September 1, 2017,
September 1, 2017, Hurricane Irma, now a Category 2
hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 110 miles per hour (175
kilometers per hour), is expected to resume strengthening this weekend
increasing the danger when it nears the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean next Thursday. (Weather Channel)
September 1, 2017, President Trump nominates Oklahoma congressman Jim Bridenstine, member of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, to be Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (Politico)
September 1, 2017, Asteroid 3122 Florence,
which is roughly 2.7 miles (4.4 kilometers) wide, comes within 4.4
million miles (7 million km) of Earth — approximately 18 times the
distance from our planet to the Moon. (Space)
September 2, 2017,
September 3, 2017,
September 3, 2017, Hurricane Harvey is projected to possibly become the second costliest hurricane in the United States's history, with estimates ranging from US$72 billion to over $125 billion. In comparison, Hurricane Katrina's total damage is estimated to be around $118 to $160 billion. (ABC News)
September 3, 2017, The La Tuna Fire continues to burn in Los Angeles, California, becoming the largest fire in the city's history at around 5,800 acres. Mayor Eric Garcetti declares a state of emergency. (Los Angeles Times)
September 3, 2017, Large portions of Frankfurt, Germany, are evacuated as local authorities work to defuse a bomb left over from a Royal Air Force raid during World War II. The evacuation is the largest to occur in Europe since World War II. (CNN)
September 3, 2017, A 6.3 magnitude earthquake is detected near the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site in Kilju County, North Korea, after North Korea tests its sixth and most powerful nuclear weapon to date. North Korean state media claims the country tested a hydrogen bomb that can be fitted on an ICBM. (New York Times)
September 3, 2017, The European X-ray free-electron laser is inaugurated in Hamburg, Germany. (XFEL)
September 4, 2017,
September 4, 2017, Hurricane Irma is now a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 km/h). Hurricane warnings are issued for the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean, which are expected to be affected Tuesday. Rainfalls of up to 10 inches (25 centimeters) are possible. Irma is forecast to strengthen over the next 48 hours. The governors of Puerto Rico and Florida issue states of emergency. (NPR)
September 4, 2017, Tronc Inc., the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune publisher, buys the New York Daily News. (U.S. News & World Report)
September 4, 2017, United Technologies Corp will buy airplane parts maker Rockwell Collins for USD$30 Billion, including seven billion in debt previously incurred by Rockwell Collins. (Reuters)
September 5, 2017, Hurricane Irma strengthens to a maximum Category 5 hurricane, becoming the strongest Atlantic hurricane since 2005's Hurricane Wilma in terms of maximum sustained winds, described as "extremely dangerous." The National Hurricane Center (NHC) predicts that Irma could strengthen even more due to favorable conditions. (Washington Post)
-The NHC says Irma is the most powerful Atlantic storm ever recorded outside the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. Ahead of Irma's landing, President Donald Trump issues a state of emergency declaration for Florida, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. (Reuters)
September 5, 2017,
September 5, 2017,
September 5, 2017, The Trump Administration announces that, during the next six months, it will be ending the DACA program that has halted the deportation of about 800,000 people who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children. Congress is called upon to pass legislation to correct the situation. (The New York Times)
September 5, 2017, Amid tensions from South Korea, U.S. President Donald Trump announces that he is "allowing Japan and South Korea to buy a substantially increased amount of highly sophisticated military equipment from the United States." (The Independent)
September 5, 2017, Billionaire investor Tilman Fertitta buys the Houston Rockets NBA basketball team for US$2.2 billion. (Houston Chronicle)
September 6, 2017,
September 6, 2017, Hurricane Irma makes first landfall on Barbuda, Saint Martin, and Anguilla in the northeastern Leeward Islands. Irma has maintained 185 miles per hour (298 km/h) winds for 24 hours, setting another record for Atlantic and eastern Pacific storms. (ABC News)
