Biggest news you missed Labor Day weekend
Remains of Minnesota boy missing since 1989 found
Almost 27 years after the abduction of 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling in Minnesota, a long trail of investigation appears to be near its end. The Stearns County Sheriff's Office confirmed Saturday that Wetterling's remains have been found in central Minnesota. Jacob was kidnapped on Oct. 22, 1989, after he and his brother, Trevor, 10, and best friend, Aaron Larson, 11, rode their bikes to a store not far from the family’s rural home in St. Joseph. As they headed back, a masked man with a gun appeared on the remote dirt road leading to the Wetterling house. He told the boys to lie face down in a nearby ditch and asked each his age. He then ordered Trevor and Aaron to run to the woods and not look back. When the boys did, Jacob and the man were gone. No one has ever been charged in the case.
G-20 ends with no agreement on Syria
Global leaders ended a major economic summit in eastern China on Monday with a forceful endorsement of free trade. The crowded agenda for the two-day meeting in Hangzhou included the Koreas, Syria and refugees. During a 90-minute meeting on the sidelines of the summit, President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin failed to make a breakthrough in negotiating a cease-fire agreement for Syria. In a joint statement on the summit, Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping and the leaders of Britain, Japan, Russia and other Group of 20 economies pledged to boost sluggish global growth by promoting innovation and to strengthen the global financial system.
Mother Teresa declared a saint by Pope Francis
Mother Teresa, the diminutive Albanian nun whose work to feed the hungry and comfort the dying in India became the foundation of a new religious order and earned her a Nobel Peace Prize, was named a saint Sunday by Pope Francis. Tens of thousands of Roman Catholic faithful gathered for the canonization ceremony under a cloudless sky and amid tight security. "She bowed down before those who were spent, left to die on the side of the road, seeing in them their God-given dignity," Francis said. "She made her voice heard before the powers of this world, so that they might recognize their guilt for the crime of poverty they created."
Obama defends Kaepernick's national anthem protest
President Obama said Monday that NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick was "exercising his constitutional right" to bring attention to racial injustice by not taking part in the national anthem at the start of San Francisco 49ers football games. Kaepernick also received support on Sunday from U.S. soccer star Megan Rapinoe, who knelt during the national anthem before the Seattle Reign's game against the Chicago Red Stars. "Being a gay American, I know what it means to look at the flag and not have it protect all of your liberties," she said.
Hermine churns up New England as Newton strengthens off Mexico
Hermine stayed offshore Monday with near hurricane-force winds, bringing high surf and rip currents along parts of New England and the Mid-Atlantic coasts on the last day of the long Labor Day holiday. Meanwhile, a tropical storm off Mexico threatened to become a hurricane later this week.
Magnitude-5.6 quake rocks Oklahoma, matches strongest to ever hit state
Oklahoma regulators on Saturday shut down 37 wastewater wells connected to oil and gas production after a magnitude-5.6 earthquake — matching the strongest quake ever to hit the state — jolted north-central Oklahoma. Some parts of Oklahoma now match Northern California for the nation’s most shake-prone, and one Oklahoma region has a one-in-eight chance of a damaging quake in 2016, with other parts closer to one in 20. The quake, centered in rural Pawnee County, could be felt over a seven-state area, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
North Korea fires three ballistic missiles, officials say
North Korea fired three ballistic missiles into the East Sea on Monday, according to reports from the South Korean News Service and the Associated Press. While missile and rocket tests are common in North Korea, this one occurred as world leaders are gathered in the east Chinese city of Hangzhou for the G-20 summit. The U.S. condemned the tests, saying they violate U.N. Security Council resolutions and pose a threat to aircraft and commercial ships in the region.
Burning Man goes up in flames
A solemn and nearly silent audience of thousands watched the final formal act of Burning Man 2016 on Sunday night as the Temple burned to the ground. Each year during the festival, 70,000 people build and occupy a temporary city in the desert about two hours north of Reno. The Temple burn on Sunday was the final formal event of the week, although it officially ends Monday. Still confused about what the festival is actually about? This will help.
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