92.7 WOBM News Flash Briefing: September 7 9AM
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Hurricane Irma's impact on the Caribbean as a category 5-storm leaves behind devastation.
French interior minister Gerard Collomb says the death toll in Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthelemy has reached eight and injured another 23 but fears there could be more.
One person has died on the island of Anguilla and a 2-year old in Barbuda as his family tried to escape.
The storm has also caused widespread blackouts in Puerto Rico and destroyed homes in Barbuda as it moves northeast of the Dominican Republic with sustained winds at 180 mph.
New Jersey is gearing up to help Florida and the southeast deal with Irma.
Jersey's emergency management office is poised to deploy a team into the path of Irma in the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico or Florida.
A new report finds the best way to keep ex-cons from committing new crimes and going back to jail is to give them better job training and expanded healthcare.
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