AP News Summary at 8:03 p.m. EDT

Isaias strengthens into Category 2 hurricane on collision course with the US Gulf Coast MIAMI (AP) — Isaias has strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane as it surges toward the U.S. Gulf Coast. The National Hurricane Center reports that the storm's maximum sustained winds increased to 100 mph on Thursday. That bumped the hurricane up into the higher category. Isaias is expected to make landfall along the northern Gulf Coast late Friday or early Saturday. It threatens to bring strong winds,