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Trump expected to end 'Dreamers' immigration program
New York Post - 4 Sep 2017 04:10
President Trump will indeed be ending the Obama-era “Dreamers” program, but not for another six months -- giving Congress the chance to act, a report says. Sources told Politico that the White House plans to do away ...
WATCH: Los Angeles area wildfire forces evacuations
ABC News - 4 Sep 2017 04:46
The Los Angeles Fire Department has issued a mandatory evacuation order for residents in Burbank as a raging brush fire threatens their homes.
Trump not ruling out military retaliation against North Korea
New York Post - 4 Sep 2017 04:40
President Trump refused Sunday to rule out military retaliation against North Korea over its latest -- and most potent -- nuclear test, saying only, "We'll see," when asked if the US would strike the rogue nation. Hours ...
South Korea-U.S. Partnership Faces Strains as North Korea Raises Threat
The New York Times - 4 Sep 2017 20:38
The uneasy relationship between President Trump and South Korea's leader is testing a seven-decade alliance at a critical time.
Caribbean islands brace for Hurricane Irma
New York Post - 4 Sep 2017 17:22
Islands of the northeast Caribbean are bracing for impact as Hurricane Irma churns its way over the Atlantic Ocean. The powerful Category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds of 120 miles-per-hour has slightly intensifie...
Current rips baby out of mom's arms in Harvey floodwaters
New York Post - 4 Sep 2017 05:56
Harvey's youngest victim to date is a 6-month-old baby -- who was ripped from her mother's arms after the family got trapped in roaring floodwaters outside Houston. The infant girl was lost in the current Aug. 27 as her ...
What is DACA and who does it protect?
USA Today - 4 Sep 2017 04:36U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley Says North Korea Is 'Begging for War'
Time - 4 Sep 2017 17:37
Tensions are rising after Pyongyang claims to have detonated a hydrogen bomb
France FM visits Libya to boost reconciliation deal
Miami Herald - 4 Sep 2017 17:12
France's foreign minister is visiting Libya to encourage the implementation of a reconciliation agreement reached by the main Libyan rivals in Paris in July. Jean-Yves Le Drian met on Monday …
Colombia to sign cease-fire with last guerrilla group
Miami Herald - 4 Sep 2017 17:03
Colombia's government will sign a bilateral cease-fire with the nation's last remaining major rebel group ahead of Pope Francis' visit this week, President Juan Manuel Santos announced Monday. Santos said …
Egypt finalizes deal with Russia for first nuclear plant
Miami Herald - 4 Sep 2017 16:53
Russian media say Egypt has finalized a deal to build a nuclear power plant with funding from Moscow after nearly two years of negotiations. The reports Monday came after Egypt's …
Haley urges 'strongest possible measures' against North Korea
New York Post - 4 Sep 2017 16:53
US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Monday urged the Security Council to impose the “strongest possible measures” against North Korea over its latest nuclear weapons test, saying “enough is enough.�...
Private pilots take key role in bringing supplies to Harvey victims
USA Today - 4 Sep 2017 16:49Israel to hold large military drill along Lebanon border
Miami Herald - 4 Sep 2017 16:45
Israel is gearing up to hold its largest military drill in nearly 20 years, a combined arms exercise along its border with Lebanon at a time of rising tensions with …
Obama is reportedly planning a statement against Trump's DACA decision
The Week - 4 Sep 2017 15:58
Former President Obama is expected to weigh in on President Trump's reported decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals immigration program (DACA), a change which would make some 800,000 immigrants who we...
Poland seeks extradition of gang rape suspects from Italy
New York Post - 4 Sep 2017 15:39
WARSAW, Poland -- Poland’s deputy justice minister says the country will seek the extradition from Italy of the four suspects in the gang rape of a Polish tourist on a beach in the Italian resort of Rimini. Patryk Jaki...
Hurricane Irma strengthens as it closes in on the Caribbean
ABC News - 4 Sep 2017 15:00
Irma's winds have strengthened to 120 mph.
Royal baby will make world's greatest brand even stronger
CNN - 4 Sep 2017 14:59
The news that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are to have a third child won't just delight the happy parents. It will also please all British monarchists (of which I am one). The direct succession of the royal family i...
South Korea looks to US for help in advance of potential attack
New York Post - 4 Sep 2017 14:35
South Korea began live-fire drills and asked the United States to deploy aircraft carriers and strategic bombers off the Korean peninsula as North Korea appears to be preparing for another missile launch after testing a ...
What Australia's bad flu season means for Europe, N America
CNN - 4 Sep 2017 05:41
Australia is having a worse flu season than usual this year, with 93,711 laboratory-confirmed cases reported to its National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System as of August 18, government data show.
Houston Braces for More Flooding as Authorities Launch a Controlled Burn of Chemical Plant
Time - 4 Sep 2017 05:18
Officials said the measures didn't pose additional risks to the community
Beaumont, Texas, still reeling after Harvey
CBSNews - 4 Sep 2017 04:53
Harvey put the city of Beaumont, Texas, under siege by overwhelming its water pumps and cutting it off from supplies