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LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has suffered a major defeat of his Brexit agenda in Parliament and says he will call a new general election. Some of his fellow Conservatives rejected his pleas. Opponents will introduce a bill Wednesday that would seek to prevent Britain from leaving the European Union without a deal Oct. 31. They fear a "no-deal" Brexit would damage the economy.
FREEPORT, Bahamas (AP) — Hurricane Dorian continues to lash the east coast of Central Florida as a strong Category 2 storm. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Dorian is now about 95 miles east of Cape Canaveral, Florida. Earlier this week Dorian pummeled parts of the Bahamas as a Category 5 hurricane, leaving widespread devastation and at least seven people dead.
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California school district says a high school physics teacher and his child were on board a dive boat that caught fire off the Southern California coast. Fremont Unified School District spokesman Ken Blackstone said Tuesday that Scott Chan taught at American High in Fremont. The district originally said he was with his wife but later learned she was not on board. Authorities say 34 people are missing and presumed dead after the vessel sunk near Santa Cruz Island.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Mark Esper has approved the use of $3.6 billion in funding from military construction projects to build 175 miles of President Donald Trump's wall along the Mexican border. Pentagon officials would not say which 127 projects will affected, but say details will be available Wednesday after members of Congress are notified. They say half the money will come from military projects in the U.S., and the rest will come from projects in other countries.
DUBLIN (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence is defending his decision to stay at one of President Donald Trump's properties while in Ireland. Democrats say he's enriching Trump at taxpayers' expense. Pence's chief of staff said Tuesday that the decision to stay at Trump International Golf Links in Doonbeg was made at Trump's "suggestion" and that Pence will be covering costs for his mother and his sister. Pence commuted into Dublin for meetings with Irish officials.
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