| No Images? Click here  Friday, September 6DORIAN DEATH TOLL RISES - TO 30 Carrying possessions in plastic bags, some weary Bahamians whose homes were smashed by Hurricane Dorian waited for a flight out of the disaster zone as an international humanitarian effort to help the Caribbean country gained momentum. The death toll in the Bahamas is now 30 as the storm batters the Carolina coast. [AP]ROBERT MUGABE DEAD AT 95 Robert Mugabe, the former autocratic leader of Zimbabwe who ruled with an iron fist for nearly four decades, has died at 95. His death comes nearly two years after he was forced to resign as president in the wake of a sudden military takeover. [HuffPost]PENCE SECURITY DETAIL SHOCKS ICELAND U.S. Vice President Mike Pence’s arrival in Iceland with military jets and armed personnel set eyes popping in a nation consistently ranked as the world’s most peaceful. The guards protecting Pence got backup from a police force that only allows elite “Viking SWAT” members to carry guns. [AP]OHIO SET TO REMOVE OVER 200,000 FROM ITS VOTER ROLLS Ohio is set to cancel hundreds of thousands of voter registrations on Friday, even though the list of voters it is using was found to have mistakes. Secretary of State Frank LaRose (R) published a list of 235,000 voters at risk of losing their registrations in August, but soon discovered there were errors. [HuffPost]BORIS JOHNSON’S BROTHER RESIGNS FROM PARLIAMENT Jo Johnson, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s brother, has resigned as a minister and MP. “In recent weeks I’ve been torn between family loyalty and the national interest – it’s an unresolvable tension and time for others to take on my roles as MP and minister,” he said in a surprise announcement. [HuffPost]HURRICANE DORIAN: HOW TO HELP Several national and international organizations ― including the Salvation Army, SBP, Heart to Heart International and the International Medical Corps ― are soliciting donations for Dorian relief efforts. [HuffPost]ANOTHER NEWSLETTER YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN As the United States and other nations grapple with the rise of far-right movements and white supremacy, HuffPost is relaunching the Fringe newsletter to keep you informed about the latest news on political extremism. Get it here.  GOP WANTS TO ELECT MORE WOMEN -- JUST NOT FEWER MEN Rosemary Becchi is running for one of the House seats Democrats snapped up in the blue wave of 2018 and that Republicans are eager to retake in 2020. But when Becchi met with a party official at National Republican Congressional Committee headquarters in Washington, he asked her not to run. [HuffPost]‘60 MINUTES AUSTRALIA’ SLAMMED FOR RACIST MEGHAN HIT-PIECE “60 Minutes Australia” on Thursday released a preview of its upcoming “#Megxit” segment on the Duchess of Sussex, which supposedly investigates how “Meghan Markle lost her sparkle.” The clip features known far-right bigot Katie Hopkins saying that Meghan is “the biggest hypocrite there is.” [HuffPost]MERKEL LANDS IN CHINA Angela Merkel was welcomed by Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing on Friday amid calls for the German chancellor to take a stronger line on China's human rights record. Accompanied by a group of German business leaders, the visit is her 12th to the country since she took power in November 2005. [CNN]CHINA ‘HACKED ASIAN TELECOMS TO SPY ON TRAVELERS’ Hackers working for the Chinese government have broken into telecom networks to track Uighur travelers in Central and Southeast Asia, intelligence officials and security consultants who investigated the attacks told Reuters. [Reuters]TURTLES’ TROUBLING STORY ABOUT CLIMATE DESTRUCTION Over-extraction of water to serve Florida’s growing population, plus extreme weather and pollution, are contributing to huge changes in the springs and the river ecosystem. Turtles’ once well-stocked underwater salad bar is disappearing, signaling trouble for the water that more than 17 million Floridians rely on every day. [HuffPost]SERENA WILLIAMS REACHES FOR MARGARET COURT Serena Williams will face Bianca Andreescu of Canada in the United States Open final on Saturday in a quest to notch her 24th Grand Slam singles title, which would equal the mark of Margaret Court, who has held sole possession of the women’s record for decades. [New York Times]
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