Good morning, here are our early stories:

-- Examining Trump's Initial Response To The Racial Upheaval In Virginia.

--Pence Expands On Trump's Remarks To Include White Supremacists.

--Why Future Earthlings Won't See Total Solar Eclipses.

And here are more early headlines:

China Warns Trump May "Poison" Relations With Trade Probe. ( Reuters)

3 Shot, Killed At Wisconsin Dragway. ( Kenosha News)

Evacuations As Fire Burns In South-Central Washington. ( KING/AP)

Tropical Storm Gert Swings Back Out Into Atlantic. ( NHC)

20 Killed In Terror Attack In Burkina Faso. ( BBC)

Indian, Pakistan Marking Partition, Independence Days. ( Guardian)

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