Today's edition of quick hits:
* Louisiana: "President Obama met with survivors in flooded Louisiana Tuesday, touring a hard-hit Baton Rouge suburb strewn with debris and rubble. 'Sometimes when these kinds of things happen, it can seem like too much to bear. But what I want the people of Louisiana to know is you're not alone, even after the TV cameras leave,' Obama said at a press conference Tuesday afternoon after walking through destroyed homes and shaking hands with residents."
* Afghanistan: "A U.S. service member was killed after their patrol triggered an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan Tuesday, officials said. Another American service member and six Afghan soldiers were wounded in the blast, near the city of Lashkar Gar, in Helmand Province, according to a U.S. military statement."
* A big step backward in Ohio: "The state got permission again to shorten early voting and eliminate the so-called 'Golden Week' that allowed people to register and vote early at the same time. In a 2-1 ruling, a panel for the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday reversed a lower court's decision."
* The news was better for voting advocates in Wisconsin: "On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit refused to block a lower court decision invalidating large chunks of Wisconsin's Republican-sponsored voting restrictions. The ruling effectively ensures that Wisconsin's most burdensome new voting laws will not be in effect during the 2016 election, unless the Supreme Court intervenes -- an extremely remote possibility."
* An important trip: "Vice President Joe Biden promised a U.S. response to any act of Russian aggression in Europe and told Baltic leaders on Tuesday to ignore Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's dismissive comments about the North Atlantic Treaty Organization."
* Guantanamo: "After 14 years of detention, Abu Zubaydah, the suspected terrorist brutally tortured after his capture in 2002, appeared for the first time at a Guantanamo Bay hearing on Tuesday morning and said he should be released because he posed no threat."
* Central Africa: "Secretary of State John F. Kerry on Monday condemned a recent outburst of violence in South Sudan as 'tragic and in some cases even reprehensible,' and said the United States would not automatically continue to provide humanitarian support for the country unless its leaders commit to peace."
* Time for a discussion about the need for increased regulation: "The maker of the life-saving allergy shot EpiPen is the new poster child for exorbitant drug price increases, as high-profile members of Congress, doctors and consumers lash out over huge price increases since 2009."
* Stanford's change is well intentioned, but largely misses the point: "In an effort to reduce 'the high risk of the rapid consumption of hard alcohol,' the university is banning liquors that are 20 percent alcohol by volume (40 proof) from undergraduate campus parties, while also prohibiting undergraduate students from having hard-alcohol containers that are 750 milliliters or larger in student residences. Student who are of legal age can still drink beer and wine."
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