North Korea claims it tested first intercontinental missile

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea claimed to have tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile in a launch Tuesday, a potential game-changing development in its push to militarily challenge Washington — but a declaration that conflicts with earlier South Korean and U.S. assessments that it had an intermediate range.The North has previously conducted satellite launches that critics say were disguised tests of its long-range missile technology. But a test-launch of an interc