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Florence Hits: All eyes on Hurricane Florence as it's expected to make landfall today and cause serious flooding over the weekend. It's already taking a toll on the coast of the Carolinas. It's a Category 1 now, but officials say, it's still extremely powerful and dangerous. More than a million people were told to evacuate and about 2,000 flights are cancelled so far. Read more: CNN, AP, USA Today

Trump on Puerto Rico: President Trump is claiming Democrats exaggerated the official death toll from Hurricane Maria, which hit Puerto Rico a year ago, but elected officials on both sides of the aisle say not true. Remember: the updated death toll came from independent researchers at George Washington University and underwent peer review.
Read more: The Washington Post, The Hill, FOX News

Boston Blast: A natural gas pipeline ruptured and caused dozens of explosions in three communities near Boston yesterday. Homes caught fire, hundreds of people had to evacuate and one person died. Federal investigators are now looking into how this happened.
Read more: Reuters, AP

NY Primaries: It may have been a high-profile race, but it wasn't really a close one. NY's Gov. Andrew Cuomo easily won the Democratic primary and beat activist and actress, Cynthia Nixon. He'll now face Marcus Molinaro in November. Also, a historic win: Democrats picked Letitia James for attorney general. She's the first black woman to win a major party's nomination in a statewide race there.
Read more: NYT, Vox

GM Recall: GM is recalling more than 1 million trucks and SUVs in the U.S. because of a steering problem tied to at least 30 crashes. If your truck or SUV might be affected, you can get a free software update at a GM dealer.
Read more: Reuters, WSJ

Bye, Bye VW Bug: Volkswagon plans to stop making its iconic 'Beetle' next year and focus more on SUVs and upcoming electric cars. But before it's gone for good, VW will release a 2019 'Final Edition.'
Read more: USA Today, AutoBlog

Bezos Gives Back: He's the wealthiest person in modern history, and now he's launching a new $2 billion fund called "Day One Fund." Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos and his wife say some money will go toward helping homeless families and some will create nonprofit preschools in low-income communities.
Read more: CNBC, TechCrunch, Twitter, The Guardian

Fake Reviews: Fake reviews can get you sent to prison, at least in the EU. A man was sentenced to nine months in jail for trying to sell more than 1,000 positive reviews on TripAdvisor to businesses in Italy.
Read more: Fortune, TripAdvisor

Netflix + IMAX?: You may soon see a Netflix original movie on an IMAX screen. Well, IMAX is at least reportedly 'in talks' with streaming giants, like Netflix and Amazon. Typical movie theaters don't allow in streaming video companies' movies. Stay tuned.
Read more: THR

Oldest Drawing Ever: A hashtag-like marking on a stone is now being called the earliest known drawing in history. It's from 73,000 years ago and was recently discovered in South Africa. Some say it means humans were into art earlier than we thought.
Read more: National Geographic, NYT

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