-The Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Gaston Browne says the island of Barbuda has been almost entirely wiped out by Hurricane Irma and is "barely habitable", with "90 percent" of all structures destroyed. (ABC News)
September 6, 2017, An Arizona Air National Guard F-16 crashes near Safford, Arizona, killing the pilot. (CBS News)
September 6, 2017, Business leaders from various U.S. companies, including Facebook, Marriott International, JPMorgan Chase, and Microsoft, lobby to members of Congress to work on a permanent solution for DREAMers to stay legally in the country, many of whom are their employees. (Politico)
September 6, 2017, Pope Francis arrives in Colombia for a five-day visit. In early 2016, Francis promised he would visit the South American country once a civil war peace agreement was in place. (CNN)
September 6, 2017, Fifteen states and the District of Columbia file suit challenging President Donald Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, arguing, in part, that federal government has reneged on the promise to protect young immigrants who came forward and registered with the government. (Reuters)
September 6, 2017, President Donald Trump, siding with Democrats, reaches a deal with congressional leaders of both parties to extend the U.S. debt limit and fund the federal government until Dec. 15, as well as provide Harvey disaster relief. (Reuters)
September 6, 2017, Facebook tells congressional investigators an operation, traced to a Russian company seeking to target voters, spent $100,000 on thousands of U.S. ads promoting divisive social and political messages during the 2016 U.S. election. (Time)
September 7, 2017,
September 7, 2017, A magnitude 8.1 earthquake is recorded 96 kilometers (60 miles) south of Pijijiapan, Chiapas, Mexico. This is Mexico's strongest quake since the 8.0 earthquake that hit the Greater Mexico City area in 1985. At least 26 deaths have been recorded.(USGS)
September 7, 2017, Irma has killed at least 14 people. The storm, still at Category 5 strength with maximum sustained winds of 175 mph (280 km/h), is moving west-northwest at 16 mph (26 km/h). It has reached the dual-country island of Hispaniola and is forecast to pass over the Turks and Caicos Islands as it heads towards The Bahamas and Cuba. The eye did not directly hit Puerto Rico; still casualties are reported and around two-thirds of its 3.4 million population are without electricity. (Reuters)
September 7, 2017, Amazon.com announces bidding for a second headquarters campus in North America, to house 50,000 workers and cost $5 billion USD (The New York Times)
September 7, 2017, Mexico expels the ambassador of North Korea in the country over the recent nuclear weapons testing. (The Washington Post)
September 8, 2017,
September 8, 2017, Hurricane Jose intensifies into an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 hurricane as it nears the northern Leeward Islands, according to the National Hurricane Center. (CBS News)
September 8, 2017, Hurricane Irma's death toll this week is at least 21 people after recently hitting Cuba and The Bahamas as a Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 155 mph (250 km/h). (Reuters)
September 8, 2017, A Duke University medical helicopter crashes near Belvidere, North Carolina, killing four people. (Daily Mail)
September 8, 2017, A helicopter crashes in Medford, New Jersey, leaving two people dead, including singer Troy Gentry of Montgomery Gentry. (Sky News)
September 8, 2017, In Groton, Massachusetts, Orion Krause, just graduated from Oberlin college, was arrested after bodies were found and he confessed to his neighbors naked to killing his mother, grandparents and a caretaker in their home. Authorities believe it was domestic violence which posed no threat to general community. (Boston CBS)
September 9, 2017,
September 9, 2017, Egypt announces the discovery of a tomb in Luxor belonging to a royal goldsmith who lived more than 3,500 years ago in the 18th Dynasty. (AP)
September 9, 2017, Archaeologists discover a cache of Roman Britain-era artefacts, including weapons, at an ancient Roman cavalry barracks near Hadrian's Wall in northern England. Archaeologists liken the discovery to winning the lottery. (The Guardian)
September 9, 2017, Hurricane Irma makes landfall in Cuba. The death toll across the Caribbean is at least 25 people, (CNN)
September 9, 2017, Hurricane Katia makes landfall in Mexico as a Category 1 hurricane, causing heavy damage and at least two deaths. (UPI)
