Amanda Burge looks at flood damaged items with two of her three children Aiden, left, and Hudson, center, in Denham Springs, La., Friday, Aug. 19, 2016. "Everything is gone.

Amanda Burge looks at flood damaged items with two of her three children Aiden, left, and Hudson, center, in Denham Springs, La., Friday, Aug. 19, 2016. "Everything is gone.

John E. Brock, 66, Rochester, passed away at 11:39 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016, at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne. John was a 1975 graduate of St. Joseph College, Rensselaer, with a degree in economics and sociology and went on to serve as a corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War.

He was a native of Advance, Missouri and a resident of Rutherford County. Douglas served in the United States Navy and worked as the Director of Quality Control with the U.S. Tobacco Company.

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback says he and his youngest son rode the big waterslide on which a boy recently was killed when it opened in 2014. Brownback told reporters Friday that he and his son waited an hour for their 15-second ride at the Schlitterbahn park in Kansas City, Kansas.

The young son of a Kansas state lawmaker died on a water slide that is billed as the world's... . FILE - In this July 9, 2014 file photo, riders are propelled by jets of water as they go over a hump while riding a water slide called "Verruckt" at Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Kansas City, Kan.

In a story Aug. 6 about the identification of the remains of a Marine who was killed during World War II, The Associated Press misidentified the Marine's great-niece. She is Linda Elliott, not Jane Elliott.

Jane Eskind , the first woman to win a statewide election in Tennessee and a longtime Democratic Party activist, died Thursday. She was 83. Eskind's landmark victory came when she was elected to the Public Service Commission in 1980.

In this May 22, 2009 file photo, then-Rep. Steven LaTourette, R-Ohio speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. LaTourette has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer at age 62. Chief of Staff Dino Disanto for Congressman David Joyce tells The Associated Press that LaTourette died Wednesday night, Aug. 3, 2016, surrounded by his family at his home in McLean, Va.

Mr. David Graham Bell, age 85, of Pike County, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on July 28, 2016, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Atlanta, son of the late Ernest Lawson Bell and Mattie Lou Richardson Bell.

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Survivors of the 9/11 attacks touted Hillary Clinton's work to help them after the towers came down during primetime at the Democratic National Convention, an emotional point in a night aimed at softening her personal image and proving she'll fight for the little guy. Lauren Manning, a businesswoman who was badly injured and almost died in the attacks, fought through tears as she recounted the horrors of recovery - and how Clinton had literally stood by her side.

Thomas Theodore Keller, 71, of Decatur, died Tuesday, July 19, 2016, in Decatur.No service is planned.Thomas was born on Jan. 5, 1945, in Los Angeles, Calif.

This Nov. 4, 2014 file photo shows then-Hawaii Democratic Congressional candidate, State Rep Mark Takai in Honolulu. Takai died at his home on Wednesday, July 20, 2016, after battling cancer.

Nick Samuel Trua, 84, of Champion, passed away peacefully with his wife by his side, early Friday morning, July 15, 2016, at his residence. He was a 1950 graduate of East Liverpool High School.

A woman and her 2-year-old son have been rescued after lightning struck and toppled a tree onto their car in southern Michigan, trapping them for about an hour. The Jackson Citizen Patriot reports they were driving Tuesday evening in Jackson when the tree hit them during a heavy thunderstorm.

Authorities say at least two people have died in flooding caused by powerful storms that damaged homes, washed out roads and stranded motorists in northern Wisconsin and Minnesota. In Wisconsin, Bayfield County sheriff's officials say an 84-year-old Illinois man died Tuesday when his vehicle became submerged in a flooded ditch.

After each fatal shooting of a black man by an officer, President Barack Obama has swiftly spoken out against bad policing, giving voice to the generations of African-Americans who have found themselves at the wrong end of a baton, a snarling dog or a gun. As much as those words have comforted blacks, they have rankled many of the nation's men and women in blue.

The president was invited by Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings to speak at an interfaith memorial ceremony. According to the White House, President Obama will also meet with the families of the fallen officers.

As House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Friday : "This has been a long week for our country; it's been a long month for America." It's been a week of devastating headlines, and we think everyone should just cuddle up in bed all weekend.