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California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging the construction of a U.S./Mexico border wall.  Amongst other things, the lawsuit says the border wall “threatens the state of California’s economic, procedural and sovereign interests and will harm the state’s natural resources.” ...Read more

Heavy rain and high winds hit the Dominican Republic on Thursday as Hurricane Maria continued to head northwest in the Caribbean. This comes after Maria made a direct hit on Puerto Rico that has caused severe damage and cut power to the entire island. ...Read more

At least 217 people are dead after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake rocked central Mexico Tuesday afternoon.  It has been 32 years since an earthquake this devastating has stuck the country’s capital. ...Read more

Toys R Us filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the company announced on Monday.  The company said it will continue to operate as usual its approximately 1,600 Toy R Us and Babies R Us stores around the world.  ...Read more

According to a White House official who briefed reporters on the President’s first address to the United Nations General Assembly, President Trump will urge other countries to do their part in confronting threats such as North Korea.  This will be President Trump’s first United Nations speech, and will occur on Tuesday. ...Read more

A peaceful vigil turned violent and caused 3 arrests on the campus of Georgia Tech University Monday night.   The protest comes in the wake of the death of Scout Schultz, 21, a student activist at Georgia Tech University who was shot and killed outside a campus dormitory in Atlanta.   ...Read more

Puerto Rico is making preparations in anticipation of the arrival of Hurricane Maria, projected to make direct landfall this Wednesday. Maria is currently a Category 2 storm, and hurricane warnings have been issued for the islands of Guadeloupe, Dominica, St. Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat, St. Lucia and Martinique. Tropical storm warnings are in effect for Antigua and Barbuda. ...Read more

More than 80 people were arrested on Sunday, September 17 when the third day of peaceful protesting over the acquittal of St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley turned violent.  Stockley, a white police officer, was acquitted of murder in the shooting death of 24-year-old Anthony Lamar Smith, an African-American, which occurred back in 2011. ...Read more

A U.s Army special operation soldier was killed this Thursday along with seven other soldiers injured when a training exercise when wrong that involved demolitions, according to officials.  ...Read more