The force of the winds from Hurricane Sally rips the panels off the valet awning of the Renaissance Hotel in downtown Mobile, Alabama, yesterday morning.

Meanwhile. in Russia

A Utah cop has been charged with aggravated assault after bodycam footage emerged of him ordering a #K9 to attack a black man who was on his knees with his hands in the air in his back yard. Prosecutors announced Wednesday that charges had been brought against Salt Lake City Police officer Nickolas Pearce following the April 24 incident that left Jeffery Ryans, 36, with damage and infections that could lead to his leg being amputated. Footage shows Pearce told the dog to attack Ryans, then repeatedly praised it and said 'good boy' while it latched onto his left leg and Ryans begged the cop to make it 'stop'. An investigation was only launched in August - four months after the attack - when Ryans broke his silence over the incident in the wake of multiple cop killings of black men and women across America in recent months.

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You can see the parking lot better in this shot. After crashing, the driver crawled out and, according to a witness, accused passersby of being "Antifa" and having caused the crash.

New video shows a California neighborhood overrun by flames from this month's Creek Fire. It's one of dozens of fires, which have burned nearly 5 million acres in California, Oregon and Washington State — destroying thousands of homes and killing at least 35 people.

Drone Video Shows Hurricane Sally’s Destruction

AirQuality conditions over in Downtown PDX this morning as I roll northbound on I-5. #OregonFires

Report: Summer riots and looting have cost upwards of $1 billion in damages

A Jewish pilgrim, who plans to enter Ukraine for a pilgrimage from the territory of Belarus, sits in front of Ukrainian service members near Novi Yarylovychi crossing point in Chernihiv Region, Ukraine. BelaPAN via REUTERS

Meanwhile, in France. Cultural enrichment in the classroom.

A police special forces officer brings down a protester staging a blockade as the police and forest workers clear a camp at the Dannenrod forest during a protest of environmentalists against the extension of the highway Autobahn 49, in Dannenrod. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach