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East County News Service
September 6, 2016 (San Diego's East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:
U.S.
- FBI Warns State Election Offices To Be Wary Of Hackers (NPR)
- The ‘ social cost of carbon’ is the most historic climate decision yet (Daily Beast)
- Farm families in the west under pressure to sell their water (Marketplace)
- Chicago murders hit 20-year high as gun violence spikes (CS Monitor)
- The 12 juiciest bits from the FBI’s Clinton report (Politico)
- Middle aged parents are now more likely to smoke weed than their teenage kids(Washington Post)
WORLD
- Mexico’s Baja battens down as Hurricane Newton approaches (Christian Science Monitor)
- Mass graves with thousands of Islamic State victims found in Iraq and Syria (Jerusalem Post)
- 'US agreed to secret exemptions for Iran after nuclear deal' (Jerusalem Post)
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U.S.
FBI Warns State Election Offices To Be Wary Of Hackers (NPR)
The FBI and other government security agencies are protecting against cyberattacks that might affect the elections. Hackers tried to gain access to two state voter registration databases this summer.
The ‘ social cost of carbon’ is the most historic climate decision yet (Daily Beast)
For the first time, the federal government has put a price on carbon dioxide and it’s bound to transform how we fight global warming.
Farm families in the west under pressure to sell their water (Marketplace)
Few things are more valuable to a farmer in the arid West than irrigation water. Without it, the land turns back to its natural state: dry, dusty plains. If a fast-growing city is your neighbor, then your water holds even more value.
Chicago murders hit 20-year high as gun violence spikes (CS Monitor)
The 90 homicides in August was the most the city has seen in any month since August 1996, when there also were 90 people killed, according to Chicago Police Department data.
The 12 juiciest bits from the FBI’s Clinton report (Politico)
From smashing phones to Colin Powell's warning to 'be very careful,' here are the most revealing portions of the FBI's investigation notes.
Middle aged parents are now more likely to smoke weed than their teenage kids(Washington Post)
…The research, released this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, found that only 7.4 percent of Americans aged 12 to 17 years old smoked marijuana regularly in 2014, a 10 percent decline since 2002. But 8 percent of 35 to 44 year olds used marijuana regularly in 2014, …And it's not just middle-aged folks who are indulging more often. Since 2002, regular marijuana use among Americans age 45 to 54 has jumped by nearly 50 percent. Among those ages 55 to 64, it's jumped by a whopping 455 percent (no, that's not a typo). And among seniors, age 65+, monthly marijuana use is up 333 percent since 2002.
WORLD
Mexico’s Baja battens down as Hurricane Newton approaches (Christian Science Monitor)
Hurricane Newton soaked Mexico's western Pacific coast with heavy rain Monday and took aim at Baja California's twin resorts of Los Cabos, where residents nailed plywood over windows and pulled in fishing boats while preparing for a possible direct hit two years after being slammed by a major storm.
Mass graves with thousands of Islamic State victims found in Iraq and Syria (Jerusalem Post)
Graves could be used in war crimes trials.
'US agreed to secret exemptions for Iran after nuclear deal' (Jerusalem Post)
Among the exemptions were two that allowed Iran to exceed the deal's limits on how much low-enriched uranium (LEU) it can keep in its nuclear facilities, the report said.
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