Trump Spars With Sports Stars
Donald Trump doubled down on denouncing protests by NFL players and rescinded NBA star Stephen Curry's White House invitation in a series of tweets that quickly inflamed football and basketball stars
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North Korea: Donald Trump Is on a Suicide Mission
North Korea's foreign minister says U.S. President Donald Trump's insult calling leader Kim Jong Un "rocket man" makes "our rocket's visit to the entire US mainland inevitable all the more." Ri Yong Ho called Trump "a mentally deranged person"
New Earthquake Shakes Mexico as Death Toll Climbs
A new earthquake shook Mexico, causing new alarm in a country reeling from two still-more-powerful quakes this month that have killed nearly 400 people. It swayed buildings and set off a seismic alarm
Colin Firth Becomes Italian Citizen Over Brexit
British actor Colin Firth has become a dual citizen of Great Britain and Italy after his home nation voted to leave the European Union. His wife Livia Giuggioli, who is Italian, has also applied for British citizenship
U.S. Flies Bombers Near North Korea in Display of Force
In a show of American military might to North Korea, U.S. bombers and flight escorts flew to the farther point north of the border between North and South Korea by any such American aircraft this century
Raccoon’s Police Van Joy Ride Forces Officer to Pull Over
A Colorado Springs police officer heading to an accident scene in a van got a big surprise when a raccoon jumped onto the front windshield of the vehicle and stayed there until the officer pulled over
Towns Forced to Evacuate After Puerto Rico Dam Fails
Puerto Rican officials could not communicate with more than half the towns in the U.S. territory as they rushed to evacuate tens of thousands of people downstream of a failing dam in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria
Melania Trump Meeting With Trudeau and Prince Harry
First Lady Melania Trump met with Britain's Prince Harry as she led a delegation to Toronto for the opening of an Olympic-style competition for wounded service members and veterans that he founded
Quake Detected Near North Korea Nuclear Test Site
South Korea's weather agency said a magnitude 3.0 earthquake was detected in North Korea around where the country recently conducted a nuclear test, but it assessed the quake as natural
McCain Says He Won't Back GOP Obamacare Repeal Bill
Sen. John McCain said that he "cannot in good conscience" support the Graham-Cassidy bill, the GOP's latest attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act, meaning the bill is just one vote away from failing
Hackers Targeted Voter Systems Before 2016 Election
The federal government is telling election officials in 21 states that hackers targeted their systems last year, although in most cases the systems were not breached. Officials said the hackers are believed to be Russian agents
DeVos Rescinds Campus Sex Assault Guidelines
The Trump administration is scrapping Obama-era guidance on investigating campus sexual assault, replacing it with new interim instructions. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has said the rules were unfairly skewed against students accused of assault
