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World Athletics Championships 2019: Sprinter Allyson Felix eyes more glory as she sets out on final leg of glittering career
•A warrior on and off the track, Allyson Felix is determined to go out on her own terms as she sets out on the final leg of her glittering career at the World Championships this week.
Hurrican Dorian: Bahamas tackles massive clean-up after storm; govt estimates $7 billion in damage, lists 1,300 people as missing
•A preliminary report estimates Dorian caused some 7 billion dollars in damage, but the government has not yet offered any figures.
Around 2,500 people listed missing after Hurricane Dorian; US govt says list likely to shrink as names still being checked
•An estimated 2,500 people are listed as missing in the Bahamas in Hurricane Dorian's aftermath, the government said Wednesday.
Hurricane Dorian toll rises to 50: Desperation grows in Bahamas as survivors are turned away from overflowing shelters
•Desperation mounted in the Bahamas on Tuesday as hurricane survivors arriving in the capital by boat and plane were turned away from overflowing shelters.
Climate change affects the rights of people all over the world, UN Rights Chief
•In a UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, she said, "The world has never seen a threat to human rights of this scope."
Dorian, now post-tropical cyclone, makes landfall in Canada; no casualties as storm topples trees, power lines
•As Canada prepared for Dorian, floodwaters receded Saturday from North Carolina's Outer Banks, leaving behind a muddy trail of destruction
Hurricane Dorian: Donald Trump assures help in relief efforts to Bahamas, credits FEMA, US Coast Guard for work done so far
•Donald Trump on Saturday assured Bahamian Prime Minister Hubert Minnis of help in relief efforts after Hurricane Dorian.
Hurricane Dorian: Toll rises to 43 across Bahamas; number expected to climb significantly, says govt
•The death toll from Hurricane Dorian's devastating rampage across the Bahamas rose to 43 on Friday, a number authorities said is likely to climb 'significantly', even as rescuers plucked desperate survivors from the debris
Hurricane Dorian: Residents of North Carolina's Outer Banks brace themselves as cyclone weakens to Category 1 storm
Fp Staff •After triggering tornadoes in South Carolina, Hurricane Dorian was closing in for a possible direct hit on North Carolina's Outer Banks, a string of low-lying islands, even as it weakened to a Category 1 storm.
North Carolina's Outer Banks residents brace for Category 1 storm Hurricane Dorian; toll in Bahamas at 30
•After triggering tornadoes in South Carolina, Hurricane Dorian was closing in for a possible direct hit Friday on North Carolina's Outer Banks, even as it weakened to a Category 1 storm