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Natural disasters are often the subject of online misinformation, and Hurricane Dorian attracted its own measure of misleading social media content in September 2019. As the storm battered the Caribbean archipelago of the Bahamas on Sept. 2 and 3, one widely shared Facebook post purported to show evidence of the damage done to one of the Abaco Islands, a sub-group of islands west of Grand Bahama and north of New…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, seen hosting health service workers Tuesday at No. 10 Downing St. in London. The same day in the House of Commons, Johnson was dealt a political blow when the defection of a fellow Conservative left him without a working majority in Parliament. WPA Pool/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption WPA Pool/Getty Images British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, seen hosting health service workers Tuesday at No….

Paul Sonne Seung Min Kim September 3 at 8:07 PM Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper agreed Tuesday to free up $3.6 billion from the Pentagon budget for President Trump’s border wall by effectively defunding 127 military construction projects using emergency authorities. Esper determined that the use of the military construction funds was necessary to support American forces deployed to the southern border with Mexico under the national emergency that Trump…

Rob Lowe’s heart hurts for the victims in the California dive boat fire — a boat he’s “been on many times.” The Parks and Recreation actor spoke out about Monday morning’s tragedy when a fire broke out on the 75-foot commercial vessel called the Conception off the coast of Santa Cruz Island, which is north of Los Angeles. The boat was carrying 33 passengers and six crew members — the majority of…

Dublin, the Irish capital where Vice President Mike Pence has multiple meetings scheduled this week, sits on the east coast of the island nation. Per the request of the president, Pence is residing in Doonberg every night, on the opposite coast of the country. Unsurprisingly, Trump directed Pence to commute hundreds of miles a day so he could stay at his only Irish golf course, Trump International Golf Links &…

Video Hurricane Dorian slowly pulls away from the Bahamas, tracking north toward the Carolinas Rick Reichmuth reports on the position and path of the deadly Category 2 hurricane. As Hurricane Dorian edges closer to Florida’s eastern coast, a 120-strong team of NASA personnel will ride out the storm at Kennedy Space Center, where they will monitor any damage to key launch infrastructure. “With Hurricane Dorian forecast to bring hurricane conditions to…

CLOSE At least four people were killed and dozens remained missing after a dive boat fire in southern California. Harrison Hill, USA TODAY SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – All 33 passengers and one crew member are assumed dead after a tragic boat fire early Monday that occurred in open water off the California coast. Authorities reported in a press conference Tuesday that the remains of 20 victims had been recovered, including 11 females and…

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BRYAN, Tex (KBTX) – September 10th (or thereabouts) is the statistical peak of the Atlantic hurricane season. Give or take a few days and it’s not surprising to find a map painted many colors for “areas to watch” in the Atlantic Ocean on Labor Day. Most notable on the map is Dorian, which remained a Category 5 hurricane for a little over 24 hours before slightly weakening to…

Dublin, the Irish capital where Vice President Mike Pence has multiple meetings scheduled this week, sits on the east coast of the island nation. Per the request of the president, Pence is residing in Doonberg every night, on the opposite coast of the country. Unsurprisingly, Trump directed Pence to commute hundreds of miles a day so he could stay at his only Irish golf course, Trump International Golf Links &…

By Meg Wagner and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN Updated 10:24 AM ET, Tue September 3, 2019 Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what’s happening in the world as it unfolds. (CNN)A striking satellite image of Grand Bahama Island shows vast areas of the island under water after Hurricane Dorian passed through the region on Monday.

By Meg Wagner and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN Updated 10:24 AM ET, Tue September 3, 2019 Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what’s happening in the world as it unfolds. (CNN)A striking satellite image of Grand Bahama Island shows vast areas of the island under water after Hurricane Dorian passed through the region on Monday.

By Meg Wagner and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN Updated 10:24 AM ET, Tue September 3, 2019 Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what’s happening in the world as it unfolds. (CNN)A striking satellite image of Grand Bahama Island shows vast areas of the island under water after Hurricane Dorian passed through the region on Monday.

Rescue crews found what they believed were the remains of 25 people who died after a diving boat caught fire off the coast of Santa Cruz Island, north of Los Angeles, according to a U.S. Coast Guard official. The 75-foot commercial vessel called the Conception, carrying 33 passengers and 6 crew members, went up in flames at about 3:30 a.m. Monday, officials said. In a text message conversation with NBC…

Kevin Sullivan Karla Adam September 3 at 11:35 AM Britain’s Parliament returns from its summer recess and is facing a titanic showdown over Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plans to leave the European Union. Here’s what we know: ●Johnson has lost his majority in Parliament, with the defection of Conservative Phillip Lee to the Liberal Democrats. ●The opposition, including members of Johnson’s party, is seeking to pass legislation to delay Brexit….

There are two Chicagos, and Mayor Lori Lightfoot declared her sacrificial commitment to one last week.  In one Chicago, half of the households earn less than $65,000. Forty-five percent own their own home; half of those homes are currently valued at less than $260,000. These homeowners pay property taxes at the second highest rate in the country, and most are seeing home values stagnate or fall. For the remainder of…

BORIS Johnson has lost his tiny Commons majority this afternoon – just hours before a crunch vote this evening which could trigger an election. Tory MP Phillip Lee defected to the Liberal Democrats right in front of the PM this afternoon as he gave a speech at the despatch box – and went to sit with them in the Commons. Boris has effectively lost his majority in the Commons this…

The coastal city of Stuart, Florida, is starting to feel the effects of Hurricane Dorian, which has stalled 100 miles away above Grand Bahama. “We are getting the periodic outer rain bands that come in and literally smack us with strong, gusty, tropical storm force winds. Brief, heavy rainfall. And a few flashes of lightning, as well, in the distance, from time to time,” said CNN meteorologist Derek Van Dam in Stuart. “There’s also been transformers that have blown…

Rescue crews located what they believed were the remains of 25 people who died after a diving boat caught fire off the coast of Santa Cruz Island, north of Los Angeles, according to a U.S. Coast Guard official. The 75-foot commercial vessel called the Conception, carrying 33 passengers and six crew, went up in flames at about 3:30 a.m. Monday, officials said. In a text message conversation with NBC News,…

Even Communist Party-controlled newspapers in the city that were run largely by Hong Kongers during British rule are now staffed at their senior levels by mainlanders who view Hong Kong through a prism fixed decades ago by China’s late paramount leader, Deng Xiaoping. He regarded the city as a greedy, self-indulgent place that had no real interest in politics and so could easily reabsorbed into “the motherland.” In Hong Kong…