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10 things to know, Thursday, Sept. 20

Published on Sept. 20, 2018 | Updated 11:03 a. m.

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today. →

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The longest week: Carolinas worn out by Florence

Published on Sept. 20, 2018 | Updated 10:54 a. m.

WILMINGTON, N.C. — Hurricane Florence is still wearing out the Carolinas, where residents have endured an agonizing week of violent winds, torrential rain, widespread flooding, power outages and death. Frustration and sheer exhaustion are →

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GOP warns time running out for Brett Kavanaugh's accuser to talk

Published on Sept. 20, 2018 | Updated 10:32 a. m.

WASHINGTON — Republicans are warning that time is running out for Brett Kavanaugh's accuser to tell Congress about her claim he sexually assaulted her when both were teenagers, even as President Donald Trump called the woman's allegation hard →

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Women supporting Brett Kavanaugh find themselves in storm's center

Published on Sept. 20, 2018 | Updated 10:15 a. m.

NEW YORK — It started as a series of phone calls among old high-school friends and ended up embroiling 65 women in the firestorm over a sexual assault allegation that could shape the Supreme Court. In a matter of hours, they all signed onto a →

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Moon to carry private message from Kim Jong Un to Trump

Published on Sept. 20, 2018 | Updated 10:06 a. m.

SEOUL, South Korea — A beaming South Korean President Moon Jae-in returned home from a whirlwind three-day summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday saying that Kim wants the U.S. secretary of state to visit Pyongyang soon for →

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Bye bye bugs? Scientists fear non-pest insects are declining

Published on Sept. 20, 2018 | Updated 9:18 a. m.

OXFORD, Pa. — A staple of summer — swarms of bugs — seems to be a thing of the past. And that's got scientists worried. Pesky mosquitoes, disease-carrying ticks, crop-munching aphids and cockroaches are doing just fine. But the →

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Dwayne Johnson backs stuntman's film honoring Knievel jump

Published on Sept. 20, 2018 | Updated 9:11 a. m.

Before climbing into the cockpit of his steam-powered rocket and blasting off across the Snake River Canyon, daredevil Eddie Braun scribbled two things on his bare chest in marker. Blood type: O positive. Allergies: Penicillin. Useful information →

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Giant bong, huggable buds: Marijuana museum opens in Vegas

Published on Sept. 20, 2018 | Updated 8:57 a. m.

LAS VEGAS — A glass bong taller than a giraffe. Huggable faux marijuana buds. A pool full of foam weed nuggets. Las Vegas’ newest attraction — and Instagram backdrop — is a museum celebrating all things cannabis. Nobody →

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Lawmaker: US Senate, staff targeted by state-backed hackers

Published on Sept. 20, 2018 | Updated 8:53 a. m.

Foreign government hackers continue to target the personal email accounts of U.S. senators and their aides — and the Senate's security office has refused to defend them, a lawmaker says. Sen. Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, said in a Wednesday →

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Shinzo Abe re-elected as party head, to stay on as Japanese prime minister

Published on Sept. 20, 2018 | Updated 8:46 a. m.

TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was re-elected as head of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party in a landslide Thursday, paving the way for up to three more years as the nation's leader and a push toward a constitutional revision. →

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Trump's immigrant roundups increasingly net noncriminals

Published on Sept. 20, 2018 | Updated 8:14 a. m.

NEW YORK — A daughter who never returned home, a son gunned down point-blank, a mom who was attacked — all deaths at the hands of immigrants in the country illegally, all gripping stories the White House has been eager to share. But for →

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The Latest: Grassley makes new interview offer, says FBI investigation not necessary

Published on Sept. 19, 2018 | Updated 6:18 a. m.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who accuses Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her decades ago (all times local): 1:45 p.m. The Republican chairman of the Senate →

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10 things to know, Wednesday, Sept. 19

Published on Sept. 19, 2018 | Updated 12:37 p. m.

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. What Kavanaugh accuser is insisting Christine Blasey Ford wants the FBI to investigate her decades-old allegation that she was sexually →

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China's premier appeals for free trade amid tariff battle

Published on Sept. 19, 2018 | Updated 12:28 p. m.

BEIJING — China's No. 2 leader appealed Wednesday for support for free trade and promised to improve conditions for foreign companies following tit-for-tat U.S. and Chinese tariff hikes in a battle over Beijing's technology policy. Premier Li →

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10 things to know, Thursday, Sept. 20

The longest week: Carolinas worn out by Florence

GOP warns time running out for Brett Kavanaugh's accuser to talk

Women supporting Brett Kavanaugh find themselves in storm's center

Moon to carry private message from Kim Jong Un to Trump

Bye bye bugs? Scientists fear non-pest insects are declining

Dwayne Johnson backs stuntman's film honoring Knievel jump

Giant bong, huggable buds: Marijuana museum opens in Vegas

Lawmaker: US Senate, staff targeted by state-backed hackers

Shinzo Abe re-elected as party head, to stay on as Japanese prime minister

Trump's immigrant roundups increasingly net noncriminals

The Latest: Grassley makes new interview offer, says FBI investigation not necessary

10 things to know, Wednesday, Sept. 19

China's premier appeals for free trade amid tariff battle

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