September 9, 2017, The death toll in the earthquake that struck the Chiapas region of Mexico rises to 90. (CNN)
September 10, 2017, Hurricane Irma makes landfall in Florida as a category 4 hurricane, killing at least three people and knocking out power to over one million households. (ABC News)
September 11, 2017,
September 11, 2017, PETA and David Slater settle the monkey selfie copyright dispute. (CNN)
September 11, 2017, Aurora 17: Sweden starts its largest military exercise in over 20 years. Nearly 20,000 troops are set to participate, including a contingent of over 1,000 U.S. soldiers. The drills will take place on and around the island of Gotland, including soldiers from NATO countries. (AP)
September 11, 2017, The United Nations Security Council approves new sanctions on North Korea, limiting refined petroleum imports and banning textile exports, in response to its recent nuclear test. (Bloomberg)
September 11, 2017, Around a million people rally in Barcelona to mark the National Day of Catalonia and to support the upcoming independence referendum on 1 October. (Reuters)
September 12, 2017, Apple Inc. announces three new iPhone models: the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and the iPhone X. The Apple Watch Series 3 and a new Apple TV are also announced. (The New York Times)
September 12, 2017, Hillary Clinton releases the book What Happened, a memoir about her most recent presidential campaign. Clinton has implied that she may not run again in 2020. (CNN)
September 12, 2017, The United States Department of Justice has requested Moscow-based Russian media channel RT America to register as a foreign lobbying firm in the United States. (The Hill)
September 12, 2017, California Governor Jerry Brown signs a bill that will protect all California residents, regardless of their immigration status, from unnecessary detention and questioning; similar to those ordinances in sanctuary cities. (Los Angeles Times)
September 12, 2017, The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Trump administration can block international refugees from entering the United States. (Reuters)
September 12, 2017, Halimah Yacob is elected as the first female president of Singapore as the sole candidate in the upcoming elections. (The New York Times)
September 12, 2017, Seattle mayor Ed Murray announces his resignation after allegations surface that he sexually abused five teenagers in the 1970s and 80s. (The Seattle Times)
September 13, 2017,
September 13, 2017, Former businessman Martin Shkreli has his bail revoked for threatening former politician Hillary Clinton, after Shkreli posted on Twitter that he would offer $5,000 to anyone who could directly obtain a lock of Clinton's hair. Shkreli was convicted of fraud in August and is awaiting sentencing. (CNN)
September 13, 2017, In an official dinner hosted by the United States President, Donald Trump and leaders of the Democratic party Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi agree to fix DACA but disagree with the details, with Trump denying on Twitter the following day that a deal had been made which excluded funding for his proposed wall on the Mexico–United States border. (CNN)
September 13, 2017, The International Olympic Committee awards the 2024 Summer Olympics to Paris and the 2028 Summer Olympics to Los Angeles. (Los Angeles Times)
September 13, 2017, The Cleveland Indians defeat the Detroit Tigers 5–3 for their 21st consecutive win, surpassing the previous American League record of 20 set by the 2002 Oakland Athletics. The streak is the longest in Major League Baseball since the 1935 Chicago Cubs won 21 straight. (AP via ESPN)
September 14, 2017,
September 14, 2017, In baseball, the Cleveland Indians break the Major League Baseball record for longest winning streak with 22 wins in a row. The 1935 Chicago Cubs previously held the record with 21. (Washington Post)
September 15, 2017, An explosion on a train at the Parsons Green tube station in London injures 29. Scotland Yard is treating the incident as a terrorist attack. (The Guardian)
September 15, 2017, After 20 years "floating" the Solar System, the Cassini space probe to the Saturn system ends the mission with a controlled fall into the atmosphere of the planet. (BBC)
September 15, 2017, In the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, the island of Barbuda is fully depopulated for the first time in 300 years. (CNN)
September 16, 2017,
September 17, 2017,
September 17, 2017, The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards is held in Los Angeles at the Microsoft Theater. Political satirist and The Late Show host Stephen Colbert hosts the event. (The New Yorker)
