Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
1. TRUMP WARNS NORTH KOREA HE’S WEIGHING A ‘SEVERE’ RESPONSE
The president, in his first public comments since North Korea tested an intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time, called on all nations to confront the North’s “very, very bad behavior.”
2. US STUDYING NEW SANCTIONS AGAINST PYONGYANG
Among the possible penalties intended to starve North Korea of cash for its nuclear program is one that would infuriate Beijing: sanctions on Chinese companies that help keep the North’s economy afloat.