Friday's Headlines: N. Korea conducts fifth nuclear test despite global condemnation

These North Korean missile launches are adding up to something very troubling; Democrats rally around Clinton and paint Trump as unfit for office; Trump attacks U.S. foreign policy, political press on state-owned Russian TV network; After convention stumble, Melania Trump has largely vanished from campaign; Six countries, dozens of U.S. airstrikes, one weekend: All point to militants' resilience — and permanent war;   The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Top Stories N. Korea conducts fifth nuclear test despite global condemnation The latest test appeared to be much bigger than North Korea's previous detonations, and the U.S. Geological Survey detected an artificial 5.3-magnitude earthquake near the site. North Korea claimed that it could now make warheads small enough to fit onto a missile and warned its "enemies" — specifically, the United States — that it has the ability to counter any attack. By Anna Fifield  •  Read more » These North Korean missile launches are adding up to something very troubling Under Kim Jong Un's leadership, North Korea has sharply accelerated the pace of missile testing, with almost two dozen launches this year alone. By Anna Fifield  •  Read more »   Democrats rally around Clinton and paint Trump as unfit for office No such unity materialized on the Republican side after the GOP nominee praised Russian President Vladimir Putin's leadership during a forum on national security. By Jose A. DelReal, Karoun Demirjian and John Wagner  •  Read more »   Trump attacks U.S. foreign policy, political press on state-owned Russian TV network The interview came as Donald Trump faced sustained criticism for praising Russian President Vladimir Putin. By Jose A. DelReal  •  Read more »   After convention stumble, Melania Trump has largely vanished from campaign The woman who could oversee a White House staff and command a global platform on behalf of the United States has said almost nothing in more than seven weeks as questions about her past persist. By Mary Jordan and Stephanie McCrummen  •  Read more »   Six countries, dozens of U.S. airstrikes, one weekend: All point to militants' resilience — and permanent war A startling flurry of attacks over Labor Day weekend underscores the resilience and geographic spread of militant groups, which have defied eight years of sustained counterterrorism operations. By Missy Ryan  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Opinions   The Hillary Clinton email story is out of control By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   Trump and Priebus's sexism show the challenges Clinton will face — even if she wins By Ruth Marcus  •  Read more »   How Russia could spark a U.S. electoral disaster By Anne Applebaum  •  Read more »   Gary Johnson's Aleppo gaffe was bad. But Trump's consistent ignorance is worse. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   Incident in Hangzhou By Charles Krauthammer  •  Read more »   The Trump strategy for success? Fire everyone. By Catherine Rampell  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   More News   In ITT closure, many see regulators trying to make for-profit colleges extinct Education officials are holding for-profit colleges accountable after years of consumer complaints about shoddy programs, deceptive marketing and high loan defaults. But the collapse of ITT, brought on by sanctions curtailing its access to federal financial aid, is fueling debate over government regulations. By Danielle Douglas-Gabriel  •  Read more » Designers refuse to make clothes to fit American women. It's a disgrace. COLUMN | Design educator and "Project Runway" co-host Tim Gunn writes that, in a country where more women wear a size 16 than a size 6, the fashion industry has turned its back on plus-size women, saying, "I'm not interested in her." By Tim Gunn  •  Read more » Did Trump briefers disparage Clinton or Obama? It's not likely, ex-officials say. If U.S. intelligence analysts showed disdain for the president or former secretary of state during classified briefings with Donald Trump — as the GOP nominee claimed Wednesday — it would have been an almost inconceivable violation of training. By Greg Miller  •  Read more » The Fix: Things just got very, very heated between Rudy Giuliani and Chris Matthews In a lengthy interview, Matthews went at Giuliani for his claims about Hillary Clinton's health. Giuliani also found himself suggesting Donald Trump doesn't really have any questions about President Obama's birthplace — something Trump himself has yet to say. By Aaron Blake  •  Read more » Fact Checker: Gary Johnson's bungled claims about racial disparities in crime While Johnson makes legitimate points that are backed by research, he inaccurately cited three statistics about blacks and crime. By Michelle Ye Hee Lee  •  Read more » India's government is now shaming people into using toilets An aggressive new campaign is ridiculing those in rural India who are no longer poor but continue to defecate in the open. By Rama Lakshmi  •  Read more » Film about the nation's thorny past gets tangled up with its star's In "Birth of a Nation," the film about Nat Turner's slave revolt, themes of sexual violence are poised to chime uneasily with accusations against actor and director Nate Parker, making it difficult, if not impossible, to separate the art from the artist. By Ann Hornaday  •  Read more » NASA launches spacecraft to visit asteroid, bring a piece home OSIRIS-REx blasted off on a seven-year mission to bring back a piece of an asteroid, which scientists believe could help reveal how the planets were made and perhaps even how the ingredients for life may have arrived on Earth. By Sarah Kaplan  •  Read more » Puddles, bird feeders, rural intersections: Live streams of nothing become obsessions Consider it the Internet's answer to so-called "slow TV." The subjects are everyday, humdrum, dull — and suddenly, very popular. But why are so many people watching? That's the real mystery. 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