TROPICAL WEATHER

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Tropical Storm Erika is losing its punch as it drenches Haiti and the Dominican Republic, but it left devastation in its path, killing at least 20 people and leaving another 31 missing on the small eastern Caribbean island of Dominica, authorities say. 

CONGRESS-IRAN-DURBIN

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois is leading the operation to round up votes in favor of the Iran deal, and he looks to be winning. 

PRESIDENTIAL RACE-REPUBLICANS-CHINA

CHARLESTON, South Carolina — If there was ever a week for the 2016 Republican presidential candidates to talk tough on China, this was it. Spurred by the stock market's wild ride, they lashed out at the world's most populous nation. 

PRESIDENTIAL RACE-TRUMP

NORWOOD, Massachusetts — Republican Donald Trump holds a $100-per-person campaign event — which he repeatedly insisted wasn't a fundraiser — outside of Boston as he backpedals on his previous pledge not to accept contributions for his 2016 presidential campaign. 

MEXICO-BABIES SOLD

MEXICO CITY — A child welfare official in northern Mexico took at least nine babies from poor or drug-addicted mothers and offered them to adoptive parents in exchange for payments ranging from $5,000 to $9,000, authorities say, and any more children could be involved.

VENEZUELA-COLOMBIA

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro broadens a crackdown on Colombian migrants and border smugglers, expanding a zone where the border is closed and sending an additional 3,000 soldiers to the area. 

ARGENTINA-PROSECUTOR

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — An Argentine judge authorizes a money laundering probe involving the prosecutor who died mysteriously while investigating the bombing of a Jewish center. His sister and mother have been summoned.