- More than one million in North and South Carolina are expected to evacuate coastal areas in the path of Hurricane Florence, now a Category 4 monster storm headed for Wilmington by Friday.
- Russia has launched its largest military drills ever held, the "Vostok-2018" joint exercises held with China and Mongolia are being condemned by NATO as preparations for "large-scale conflict".
- US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the US will not move to block Pakistan from getting an IMF bailout despite July comments from Pompeo that the US had "serious reservations."
- A measure of small business owner confidence has hit a record high as Republicans seek to make January tax cuts permanent before midterm elections.
- California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed into law the state's bill to go to 100% renewable energy by 2045, and signed an executive order mandating the state be carbon-neutral by then too.
If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed. -- Benjamin Franklin
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