Texas | Engineers 20 years ago warned of flooding risk

A report released two decades ago on the Harris County reservoir system predicted with alarming accuracy the catastrophic flooding that would besiege the Houston area if changes weren’t made

States of emergency | Powerful Hurricane Irma hits first Caribbean islands

The most powerful Atlantic Ocean hurricane in recorded history made its first landfall in the islands of the northeast Caribbean yesterday , roaring along a path pointing

Offbeat | Police ‘terrified’ by red ‘It’ balloons tied to sewer grates

Police officers in a small Pennsylvania town are evidently afraid of a certain homicidal clown. The Lititz police department yesterday posted photos of red balloons a prankster

This Day in History | 1940 – London blitzed by German bombers

The German air force has unleashed a wave of heavy bombing raids on London, killing hundreds of civilians and injuring many more. The Ministry of Home

The Buzz | German police investigating after tomatoes thrown at Merkel

German police say they’re investigating who threw two tomatoes at Chancellor Angela Merkel during an election campaign event in the southwestern city of Heidelberg. Police spokesman David

WORLD BRIEFS

NORTH KOREA The NATO military alliance is calling for international pressure to be ratcheted up against North Korea following its latest nuclear test. The 29-nation U.S.-led alliance expressed full

EU court rejects Hungary, Slovakia appeal in refugee case

The European Union’s top court yesterday rejected legal action by Hungary and Slovakia to avoid accepting refugees under an EU scheme, a decision seen as a victory

Powerful Category 4 Hurricane Irma aims at Caribbean islands

Officials across the northeastern Caribbean canceled airline flights, shuttered schools and urged people to hunker down indoors as Hurricane Irma barreled toward the region as a

Spain | Catalonia reaches Rubicon as Rajoy vows no independence vote

Now we find out how far the Catalan separatists are prepared to go. After more than five years of street demonstrations and propaganda, the movement wants

Offbeat | Man who proposed to girlfriend before pope visits Paris

A Venezuelan political exile who proposed to his girlfriend during an audience with the Pope is basking in the wonder of his engagement in a romantic trip to

This Day in History | 1997 – Diana’s funeral watched by millions

Britain and the world have said farewell to Diana, Princess of Wales, at the end of an unprecedented week of mourning. A four mile procession brought

World briefs

MYANMAR An aid group that plucked tens of thousands of migrants from the Mediterranean with its rescue ship is shifting operations to Southeast Asia to help Rohingya refugees fleeing

The Buzz | UK: 4 army members linked to neo-Nazi group arrested

Britain’s Ministry of Defense has confirmed that four men arrested on suspicion of being members of a banned far-right group were serving members of the army. The

Analysis | South Koreans worry N. Korean nukes will damage US alliance

U.S. President Donald Trump took to Twitter following North Korea’s strongest-ever nuclear test explosion to criticize both Koreas and China. But his tweets will get as

Hurricane | Harvey damage testing Texas infrastructure

The damage Harvey wrought on Texas is testing the state’s infrastructure like never before, challenging regulators, politicians and others on several fronts in the hurricane’s aftermath. 

Offbeat | Zozobra gets political: Flames lick up people’s fears in ritual effigy burning

High anxiety about White House politics, hurricane flooding and even the threat of nuclear war with North Korea is adding an extra spark to the annual burning

This Day in History | 1997 – Mother Teresa dies

Mother Teresa, the Nobel Peace Prize winner who devoted her life to helping the sick and the poor, has died at the age of 87. She

World briefs

KOREA Following U.S. warnings to North Korea of a “massive military response,” South Korea fired missiles into the sea to simulate an attack on the North’s main nuclear

The Buzz | Royal baby: Dukes of Cambridge expecting third child

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expecting their third child, Kensington Palace has announced. The Queen and both families are said to be “delighted with the news,”

Odd inheritance: 1889 landmark courthouse with clock tower

George Beckwith got the surprising phone call a few months ago, informing him that he soon would be an owner of a 19th-century courthouse in Connecticut, nearly

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