-The Handmaid's Tale wins eight awards including Outstanding Drama Series, while Veep wins for Outstanding Comedy Series. (ABC News Australia)
September 17, 2017, Hurricane Maria has been upgraded from a tropical storm to a Category 1 hurricane. Hurricane watches and warnings have been issued in parts of the Caribbean. It is following a path similar to Category 5 Hurricane Irma which left at least 82 dead. (CNN)
September 18, 2017,
September 18, 2017, Toys "R" Us files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States, and also files for bankruptcy in Canada, as it attempts to restructure its debts. (BBC)
September 18, 2017, Hurricane Maria reaches Category 5 as it threatens the Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic. (NBC News)
September 19, 2017,
September 19, 2017, A magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes Mexico, killing at least 220 people and collapsing several buildings in Mexico City and widespread evacuations, hours after a yearly earthquake drill in commemoration of the 1985 Mexico City earthquake. (KTLA)
September 19, 2017, Hurricane Maria makes landfall on Dominica as a category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph (260 km/h). Maria is the second category 5 hurricane to make landfall at that intensity in the 2017 season, making this and 2007 the only seasons on record to feature this occurence. (National Hurricane Center)
September 19, 2017, The 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly commences its General Debate at the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan, New York. (amNewYork)
September 19, 2017, Apple Inc. releases the iOS 11 update for most current models of the iPhone and iPad. (CNN)
September 20, 2017,
September 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria makes landfall on Puerto Rico as a Category 4 hurricane. Effects are disastrous and the entire island loses power. Seven deaths are reported on Puerto Rico, along with two on Guadeloupe. Puerto Rican Governor Ricardo Rosselló declares a 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. curfew through Saturday. (NHC)
September 20, 2017, Searches continue for possible survivors of the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that hit central Mexico yesterday. By mid-afternoon, 52 people are rescued while at least 226 people have been killed and another 800 injured. (Los Angeles Times)
September 20, 2017, Fifty countries (50) sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, adopted on 7 July 2017, at the United Nations headquarters in New York City. The world's nuclear-weapon states oppose the measure. (AP via MSN.com)
September 21, 2017, Season 4 Premiere of Gotham
September 21, 2017, Maria, now a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph (205 km/h), is passing offshore of the northern coast of the Dominican Republic, expected to impact the Turks and Caicos Islands and southeastern Bahamas later tonight and Friday. (National Hurricane Center)
-Casualty reports indicate at least 15 people have been killed on Dominica and two on Guadeloupe. The casualty report for Puerto Rico is now two deaths, including a man from a capsized boat near Vieques, Puerto Rico. Power remains out for an estimated 3.4 million Puerto Ricans as the energy grid is all but destroyed. In addition, more than 95 percent of the island’s wireless cell sites are out of service. (The New York Times)
September 21, 2017, Rescuers are focusing on 10 collapsed buildings where people may still be alive. Mexico City Mayor Miguel Ángel Mancera reports the death toll is now at least 273, with 50 people still missing. (Reuters)
September 21, 2017, U.S. President Donald Trump announces new sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear weapons program. (BBC)
September 21, 2017, Facebook agrees to disclose ads that ran in the U.S. in 2016 from accounts associated with a Russian entity known as the Internet Research Agency to United States Congressional investigators. Earlier, this information was provided to Special Counsel Robert Mueller. (CBS News)
September 21, 2017, Google strikes a $1.1bn (£822m) deal with Taiwan's HTC to expand its smartphone business. (BBC)
September 22, 2017, Season 3 Premiere of Fuller House
September 22, 2017,
September 22, 2017,
September 22, 2017,
September 22, 2017,
September 22, 2017,
September 22, 2017,
September 22, 2017,
September 22, 2017,
