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Karen exits Caribbean after toppling bridge, cutting power

Crews temporarily closed some coastal roads in southeastern Puerto Rico that flooded after Karen hit the island on Tuesday and knocked out power to 29,000 customers.

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Fast-moving glacier threatens valley in Mont Blanc massif

Italian officials sounded an alarm Wednesday over climate change due to the threat that a fast-moving melting glacier is posing to a valley near the Alpine town of Courmayeur.

Netanyahu tapped to form new Israeli government

The office of Israel’s president says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been given the difficult task of forming a new government.

$12B opioids settlement won’t fix areas hardest hit, analysis says

An analysis finds that $12 billion from a tentative settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma will be “no more than a stopgap” for state and local governments struggling to combat the opioid epidemic.

Iran president accuses US of ‘economic terrorism’

Speaking at the United Nations, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is accusing the United States of “merciless economic terrorism” and “international piracy.”

‘Ugly,’ voracious swamp rodents set off alarms in California

Nutria are setting off alarms in California. They weigh about 20 pounds each and eat the equivalent of about a fourth of their weight each day by burrowing into riverbanks and chomping into plants that emerge from the water.

Trump says Dems’ impeachment drive a plus as he tweets with fury

An official House impeachment inquiry was a step more than 2½ years in the making, and one that moves the president farther down the path of self-styled political martyrdom.

Unrepentant PM Boris Johnson faces raucous Parliament

Johnson emphatically defended his intention to withdraw Britain from the European Union on Oct. 31, with or without a separation agreement with the EU.