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This demonstration at Parliament House in Hobart, Tasmania, is part of a popular push encouraging Australians to support same-sex marriage in a postal survey. (Photo by Nic McBride) Photo used under CC BY

Court clears Australians to settle gay marriage

Australians will have a verdict on same-sex marriage by mid-November after the High Court threw out a legal challenge to the Turnbull government’s postal survey.

Sydney Morning Herald

In Colombia, pope affirms rights, dignity of poor

On his last day in Colombia, Pope Francis visited Cartagena, a city in the north of Colombia on the Caribbean coast, to affirm by word and action the dignity of the human person and human rights and the need for total commitment to work for reconciliation and peace in this land.

America

Francis bruises head in popemobile during Colombia visit

ABC News

Iraq holding 1,400 foreign wives, kids of ISIS fighters

Iraqi authorities are holding 1,400 foreign wives and children of suspected ISIS fighters in a camp after government forces expelled the jihadist group from one of its last remaining strongholds in Iraq. They are from Russia, Turkey, Central Asia and Europe.

Reuters

Florida stockpiles water, food for Irma victims

With the arrival of what is potentially one of the most devastating storms to ever hit Florida, officials have set aside 3.2 million liters of water, filled 67 trailers with meals, and amassed 24,000 tarps.

USA TODAY

More than 2.1M without power in Florida

Associated Press

Red Cross doubts voiced amid hurricane needs

USA TODAY

Evacuees face a desperate plight at Florida shelters as Irma strikes

Guardian

Thousands rally against Brexit in London

Opponents of Brexit who turned out in their tens of thousands for one of the largest marches yet against Britain’s withdrawal from the EU have been told they need to “listen and understand” leave voters and bide their time for a referendum on any deal that may emerge.

Guardian

HUMAN RIGHTS

‘Who will take us?’: Myanmar’s fleeing Rohingya

Rohingya Muslims as old as 105 are pouring into Bangladesh in the hope of finding peace and some semblance of a future, as the Myanmar army and allied mobs lay waste to their homes and villages in the western region of Rakhine.

Al Jazeera

Indian women seek to call husbands by name

Women in rural India are challenging a custom that bans them from calling their husbands by their name. Girls are taught from a young age to never address their husbands – or older male relative – by their name, as a mark of respect.

The Independent

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Mexico earthquake: Death toll rises to 90

At least 90 people have died in last week’s 8.1 magnitude earthquake in Mexico, officials have confirmed. A government spokesman said 71 people had been killed in the southwest state of Oaxaca alone. Hundreds of families have reportedly been camping in the streets, afraid of the dangers of aftershocks.

BBC

Netanyahu taking execs to Latin America

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will bring a group of Israeli business executives with him to Latin America this week as he focuses on bolstering relations with Argentina and Mexico.

Bloomberg

China looks at plans to ban petrol, diesel cars

China, the world‘s biggest car market, plans to ban the production and sale of diesel and petrol cars and vans. The country’s vice minister of industry said it had started “relevant research” but that it had not yet decided when the ban would come into force.

BBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Apple suffers ‘major iPhone X leak’

Details of new iPhones and other forthcoming Apple devices have been revealed via an apparent leak. Two news sites were given access to an as-yet-unreleased version of the iOS operation system. The code refers to an iPhone X in addition to two new iPhone 8 handsets.

BBC

Newly unearthed tomb unveiled in Egypt

Egyptian authorities unveiled a previously undiscovered ancient tomb belonging to a goldsmith and his wife near Luxor. The tomb contains “mummies, sarcophagi, statuettes and other artifacts,” according to Egypt.

CNN

Biologists extend lifespan of fruit flies

In research that potentially could delay the onset of Parkinson‘s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, stroke, cardiovascular disease, and other diseases of aging, biologists have produced a genetic one-two punch that significantly slowed aging and improved health in the middle-aged fruit flies they studied.

ScienceDaily

GLOBAL HEALTH

Mayo study: It’s OK to snooze with dog in room

Some dogs get free rein of their humans‘ bedroom. Some are banished for fear of causing a bad night’s sleep. A new Mayo Clinic study published in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings this week says it‘s OK to let Mr. Fluffypants snooze with you, but there’s a catch. Mr. Fluffypants needs his own bed.

CNET News

Gender-change GP probed for treating children

A GP in the UK is being investigated over complaints about her giving gender-change hormones to children as young as 12. Dr. Helen Webberley has been restricted from treating transgender patients unsupervised while the General Medical Council looks into the case.

BBC

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GOOD NEWS

Woman, 93, fulfills dream to ride a Harley

Mildred Garrison of Reidsville, North Carolina, can officially call herself a “biker chick” now. The 93-year-old fulfilled her lifelong dream of riding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle. “It was wonderful. I loved it,” Garrison said. “The motorcycle was beautiful.”

Yahoo! News

Hawkeyes fans wave to kids in hospital

NBCNews.com

Educator using his ALS to teach students about life

ABC News

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Blackbaud, Salesforce hailed as do-gooders

Two tech companies deeply involved in the nonprofit sector were tapped by Fortune magazine in its annual Changing the World list. Salesforce.com placed number 36 on the list and Blackbaud placed first among the publication’s six rising stars.

NonProfit Times

Fewer WWII vets signing up for honor flights

The Land of Lincoln Honor Flight program is seeing fewer World War II veterans on its trips to the nation’s capital. Most of the WWII veterans who have applied have already gone on a flight. Their numbers also are declining. A sailor or soldier who was 18 years old in August 1944 would be 91 today.

U.S. News & World Report

ENVIRONMENT

The link between climate change, hurricanes

These days, as soon as winds hit 74 miles per hour or barometric pressure drops below 990 millibars, people want to know: Is climate change behind this hurricane? Climate scientists are more confident than ever that there’s some linkage.

Bloomberg

The one number that shows why climate change is making hurricane season worse

Time

Have we passed the point of no return?

James Hansen, the former NASA climatologist who brought climate change to the public’s attention in the summer of 1988, issued a bombshell: Climate scientists had identified a newly important feedback mechanism off the coast of Antarctica that suggests mean sea levels could rise 10 times faster than previously predicted: 10 feet by 2065.

Rolling Stone

BUSINESS

Equifax turns massive hack into ‘dumpster fire’

Consumer credit rating agency Equifax announced what may become the most economically damaging hack in U.S. history, exposing the personal data of nearly half of all Americans. The company’s haphazard response on myriad fronts has given the strong impression of inept leadership.

Fortune

5 things to do right now if you’re worried about the Equifax hack

CNNMoney

Cruise lines send ships on rescue mission

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. and Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. are sending some of their empty ships to the Caribbean to help evacuate stranded tourists and bring much-needed supplies to islands severely damaged by Hurricane Irma.

Bloomberg

Photo of the Day

A boy begins his chalk masterpiece at this month’s Marietta Arts Festival in Marietta, Georgia. (Photo by Tom Driggers) Photo used under CC BY

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