September 22, 2017, A new study shows that Neanderthal brains developed more slowly than those of modern humans, contradicting previous studies. (BBC)
September 23, 2017,
September 23, 2017,
September 24, 2017,
September 25, 2017,
September 25, 2017,
September 26, 2017,
September 26, 2017,
September 27, 2017,
September 27, 2017,
September 28, 2017,
September 28, 2017,
September 29, 2017,
September 29, 2017,
September 30, 2017,
September 30, 2017,
September 31, 2017,
September 31, 2017,
September 31, 2017,
September 31, 2017,
September 31, 2017,
September 31, 2017,
September 31, 2017,
September 31, 2017,
September 31, 2017,
September 31, 2017,
September 31, 2017,
September 3, 2017, Hurricane Harvey is projected to possibly become the second costliest hurricane in the United States's history, with estimates ranging from US$72 billion to over $125 billion. In comparison, Hurricane Katrina's total damage is estimated to be around $118 to $160 billion. (ABC News)
September 3, 2017, The La Tuna Fire continues to burn in Los Angeles, California, becoming the largest fire in the city's history at around 5,800 acres. Mayor Eric Garcetti declares a state of emergency. (Los Angeles Times)
September 3, 2017, Large portions of Frankfurt, Germany, are evacuated as local authorities work to defuse a bomb left over from a Royal Air Force raid during World War II. The evacuation is the largest to occur in Europe since World War II. (CNN)
September 3, 2017, A 6.3 magnitude earthquake is detected near the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site in Kilju County, North Korea, after North Korea tests its sixth and most powerful nuclear weapon to date. North Korean state media claims the country tested a hydrogen bomb that can be fitted on an ICBM. (New York Times)
September 3, 2017, The European X-ray free-electron laser is inaugurated in Hamburg, Germany. (XFEL)
September 4, 2017,
September 4, 2017, Hurricane Irma is now a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 km/h). Hurricane warnings are issued for the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean, which are expected to be affected Tuesday. Rainfalls of up to 10 inches (25 centimeters) are possible. Irma is forecast to strengthen over the next 48 hours. The governors of Puerto Rico and Florida issue states of emergency. (NPR)
September 4, 2017, Tronc Inc., the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune publisher, buys the New York Daily News. (U.S. News & World Report)
September 4, 2017, United Technologies Corp will buy airplane parts maker Rockwell Collins for USD$30 Billion, including seven billion in debt previously incurred by Rockwell Collins. (Reuters)
September 5, 2017, Hurricane Irma strengthens to a maximum Category 5 hurricane, becoming the strongest Atlantic hurricane since 2005's Hurricane Wilma in terms of maximum sustained winds, described as "extremely dangerous." The National Hurricane Center (NHC) predicts that Irma could strengthen even more due to favorable conditions. (Washington Post)
-The NHC says Irma is the most powerful Atlantic storm ever recorded outside the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. Ahead of Irma's landing, President Donald Trump issues a state of emergency declaration for Florida, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. (Reuters)
September 5, 2017,
September 5, 2017,
September 5, 2017, The Trump Administration announces that, during the next six months, it will be ending the DACA program that has halted the deportation of about 800,000 people who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children. Congress is called upon to pass legislation to correct the situation. (The New York Times)
September 5, 2017, Amid tensions from South Korea, U.S. President Donald Trump announces that he is "allowing Japan and South Korea to buy a substantially increased amount of highly sophisticated military equipment from the United States." (The Independent)
September 5, 2017, Billionaire investor Tilman Fertitta buys the Houston Rockets NBA basketball team for US$2.2 billion. (Houston Chronicle)
September 6, 2017,
September 6, 2017, Hurricane Irma makes first landfall on Barbuda, Saint Martin, and Anguilla in the northeastern Leeward Islands. Irma has maintained 185 miles per hour (298 km/h) winds for 24 hours, setting another record for Atlantic and eastern Pacific storms. (ABC News)
-The Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Gaston Browne says the island of Barbuda has been almost entirely wiped out by Hurricane Irma and is "barely habitable", with "90 percent" of all structures destroyed. (ABC News)
