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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has expelled disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein over the sexual harassment and abuse scandal that exploded after investigations by journalist Ronan Farrow in The New Yorker Magazine and the New York Times newspapers.  The Academy's 54-member board of governors - which includes such Hollywood luminaries as Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, and Whoopi Goldberg - held an emergency meeting in Beverly Hills headquarters on Saturday.  They produced a statement declaring that Weinstein "does not merit the respect of his colleagues"; and "the era of willful ignorance and shameful complicity in sexually predatory behavior and workplace harassment in our industry is over".  The British Academy of Film and Television Arts suspended Weinstein from its ranks earlier in the week.

North Korea threatened Australia for the government's hard line in support of the US against Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program.  Citing the government's "dangerous moves", North Korea said Australia would not be able to avoid disaster if it continued to support South Korea and the US.  Granted, North Korea issues threats on a daily basis and usually for no reason.  But Pyongyang has tested several intercontinental ballistic missiles this year, and detonated a hydrogen bomb last month.

A massive car bomb exploded in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, killing at least 20 people on a busy crossroads lined with government offices, hotels, and restaurants.  "The death toll will surely rise," said Mogadishu police officer Abdullahi Nur, "We are still busy transporting casualties," he said, noting that there were bodies under the rubble.  There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but the Islamist group al Shabaab has carried out similar attacks in the region.

A Canadian man says members a Taliban-linked criminal group murdered his infant daughter and raped his American wife during the five years the family was held hostage in Afghanistan and Pakistan.  Joshua Boyle revealed this to reporters after landing in Canada with his wife Caitlan Coleman and their children, repeatedly referring to his Haqqani Network former captors as "stupid and evil".  Coleman and Boyle were abducted in October 2012 where they claimed to help villagers "who live deep inside Taliban-controlled Afghanistan where no NGO, no aid worker and no government has ever successfully been able to bring the necessary help".  They were recovered last week when US officials learned of their location and passed it on to Pakistani officials, who carried out the rescue mission.

The death toll in Northern California's wildfires is at least 37 lives lost, but officials are now confident that the 223 people unaccounted for will be found safe among the 90,000 evacuees.  More than 5,700 structures have burned, mostly homes, and several wineries have lost their vines.  This disaster isn't over yet, with hot, dry, 45 MPH winds pushing the flames ever further.

Brasilia declared a declared a state of emergency due to low humidity in the capital city's air - about 11 or 12 percent, which is akin to the Sahara Desert.  Authorities are recommending "the suspension of the practice of physical activities and outdoor work" due to extreme dryness.