacts millions of family members, first responders and taxpayers.

3. LOUISIANA FLOOD CRISIS STAGGERING

At least 40,000 homes damaged, 30,000 people rescued and 11 people killed in some of the worst flooding in the state's history.

4. MONSTROUS CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE DRIVES OVER 80,000 FROM HOMES

The blaze northeast of Los Angeles turns into a 28-square-mile monster that had burned an untold number of homes in the Cajon Pass near Interstate 15.

5. WHAT MESSAGE MOSCOW MAY BE SENDING TO WASHINGTON

By using an Iranian air base to bomb targets in Syria, Russia puts overt pressure on the Obama administration to join a military partnership.

6. WHO MILWAUKEE VICTIM WAS

Sylville K. Smith, the black man killed in a police shooting, suffered from cognitive and mental health issues, and he carried a gun because of past violence against him, his grandfather says.

7. TURKEY TO RELEASE 38,000 FROM JAIL

The move to reduce its prison population apparently would make space for thousands of people who have been arrested as part of an investigation into last month's failed coup.

8. ROMANCE NOVELS CHALLENGE TRADITIONS IN NIGERIA

Dozens of young women in Kano are rebelling by writing books that rail against a strict interpretation of Islam propagated by extremist group Boko Haram.

9. POLITICAL FAMILY MAKING COMEBACK

Liz Cheney, daughter of former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, sweeps to victory in a crowded race for the Republican nomination for Wyoming's lone seat in the U.S. House.

10. BLIND AMERICANS CAN NOW FEEL A PART OF OLYMPICS LIKE NEVER BEFORE

NBC is airing the Rio Games in prime time with two narrators who describe what's going on in between the pronouncements from announcers.

Residents survey the flood water on Old Jefferson Highway at Bayou Manchac in Prairieville, La., Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016. Rivers and creeks were still dangerously bloated in areas south of Baton Rouge as people filled sandbags there to protect their houses, bracing for the worst as the water worked its way south. In one area, Ascension Parish, officials said some small towns have already been inundated. (AP Photo/Max Becherer) The Associated Press

San Bernardino County Firefighter/Engineer/Paramedic Jeremy Pendergraft helps a couple evacuate out of their home as she cries off of Hess Rd. as a wildfire off of Hwy 138 quickly approaches in San Bernardino, Calif., Tuesday Aug. 16, 2016. Eric Sherwin of the San Bernardino County Fire Department says the blaze that began in the Cajon Pass continues to race in several directions. It has topped ridges in the San Bernardino Mountains and is closing in on high desert communities on the other side. (Will Lester/The Inland Valley Daily Bulletin via AP) The Associated Press

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