September 6, 2017, An Arizona Air National Guard F-16 crashes near Safford, Arizona, killing the pilot. (CBS News)
September 6, 2017, Business leaders from various U.S. companies, including Facebook, Marriott International, JPMorgan Chase, and Microsoft, lobby to members of Congress to work on a permanent solution for DREAMers to stay legally in the country, many of whom are their employees. (Politico)
September 6, 2017, Pope Francis arrives in Colombia for a five-day visit. In early 2016, Francis promised he would visit the South American country once a civil war peace agreement was in place. (CNN)
September 6, 2017, Fifteen states and the District of Columbia file suit challenging President Donald Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, arguing, in part, that federal government has reneged on the promise to protect young immigrants who came forward and registered with the government. (Reuters)
September 6, 2017, President Donald Trump, siding with Democrats, reaches a deal with congressional leaders of both parties to extend the U.S. debt limit and fund the federal government until Dec. 15, as well as provide Harvey disaster relief. (Reuters)
September 6, 2017, Facebook tells congressional investigators an operation, traced to a Russian company seeking to target voters, spent $100,000 on thousands of U.S. ads promoting divisive social and political messages during the 2016 U.S. election. (Time)
September 7, 2017,
September 7, 2017, A magnitude 8.1 earthquake is recorded 96 kilometers (60 miles) south of Pijijiapan, Chiapas, Mexico. This is Mexico's strongest quake since the 8.0 earthquake that hit the Greater Mexico City area in 1985. At least 26 deaths have been recorded.(USGS)
September 7, 2017, Irma has killed at least 14 people. The storm, still at Category 5 strength with maximum sustained winds of 175 mph (280 km/h), is moving west-northwest at 16 mph (26 km/h). It has reached the dual-country island of Hispaniola and is forecast to pass over the Turks and Caicos Islands as it heads towards The Bahamas and Cuba. The eye did not directly hit Puerto Rico; still casualties are reported and around two-thirds of its 3.4 million population are without electricity. (Reuters)
September 7, 2017, Amazon.com announces bidding for a second headquarters campus in North America, to house 50,000 workers and cost $5 billion USD (The New York Times)
September 7, 2017, Mexico expels the ambassador of North Korea in the country over the recent nuclear weapons testing. (The Washington Post)
September 8, 2017,
September 8, 2017, Hurricane Jose intensifies into an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 hurricane as it nears the northern Leeward Islands, according to the National Hurricane Center. (CBS News)
September 8, 2017, Hurricane Irma's death toll this week is at least 21 people after recently hitting Cuba and The Bahamas as a Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 155 mph (250 km/h). (Reuters)
September 8, 2017, A Duke University medical helicopter crashes near Belvidere, North Carolina, killing four people. (Daily Mail)
September 8, 2017, A helicopter crashes in Medford, New Jersey, leaving two people dead, including singer Troy Gentry of Montgomery Gentry. (Sky News)
September 8, 2017, In Groton, Massachusetts, Orion Krause, just graduated from Oberlin college, was arrested after bodies were found and he confessed to his neighbors naked to killing his mother, grandparents and a caretaker in their home. Authorities believe it was domestic violence which posed no threat to general community. (Boston CBS)
September 9, 2017,
September 9, 2017, Egypt announces the discovery of a tomb in Luxor belonging to a royal goldsmith who lived more than 3,500 years ago in the 18th Dynasty. (AP)
September 9, 2017, Archaeologists discover a cache of Roman Britain-era artefacts, including weapons, at an ancient Roman cavalry barracks near Hadrian's Wall in northern England. Archaeologists liken the discovery to winning the lottery. (The Guardian)
September 9, 2017, Hurricane Irma makes landfall in Cuba. The death toll across the Caribbean is at least 25 people, (CNN)
September 9, 2017, Hurricane Katia makes landfall in Mexico as a Category 1 hurricane, causing heavy damage and at least two deaths. (UPI)
September 9, 2017, The death toll in the earthquake that struck the Chiapas region of Mexico rises to 90. (CNN)
September 10, 2017, Hurricane Irma makes landfall in Florida as a category 4 hurricane, killing at least three people and knocking out power to over one million households. (ABC News)
