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| Bahamas, Boris Johnson, Brad Pitt: Your Wednesday Evening Briefing | Bahamas, Boris Johnson, Brad Pitt: Your Wednesday Evening Briefing |
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| Good evening. Here’s the latest. | Good evening. Here’s the latest. |
| 1. Hurricane Dorian is threatening to swamp hundreds of miles of the Southeast coast. | 1. Hurricane Dorian is threatening to swamp hundreds of miles of the Southeast coast. |
| It’s barreling toward the Eastern Seaboard as a Category 2 storm, and the National Hurricane Center warned of “life-threatening” storm surge from Florida to Virginia — even before the high winds arrive. We’ll continue to have live updates here. Above, Vilano Beach near St. Augustine, Fla. | |
| The vast scale of the storm’s devastation is beginning to emerge in the Bahamas, where residents have been stripped of their most basic needs: fresh water, food, shelter and medical care. We collected before and after images and ways to help survivors. | |
| Meanwhile, meteorologists are up in arms after President Trump held up what appeared to be a modified map that incorrectly extended the storm’s possible path into Alabama. | |
| 2. Next up on the environmental chopping block: energy-saving light bulbs. | 2. Next up on the environmental chopping block: energy-saving light bulbs. |
| The Trump administration is rolling back rules requiring them that had gotten a bipartisan embrace by Congress during the George W. Bush administration. It’s a big deal, as the bulbs have made a real dent in household energy use. | The Trump administration is rolling back rules requiring them that had gotten a bipartisan embrace by Congress during the George W. Bush administration. It’s a big deal, as the bulbs have made a real dent in household energy use. |
| Expect a court challenge. | Expect a court challenge. |
| 3. The Trump administration’s approach to the environment has left a huge opening for Democratic presidential candidates. | 3. The Trump administration’s approach to the environment has left a huge opening for Democratic presidential candidates. |
| Their plans vary in costs and priorities, but most aim to reach carbon neutrality by 2050. They’re discussing their ideas in a CNN town-hall-style event on global warming right now that goes until midnight (yes, you read that right). Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders all appear between 8 and 10 p.m. Eastern. We have live analysis here. | Their plans vary in costs and priorities, but most aim to reach carbon neutrality by 2050. They’re discussing their ideas in a CNN town-hall-style event on global warming right now that goes until midnight (yes, you read that right). Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders all appear between 8 and 10 p.m. Eastern. We have live analysis here. |
| Nearly all the candidates have claimed that cutting greenhouse gases will lead to job creation. Maybe — but “green growth” is a little complicated. | Nearly all the candidates have claimed that cutting greenhouse gases will lead to job creation. Maybe — but “green growth” is a little complicated. |
| How is the Green New Deal playing across the political spectrum? The first edition of our new Opinion series rounds up a 360-degree view. | How is the Green New Deal playing across the political spectrum? The first edition of our new Opinion series rounds up a 360-degree view. |
| 4. The Pentagon is diverting $3.6 billion from 127 construction projects for President Trump’s border wall. | 4. The Pentagon is diverting $3.6 billion from 127 construction projects for President Trump’s border wall. |
| So far, we know that about half of the money will be taken from planned military projects overseas, and the remainder from projects in the U.S. | So far, we know that about half of the money will be taken from planned military projects overseas, and the remainder from projects in the U.S. |
| Senator Chuck Schumer identified one as the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, above. He said the diversions were a “slap in the face” to the armed services. | Senator Chuck Schumer identified one as the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, above. He said the diversions were a “slap in the face” to the armed services. |
| Officials have begun notifying congressional representatives of the areas that will see cuts, so expect some uproar. | Officials have begun notifying congressional representatives of the areas that will see cuts, so expect some uproar. |
| 5. British lawmakers just blocked a no-deal Brexit. | 5. British lawmakers just blocked a no-deal Brexit. |
| The House of Commons passed a bill that rules out Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan to pull out of the E.U. next month without a blueprint. The bill now goes to the House of Lords, which must give its assent. | The House of Commons passed a bill that rules out Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan to pull out of the E.U. next month without a blueprint. The bill now goes to the House of Lords, which must give its assent. |
| Mr. Johnson, bruised by his second setback in two days, then got a third. Lawmakers rejected his formal request for a snap general election on Oct. 15 — at least until their no-deal block becomes law. | Mr. Johnson, bruised by his second setback in two days, then got a third. Lawmakers rejected his formal request for a snap general election on Oct. 15 — at least until their no-deal block becomes law. |
