Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
1. OMINOUS CATEGORY 2 STORM SPINS TOWARD US MAINLAND
Harvey intensifies and steers for the Texas coast in what could be the fiercest hurricane to hit the U.S. in almost a dozen years.
2. WHOSE LEGAL TROUBLES ARE EXPANDING
Authorities in Thailand’s are searching for former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra after she fails to show up to hear the verdict in her criminal trial with speculation rife she may have fled the country.