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Some of the products that New York health authorities found to contain vitamin E acetate. (New York State Department of Health) Lena H. Sun September 5 at 2:53 PM State and federal health officials investigating mysterious lung illnesses linked to vaping have found the same chemical in samples of marijuana products used by people sickened in different parts of the country and who used different brands of products in recent…

U.S. investigators on Thursday were examining potential ignition sources of a deadly fire on a scuba diving boat, including electronics aboard the vessel where 34 people were killed off the coast of Southern California. Investigators know photography equipment, batteries and other electronics were stored and plugged in on the Conception, said Jennifer Homendy, a member of the National Transportation Safety Board. “We are not ruling anything out at this point,”…

Jo Johnson, brother of Britain’s prime minister, Boris Johnson, resigned from Parliament and his brother’s Cabinet on Thursday. Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP hide caption toggle caption Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Jo Johnson, brother of Britain’s prime minister, Boris Johnson, resigned from Parliament and his brother’s Cabinet on Thursday. Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Jo Johnson, the brother of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has resigned from Parliament, in the latest sign of Brexit turmoil. Jo Johnson says…

As Hurricane Dorian slogs up the Carolina coast, forecasters are predicting high storm surges and drenching rains that could trigger flooding and unleash environmental hazards in areas still recovering from last year’s Hurricane Florence. The National Weather Service issued a hurricane warning Wednesday for the Atlantic coast from northern Georgia to southern Virginia, predicting a “potentially life threatening storm surge” up to 8 feet (2.4 meters) around the North Carolina-South…

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I would only be half-joking in proposing a Kamala Harris-Vladimir Putin ticket in 2020. The fact is, Harris’ policy positions fit very closely to those most desired by Putin. Just consider what Harris said at a CNN town hall on Wednesday evening. A questioner falsely claimed that fracking — which has reduced carbon emissions by more than all of the combined environmental legislation and activism in U.S. history — destroys…

Jo Johnson, brother of Britain’s prime minister, Boris Johnson, resigned from Parliament and his brother’s Cabinet on Thursday. Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP hide caption toggle caption Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Jo Johnson, brother of Britain’s prime minister, Boris Johnson, resigned from Parliament and his brother’s Cabinet on Thursday. Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Jo Johnson, the brother of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has resigned from Parliament, in the latest sign of Brexit turmoil. Jo Johnson says…

Since 2017, China has prohibited any political activity by foreign organizations, under a law modeled on one that Russia adopted after the “color revolutions” swept former Soviet republics. Hong Kong, by contrast, still allows nongovernmental organizations a great deal of freedom, and the work that many of them do is effectively an affront to the values of the Communist government in Beijing. The National Endowment for Democracy, for example, regularly…

(CNN)Days after Hurricane Dorian inflicted “generational devastation” on islands in the Bahamas, foreign aid has arrived to support rescue efforts, feed the displaced and assess damage that’s being described in apocalyptic terms. ‘);$vidEndSlate.removeClass(‘video__end-slate–inactive’).addClass(‘video__end-slate–active’);}};CNN.autoPlayVideoExist = (CNN.autoPlayVideoExist === true) ? true : false;var configObj = {thumb: ‘none’,video: ‘tv/2019/09/04/lead-patrick-oppmann-live-jake-tapper.cnn’,width: ‘100%’,height: ‘100%’,section: ‘domestic’,profile: ‘expansion’,network: ‘cnn’,markupId: ‘body-text_15’,theoplayer: {allowNativeFullscreen: true},adsection: ‘const-article-inpage’,frameWidth: ‘100%’,frameHeight: ‘100%’,posterImageOverride: {“mini”:{“width”:220,”type”:”jpg”,”uri”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/190904162258-lead-patrick-oppmann-live-jake-tapper-00024025-small-169.jpg”,”height”:124},”xsmall”:{“width”:307,”type”:”jpg”,”uri”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/190904162258-lead-patrick-oppmann-live-jake-tapper-00024025-medium-plus-169.jpg”,”height”:173},”small”:{“width”:460,”type”:”jpg”,”uri”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/190904162258-lead-patrick-oppmann-live-jake-tapper-00024025-large-169.jpg”,”height”:259},”medium”:{“width”:780,”type”:”jpg”,”uri”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/190904162258-lead-patrick-oppmann-live-jake-tapper-00024025-exlarge-169.jpg”,”height”:438},”large”:{“width”:1100,”type”:”jpg”,”uri”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/190904162258-lead-patrick-oppmann-live-jake-tapper-00024025-super-169.jpg”,”height”:619},”full16x9″:{“width”:1600,”type”:”jpg”,”uri”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/190904162258-lead-patrick-oppmann-live-jake-tapper-00024025-full-169.jpg”,”height”:900},”mini1x1″:{“width”:120,”type”:”jpg”,”uri”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/190904162258-lead-patrick-oppmann-live-jake-tapper-00024025-small-11.jpg”,”height”:120}}},autoStartVideo = false,isVideoReplayClicked = false,callbackObj,containerEl,currentVideoCollection = [],currentVideoCollectionId = ”,isLivePlayer = false,mediaMetadataCallbacks,mobilePinnedView = null,moveToNextTimeout,mutePlayerEnabled…

