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While most American families grew richer between 2013 and 2016, the wealthiest households pulled even further ahead, worsening the nation’s massive disparities in wealth and income. Median wealth for white families was $ 171,000, 10 times that for blacks and roughly eight times that for Latinos. CBC | World News

Kelly Knight Craft is sworn in as U.S. Ambassador to Canada by Vice-President Mike Pence. Following the ceremony, she said that “friends don’t always always agree, which is also true of allies and trading partners.” CBC | World News

Pitbull – a rapper also known as “Mr. Worldwide” to his fans – is gaining plenty of praise online. According to the New York Daily News, Pitbull is helping people suffering from cancer in Puerto Rico get out of the storm-ravaged land in order to get treatment in the U.S. by sending his own private plane to Puerto Rico. Armando ...

A new Air Force One replica, currently on display in Rhode Island and headed next to New York, meticulously recreates many of the details inside the aircraft. CBC | World News

North Korea’s foreign minister says U.S. President Donald Trump has declared war on North Korea, and that Pyongyang reserves the right to shoot down U.S. bomber planes even if they are not in the country’s airspace. CBC | World News

North Korea’s foreign minister says U.S. President Donald Trump has declared war on North Korea, and that Pyongyang reserves the right to shoot down U.S. bomber planes even if they are not in the country’s airspace. CBC | World News

North Korea’s Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho told the United Nations on Saturday that U.S. President Donald Trump had made “our rockets’ visit to the entire U.S. mainland inevitable” by calling North Korean leader Kim Jong-un “rocket man.” CBC | World News

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un says Donald Trump is “deranged” and the U.S. president will “pay dearly” for his threats, the North Korean state news agency reports. CBC | World News

After struggling to keep its customers against competition from the online shopping industry for more than 10 years, the largest toy chain store in America finally surrenders. Reportedly, Toys ‘R’ Us has filed for bankruptcy on Monday, Sept. 8 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in Richmond. Thus, ending the story of the toy store ...

Hurricane Maria swept over the small island of Dominica with catastrophic Category 5 winds overnight, starting a charge into the eastern Caribbean that threatens islands already devastated by Hurricane Irma and holds the possibility of a direct hit on Puerto Rico. CBC | World News