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MEXICO CITY — A powerful earthquake struck Mexico on Tuesday afternoon, toppling buildings, killing children in a school that collapsed, rattling the capital and sending people flooding into the streets for the second time in just two weeks. Early Wednesday, the director of Mexico’s civil protection agency, Luis Felipe Puente, said on Twitter that 216 people had been killed, revising an earlier toll of 248. Eighty-three people were killed in Mexico City, Mr.

President Trump’s threat to “totally destroy North Korea” at the United Nations today divided Republicans and Democrats, and the president's critics warned that his speech could escalate tensions between Washington and Pyongyang. "The United States has great strength and patience, but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea. Rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime,” Trump said in his first address to the United Nations General Assembly as president.

Congressional Republican efforts to repeal and replace the Senate floor, rejecting a bill backed by Senate Republican leadership. Senate Majority Leader Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Sen.

Making American great again, in the view of the man who made that phrase a campaign slogan, means making the world understand that America is redefining the way it is seeking out that greatness. That means absorbing the boasts, name-calling and contradictions in President United Nations.

Senate investigators postponed their scheduled meeting with Donald Trump’s personal lawyer and longtime confidant Michael Cohen in the ongoing probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election on Tuesday. Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., released a statement after the meeting came to an early and abrupt end, chastising Cohen releasing his own statement ahead of the interview. “We were disappointed that Mr.

President Kim Jong Un. At first, Trump did not name the North Korean leader, using a nickname instead. Trump said, "No nation on earth has an interest in seeing this band of criminals arm itself with nuclear weapons and missiles. The United States has great strength and patience, but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea. Rocket Man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime.

Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories WASHINGTON — With President Donald Trump, a good enemy deserves a good nickname. In his debut appearance before the U.N. General Assembly Tuesday, Trump embraced his latest label — calling North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ‘‘Rocket Man.’’ An apparent reference to the Elton John song, which Trump sometimes played at campaign rallies, ‘‘Rocket Man’’ is the latest Trump-nickname to enter his colorful lexicon. During the 2016 race, he battled with Sen.

Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories President Trump told the UN that as president, he would always put America first, and issued a stern threat to North Korea in his first speech to the body.   Here’s a breakdown of what we heard and what it might mean.

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Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories CAPITAL SOURCE Just bad timing? A millionaire donated more than $2 million to a pro-charter school group — around the time he was pushing the Baker administration to block hotel construction.