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Trump's pledge to halt military exercises alarms allies, Pentagon
CNN - 13 Jun 2018 00:36
President Donald Trump's announcement that the US will stop military exercises with South Korea startled Tokyo and Seoul, unsettled US lawmakers, and took at least some parts of the Pentagon by surprise.
2 convicted in Germany for giant swastika on roof, fined
Miami Herald - 13 Jun 2018 16:55
Two men have been convicted of violating German laws against displaying Nazi-era symbols for etching a giant swastika into the dirt on the roof a house and leaving it there …
2 Norwegian lawmakers nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
Miami Herald - 13 Jun 2018 16:47
Two Norwegian lawmakers have nominated President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize after the Singapore summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Christian Tybring-Gjedde and Per-Willy Amundsen, lawmakers …
Woman accused of fatally beating man recovering from brain surgery
New York Post - 13 Jun 2018 03:28
A Louisiana woman was charged Monday for allegedly beating to death a man who was recovering from brain surgery. Blaine Manalle, 20, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder in the beating death of Jeffery Howe...
Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen likely to cooperate as his attorneys leave case: Sources
ABC News - 13 Jun 2018 16:51
His law firm not expected to represent him going forward, source says.
School's Closed in Wisconsin. Forever.
The New York Times - 13 Jun 2018 11:00
What happens to a rural town after it loses its only school? Arena, Wis., is about to find out.
Germany convicts Syrian as IS fighter, gives 7-year sentence
Fox News - 13 Jun 2018 16:55
A German court has convicted a Syrian refugee on allegations he fought on the side of the Islamic State group in his country's civil war.
Nicaragua Is Heading Down the Same Dark Path as Venezuela
Time - 13 Jun 2018 16:21
While the world watches Venezuela's slow, cancerous death, Nicaragua is in full cardiac arrest
South Carolina Elections Show Trump Can Hurt. But Can He Still Help?
Time - 13 Jun 2018 05:16
The afternoon was classic Donald Trump. As cameras rolled — and many channels took his comments live — the then-candidate insulted the family of Jeb Bush, called Marco Rubio a “choke artist” and aggressively ques...
Ex-police chief, officers framed a teen to boost arrest stats, prosecutors say
USA Today - 13 Jun 2018 04:39
Federal prosecutors say Former Biscayne Park Police Chief Raimundo Atesiano and two officers framed a 16-year-old for four unsolved burglaries five years agoin an effort to boost the police department's arrest stats. �...
Trump suggests Trudeau didn't know Air Force One had TVs
New York Post - 13 Jun 2018 04:08
President Trump said that when Justin Trudeau criticized him as Trump jetted to Singapore aboard Air Force One, the Canadian prime minister perhaps didn't realize that the aircraft is outfitted with banks of TVs. "Whe...
North Korea media said Trump agreed to lift sanctions. That's not true
USA Today - 13 Jun 2018 16:53Amazing 'Spidey' raccoon reaches roof after scaling skyscraper
New York Post - 13 Jun 2018 16:17
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- A raccoon that appeared to be stranded on a ledge after climbing more than 20 stories of a high-rise office building in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota, has made it to the roof, easing concerns that the a...
White House seeks to block Congress from killing ZTE deal: report
Reuters - 13 Jun 2018 17:06
WASHINGTON
Forget Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un. Here's Why the People of North Korea Are the Real Solution
Time - 13 Jun 2018 17:03
What I've learned from North Korean refugees is that the country is changing in ways that many in the outside world do not know
2 Women Criticize the Way Texas A&M Handled Their Sexual Misconduct Allegations Against Student Athletes
Time - 13 Jun 2018 17:01
They're unhappy the athletes were allowed to compete again
Defending the environmental defenders
OpEdNews - 13 Jun 2018 21:36
This article is based upon series of interviews with women human rights and environmental defenders in several countries of Asia Pacific. Please consider as governments meet to review their promise of sustainable develop...
GOP Rep. Mark Sanford concedes to Trump-backed challenger
USA Today - 13 Jun 2018 05:05Mexican presidential candidates square off in debate
Miami Herald - 13 Jun 2018 04:49
Mexico's four presidential candidates squared off in their third and final debate Tuesday night before the country's July 1 elections. The debate in the colonial city of Merida centered on …
Gunfire heard near Yemen port city as deadline expires
Miami Herald - 13 Jun 2018 04:49
Gunfire has erupted near Yemen's port city of Hodeida as a Saudi-led coalition's deadline expired for Shiite rebels there to withdraw. Social media users shared video of what appeared to …
North Korea lauds, and basks in, Kim's summit performance
Miami Herald - 13 Jun 2018 04:45
The series of photos on the front page of the ruling workers' party newspaper showed something North Koreans never would have imagined just months ago -- their leader Kim Jong …
Two men charged with murder in case of woman who disappeared after Tinder date
USA Today - 13 Jun 2018 04:42
Two people accused of killing and dismembering a woman one of them met on a Tinder date appeared in a Nebraska court Tuesday on first-degree murdercharges.