 News this hour from townhall.com. I'm at Thomas. Downgraded to a tropical depression. Former hurricane barrel continues moving north through the Gulf of Mexico. It's dumping a lot of rain. Last check it was centered roughly 40 miles West of Little Rock, AR. The heat wave that's gripping the South and the West continues to claim lives. Doctor Richard Bruno's with Oregon's Multnomah County Health Department. It says four suspected heat related deaths are being investigated.