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As Hurricane Irma Strengthens, Florida Braces for Possible Landfall
The New York Times - 5 Sep 2017 03:24
The latest forecasts have Irma on a more direct path toward South Florida, raising the chance that the United States could be hit with major back-to-back storms.
14-year-old girl found dead was bludgeoned over pot deal: cops
New York Post - 5 Sep 2017 20:14
The Texas girl who vanished walking her dog was viciously beaten to death with a hammer over a drug deal, police said. The details surrounding the death of 14-year-old Kaytlynn Cargill were released as a male acquaintanc...
Japan plane lands safely after engine flame seen at takeoff
Fox News - 5 Sep 2017 06:28
A Japan Airlines plane bound for New York has returned safely to a Tokyo airport after the pilot reported a bird strike to an engine during takeoff.
New York and Washington Vow to Sue the Trump Administration If It Terminates the DACA Program
Time - 5 Sep 2017 06:15
The program has protected nearly 800,000 young people from deportation
'Scared to death' nurse in Utah video: 'I stood my ground'
CNN - 5 Sep 2017 05:44
The Utah nurse arrested when she refused to let police officers draw blood from an unconscious crash victim is considering legal action after the frightening encounter that lit up social media and provoked widespread out...
New class of drugs targets aging
CNN - 5 Sep 2017 05:42
Researchers have turned the spotlight on a new class of drugs that they say could "transform" the field of medicine -- and the drugs work by targeting aging.
Dreamers Hold Vigil Outside Jared Kushner And Ivanka Trump's Home To Save DACA
The Huffington Post - 5 Sep 2017 05:37
The first daughter and her husband have previously indicated that they support extended DACA protections.
How Hurricane Harvey Could Save Congress From Itself
Time - 5 Sep 2017 04:51
Washington in August is miserably hot and strangely desolate, especially on Capitol Hill. Lawmakers and their coteries of staff have gone home or to the beach for the August recess. The stragglers on the steps of the Cap...
Orphaned by the mudslide in Sierra Leone's Freetown
Al Jazeera English - 5 Sep 2017 17:01
Young brothers' lucky escape from the Sugar Loaf mudslide that killed their entire family.
A Mediterranean Rescue Ship is Relocating to Asia to Help Rohingya Fleeing Myanmar
Time - 5 Sep 2017 06:28
Almost 90,000 Rohingya people have fled the ongoing violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state
Rohingya Continue to Pour Into Bangladesh With Stories of Indiscriminate Killing
Time - 5 Sep 2017 05:12
Refugees tell of Myanmar soldiers opening fire randomly on their villages
"It is terrifying": "Dreamers" fear end to DACA program
CBSNews - 5 Sep 2017 05:04
President Trump is expected to announce Tuesday that he's keeping a campaign promise and ending DACA
Will nuclear test force Chinese rethink on North Korea?
CNN - 5 Sep 2017 04:53
China -- North Korea's only global ally and biggest trading partner -- has put on a stoic face since Pyongyang successfully conducted its sixth nuclear test Sunday.
New York vows to sue Trump over immigrant children protections
Reuters - 5 Sep 2017 04:18
(Reuters) - New York and Washington state on Monday vowed to sue President Donald Trump if he scraps a program shielding from deportation immigrants who came to the United States illegally as children.
Trump And Sessions Suggested Dreamers' Fate Was Already Sealed In Court. It Wasn't.
The Huffington Post - 5 Sep 2017 23:01
The president was the one who chose to end DACA protections for young undocumented immigrants.
Steve Harvey takes a shot at Chicago's celebrity pool in new interview
Chicago Tribune - 5 Sep 2017 19:40California woman believed kidnapped by ex is found in Nevada
ABC News - 5 Sep 2017 16:55
Police say a California woman believed kidnapped by her ex-boyfriend has been found at a Las Vegas-area casino-hotel near the Arizona border
'Killer' allegedly used Lyft to get rid of college student's body
New York Post - 5 Sep 2017 16:47
A Pennsylvania man is accused of murdering a Temple University student and using a Lyft car service to transport her remains over 100 miles, according to a new report. Josh Hupperterz, 29, confessed to "elements of the c...
French Gossip Magazine to Pay Maximum Fines for Publishing Topless Photos of Kate Middleton
Time - 5 Sep 2017 16:42
It's less than the 1.5 million euros the royals sought in damages
Egypt to host war games with US after 8-year hiatus
Miami Herald - 5 Sep 2017 16:38
Egypt's military says it will host war games with U.S. troops later this month for the first time in eight years. Col. Tamer el-Rifai, a military spokesman, said Tuesday that …
North Korea: 'More gift packages' coming for the US
Al Jazeera English - 5 Sep 2017 16:36
Pyongyang's UN ambassador says its biggest nuclear weapons test yet was a 'gift' addressed to the United States.
South Korea seeks more powerful weapons from U.S.
CBSNews - 5 Sep 2017 16:28
U.S. agreed to lift restrictions and allow Seoul to increase the explosive power of its missiles and buy billions more in U.S.-made weapons