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1 dead after Hermine rips through Florida and Georgia en route up U.S. East Coast

Hermine tore across northern Florida on Friday as the first hurricane to hit the state in more than a decade, killing one person, raising a storm surge that destroyed beachside buildings and toppling trees into homes. Now the storm is hitting Georgia and South Carolina as it makes its way up the U.S. East Coast. More Sep 02 video

• Hermine slams Florida, thousands without power Sep 02 video

Hillary Clinton told FBI she had a concussion, couldn't remember some briefings

Hillary Clinton, under questioning by federal investigators over whether she had been briefed on how to preserve government records as she was about to leave the State Department, said she had suffered a concussion, was working part-time and could not recall every briefing she received. More Sep 02 read comments

• Republicans receive FBI documents in Clinton email investigation Aug 16
• Hillary Clinton will have to respond to lawsuit questions over email server Aug 19

Q&A Is China the world's new scientific superpower?

China's science program is immense, ambitious and changing the world. Science columnist Torah Kachur explains the rise of China as scientific superpower. More Sep 01 read comments

• Scientists get the green light to 'gene edit' human embryos Feb 01
• World's largest radio telescope completed in China Jul 04 video

Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov dies, opening country to power struggle

Islam Karimov, who crushed all opposition in the Central Asian country of Uzbekistan as its only president in a quarter-century of independence from the Soviet Union, has died of a stroke at age 78, the Uzbek government announced Friday. More Sep 02

• Uzbeks experience "mass anxiety, mourning and worry" after president's death Sep 02