Today's Headlines: North Korean Nuclear Test Draws U.S. Warning of 'Massive Military Response'

[Over 21 Miles of Highway, Snapshots of a Resilient Houston]( | View in [Browser]( | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. | [Unsubscribe]( [The New York Times]( [Most Popular]( | [Video]( | [Today's Headlines]( Monday, September 4, 2017 IN THIS EMAIL [NYT] [World](#worldNews) | [U.S.](#nationalNews) | [Politics](#politicsNews) | [Business](#businessNews) | [Technology](#technologyNews) | [Sports](#sportsNews) | [Arts](#artsNews) | [N.Y./Region](#nyregionNews) | [Media & Advertising](#dailyFeatureNews) | [Today's Video](#videoNews) | [Obituaries](#obituaries) | [Editorials](#editorialsNews) | [Op-Ed](#opinionNews) | [On This Day](#onthisdayNews) | [CUSTOMIZE »]( Top News [North Korea released a photograph on Sunday of the country's leader, Kim Jong-un, center, inspecting what it said was a hydrogen bomb that could be fitted onto a missile. Hours later, it carried out its sixth nuclear test.]( [North Korean Nuclear Test Draws U.S. Warning of 'Massive Military Response']( By DAVID E. SANGER and CHOE SANG-HUN The North's sixth nuclear test on Sunday was its most powerful yet, but it was unclear whether it had in fact detonated a hydrogen bomb. [Sabrina Rodriguez wiped away a tear as she comforted her son, Eder Cantero, 2, outside their flood-damaged home near Halls Bayou on Sept. 2.]( [Over 21 Miles of Highway, Snapshots of a Resilient Houston]( By MANNY FERNANDEZ The stretch of I-45 that leads downtown from near George Bush Intercontinental Airport captures some of the essence of what has often been a misunderstood city. [Demonstrators, including recipients of protections under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, marched in New York last week.]( [Trump Seriously Considering Ending DACA, With 6-Month Delay]( By MAGGIE HABERMAN and GLENN THRUSH The plan, which officials said could still be changed, would give Congress time to come up with a legislative solution. For more top news, go to [NYTimes.com »]( [Get California Today in Your Inbox]( The news and stories that matter to Californians (and anyone else interested in the state). Delivered Monday through Friday. ADVERTISEMENT Editors' Picks [John Ashbery in 2008.]( ARTS [John Ashbery, a Singular Poet Whose Influence Was Broad, Dies at 90]( By DAVID ORR and DINITIA SMITH Among his many honors, Mr. Ashbery was the first poet to win the Pulitzer, the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. OPINION | Op-Ed Contributors [A New Type of Labor Law for a New Type of Worker]( By WILLIAM E. 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SANGER With the North again conducting a nuclear test, no issue more confounds analysts than what Kim Jong-un, its dictator, really wants. [Yoki Pratama Windyarto celebrated his graduation from the Indonesia Aviation School in September 2016.]( [He Aimed to Fight in Syria. ISIS Had a Broader Plan: Southeast Asia]( By RICHARD C. PADDOCK The Islamic State sent a young Indonesian to fight in the Philippines. His shocked family now reckons with his role. [Crina Iacub with her son Dario at La Madonnina, a beach in Focene, Italy, that accommodates disabled people.]( Focene Journal [For Italians With Disabilities, a Place in the Sun]( By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO A beach near Rome is accessible to everyone, a rarity in a country where people with disabilities often feel excluded. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] U.S. [Anita-Maria Quillen, chief executive of Diversified Engineering and Plastics, outside her home in Jackson, Mich. Her company has been squeezed as car sales have dropped every month in 2017.]( [Eager to Create Blue-Collar Jobs, a Small Business Struggles]( By TRIP GABRIEL A Michigan auto parts company has transformed itself and made money. But its chief finds herself caught between demands to lower costs and lift wages. [Ryan Ashcraft and another pilot driving cattle to safer ground near Damon, Tex.]( [A Flying Cowboy Rides to Rescue Cattle Stranded in Harvey's Floods]( By JOHN SCHWARTZ and LIVIA ALBECK-RIPKA The devastating rain put thousands of animals at risk of drowning, but a cowpoke in a helicopter is helping drive them to higher ground. [The National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Milwaukee, which was built after the Civil War.]( [Old Soldiers' Homes, Left to Just Fade Away]( By DAVE PHILIPPS The veterans agency has 430 vacant buildings, including 200 that are more than 90 years old. Now it is trying to get rid of many of them. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] Politics [President Trump, in a tweet on Sunday, accused South Korea of talking about ]( News Analysis [Why Trump, After North Korea's Blast, Aimed His Sharpest Fire at the South]( By GLENN THRUSH and MARK LANDLER The nuclear crisis lays bare how the president's trade agenda - the bedrock of his economic populist campaign - is increasingly at odds with his security agenda. [Congress will return to Washington on Tuesday after a monthlong summer recess.]( [Shaken by Harvey, Congress May Try Something New: Bipartisanship]( By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG Lawmakers return from recess with priorities reshuffled and glimmers of cooperation emerging on hurricane aid. The question is whether it will last. [Teresa Briceno is overcome with emotion during prayers for communities affected by the storm at Templo Aposento Alto / Life City Church Houston.]( [As a Weary Texas Seeks Solace, Governor Says Property Damage May Exceed Katrina]( By ALAN BLINDER, ANNIE CORREAL and CAMPBELL ROBERTSON The Treasury secretary urged a link between the distribution of emergency funds and a debt ceiling bill, while Texans gathered for prayer. For more political news, go to [NYTimes.com/Politics »]( [] Business [President Trump surrounded by small-business leaders in the Oval Office in January as he signed an executive order on reducing regulations.]