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Top CNS stories for today including President Donald Trump using his first address before the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday to threaten North Korea with annihilation; President Trump’s choice for solicitor general won narrow Senate approval, giving the job of arguing for the government in court to a man who spent much of the last decade doing just the opposite; the Maui dolphin -- the world's smallest dolphin species -- was listed as an endangered species Monday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and more.

Your Tuesday night briefing from the staff of Courthouse News

Top CNS stories for today including President Donald Trump using his first address before the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday to threaten North Korea with annihilation; President Trump’s choice for solicitor general won narrow Senate approval, giving the job of arguing for the government in court to a man who spent much of the last decade doing just the opposite; the Maui dolphin -- the world's smallest dolphin species -- was listed as an endangered species Monday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and more.

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1.) In National news audible gasps coursed through the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday as President Donald Trump used his first address before the international peacekeeping body to threaten North Korea with annihilation.

2.) Back to back major hurricanes in the Atlantic basin and catastrophic and deadly weather in other parts of the world led many U.N. member nations gathering in the Trusteeship Council Chambers at U.N. headquarters to link the increase in extreme weather to catastrophic climate change.

3.) President Donald Trump’s choice for solicitor general won narrow Senate approval Tuesday, giving the job of arguing for the government in court to a man who spent much of the last decade doing just the opposite.

4.) Toys R Us announced Monday that sharp competition, lagging sales and crippling debt left over from a decades-old buyout has pushed it to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

5.) In Regional news Rhode Island agreed to give priority hire to 37 minorities who applied for entry-level correctional-officer positions to settle claims that it discriminates against blacks and Latinos.

6.) Two lawsuits against Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis – who infamously refused to marry same-sex couples after the historic U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage – will proceed, but only against Davis in her individual capacity, a federal judge ruled.

7.) From the world of Medicine comes word the American College of Physicians has reaffirmed its opposition to the expanding legalization of physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia, citing legal, clinical and other concerns in a position paper.

8.) In Environmental news the Maui dolphin -- the world's smallest dolphin species -- was listed as an endangered species Monday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and its cousin, the Hector’s dolphin, was listed as threatened.

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