Is North Korea using America’s own technological know-how against us? The senior leadership in Pyongyang exploits loopholes in international sanctions to obtain US technology and then employs what it’s learned to conduct ‘destructive cyber operations,’ according to a global cyber-threat intelligence company. Some say North Korea’s cyber-threat capabilities are as dangerous as its nuclear threat.

ON THIS DAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY On June 8, 1968, James Earl Ray is arrested in London, England, and charged with the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Two months earlier, on April 4, 1968, the civil rights icon was fatally wounded by a sniper’s bullet as he stood on a balcony outside his second-story motel room in Memphis. (James Earl Ray is transported in Memphis, Tennessee, in this 1968 photo.)

Did President Trump take former President Barack Obama’s advice on North Koreaand employ it in his strategy, despite repeatedly criticizing the Obama administration for failing to stop North Korea’s nuclear development? During the transition, Mr. Obama told the incoming president that he has two options when it comes to Pyongyang: freeze North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs through direct engagement, or increase pressure on North Korea through China. President Trump decided to do both.

StoryCorps: Jackie Miller adopted her son, Scott, in the 1970s. When they sat down to talk about their unique mother-son connection, Jackie revealed a decades-long secret that shocked her son.

VIDEO EXPLAINER: President Trump is reportedly considering pardoning dozens of people. A pardon wipes away a charge or conviction, making it as if it never happened. Here’s how presidential pardons work.

Nearly $6 billion in US waste was sent to China last year to be converted into packaging and products. A ton of trash was worth $100 back then, today that number is less than $5. The trash flow to China is now just a trickle, the result of a Beijing ban that went into effect at the beginning of the year. If there isn’t a market for the products that Americans recycle, then what’s the point of sorting our trash?

An American teenager has won one of the Muslim world’s most prestigiouscompetitions. Somali-born Ahmed Burhan Mohamed of Minnesota is the first American ever to take top honors at the prestigious Dubai International Quran Recitation Contest. His imam says the 16-year-old’s victory gives the US reason to be proud of American Muslims.