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5th suspect arrested in attack on lesbian couple for refusing to kiss
New York Post - 8 Jun 2019 12:27
LONDON -- Police in London have arrested a fifth suspect on suspicion of punching two women on a bus because they are lesbians. Authorities didn’t identify the victims in the May 30 attack. But Melania Geymonat posted ...
Saudi Arabia and the arms race that you've not heard enough about
CNN - 8 Jun 2019 06:08
It's the Middle East arms race that many people don't want to talk about. The White House may be preoccupied with Iran's past pursuit of nuclear weapons and its present strategic status in the region. But simmering nearb...
Mexican man faces federal charges in Texas crash that left 6 dead
USA Today - 8 Jun 2019 06:04
Ivan Dario Puga-Moreno is accused of driving a vehicle that was found in ditch on June 5. Six people died and several more were injured.
Oberlin College fined $11M in bakery racial profiling case
New York Post - 8 Jun 2019 05:39
An Ohio jury on Friday slapped Oberlin College with an $11.2 million damages penalty for siding with three black students who had claimed they were victims of racial profiling after they were caught shoplifting in 2016, ...
New Pelosi Attack Bares Trump's 'Trigger' Over Prison, Says MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace
The Huffington Post - 8 Jun 2019 04:53
There's suddenly a "new 'I' word, and it's 'imprisonment,' not 'impeachment,'" says former FBI official Frank Figliuzzi.
Detroit man charged with killing gay men, transgender woman in mass shooting
New York Post - 8 Jun 2019 04:15
DETROIT -- A man charged with fatally shooting three people and wounding two others at a Detroit home had targeted them because they were gay or transgender, prosecutors said Friday. Devon Robinson, 18, of Detroit, was a...
Venezuela plans to reopen borders with Colombia
CNN - 8 Jun 2019 03:57
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced that he plans to reopen the country's borders with Colombia on Saturday.
Missing hiker found alive after 6 days in woods
ABC News - 8 Jun 2019 12:10
Joshua McClatchy, 37, went missing on the Buckeye Trail east of Mena, Arkansas.
G20 to say trade tensions a key risk to growth, split on urgency of finding solution
Reuters - 8 Jun 2019 11:04
Global trade tensions threaten an expected pick up in economic growth this year and in 2020, a draft communique by the world's financial leaders showed on Saturday, but the policymakers are divided on whether the need to...
Misinformation swirling around Dutch teenager's death ignites debate over euthanasia
CNN - 8 Jun 2019 06:03
At just 17-years-old, Dutch teenager Noa Pothoven had already written an award-winning memoir detailing her struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and anorexia in the wake of sexual assault and rape.
Trump calls off tariffs after Mexico vows to tighten borders
Reuters - 8 Jun 2019 05:37
The United States and Mexico struck a deal on Friday to avert a tariff war, with Mexico agreeing to rapidly expand a controversial asylum program and deploy security forces to stem the flow of illegal Central American mi...
G20 agrees to push ahead with rules on corporate tax targeting tech giants
Reuters - 8 Jun 2019 05:25
Group of 20 finance ministers agreed to push ahead on compiling common rules that will close loopholes that global technology giants like Facebook use to reduce their corporate tax burden.
Jailed Citgo executives ordered to stand trial in Venezuela
Fox News - 8 Jun 2019 05:22
A judge in Venezuela has ordered a trial in the case of six American oil executives held for 18 months on corruption charges that have contributed to tensions with the U.S.
U.S. says to expand program sending asylum seekers to Mexico
Reuters - 8 Jun 2019 04:43
Mexico has agreed to take more migrants seeking asylum in the United States while they await adjudication of their cases, according to details of an agreement reached late on Friday that led President Donald Trump to cal...
Judge refuses to drop war crimes case against Navy SEAL
CBSNews - 8 Jun 2019 04:38
The military judge ruled the maximum penalty will be life imprisonment with the chance of parole
Thwarted terrorist plot in Times Square reveals ISIS' lingering threat
CNN - 8 Jun 2019 04:31
In the span of about six weeks, US law enforcement thwarted two unrelated terrorist plots in New York and Los Angeles.
U.S. and Mexico Issue Joint Declaration on Migration and Tariffs
The New York Times - 8 Jun 2019 04:01
Mexico agreed to take "unprecedented steps" to stop migrants from crossing its border into the United States, the State Department said. Read the statement here.
Neymar's accuser testifies to Sao Paulo police in rape case
Fox News - 8 Jun 2019 01:13
A 26-year-old model who has accused Brazilian soccer star Neymar of raping her in a Paris hotel testified to Sao Paulo police for about six hours Friday, days after giving two television interviews detailing her allegati...
Sudan and the death of multilateralism
Al Jazeera English - 8 Jun 2019 16:50
In Sudan the interests of powerful states are trumping values of multilateralism.
Census question, gerrymandering among cases still to be decided by Supreme Court
CBSNews - 8 Jun 2019 15:55
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg warned Friday that some upcoming cases could be decided along 5-4 votes
White House Tried to Stop Climate Science Testimony, Documents Show
The New York Times - 8 Jun 2019 15:55
Administration officials said proposed testimony by a State Department scientist amounted to "climate alarm propaganda."
Russian Investigative Journalist in Moscow Police Custody Sent to Hospital
Time - 8 Jun 2019 15:52
Independent website Meduza said he allegedly was beaten after his Thursday arrest