TEACHER BUYS CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR ENTIRE SCHOOL REPORT: N. KOREA TESTING TO LOAD ANTHRAX ON ICBMS

Paterson, N.J. — A New Jersey teacher has bought Christmas gifts for her entire school using online fundraising donations and says next year will be “bigger and better.”

Jennifer Olawski says she was inspired to buy gifts for the students at Community Charter School of Paterson last year after one student told her she wasn’t expecting anything for Christmas.

The school serves students in kindergarten through fourth grade. School officials told The Record newspaper 90 percent of students come from families living below the federal poverty level. Olawski raised $2,500 last year to buy each student an art set. She raised $4,500 this year to give each of the 500 students coloring books, slime kits and winter hats and gloves Monday.

Tokyo — North Korea has begun tests to load anthrax onto intercontinental ballistic missiles, Japan’s Asahi newspaper reported Tuesday, citing an unidentified person connected to South Korea’s intelligence services.

The report said the testing involves ensuring the anthrax survives the immense temperatures generated during re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere. North Korea has a stockpile of between 2,500 tons to 5,000 tons of chemical weapons, and is capable of producing biological agents such as anthrax and smallpox, South Korea has previously said.

The Asahi report comes a day after the White House published its National Security Strategy, a document that said Pyongyang is “pursuing chemical and biological weapons which could also be delivered by missile.”