Hurricane Nate brought a burst of flooding and power outages to the U.S. Gulf Coast before weakening rapidly, sparing the region from the kind of catastrophic damage left by a series of hurricanes that hit the southern U.S. and Caribbean in recent weeks. CBC | World News
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Hurricane Nate came ashore along Mississippi’s coast outside Biloxi, Miss., early Sunday, after hitting Louisiana Saturday night. The storm has flooded parts of coastal Alabama. CBC | World News
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Hurricane Nate is expected to make landfall near New Orleans late Saturday, after drenching Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Honduras, leaving at least 21 people dead. CBC | World News
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The U.S. House Committee on Science, Space and Technology announced the hearing a day after media reported a Russian government-backed hack of NSA secrets through a contractor who sources said had Kaspersky software installed on his laptop. CBC | World News
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Semi-automatic weapons used by the Las Vegas shooter were reportedly equipped with bump stocks — devices that can rapidly increase the rate of fire, similar to that of fully automatic weapons, and have quickly become the focus of the gun control debate. CBC | World News
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U.S. Republican Congressman Tim Murphy of Pennsylvania has announced plans to retire at the end of this term — amid revelations of an extramarital affair. CBC | World News
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U.S. officials said three U.S. army special operations commandos were killed Wednesday and two others were wounded when they came under fire in southwest Niger. CBC | World News
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The chairman of the Senate intelligence committee says the panel is continuing to investigate possible collusion between Russia and associates of the Trump campaign, but has not yet reached a conclusion. CBC | World News
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The rates of 12 obesity-related cancers rose by 7 per cent from 2005 to 2014, which threatens to reverse progress in reducing rates in the United States. CBC | World News
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The United States has given Cuba a list of 15 of its diplomats that must leave the U.S. within seven days. CBC | World News
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