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The island was hit hard by a Category 5 hurricane.

As thousands of Hurricane Dorian survivors evacuate the Bahamas, "Tourism is still thriving," Bahamas Consul General Theo Neilly said.

The saying that any publicity is good publicity was being put to the test after a travel agency was put on blast for advertising that a popular vacation resort there was still open for business while the Bahamas was still suffering from Hurricane Dorian.

Hurricane Dorian made landfall in the Bahamas and proved all forecasts correct and then some by unleashing flooding and destruction across the Caribbean nation before it turns toward the United States.

The country got independence on this day in 1962.

The rapper appears to have ghosted the White House.

The 30-year-old rapper was facing six months in jail.

Fans of the Coupé-Décalé musical genre were mourning the death of African pop artist DJ Arafat, who was killed in a motorcycle crash in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

This week marks an important Islamic holiday.

The five-day journey is considered the fifth pillar of Islamic practice, along with professing faith, saying five prayers daily, giving to charity and fasting during Ramadan.

This is a new low, even for her.

Sweden will announce the verdict on August 14.