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President Trump, arriving in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico, said officials should be proud
that only 16 died in Hurricane Maria, unlike the thousands in a "a real catastrophe like Katrina." That hurricane claimed 1,833 lives.
A potentially harmful algae bloom covered more than 700 square miles in the western basin
of Lake Erie last week, turning the lake bright green near the Michigan-Ohio border.
The State Department has not accused the Cuban government of complicity, but has sought a clear assurance
that the attacks would not continue before the Cuban diplomats could return.
And in other data security news, Verizon Communications, which now owns Yahoo, said
a 2013 hack of its network affected all of its three billion user accounts.
Security officials at music festivals, hotels and casinos took stock of their security practices.