( News Analysis [Trump Shifts Labor Policy Focus From Worker to Entrepreneur]( By NOAM SCHEIBER The administration's approach is of a piece with the president's often-stated view of what drives economic success. [Day laborers harvesting chives in Baja California, Mexico, last month. 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There is growing insistence in women's tennis that the standard of serving needs to improve. [Maria Sharapova after her loss on Sunday.]( [Maria Sharapova Is Ousted, but Star Power Is Big Loser at U.S. Open]( By HARVEY ARATON Anastasija Sevastova of Latvia denied the Russian a spot in the quarterfinals. Denis Shapovalov, a breakout star with Russian roots, also lost. [Rajai Davis after hitting a two-run homer for the Cleveland Indians in the eighth inning of Game 7 during last season's World Series. The shot off Aroldis Chapman of the Chicago Cubs tied the score and propelled the game into extra innings.]( [Actors in a World Series Drama Are Now Gracing a New Stage]( By BILLY WITZ Rajai Davis and Aroldis Chapman, who faced each other in an epic at-bat in Game 7 of the Indians-Cubs showdown, are now with the Red Sox and the Yankees. For more sports news, go to [NYTimes.com/Sports »]( [] Arts [Ozuna performing at the United Palace Theater in Manhattan in July.]( [Reggaeton, Bachata, Latin Trap? Ozuna Does It All]( By JON CARAMANICA The Latin pop singer had almost one billion YouTube views before releasing his debut album "Odisea." [Bobby Goldman wrote the book for the musical ]( [Dating 6 Men at 68: The Woman Behind the Musical 'Curvy Widow']( By ISAAC OLIVER Bobby Goldman, who wrote the book for the new show, is having a ball talking about sex. [Reese Witherspoon, left, and Pico Alexander in ]( A Word With [Reese Witherspoon Knows Rom-Coms Need an Image Makeover]( By MELENA RYZIK With her focus now in projects like "Big Little Lies," the "Home Again" star says you should think of the genre as stories about women's experience. 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Let's Meditate on That]( By COREY KILGANNON A Buddhist meditation center has opened on the outskirts of New York City, where it is more peaceful but also accessible by subway. And there's surfing. For more New York news, go to [NYTimes.com/NewYork »]( [] Media & Advertising [Taylor Swift performing in February. Though the release of her new album is two months away, the marketing campaign has begun in force.]( [Now on Stage: The Countdown to a New Taylor Swift Album]( By BEN SISARIO The release of a new Taylor Swift album is always an instructive lesson in marketing. But with streaming dominant, the playbook is being rewritten. [Dusan Lajovic serving to Rafael Nadal in the first round of the United States Open last week. He wore a logo patch for the French cosmetics brand Guinot.]( [Guinot, the French Cosmetics Company, Bets on Tennis Underdogs]( By BEN ROTHENBERG In order to maximize exposure at major tournaments, Guinot makes short-term endorsement deals with players scheduled to face the sport's biggest stars. For more media and advertising news, go to [NYTimes.com/Media »]( [] Magazine Feature [How to Get Rich in Trump's Washington]( By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE His presidency has changed the rules of influence in the nation's capital - and spawned a new breed of lobbyist on K Street. [A crew from Rainbow Camp cutting the line on a small fire near Hemet, in June.]( Feature [The Incarcerated Women Who Fight California's Wildfires]( By JAIME LOWE By choice, for less than $2 an hour, the female inmate firefighters of California work their bodies to the breaking point. Sometimes they even risk their lives. 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[Lisa Madigan, Illinois's attorney general, filed a federal lawsuit against Chicago seeking a court-enforced consent decree to reform police training and oversight.]( Editorial [Taking On Chicago's Police]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Illinois tries to do what Washington won't: establish court oversight of a scandalous department. [Raila Odinga speaking to supporters in Nairobi on Sunday.]( Editorial [Kenya's Giant Step for Fair Elections]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD In accepting a challenger's accusation of fraud and ordering a new election, the Supreme Court has set a milestone for Africa. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] Op-Ed [A detail of the separated head of the Queen Victoria statue on display at the Musee de la Civilisation in Quebec City.]( Op-Ed Contributor [Why We Should Put Women on Pedestals]( By JULIA BAIRD Since statues tell us whom society deems important, more female figures are in order. [President Trump arriving at Andrews Air Force Base on March 5, the day after he tweeted that President Obama had his ]( Op-Ed Columnist [In Defense of the Truth]( By CHARLES M. BLOW How can a liar negotiate treaties or navigate international disputes? [The highways in Houston were empty last Tuesday after the city was inundated with floodwaters from Hurricane Harvey.]( Op-Ed Columnist [Why Can't We Get Cities Right?]( By PAUL KRUGMAN Caught between rampant development and NIMBYism. On Campus [You'll Never Be Famous - And That's O.K.]( By EMILY ESFAHANI SMITH Social media make it seem as if meaningful lives are the extraordinary and attention-grabbing ones. That's rarely the case. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] ON THIS DAY On Sept. 4, 1957, Gov. Orval Faubus of Arkansas called out the National Guard to prevent nine black students from entering Central High School in Little Rock. 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