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DORIAN WREAKS ‘APOCALYPTIC’ DEVASTATION Relief officials reported scenes of utter ruin in parts of the Bahamas and rushed to deal with an unfolding humanitarian crisis in the wake of Hurricane Dorian, the most powerful storm on record ever to hit the islands. At least seven deaths were reported, with the full scope of the disaster still unknown. [AP] BORIS BREXIT BUST U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered a major defeat as conservative members of Parliament against a no-deal Brexit defied their party leader and gave the opposition the chance to block Johnson from forcing a no-deal withdrawal later this month. [HuffPost] WALMART DROPS HANDGUN AMMO Walmart said it would discontinue the sale of handgun ammunition. The Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer also said it would ask shoppers not to openly carry firearms in its stores, even in states that allow doing so. [HuffPost] PENTAGON DELAYING MILITARY PROJECTS TO FUND WALL The Pentagon is moving forward with the Trump administration’s plan to move billions of dollars away from military projects to fund the construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper officially authorized the transfer of up to $3.6 billion. [HuffPost] NORTH CAROLINA DISTRICTS ARE ‘PARTISAN GERRYMANDERS’ North Carolina’s state legislative maps are so severely gerrymandered to benefit Republicans that they violate the state constitution, a panel of three judges ruled. State lawmakers have until Sept. 18 to draw new districts, the court said. [HuffPost] RBG FEELING ‘VERY GOOD’ AFTER RADIATION TREATMENT Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said that she was feeling “very good” after undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer last month and that she has been focusing on work to distract herself from any health challenges. [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.  HONG KONG LEADER WITHDRAWS EXTRADITION BILL Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam announced the withdrawal of an extradition bill that triggered months of unrest and has thrown the Chinese-ruled city into its worst crisis in decades, cable TV and other media said, but the street reaction was skeptical. [Reuters]WINSTON CHURCHILL’S GRANDSON AXED The grandson of Winston Churchill, the famed U.K. statesman remembered for rallying the British people during World War II, is among the members of Parliament who will be ousted from the Conservative Party for defying Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Tuesday’s dramatic Brexit vote. [HuffPost]DATA SHOWS TRADE WAR HURTING THE U.S. President Donald Trump said Chinese manufacturing would “crumble” if the country did not agree to the United States’ trade terms, as newly released data showed his trade war was washing back to American shores and hurting the factories that the president has aimed to protect. [New York Times]TRUMP STILL STALKED BY INVESTIGATIONS With all the focus on how a largely symbolic impeachment might affect Trump’s reelection prospects, numerous investigations and lawsuits concerning the president and his associates seem to have dropped off the political radar. But they are still going -- and could still affect the result of the next election. [DailyBeast]DEADLY TALIBAN ATTACK IN KABUL The Taliban defended their suicide bombing against an international compound in the Afghan capital that killed at least 16 people and wounded 119, almost all local civilians, just hours after a U.S. envoy said he and the militant group had reached a deal “in principle” to end America’s longest war. [AP]WOMEN WANTED TO BE STARS, WERE MADE SEX SLAVES A group of Brazilian women who traveled to South Korea hoping to join its multibillion-dollar K-pop industry instead found themselves trafficked into prostitution, according to South Korean police. [CNN]
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