South Korean media are reporting that the hermit nation, which launched a nuclear test over the weekend, could be preparing an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). In response to the test, South Korea conducted a drill simulating an attack on its neighbour. Sunday’s detonation was the North’s strongest ever, with the […]
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September not only offers a fresh start for students, it also offers fresh deals for travelers. Try a Broadway Show or the State Fair The New York State Fair is under way in Syracuse and continues through September 4. Among the highlights are the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Exhibit, 25-cent cups […]
NEW YORK — John Ashbery, an enigmatic genius of modern poetry whose energy, daring and boundless command of language raised American verse to brilliant and baffling heights, died early Sunday at age 90. Ashbery, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and often mentioned as a Nobel candidate, died at his home […]
NEW YORK — It’s the one of the final practices before the WNBA’s New York Liberty head to the playoffs, and the team’s center, Tina Charles, is focused on her drills. She effortlessly drops free throws into the basket, before pivoting to work on her handling. She laughs with her […]
North Korea on Sunday morning announced it had “successfully” detonated a hydrogen bomb which sparked a huge 6.3 magnitude artificial earthquake in the region. Now Julian Assange has claimed the testing of the bomb, which was reportedly five times more powerful than the US nuke deployed at Nagasaki, was an […]
The hermit kingdom’s state media released a “severe warning” to the US after its “perfect” nuclear test. The article in the North Korean state newspaper Rodong Sinmun said: “If the US persists in its hostile policy towards the DPRK and makes a showdown with the latter to the end, while […]
Hundreds of people were allowed to go back home Sunday night as crews reported major progress fighting the La Tuna fire, described as Los Angeles’ biggest fire on record. The so-called La Tuna fire was holding steady at about 5,865 acres in the San Fernando Valley, the Los Angeles Fire […]
Arkema Inc. ignited and burned the six remaining trailers at its Harvey-wrecked chemical plant near Houston on Sunday so crews can stop waiting and get to work assessing the threat at the flooded facility, authorities said. Three of the nine trailers, which each house a half-ton of highly flammable materials, […]