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News: 20 September 2017

– More than 200 dead after magnitude-7.1 quake strikes Mexico; “death toll will rise”

– Hurricane Maria pounds Puerto Rico after killing 7 people in Dominica

– UK police arrest three in Wales over London train bomb attack

– Trump fires back after Clinton calls U.N. speech ‘dangerous’

– Trump using campaign, RNC funds to pay legal bills from Russia probe: sources

– Erdogan: Trump apologized to me over brawl between Turkish bodyguards and protesters

– There is meddling in Germany’s election — not by Russia, but by U.S. right wing

– German World War I submarine discovered intact with 23 bodies inside

– Spanish police storm Catalan government buildings to stop independence referendum

– ‘I will have my boat stolen’: final days of British kayaker killed in Brazil

– WHO warns the world is running out of antibiotics

– Apple cuts cookies – but there is more to come in the online advertising arms race

 

News – 19 September 2017

– ‘Extremely dangerous’ Hurricane Maria now a Category 5 storm

– Category 4 Hurricane Maria Takes Aim at Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands

– Trump warns U.S. will “destroy” North Korea in UN General Assembly speech

– Trump suggests US will have military parade on July 4

– Myanmar’s Suu Kyi condemns abuses in Rakhine but silent on army role

– Equifax Suffered a Hack Almost Five Months Earlier Than the Date It Disclosed

– Canada won’t do business with Boeing while it’s ‘busy trying to sue us,’ Trudeau says

– Canada flagged as hidden $14 trillion credit bubble stokes global crisis fears

– Several people facing charges following protests at Georgia Tech

– Enough Fentanyl to Kill 32M People Seized in Single NYC Bust: Prosecutors

News – 18 September 2017

– Evidence leads investigators unraveling London subway plot to foster home

– Hurricane Maria expected to hammer Caribbean again, Jose to bring rain to northeast

– Trump takes on a new cause: ‘Make the United Nations great’

– Three killed, 16 injured after tour bus slams into MTA bus in Queens

– St. Louis protests over Jason Stockley not-guilty verdict resume after arrests

– Michael Flynn Family Sets Up Legal Defense Fund

– Equifax Stock Sales Are the Focus of U.S. Criminal Probe

– German girl, 16, who ran away to join ISIS may yet face the death penalty

– Hackers compromised free CCleaner software, Avast’s Piriform says

– Salt Lake County Jail Federal hate crime charges filed in Draper stun cane case

– ‘I was just doing my job’: Soviet officer who averted nuclear war dies at age 77

– Pot decriminalization law goes into effect in New Hampshire

News – 15 September 2017

– Manhunt Underway After London Terror Attack

– Trump Seizes on London Attack to Push for Expanding a Travel Ban

– North Korea fires second ballistic missile over Japan

– U.N. Security Council to meet after North Korea fires another missile over Japan

– Tillerson says Myanmar violence must stop, supports Suu Kyi

– Syria war: Turkey, Russia, Iran agree Idlib ‘ceasefire’ zone

– ‘For first time in 300 years, there’s not a single living person on the island of Barbuda’

– Mystery of sonic weapon attacks at US embassy in Cuba deepens

– Iceland government collapses over paedophile furore

– Salt Lake Police: Officers violated 6 policies in Alex Wubbels’ arrest

– Hoax: High School St. Kate’s security guard admits he shot himself

News – 14 September 2017

– Tiny bodies of slain Rohingya children wash up on Bangladesh shores

– North Korea faces food shortages after intense drought and ‘very bad harvest’

– North Korea Threatens to Use Nuclear Weapon to ‘Sink’ Japan

– No nuclear weapons in South Korea, says President Moon

– 8 dead after ‘excessively hot’ conditions in Florida nursing home

– Irma death toll rises to 31 across 3 states

– Shkreli ordered jailed after online bounty on Hillary Clinton’s hair

– Trump says he’s ‘fairly close’ to deal with Democrats to protect ‘Dreamers’

– Treasury Secretary Mnuchin requested government jet for European honeymoon

– Russia kicks off huge war games on Europe’s borders

– Equifax had ‘admin’ as login and password in Argentina

– Pressure mounts on Facebook to release campaign ads bought by Russia

– Catholic sexual abuse partly caused by secrecy and mandatory celibacy, report finds

– Exxon Loses Bid to Keep Auditor Files Secret in Climate Fraud Investigation

– Japan Is Selling Bullet Trains to India

News – 8 September 2017

– Hurricane Irma Live Updates: ‘Way Bigger Than Andrew,’ Florida Governor Warns

– Hurricane Irma slams Turks and Caicos, weakens to Category 4 on path to Florida