September 11, 2017,
September 11, 2017, PETA and David Slater settle the monkey selfie copyright dispute. (CNN)
September 11, 2017, Aurora 17: Sweden starts its largest military exercise in over 20 years. Nearly 20,000 troops are set to participate, including a contingent of over 1,000 U.S. soldiers. The drills will take place on and around the island of Gotland, including soldiers from NATO countries. (AP)
September 11, 2017, The United Nations Security Council approves new sanctions on North Korea, limiting refined petroleum imports and banning textile exports, in response to its recent nuclear test. (Bloomberg)
September 11, 2017, Around a million people rally in Barcelona to mark the National Day of Catalonia and to support the upcoming independence referendum on 1 October. (Reuters)
September 12, 2017, Apple Inc. announces three new iPhone models: the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and the iPhone X. The Apple Watch Series 3 and a new Apple TV are also announced. (The New York Times)
September 12, 2017, Hillary Clinton releases the book What Happened, a memoir about her most recent presidential campaign. Clinton has implied that she may not run again in 2020. (CNN)
September 12, 2017, The United States Department of Justice has requested Moscow-based Russian media channel RT America to register as a foreign lobbying firm in the United States. (The Hill)
September 12, 2017, California Governor Jerry Brown signs a bill that will protect all California residents, regardless of their immigration status, from unnecessary detention and questioning; similar to those ordinances in sanctuary cities. (Los Angeles Times)
September 12, 2017, The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Trump administration can block international refugees from entering the United States. (Reuters)
September 12, 2017, Halimah Yacob is elected as the first female president of Singapore as the sole candidate in the upcoming elections. (The New York Times)
September 12, 2017, Seattle mayor Ed Murray announces his resignation after allegations surface that he sexually abused five teenagers in the 1970s and 80s. (The Seattle Times)
September 13, 2017,
September 13, 2017, Former businessman Martin Shkreli has his bail revoked for threatening former politician Hillary Clinton, after Shkreli posted on Twitter that he would offer $5,000 to anyone who could directly obtain a lock of Clinton's hair. Shkreli was convicted of fraud in August and is awaiting sentencing. (CNN)
September 13, 2017, In an official dinner hosted by the United States President, Donald Trump and leaders of the Democratic party Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi agree to fix DACA but disagree with the details, with Trump denying on Twitter the following day that a deal had been made which excluded funding for his proposed wall on the Mexico–United States border. (CNN)
September 13, 2017, The International Olympic Committee awards the 2024 Summer Olympics to Paris and the 2028 Summer Olympics to Los Angeles. (Los Angeles Times)
September 13, 2017, The Cleveland Indians defeat the Detroit Tigers 5–3 for their 21st consecutive win, surpassing the previous American League record of 20 set by the 2002 Oakland Athletics. The streak is the longest in Major League Baseball since the 1935 Chicago Cubs won 21 straight. (AP via ESPN)
September 14, 2017,
September 14, 2017, In baseball, the Cleveland Indians break the Major League Baseball record for longest winning streak with 22 wins in a row. The 1935 Chicago Cubs previously held the record with 21. (Washington Post)
September 15, 2017, An explosion on a train at the Parsons Green tube station in London injures 29. Scotland Yard is treating the incident as a terrorist attack. (The Guardian)
September 15, 2017, After 20 years "floating" the Solar System, the Cassini space probe to the Saturn system ends the mission with a controlled fall into the atmosphere of the planet. (BBC)
September 15, 2017, In the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, the island of Barbuda is fully depopulated for the first time in 300 years. (CNN)
September 16, 2017,
September 17, 2017,
September 17, 2017, The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards is held in Los Angeles at the Microsoft Theater. Political satirist and The Late Show host Stephen Colbert hosts the event. (The New Yorker)
-The Handmaid's Tale wins eight awards including Outstanding Drama Series, while Veep wins for Outstanding Comedy Series. (ABC News Australia)
