Sunday, September 10, 2017

Evening Edition: Irma makes second landfall in Florida

 
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Irma makes second landfall in Florida
The Category 3 storm arrived in Marco Island Sunday afternoon. The storm made its first landfall just after 9 a.m. Sunday in the lower Keys and made its presence known across South Florida, causing more than 2 million power outages and lashing major population centers with rain and wind.
Irma batters Florida Peninsula; 'catastrophic' storm surge feared
A storm surge of 10 to 15 feet above normally dry land posed an "imminent danger" in Southwest Florida.
 
'People are roaming like zombies': Caribbean islands stagger after storm passes
Irma created a sprawling disaster zone of flooding, power failures and wholesale destruction across Cuba, the Virgin Islands, Saint Martin, Antigua and Barbuda.
 
The latest: Where is Irma headed after Florida?
Follow this continually updating post for the most recent forecasts and the hurricane's projected path.
 
Escaping North Korea: 'We … decided to kill ourselves rather than be sent back'
South Korea may seem close, but tightly guarded borders have forced North Koreans trying to flee into a grueling journey of thousands of miles in vehicles and on foot over mountains.
 
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Clinton: 'I am done with being a candidate'
The former secretary of state said she will not pursue the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, although she does plan to stay involved in national politics.
 
Prosecutors and a tech company are embroiled in a battle over info from an anti-Trump website
A D.C. superior court judge has ordered DreamHost to turn over email addresses and other information from people who visited an anti-Trump site before the inauguration.
 
Netanyahu's son posts classic anti-Semitic meme, drawing praise from neo-Nazis
The image appears to be a local take on a classic anti-Semitic meme suggesting that Jews control the United States. It has appeared widely on extreme alt-right websites.
 
Redskins Gameday: Turnovers burn Washington as Eagles claim opener, 30-17
Philadelphia led throughout the second half as turnovers and red zone issues plagued Washington.
 
Most of America's landscape is rural. But journalists don't go there very often.
While most American journalists stay inside their urban bubble, the Texas Observer's staff is laboring in the fields.
 
 
     
 
 
 
 

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