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A man in a rented pickup truck drives onto a busy bicycle path near the World Trade Center memorial, killing at least eight people and injuring at least a dozen others. CBC | World News

Lin-Manuel Miranda is blasting President Donald Trump over his dealings with Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. The Hamilton star took to Twitter early Saturday morning to warn Trump he will “go straight to hell.” The Hill reports Miranda missives added “no long lines for you. Someone will say, ‘Right this way, sir.’ They’ll clear a path.” Miranda’s ...

The mayor of Puerto Rico’s capital did not hold back Friday in an emotional plea to the Trump administration, saying conditions on the hurricane-ravaged island would be “something close to a genocide” if the U.S. president didn’t “take charge and save lives.” CBC | World News

Just one day shy of a week following a deadly white supremacist rally and counter-protest in his city, Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer called for Confederate monuments to be removed from the city’s downtown area. Included among the Confederate monuments the mayor wants to see removed is the Robert E. Lee statue in Emancipation Park, where the controversial “Unite the Right” ...