– Powerful Earthquake Off Southern Mexico Kills More Than 30 People

– Mexico expels North Korean ambassador over nuclear tests

– North Korea: Germany, China back ‘peaceful’ dialogue

– Three Equifax Managers Sold Stock Before Cyber Hack Revealed

– Nancy Pelosi Says Trump Promised Her He’d Sign The Dream Act

– Israel’s ‘meal’ scandal moves closer toward indictment of Netanyahu’s wife

– FDA slams EpiPen maker for doing nothing while hundreds failed, people died

– Texas Cop Who Said Town Was ‘Infested’ with Cartels Allegedly Worked with Them

– Boy who suffered up to 100 seizures a day has none in 300 days after being prescribed cannabis oil

– Uber is under federal investigation for spying on Lyft drivers

News – 7 September 2017

– Hurricane Irma causes at least 10 deaths in Caribbean as Florida, Georgia, SC brace for storm

– Florida under hurricane watch as ‘powerful and deadly’ Irma roars toward U.S. mainland

– Caribbean islands suffer huge damage after Irma – as it happened

– Florida Renters told they are not allowed to board up windows

– JetBlue, American, Delta cap ticket prices out of Florida ahead of Hurricane Irma

– Trump Stuns GOP by Dealing With Democrats on Debt, Harvey Aid

– Pelosi urged Trump to tweet DACA reassurance

– Son of Philippines’ Duterte linked to $125 million drug shipment as his father’s drug war kills thousands

– Rotherham abuse scandal: no charges against senior council figures

– South Korea expects North to launch ICBM on Saturday, prime minister says

– China agrees U.N. action, and talk, needed to end North Korea crisis

– Facebook reveals alleged Russia-funded political ad campaign in US

News – 6 September 2017

– Hurricane Irma slams Caribbean islands as it heads toward Puerto Rico

– Hurricane Irma is so strong it’s registering on devices designed to detect earthquakes

– FEMA Is Almost Out of Money and Hurricane Irma Is Approaching

– Travelers complain of steep airfares as they try to escape Hurricane Irma’s path

– U.S. and South Korea Near Completion of Missile-Defense System

– Britain could still reverse Brexit, former minister Heseltine says

– ‘We’re trying to go all in’: Chocolate giant Mars pledges $1 billion to fight climate change

– Archeological find affirms Heiltsuk Nation’s oral history:14,000 yr old settlement found in Canada

– America’s shrinking percentage of white Christians isn’t a sudden occurrence

– Search on for owner of tiger shot dead in metro Atlanta neighborhood

– Polygamist Warren Jeffs ordered to pay $16 million to former child bride who testified against him

– Teenage boy sets fire to Columbia River Gorge with firecrackers

 

 

News – 5 September 2017

Hurricane Irma’s Path

– Hurricane Irma is a ‘potentially catastrophic’ Category 5 storm

– Receding Floodwaters Reveal Extent Of Houston Area’s Post-Harvey Destruction

– Trump ends ‘Dreamers’ program, leaving fate of 800,000 uncertain

– Clinton book says Bernie Sanders inflicted ‘lasting damage’ on her campaign

– North Korea’s nuclear test site at risk of imploding, Chinese scientist says

– North Korea warns of ‘more gift packages’ for United States

– Japan plans for possible mass evacuation of its citizens in South Korea amid threats from North Korea

– Putin on US administration: ‘It’s difficult to talk with people who confuse Austria and Australia’

– Ohio news photographer reportedly shot by deputy while setting up to take pictures of traffic stop

– Aspiring Pastor Accused of Killing Wife in His Sleep Blames Cold Medicine: ‘I Can’t Believe I Did This’

News – 1 September 2017

– As waters recede in Houston, attention turns to chemical facilities

– Houston mosques open doors to Harvey victims on Muslim holiday

– Harvey floods Tennessee, Kentucky, as Hurricane Irma spins up in the Atlantic

– Video shows Utah nurse screaming, being dragged into police car after refusing to let officer take blood from unconscious victim

– Lesbian couple win $10,000 damages from county clerk who called them an ‘abomination’

– Cobb officer who said ‘we only shoot black people’ says he’ll retire

– Police Union President Calls Black Lives Matter Protesters Outside Philadelphia Officer’s House ‘a Pack of Rabid Animals’

– Sheriff David Clarke Resigns

– Power company kills nuclear plant, plans $6 billion in solar, battery investment

– Kenyan court scraps presidential vote, Kenyatta pledges to return to polls

– Russia: Will A Woman Replace Vladimir Putin As President?

– Anti-vaccination advocate Kent Heckenlively denied entry to Australia