| 6. And now an ancient death trail. | 6. And now an ancient death trail. |
| A 500-million-year-old fossil found in China offered what scientists consider a rare treasure: the imprint of a worm that literally died in its tracks. Above, an artist’s rendering. | A 500-million-year-old fossil found in China offered what scientists consider a rare treasure: the imprint of a worm that literally died in its tracks. Above, an artist’s rendering. |
| The worm appeared more than twice as long ago as the appearance of the first dinosaurs. | The worm appeared more than twice as long ago as the appearance of the first dinosaurs. |
| Our Science desk is also reporting on the opening of a new center for psychedelic research. The center at Johns Hopkins University, the first of its kind in the country, aims to give “psychedelic medicine” a long-sought foothold in the scientific establishment. | Our Science desk is also reporting on the opening of a new center for psychedelic research. The center at Johns Hopkins University, the first of its kind in the country, aims to give “psychedelic medicine” a long-sought foothold in the scientific establishment. |
| 7. In today’s animal news: | 7. In today’s animal news: |
| Garlic, above, is China’s first cloned cat. The feat, by a Beijing-based commercial pet-cloning company called Sinogene, represents the country’s emergence as a global power in genetics and in the lucrative and unregulated pet-cloning market. | Garlic, above, is China’s first cloned cat. The feat, by a Beijing-based commercial pet-cloning company called Sinogene, represents the country’s emergence as a global power in genetics and in the lucrative and unregulated pet-cloning market. |
| And scientists have discovered that squirrels pay attention not only to alarm calls but also to the background chatter of birds. When the birds sound relaxed, it causes the squirrels to relax a bit, too. | And scientists have discovered that squirrels pay attention not only to alarm calls but also to the background chatter of birds. When the birds sound relaxed, it causes the squirrels to relax a bit, too. |
| 8. “I’ve got to be experiencing something that’s real to me for it to read real to you.” | 8. “I’ve got to be experiencing something that’s real to me for it to read real to you.” |
| Brad Pitt is giving hard thought to the person he’s become. With two major films out this year, the 55-year-old actor and producer talked to The Times about his changing career, masculinity and getting sober. | Brad Pitt is giving hard thought to the person he’s become. With two major films out this year, the 55-year-old actor and producer talked to The Times about his changing career, masculinity and getting sober. |
| In other news from Hollywood: Lizzo, the singer, rapper, dancer and flutist with one of the biggest hits of the summer, dishes on her skin rehab, impossible standards and what she does first thing in the morning (water, and more water). | In other news from Hollywood: Lizzo, the singer, rapper, dancer and flutist with one of the biggest hits of the summer, dishes on her skin rehab, impossible standards and what she does first thing in the morning (water, and more water). |
| 9. Praise be! “The Testaments,” the sequel to “The Handmaid’s Tale,” is here, and so is our review. Above, the author, Margaret Atwood. | |
| “The Testaments” picks up 15 years after readers last saw Offred, who has since been declared an enemy of the state in Gilead. Margaret Atwood’s “sheer assurance as a storyteller makes for a fast, immersive narrative that’s as propulsive as it is melodramatic,” Michiko Kakutani writes. | “The Testaments” picks up 15 years after readers last saw Offred, who has since been declared an enemy of the state in Gilead. Margaret Atwood’s “sheer assurance as a storyteller makes for a fast, immersive narrative that’s as propulsive as it is melodramatic,” Michiko Kakutani writes. |
| The committee that awards the Booker Prize took special precautions to make sure no details of “The Testaments” leaked out. Really special. | The committee that awards the Booker Prize took special precautions to make sure no details of “The Testaments” leaked out. Really special. |
| 10. And finally, does any one person really own Taco Tuesday? LeBron James would like to think so. | 10. And finally, does any one person really own Taco Tuesday? LeBron James would like to think so. |
| A company affiliated with the N.B.A. star filed to copyright the phrase, which he uses to relay his family’s dinner plans to his social media followers. | A company affiliated with the N.B.A. star filed to copyright the phrase, which he uses to relay his family’s dinner plans to his social media followers. |
| At issue for taco lovers far and wide: Should anyone hold a trademark for a phrase in liberal use at Mexican restaurants across the country? We sent our reporter to taquerias around Los Angeles, and one diner told him: “Give me a break.” | At issue for taco lovers far and wide: Should anyone hold a trademark for a phrase in liberal use at Mexican restaurants across the country? We sent our reporter to taquerias around Los Angeles, and one diner told him: “Give me a break.” |
| Have a wacky Wednesday night. | Have a wacky Wednesday night. |
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