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National Weather Service chief backs forecasters who contradicted Trump

By Jay Reeves, Associated Press

Director Louis Uccellini said forecasters in Birmingham did the right thing Sept. 1 when they tried to combat public panic and rumors that Dorian posed a threat to Alabama.

Schools face criticism after threats go unreported to parents

By Martha Waggoner, Associated Press

While schools are more vigilant than ever about threats or signs of potential violence, some have faced intense criticism for favoring privacy over informing the community.

The culture of masculinity and its negative impacts on men

By Christopher Booker, Mori Rothman, Michael D. Regan

The American Psychological Association in 2018 published its first-ever psychological practice guidelines for boys and men. The guidelines look at how concepts of masculinity and the socialization of men may be contributing to higher rates of suicide, depression, health issues…

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A Purdue bankruptcy would make opioids cases even messier

By Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press

State and local governments have sought billions of dollars from Purdue Pharma as a way to hold the company and the family that owns it accountable for the nation's opioid epidemic, a potential payout that is now clouded in uncertainty…

Search warrants served in California boat fire investigation

By Associated Press

Authorities served search warrants Sunday at the Southern California company that owned the scuba diving boat that caught fire and killed 34 people last week.

Ship overturns near Georgia port; 4 crew members missing

By Associated Press

Rescuers were searching Sunday for four crew members of a cargo ship that overturned and caught fire near a port on the Georgia coast, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

Pompeo: Taliban ‘overreached’ in attack that killed American

By Deb Riechmann, Rahim Faiez, Associated Press

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday that Taliban "overreached" with a car bomb attack in Kabul that killed an American soldier, leading President Donald Trump to call off closely-held Afghanistan peace talks planned for Camp David.

Director of MIT’s Media Lab steps down over Epstein ties

By Associated Press

The director of a prestigious research lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology resigned Saturday, and the school's president ordered an independent investigation amid an uproar over the lab's ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Dorian topples crane, knocks out power in eastern Canada

By Rob Gillies, Ben Finley, Associated Press

Dorian arrived on Canada's Atlantic coast Saturday with heavy rain and powerful winds, toppling a construction crane in Halifax and knocking out power for hundreds of thousands of people a day after the storm wreaked havoc on North Carolina's Outer…