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WASHINGTON (AP) — The storm over President Donald Trump's remarks about the path of Hurricane Dorian has stirred up former officials of the agency that issued a statement defending the president. Former top officials of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration assailed NOAA for undermining its weather forecasters, saying it was risking the credibility of the nation's weather and science agency and perhaps even lives. Trump's remarks were contrary to forecasts showing Alabama was in the clear.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has revealed that he canceled a secret meeting at Camp David with leaders of the Taliban. The meeting set for Sunday at the presidential retreat was meant to negotiate a peace deal for Afghanistan, site of the longest war in U.S. history. Trump tweeted Saturday evening that he canceled the meeting after a Taliban car bombing in Kabul killed 12 people, including an American soldier.
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — Weather officials say Dorian is tearing across the Canadian Maritimes and has left about half a million customers without power. In an 11 p.m. advisory, the U.S.-based National Hurricane Center says the post-tropical cyclone is about 60 miles south of the Magdalen Islands with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph. Forecasters expect Dorian to produce dangerous storm surge in parts of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, southwestern Newfoundland and eastern Nova Scotia.
ABCAO, Bahamas (AP) — The Bahamas' prime minister says the islands are in their "hour of darkness" as the death toll from Hurricane Dorian rises. Several hundred people waited at Abaco island's Marsh Harbour on Saturday in hopes of leaving the disaster zone on vessels arriving with aid. Search and rescue teams are still trying to reach some areas isolated by floodwaters and debris.
CLEVELAND (AP) — A breakdown in settlement talks with the maker of OxyContin puts the first federal trial over the opioid epidemic on track to begin next month. It also sets the stage for a complex legal drama involving nearly every state and hundreds of local governments. A group of state attorneys general leading the negotiations said Saturday they are at an impasse after the family that owns Purdue Pharma rejected two recent offers. They say Purdue is expected to file soon for bankruptcy protection.
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