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Quake Hits Off Southern Mexico And Is Felt As Far Away As Mexico City

8:35am September 08, 2017

Mary Louise Kelly talks to Elisabeth Malkin, a reporter with The New York Times, about the powerful earthquake that hit shortly before midnight local time off the coast of southern Mexico.

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"The chance of direct impacts is increasing in portions of Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina," the National Hurricane Center says of Hurricane Irma.

As Irma Passes Dominican Republic, Florida Girds For The Coming Storm

5:43am September 08, 2017

by Bill Chappell

Down graded to a Category 4, Irma's brutal churn through the Caribbean is aimed at Florida, where the National Hurricane Center says it's more likely to make landfall as a "dangerous major hurricane."

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ISIS Is Ousted, But Much Of Mosul Still Lies In Rubble

5:15am September 08, 2017

by Jane Arraf

Two months after Iraqi and U.S. forces pushed ISIS out of the Iraqi city of Mosul, there is still widespread destruction, hundreds of thousands of displaced people and questions about who's in charge.

Taliban Attacks U.S. Afghan Base In Response To Leaflets

11:21pm September 07, 2017

Earlier this week, the U.S. Army dropped leaflets in Afghanistan with images that offended many Muslims in the country, and the Taliban responded with an attack on an American air base.

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North Korea has conducted six nuclear tests. As this chart of seismic activity shows, the latest test on Sept. 3 was roughly an order of magnitude larger than earlier ones.

Here's How Big North Korea's Latest Nuclear Test Actually Was

6:03pm September 07, 2017

by Geoff Brumfiel

Seismic and satellite data reveal the test was a whopper, further bolstering the North's claim that it tested a hydrogen bomb.

Look deeply into those soulful eyes ... but watch out for that nose. When it comes time to decide whether to leave, this African wild dog may be trying to say more to its pack with the latter.

Democracy By Sneeze: When Wild Dogs Must Decide, They Vote With Their Noses

5:36pm September 07, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

When it might be time to move, African wild dogs take a poll with an odd electoral instrument: sneezing. The more sneezes, the more likely it is the pack will move, according to a new study.

An aerial photography taken by the Dutch Ministry of Defense on Wednesday shows damage from Irma on the island of Sint Maarten.

Hurricane Irma Leaves Devastation Of 'Epic Proportions' In Caribbean

5:26pm September 07, 2017

by Scott Neuman

Barbuda, Anguilla, St. Martin and the British and U.S. Virgin Islands bore the brunt of the Category 5 monster that could hit Florida within days.

A patient with the H7N9 avian flu is treated in a hospital in Wuhan, in central China's Hubei province, in February of this year. The 2017 outbreak was the deadliest in China since H7N9 first appeared in humans in 2013.

Deadly Bird Flu In China Evolves, Spreads To New Regions

4:51pm September 07, 2017

by Michaeleen Doucleff

In the 2017 outbreak, the Chinese government reported 759 cases of the H7N9 avian flu, with 281 deaths. By comparison, in 2016 there were 123 cases.

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Florida Braces For Hurricane Irma After Storm Hit The Caribbean

4:28pm September 07, 2017

While Florida prepares for Hurricane Irma, people on the Caribbean Islands are beginning to assess the damage. The tiny island of Barbuda is home to more than a thousand people. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Gaston Browne, the prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda.

This selfie is in the toilet: Actor Akshay Kumar poses with the object of his bride's affection in the new movie Toilet: A Love Story.

A Toilet Is The Star Of India's Hit Rom-Com

3:10pm September 07, 2017

by Kamala Thiagarajan

She loves him. He loves her. But she loves indoor toilets even more. And he is not a fan. Can they find happiness? The plot of Toilet: A Love Story addresses a very real issue in rural India.