The most devastating storm in Puerto Rico’s history, Hurricane Maria, blasted the island relentlessly in September 2017, destroying roads, leveling from ED News https://ift.tt/2NVOtiT
Governor Herbert declared September as Attendance Awareness Month. Visit Attend Today Achieve Tomorrow for information and tools. from UEN News https://ift.tt/2NfqcqV
Naomi Osaka becomes the first Japanese woman to reach a Grand Slam final after beating Madison Keys in the US Open semi-finals. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Q8I71g
Super Bowl-winner Mychal Kendricks faces up to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of insider trading. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Q5QSJo
Protesting outside Miss America 1968, women threw mops, make-up and bras into a "Freedom Trash Can" - but never set them alight. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2NYUfAE
Two U.S. F-22 fighter jets escorted Tu-95MC Russian strategic bombers over the Arctic Ocean, the Interfax news agency cited the Russian Defence Ministry as saying on Friday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2NSJX4Y
About 50 Rohingya Muslim refugees gathered in a muddy sports field in a camp in Bangladesh on Wednesday to protest against the conviction in Myanmar of two Reuters reporters, who were arrested while covering the plight of their community. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Q9zZ0H
(Refiles this Sept. 5 story to add dropped word "was" in seventh paragraph; removes extraneous word, punctuation in 11th paragraph.) from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Q7F5KQ
North Korea's celebrations marking its 70th anniversary on Sunday are expected to showcase a country that has secured a nuclear arsenal and is now focusing on developing its economy and cultivating international relations. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2NUwA4e
Human Rights Watch on Friday urged Thai authorities to drop legal cases against 12 people arrested over Facebook posts they shared about a British tourist's complaint that she had been raped on a holiday island. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2wQ7NaL
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis arrived in Kabul on Friday to meet the new commander of NATO troops in Afghanistan and discuss progress on talks with the Taliban, despite deteriorating security and turmoil within the Afghan government. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2M8YXdc
A veteran Singapore diplomat on Thursday called for Singapore's gay community to challenge a law that bans gay sex in the conservative city-state, following India's scrapping of the same British colonial-era legislation. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2M6o2oU
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck central Ecuador on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said, injuring one person and disrupting power supply to nearby areas. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2NVh9sw
Rescue workers with dogs searched for survivors on Friday in debris-strewn landslides caused by an earthquake in Japan's northern island of Hokkaido that killed at least 16 people, officials said, with 26 still missing. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2NV7W3e
A powerful earthquake paralyzed Japan's northern island of Hokkaido on Thursday, killing at least seven people, triggering landslides and knocking out power to its 5.3 million residents. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2NeTTsv
The leading candidate in Brazil's presidential election is in serious but stable condition after being stabbed by an assailant at a campaign rally on Thursday, doctors said, pushing an already chaotic campaign into further disarray. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Qb5yqM
Britain could have hurt its chances of sealing a post-Brexit free trade deal with China, a major Chinese state-run newspaper warned on Friday after a Royal Navy warship sailed close to islands in the South China Sea claimed by China. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2wSP3aG
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern accepted the resignation of her communications minister on Friday only hours after saying her job was safe, capping off a tough month for the popular premier since her return from maternity leave. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2NuOpdj