 | | A 'murderous regime' eyes a ballistic submarine | | President Trump plans to further pressure North Korea by declaring it a state sponsor of terrorism, he said Monday. Calling Kim Jong Un's rogue nation a "murderous regime," Trump pointed to the June death of Otto Warmbier, a U.S. citizen held in North Korea, and seemed to reference Kim Jong Nam, Kim's half-brother who was assassinated in February. To cap it off, the Treasury Department will tack on another economic sanction on North Korea. "The North Korean regime must be lawful," Trump said. "It must end its unlawful nuclear and ballistic missile development, and cease all support for international terrorism — which it is not doing." Trump's right: The nation's currently building its first ballistic submarine. | Wave of harassment allegations hits the New York Times. And Al Franken (again). | | The New York Times suspended a star political writer Monday after several women accused him of sexual misconduct in a report. The article, published in Vox, described journalist Glenn Thrush engaging in drunken, sexually-charged evenings with young women he worked with. Thrush, a reporter well-known enough to be portrayed on Saturday Night Live, will enter a substance abuse program as the Times performs an investigation. Meanwhile, Al Franken faced a second allegation of sexual harassment from when the now-U.S. senator was a state lawmaker in Minnesota. Lindsay Menz, a 33-year-old from Texas, told CNN Franken grabbed her buttocks during a photo at the Minnesota State Fair in 2010. She posted about it on Facebook soon after, she told the network. | 'Helter Skelter': Charles Manson is dead | | Charles Manson is dead, and perhaps the "side of human nature that is fascinated by pure, unalloyed evil" that found him enthralling can die now, too. Manson, the notorious leader of a cult "family" that carried out a string of grisly murders over two nights in Los Angeles in 1969, had struggled with health issues for the past several years. He died on Sunday night at 83 of natural causes. Manson had a strong influence on both his followers and on pop culture. Perhaps most famously, he dubbed the murders "Helter Skelter," after the Beatles song of the same name. Here are four other ways he influenced American culture. | Holiday shoppers beware: Real-world Grinches aim to swipe your goods | | Here comes the most wonderful time of the year if you are Amazon, Target or any other retailer. The holiday shopping season kicks off with Black Friday, which again promises another bounty of potential gifts available at discount prices. If finding the right gifts wasn't stressful enough, there's also the fear those just-delivered packages might get swiped by real-world Grinches. Nearly one-third of Americans have dealt with thieves stealing packages from their front steps, which is why companies such as Amazon are introducing services where drivers can leave your delivery inside your house. Then again, you could save yourself the anguish and consider not buying gifts at all. |  | 'Touched By An Angel' star with a celestial voice dies at 86 | | She sang jazz and pop but carried a heavenly presence on screen. Actress Della Reese, star of CBS' Touched By An Angel, died Sunday at age 86 . She played Tess, the supervisor of the angel Monica portrayed by co-star Roma Downey, in the show that debuted in 1994. After a ratings struggle in its first season, it became one of TV's highest-rated dramas. Reese began by singing gospel music at the age of six in Detroit's Olivet Baptist Church. Radio spots followed before she joined the troupe of Mahalia Jackson, called The Queen of Gospel Music, at age 13. | | The Short List is a compilation of stories from across USA TODAY. | |
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