September 17, 2017, Hurricane Maria has been upgraded from a tropical storm to a Category 1 hurricane. Hurricane watches and warnings have been issued in parts of the Caribbean. It is following a path similar to Category 5 Hurricane Irma which left at least 82 dead. (CNN)
September 18, 2017,
September 18, 2017, Toys "R" Us files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States, and also files for bankruptcy in Canada, as it attempts to restructure its debts. (BBC)
September 18, 2017, Hurricane Maria reaches Category 5 as it threatens the Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic. (NBC News)
September 19, 2017,
September 19, 2017, A magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes Mexico, killing at least 220 people and collapsing several buildings in Mexico City and widespread evacuations, hours after a yearly earthquake drill in commemoration of the 1985 Mexico City earthquake. (KTLA)
September 19, 2017, Hurricane Maria makes landfall on Dominica as a category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph (260 km/h). Maria is the second category 5 hurricane to make landfall at that intensity in the 2017 season, making this and 2007 the only seasons on record to feature this occurence. (National Hurricane Center)
September 19, 2017, The 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly commences its General Debate at the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan, New York. (amNewYork)
September 19, 2017, Apple Inc. releases the iOS 11 update for most current models of the iPhone and iPad. (CNN)
September 20, 2017,
September 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria makes landfall on Puerto Rico as a Category 4 hurricane. Effects are disastrous and the entire island loses power. Seven deaths are reported on Puerto Rico, along with two on Guadeloupe. Puerto Rican Governor Ricardo Rosselló declares a 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. curfew through Saturday. (NHC)
September 20, 2017, Searches continue for possible survivors of the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that hit central Mexico yesterday. By mid-afternoon, 52 people are rescued while at least 226 people have been killed and another 800 injured. (Los Angeles Times)
September 20, 2017, Fifty countries (50) sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, adopted on 7 July 2017, at the United Nations headquarters in New York City. The world's nuclear-weapon states oppose the measure. (AP via MSN.com)
September 21, 2017, Season 4 Premiere of Gotham
September 21, 2017, Maria, now a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph (205 km/h), is passing offshore of the northern coast of the Dominican Republic, expected to impact the Turks and Caicos Islands and southeastern Bahamas later tonight and Friday. (National Hurricane Center)
-Casualty reports indicate at least 15 people have been killed on Dominica and two on Guadeloupe. The casualty report for Puerto Rico is now two deaths, including a man from a capsized boat near Vieques, Puerto Rico. Power remains out for an estimated 3.4 million Puerto Ricans as the energy grid is all but destroyed. In addition, more than 95 percent of the island’s wireless cell sites are out of service. (The New York Times)
September 21, 2017, Rescuers are focusing on 10 collapsed buildings where people may still be alive. Mexico City Mayor Miguel Ángel Mancera reports the death toll is now at least 273, with 50 people still missing. (Reuters)
September 21, 2017, U.S. President Donald Trump announces new sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear weapons program. (BBC)
September 21, 2017, Facebook agrees to disclose ads that ran in the U.S. in 2016 from accounts associated with a Russian entity known as the Internet Research Agency to United States Congressional investigators. Earlier, this information was provided to Special Counsel Robert Mueller. (CBS News)
September 21, 2017, Google strikes a $1.1bn (£822m) deal with Taiwan's HTC to expand its smartphone business. (BBC)
September 22, 2017, Season 3 Premiere of Fuller House
September 22, 2017,
September 22, 2017,
September 22, 2017,
September 22, 2017,
September 22, 2017,
September 22, 2017,
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September 22, 2017, A new study shows that Neanderthal brains developed more slowly than those of modern humans, contradicting previous studies. (BBC)
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