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5 Things to Know for Today

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

1. TRUMP HEADS TO KENOSHA The president - over the objection of local leaders - is visiting the protest-riven Wisconsin city where Jacob Blake was shot seven times in the back by police.

2. SHERIFFS SLAM PLAN TO CURB PORTLAND UNREST Law enforcement officials say the governor's plan to mobilize units from surrounding counties wouldn't end the violence that's approaching 100 consecutive nights of protests.

3. '~IT WAS A TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE' Poll workers in Belarus are providing details to the AP of vote-rigging in the Aug. 9 election that kept authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko in power.

4. WHY HONG KONG IS WARY OF VIRUS TESTING The voluntary program has become a flash point of political debate, with many distrustful over resources and staff being provided by Beijing and fears that the residents' DNA could be collected.

5. VENICE RECLAIMS CINEMA SPOTLIGHT But not without changes as the public will be barred from the red carpet, Hollywood stars and films will be largely absent and face masks will be required.

A small memorial to Portland, Oregon fatal shooting victim Aaron J. Danielson, 39, of Portland is shown on Monday, Aug. 31, 2020, at the site where he was killed on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020, as supporters of President Donald Trump and Black Lives Matter protesters clashed. Danielson was a supporter of the right-wing Patriot Prayer group but few details have emerged about what led up to the shooting. No suspects have been arrested. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus) The Associated Press
FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2020, file photo, Belarusian opposition supporters rally in central Minsk, Belarus. In the three weeks since the election that kept authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko in power with a landslide win, hundreds of thousands of people have protested what they say was a rigged outcome. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File) The Associated Press
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam arrives at a press conference on the state of the coronavirus in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020. Hong Kong kicked off a voluntary mass-testing program for coronavirus Tuesday as part of a strategy to break the chain of transmission in the city's third outbreak of the disease. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu) The Associated Press
Workers complete the setup of the Cinema Palace for the inauguration of the 77th edition of the Venice a Film Festival at the Venice Lido, Italy, Monday, Aug. 31, 2020. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis) The Associated Press
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