Louisiana damage assessed Louisiana governor John Bel Edwards pleaded for aid for his state on Sunday after a week of devastating flooding, saying "we really need help". Many Americans are "just now realizing how significant" the disaster was, Edwards said. Days of extraordinary rainfall killed at least 13 people, damaged an estimated 60,000 homes and forced thousands into evacuation centers. More than 100,000 people have registered for federal assistance. President Obama will visit the region on Tuesday. Louisiana governor seeks donors and volunteers after floods: 'We need help' Trump appears to backtrack on deportation A central promise of the Republican nominee's campaign – to deport 11 million undocumented people – came into question on Sunday after a series of conflicting reports and equivocations. Over the weekend, Trump spoke with Latino leaders who later told Univision that the candidate had hinted he was open to pathways to legal status for some undocumented people. On Sunday, one of Trump's staunchest allies, Alabama senator Jeff Sessions, offered a similar take. "But he did listen and he's talking about it," the senator said. Meanwhile Trump has doubled his campaign spending while his staff remains one tenth the size of rival Hillary Clinton. Donald Trump's undocumented deportation pledge called into question Rio 2016 closes with rain, fireworks, tears and samba At the end of a stormy and thrilling fortnight, the 2016 Olympics closed amid rain and fireworks. With perhaps the most troubled build-up of any in the modern era, International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach declared that Brazil had staged a "marvellous Olympic Games in the marvellous city". US gymnast Simone Biles appeared almost engulfed by the Stars and Stripes, Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe dressed as Super Mario (the games go to Tokyo next). Check out the Olympic Games in pictures and Team USA's highs and lows.
Rio 2016: cheers, boos and a carnival atmosphere as Olympic flame goes out Danger as National Park Service turns 100
The National Parks Service was started a century ago this week. Oliver Milman looks at how climate change is likely to change the 412 areas of wilderness and monuments under its protection beyond recognition. "Yosemite's famous glacier, once a mile wide, is almost gone," fretted Barack Obama during a visit to the vast park in June. Rising temperatures will mean no more glaciers in Glacier national park, no more Joshua trees in Joshua national park, no more Everglades and could even threaten icons like the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, he added. "That's not the America I want to pass on to the next generation." Climate change will mean the end of national parks as we know them
Fentanyl found in pills at Prince's home Several pills taken from Prince's estate in Paisley Park after his death were counterfeit drugs containing the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl. An unnamed official said many pills were falsely labelled as "Watson 385". The singer, who died on 21 April, was found to have died of the drug. About a dozen tablets were found in a dressing room at Paisley Park, but the vast majority were in bottles of vitamin C and aspirin that had been tucked inside a suitcase and bags. Counterfeit pills found at Prince's home contain powerful opioid fentanyl Arctic sea ice disappearing at 'record speed' Using a variety of historical records, including newspapers and ship observations, researchers have determined that this summer, Arctic sea ice is at its lowest since records began over 125 years ago. But it's not just the area of ice-covered ocean that's shrunk; the volume of Arctic sea ice has declined even faster – about two-thirds of the summer sea ice has disappeared in just 36 years.
Historical documents reveal Arctic sea ice is disappearing at record speed Dispute over Iran payment rumbles on Republican senator Mark Kirk said on Sunday that Barack Obama was "acting like the drug dealer-in-chief" when his administration used the delivery of a $400m payment to Iran as what it called "leverage". "We can't have the president of the United States acting like the drug dealer-in-chief," Kirk said. "Giving clean packs of money to a … state sponsor of terror." He predicted the "500-euro notes will pop up across the Middle East". Obama like 'drug dealer-in-chief' after Iran payment, says Republican senator Scientists to end Mars simulation Six scientists are close to wrapping up a year of near isolation in a Mars simulation on a the slopes of Mauna Loa in Hawaii. The US, French and German volunteers have been living on freeze-dried food and trying to avoid personal conflicts for almost a year and may only venture outside in spacesuits. "They're doing OK, as far as we can tell," said Kim Binsted, principal investigator for the Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (Hi-Seas). Scientists simulating Mars mission on Hawaii long for end to year in isolation A history of Baltimore, for cops Under a new History of Baltimore police training program, recruits are encouraged to understand the culture of city where police have clashed with residents and drug use is widespread. Lessons include the history and effects of segregation in the city, the LGBT community, the port, African American culture, and the faith community. "If you're more aware about the culture where you police, you're going to be more culturally sensitive," said Baltimore police commissioner Kevin Davis. 'There's always a story': Baltimore police hear tales of America's 'heroin capital' Third-party promise A vote for the Republicans or Democrats is a vote for the status quo while pressure from the radical left could be the beginning of a transformational change, argues Kevin Zeese. The two parties use fear to manipulate voters and only the Greens, Jill Stein and Ajamu Baraka, are challenging corporate power. "Establishment parties nominated two very unpopular candidates. Since we know who will win, why throw away your vote on either? Use your vote to challenge corporate power." Third parties aren't 'spoilers'. They're at the cutting edge of democracy In case you missed it … Gabriel Sherman wrote an unauthorized biography Roger Ailes, the Fox New chief who was fired after a series of sexual harassment allegations. Sherman says the allegations came as no surprise – in his 2014 book The Loudest Voice in the Room, Sherman reported that Ailes had offered television producer Randi Harrison an extra $100 a week in the 1980s if she agreed to have sex with him whenever he wanted. While Ailes continues to deny the allegations, Sherman believes evidence of a corporate cover-up could continue to cause problems for Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.
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The flooded areas of North Baton Rouge in Louisiana. Governor John Bel Edwards said Americans are realizing a week later how impactful the floods are. Photograph: Patrick Dennis/AP 
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