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Top eight CNS stories for today including delegates kicked off the scaled-down 2020 Republican National Convention by officially renominating President Donald Trump; The California Supreme Court reversed Scott Peterson’s death sentence due to jury selection errors; The head of the World Health Organization said “there is light at the end of the tunnel” thanks to new coronavirus treatments and the prospect of vaccines, and more.

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Top eight CNS stories for today including delegates kicked off the scaled-down 2020 Republican National Convention by officially renominating President Donald Trump; The California Supreme Court reversed Scott Peterson’s death sentence due to jury selection errors; The head of the World Health Organization said “there is light at the end of the tunnel” thanks to new coronavirus treatments and the prospect of vaccines, and more.

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National

1.) Delegates kicked off the scaled-down 2020 Republican National Convention by officially renominating President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence on Monday morning in Charlotte.

The room is set and delegates begin to arrive for the first day of the Republican National Convention, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

2.) Senator Ron Wyden on Monday asked former national security adviser John Bolton to discuss claims from his 2020 book that President Donald Trump tried to scuttle a record-breaking money-laundering prosecution as a favor to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.  

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee nomination hearing for Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, on Capitol Hill in Washington May. 5, 2020. The panel is considering Ratcliffe's nomination for director of national intelligence. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

3.) EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced Monday the limited emergency approval of a disinfectant that the agency says can kill the new coronavirus on treated surfaces for up to seven days.

GermBlast employee Jade Davis fumigates disinfectant onto student lockers at Bowie Middle School in Odessa, Texas on Tuesday, July 28, 2020. The cleaning crew that Davis is part of is one of many measures to be implemented to help ensure the safety of students and school staff from COVID-19 in the case of an in-person return to school in Odessa. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP)

Regional

4.) Nearly 16 years after being sentenced to death for the murders of his wife Laci and unborn child, Scott Peterson won a reprieve of sorts Monday: The California Supreme Court reversed his death sentence due to jury selection errors — but the murder convictions stand.

FILE - In this April 21, 2003, file photo, Sarah Kellison stands in front of a memorial in honor of Laci Peterson outside the house Laci shared with her husband Scott Peterson in Modesto, Calif. The California Supreme Court overturned the 2005 death sentence for Peterson in the slaying of his pregnant wife. It upheld his 2004 conviction of murdering Laci Peterson, who was eight months pregnant with their unborn son. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

5.) Following a weekend of improved weather conditions across much of the state, California firefighters are gaining on the series of historic wildfires that have burned an area the size of Rhode Island in just over a week.

Flames from the LNU Lightning Complex fires jump Butts Canyon Rd. on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020, as firefighters work to contain the blaze in unincorporated Lake County. The fire has killed four people, destroyed 870 structures and scorched more than 350,000 acres according to Cal Fire. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

6.) All tropical storm warnings and watches for the Louisiana coast were dropped Monday afternoon as Tropical Storm Marco continued to weaken, while Tropical Storm Laura gained intensity as its path shifted west toward Texas.

Some businesses in New Orleans’ French Quarter were preparing Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020, for the impact of Tropical Storms Marco and Laura. (Courthouse News photo/Sabrina Canfield)

International

7.) The global death toll from the coronavirus pandemic surged past 800,000 over the weekend, but the head of the World Health Organization said Monday “there is light at the end of the tunnel” thanks to new treatments and the prospect of vaccines.

A man wearing a face masks walks past an idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha during reimposed weekend lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Jammu, India Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020. India has the third-highest caseload after the United States and Brazil, and the fourth-highest death toll in the world. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

8.) Scientists from Hokkaido University announced Monday they have discovered a region of high melting activity beneath Shirase Glacier Tongue in East Antarctica responsible for an alarming rate of ice loss, which will give them better insight into predicting sea-level rise from glacial melting.

Adélie penguins in Lützow-Holm Bay, Antarctica, enjoy easy access to food and increase body weight and breeding success in ice-free summer. (Yuuki Watanabe / National Institute of Polar Research, Japan)
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