Authorities were investigating racially charged comments on the Facebook page of a suspect in the shootings of five black people in Tulsa but said it was too early to call the killing spree a hate crime.
The United States urged North Korea not conduct a nuclear test or launch a satellite and called on China to exert its influence over its neighbour to try to ward off such "provocative actions."
Washington's historic Howard Theatre, a launching pad for black performers from Duke Ellington to The Supremes, reopened after a $29 million restoration saved it from the wrecking ball.