Though weakened, Dorian remained a force to be reckoned with, its swirling circle of winds and rain wrapped around a large, gaping eye visible on photos taken from space. At 11 p.m. EDT Wednesday the distinct eye of the hurricane churned about 105 miles (168 kilometers) south of Charleston, moving north at 7 mph (11 kph) off the coast. In Charleston’s downtown, stores and restaurants were boarded up with wood…

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – Students from a high school in Santa Cruz, a Fremont science teacher and his daughter, an adventurous marine biologist who worked in Santa Cruz, and a family of five from Stockton celebrating a birthday are among those presumed to have died when fire tore through a scuba diving boat off the Southern California coast, trapping dozens of sleeping people below deck. Authorities on Tuesday ended the…

Bernie Sanders defended the filibuster Wednesday, insisting that he would not need 60 votes to pass his $16.3 trillion climate change plan. Sanders, speaking at CNN’s climate change town hall, said he could accomplish his goals of reaching 100% renewable energy for electricity and transportation by 2030 through the parliamentary procedure of budget reconciliation, which allows for passing legislation with only a simple majority in the Senate. “I haven’t wavered,”…

Life in Britain is pretty great right now. It’s the loveliest time of year: The rankness of high summer has passed, but the hedgerows remain thick and green, flecked with the first hints of autumn color. We are gripped by one of the most dramatic Ashes series ever: our regular cricket clash with Australia. Employment is at record levels. The deficit has finally been eliminated. The governing Conservative Party is…

Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam said Wednesday the government would formally withdraw the controversial extradition bill that sparked months of protests. Withdrawing the bill sits atop the list of protesters’ demands. But most greeted the news with the sentiment: “too little, too late.” The demonstrations that have taken over Hong Kong on a weekly basis since June are therefore unlikely to stop, and this concession from the government may…

Anthony Faiola Maria Sacchetti Tim Craig Joel Achenbach September 4 at 11:24 PM NASSAU, Bahamas — A massive search-and-rescue operation scoured the islands of Great Abaco and Grand Bahama amid a growing awareness that Hurricane Dorian unleashed a catastrophe unlike anything seen in this part of the world. The death toll late Wednesday was 20, according to Minister of Health Duane Sands, and it is likely to rise further as…

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Video Aerial footage of Abaco Island reveals extent of devastation from Hurricane Dorian Hurricane Dorian stalled over the Bahamas for a day and a half, pounding the islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama with winds up to 185 mph and torrential rain. As a massive hurricane creeps up on the East Coast, Washington’s windbags are in full voice. But what politicians say in an emergency matters little, and what Washington does…

The UK Parliament has voted to block a no-deal Brexit, an attempt to prevent Prime Minister Boris Johnson from pulling the country out of the European Union without a plan in place. Members of Parliament pushed the vote through Wednesday, a day after Parliament seized control to do exactly this. Lawmakers are moving at a rapid clip, after Johnson decided to suspend Parliament for five weeks, starting as early as…

U.S. President Donald Trump gave a news briefing at the White House about Hurricane Dorian on Sept. 4, 2019. Some people, including atmospheric scientist Kait Parker, noticed that a graphic he used looked a little odd. The black outlined area on this very outdated @NHC_Atlantic #Dorian graphic that Trump just used in his update was added and not a part of the official forecast. @WhiteHouse pic.twitter.com/XMQmepPyj6 — Kait Parker (@WeatherKait)…

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Oh yeah, well, first of all, we are using much less here than we anticipated. We thought this was going to be a direct — originally this was going to be a direct hit into Miami. We would have been satisfied, anyway. No, we need help on the border. The numbers are really good. I want to think again the country of Mexico. They…