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Hurricane pushes long-suffering Puerto Rico to the edge

NASA's asteroid chaser swings by Earth on way to space rock

Kim fires off insults at Trump and hints at weapons test

Search for Mexico quake survivors enters day 4, some success September 22, 2017 | 9:07 AM

Uber to lose its license to operate in London September 22, 2017 | 6:55 AM

10 things to know for today September 22, 2017 | 6:05 AM

Julio Morales and Miriam Pagan stand on the front of their damaged home, in El Negro community a day after the impact of Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico, Thursday, September 21, 2017. As of Thursday evening, Maria was moving off the northern coast of the Dominican Republic with winds of 120 mph (195 kph). The storm was expected to approach the Turks and Caicos Islands and the Bahamas late Thursday and early Friday. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Powerless: Puerto Rico faces weeks without electricity September 21, 2017 | 10:17 PM

Kim Jong Un: 'Deranged' Trump will 'pay dearly' for threat September 21, 2017 | 7:38 PM

NKorea minister calls Trump's threat 'sound of dog barking' September 21, 2017 | 10:00 AM

A stunned Puerto Rico seeks to rebuild after Hurricane Maria September 21, 2017 | 6:28 AM

10 things to know for today September 21, 2017 | 6:19 AM

Trump's trashing of Iran deal poses problems for NK strategy September 20, 2017 | 8:45 AM

Melania Trump to UN: 'Step up' to protect children September 20, 2017 | 8:34 AM

10 things to know for today September 20, 2017 | 6:28 AM

Mexicans dig through collapsed buildings as quake kills 217 September 20, 2017 | 6:27 AM

Trump's North Korea threat leaves Asia struggling to explain September 20, 2017 | 6:17 AM

Rescuers wriggle into collapsed school after Mexico quake September 20, 2017 | 4:44 AM

Trump's jabs set up 1st big US-Iran talks of his presidency September 20, 2017 | 3:46 AM

People search for survivors in a collapsed building in the Roma neighborhood of Mexico City on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017. A powerful earthquake has jolted Mexico, causing buildings to sway sickeningly in the capital on the anniversary of a 1985 quake that did major damage. (AP Photo/Enric Marti)

149 killed as 7.1 magnitude quake fells buildings in Mexico September 19, 2017 | 2:27 PM

United States President Donald Trump speaks during the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017.

At UN, Trump threatens 'total destruction' of North Korea September 19, 2017 | 11:04 AM

10 things to know for today September 19, 2017 | 6:27 AM

Literally lousy: Parasite plagues world salmon industry September 18, 2017 | 8:48 AM

France: Acid attack on 4 BC students not seen as terror act September 18, 2017 | 7:26 AM

Hurricane Maria intensifies into Category 3 storm as it heads for the Caribbean September 18, 2017 | 5:58 AM

Trump, in new dig, mocks North Korea leader as 'Rocket Man' September 17, 2017 | 8:32 PM

Passengers look at information monitors as they wait for their trains at The Saint-Charles Station in Marseille on August 20, 2017, following a fire between Aubagne and Carnoux, south-eastern France.
Holidaymakers who were staying near Aubagne were momentarily evacuated on the night of August 19 and residents confined to their homes as a wildfire burned through 200 hectares of vegetation. Some 3,000 travellers in southern France spent thenight camped out in train stations after a bush fire cut off a busy route between Marseille and the resort city of Nice. / AFP PHOTO / BERTRAND LANGLOISBERTRAND LANGLOIS/AFP/Getty Images

4 Boston College students attacked with acid in France September 17, 2017 | 5:53 PM

Chelsea Manning in Nantucket: 'I believe I did the best I could' September 17, 2017 | 3:48 PM

In this combo from file photo German Chancellor Angela Merkel leads the weekly cabinet meeting of her government at the chancellery in Berlin.

5 things to know about Germany's Angela Merkel September 17, 2017 | 6:36 AM

UK police arrest 2nd man in London subway attack case September 17, 2017 | 4:10 AM

Judge denies El Chapo's effort to dismiss drug traffic case September 15, 2017 | 7:32 PM

Crocodile suspected in death of UK reporter in Sri Lanka September 15, 2017 | 2:56 PM

Fire Brigade officers stand inside a cordon near where an incident happened, that police say they are investigating as a terrorist attack, at Parsons Green subway station in London, Friday, Sept. 15, 2017. A bucket wrapped in an insulated bag caught fire on a packed London subway train Friday, sending commuters stampeding in panic at the height of the morning rush hour.

10 things to know for today September 15, 2017 | 7:31 AM

Manhunt on after homemade bomb wounds 22 on London subway September 15, 2017 | 7:12 AM