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San Juan, Puerto Rico, after Hurricane Maria struck with 175 mph winds, cutting off power to the whole island. (Photo by Jeff Miller) Photo used under CC BY

Puerto Rico dam fails; evacuations begin

All people living near the Guajataca River in northwest Puerto Rico should evacuate immediately because of an “imminent dam break,” the National Weather Service said.

CNN

Storm destroys territory’s power grid

Bloomberg

Merkel ahead in German election polls

Opinion polls have confirmed the far-right populist AfD‘s challenge to the Left party for third place in Germany’s federal elections. Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on people to vote as concerns about abstention grow.

Deutsche Welle

German election: Why Americans should care

USA TODAY

Russia to US, N. Korea ‘hot heads’: Calm down

Russia‘s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has urged “hot heads” to calm down, calling an escalating war of words between US President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un “a kindergarten fight.”

Al Jazeera

From dotard to Goliath, world reacts to Trump’s UN speech

CNN

McCain torpedoes GOP Obamacare repeal plan

Sen. John McCain has said he cannot support his fellow Republicans’ latest effort to repeal Obamacare, dealing it a potentially fatal blow. The Arizona senator said he “cannot in good conscience” vote for the new plan, which President Donald Trump backs.

BBC

Trump’s misleading claim on pre-existing protections in Graham-Cassidy

PolitiFact

Death toll in Mexico quake rises to 295

The death toll in this week’s massive earthquake that toppled buildings in Mexico City and elsewhere rose to at least 295, the country’s national civil defense coordinator said, as rescuers continued to look for those trapped in the rubble.

NBCNews.com

Trapped woman saved by WhatsApp messages as hopes of finding more survivors fade

Australian Broadcasting Company

HUMAN RIGHTS

Saudi Arabia lets women into stadium

Saudi Arabia is celebrating the 87th anniversary of its founding this weekend with an unprecedented array of concerts and performances, including allowing women into King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh for a Saturday evening operetta - a first in the conservative Islamic kingdom.

Reuters

Saudi cleric banned for saying women‘s brains ’a quarter the size‘ of men’s

Guardian

UK rights group fires up LGBTQ allies

UK gay rights organization Stonewall has launched a nationwide campaign aimed at galvanizing LGBTQ allies in the fight against hate crimes and discrimination, as new research exposes shocking levels of abuse directed toward sexual and gender minorities in Britain.

NBCNews.com

Trudeau tells UN of indigenous people’s woes

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used his UN General Assembly speech to highlight the struggle of indigenous people in his country. “For indigenous peoples in Canada, the experience was mostly one of humiliation, neglect and abuse,” he said.

The Independent

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Iran reports testing new ballistic missile

Iran test-fired a new missile that it said could carry several warheads, state media reported, in a move that looked set to ratchet up tensions with Washington.

NBCNews.com

May’s Brexit speech leaves Germans unmoved

German voters have been left unmoved by Theresa May’s plea for the UK to remain in the single market during a transition period as she set out her vision for Brexit two days before the country was due to go the polls.

The Independent

Britons in EU tell May: ‘Don’t throw us under Brexit bus’

Guardian

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Solving the Easter Island population puzzle

The nearly 900 giant stone statues discovered by the first Europeans to land on Easter Island seemed at odds with the small population found living there. A new detailed study of the farming potential of the Island suggests it could have sustained 17,500 people at its peak.

ScienceDaily

Human semen can host up to 27 viruses

A dig through the literature has uncovered evidence of 27 distinct viruses from a wide variety of families capable of staying intact as they’re transmitted through semen to a new host. The testes seem to provide a potentially easy way for just about any kind of virus to migrate into a new home.

Science Alert

GLOBAL HEALTH

CVS will limit opioid prescriptions to 7 days

In a new effort to tackle the deadly opioid addiction crisis in the United States, pharmacy giant CVS announced Friday that it will limit opioid prescriptions to seven days for certain conditions. This restriction will apply to patients who are new to pain therapy.

CNN

Alarm as ‘super malaria’ spreads in SE Asia

The rapid spread of “super malaria” in South East Asia is an alarming global threat, scientists are warning. This dangerous form of the malaria parasite cannot be killed with the main anti-malaria drugs.

BBC

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GOOD NEWS

Teacher hailed as hero for taking down gunman

A teacher took down a gunman inside an Illinois high school after he opened fire in the school‘s cafeteria on Wednesday. Police say Angela McQueen’s quick response saved lives. A 16-year-old student was shot and later released from the hospital, and the suspect, a student, is in custody.

CBS News

Girl Scout honored for saving mom from wreck

Last April Melina Lakey was riding home from a movie with her parents when their SUV clipped a drainage ditch and rolled over six times, landing on its roof. The 9-year-old was pulled to safety by her dad, who was driving. When Melina saw that her mom was stuck in the passenger seat, she ran back to help.

ABC News

Off-duty firefighters save boy from burning car

ABC News

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

5 common mistakes in awareness campaigns

With the busiest fundraising season fast approaching, nonprofit leaders everywhere should be spending much of their time thinking about their end-of-year fundraising campaigns. But most of the year, nonprofit leaders focus on the awareness campaign.

Philanthropy News Digest

Volunteers build tiny homes for homeless

Staff and students at Drake University and the University of Northern Iowa have built several so-called “tiny houses” that will eventually help homeless people in Des Moines.

Radio Iowa

ENVIRONMENT

Science behind confusing climate change news

In hhe Guardian, the headline was “Ambitious 1.5C Paris climate target is still possible.” Over at Breitbart, readers were told that “Climate Alarmists Finally Admit ‘We Were Wrong.’” The grist for the mill was a new study by a group of well-known climate scientists. Different news outlets baked very different breads with it.

Ars Technica

UK scientist: Don’t assume pesticides are safe

The assumption by regulators around the world that it is safe to use pesticides at industrial scales across landscapes is false, according to a chief scientific adviser to the UK government.

Guardian

BUSINESS AND TRADE

Nestlé makes billions bottling dirt-cheap water

Nestlé, the world’s largest food and beverage company, has come to dominate the controversial bottled-water industry, spring by spring, often going into economically depressed municipalities with the promise of jobs and new infrastructure in exchange for tax breaks and access to a resource that’s scarce for millions.

Bloomberg

Photo of the Day

An important meeting was held this month in Backnang, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. (Photo by Matthias Ripp) Photo used under CC BY

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