2018年6月20日星期三

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Ivanka Trump Urges Her Dad To End Family Separations But Stays Silent Publicly

Posted: 20 Jun 2018 02:50 AM PDT

Ivanka Trump Urges Her Dad To End Family Separations But Stays Silent PubliclyWhite House senior adviser Ivanka Trump's silence over the separation of


Businesses have made millions off Trump's child separation policy

Posted: 19 Jun 2018 07:31 PM PDT

Businesses have made millions off Trump's child separation policyPresident Trump's controversial child separation policy is being carried out with the help of private businesses who have received millions of dollars in government contracts to help run the shelters where young migrants are being held away from their parents.


Trump Administration Holding Babies And Toddlers In Multiple 'Tender Age' Shelters: AP

Posted: 19 Jun 2018 10:04 PM PDT

Trump Administration Holding Babies And Toddlers In Multiple 'Tender Age' Shelters: APAs the Trump administration continues to forcibly separate immigrant families


Trump escalates trade war with China following first round of tariffs

Posted: 19 Jun 2018 08:56 AM PDT

Trump escalates trade war with China following first round of tariffsThe Trump administration now says it's ready to impose tariffs on up to $450 billion dollars worth of goods from China —which could increase the price you pay on everything from electronics to clothing.


Barack Obama Gets School Named For Him In Former Confederate Capital

Posted: 19 Jun 2018 06:28 AM PDT

Barack Obama Gets School Named For Him In Former Confederate CapitalThe school board in Richmond, Virginia, on Monday night voted to rename an


Guess What? Overstock Sells Some Seriously Stylish Decor

Posted: 20 Jun 2018 02:17 PM PDT

Guess What? Overstock Sells Some Seriously Stylish Decor


Police identify gunman killed by bystander in Walmart lot

Posted: 18 Jun 2018 06:16 PM PDT

Police identify gunman killed by bystander in Walmart lotTUMWATER, Wash. (AP) — Tim Day has been identified as the armed suspect killed by a bystander Sunday in a Walmart parking lot in Washington state, police said Monday.


Rudy Giuliani Says FBI Questioned Him On Leaks That Hurt Clinton Campaign

Posted: 19 Jun 2018 11:47 AM PDT

Rudy Giuliani Says FBI Questioned Him On Leaks That Hurt Clinton CampaignWASHINGTON ― Rudy Giuliani says FBI agents interviewed him in his room at the


Camilo Pardo's One-of-One Ford GT Is for Sale

Posted: 19 Jun 2018 12:00 PM PDT

Camilo Pardo's One-of-One Ford GT Is for SaleHere's another chance to own one of the coolest last-gen GTs on the planet.


Foster mother describes trauma of migrant children separated from their parents

Posted: 20 Jun 2018 03:10 AM PDT

Foster mother describes trauma of migrant children separated from their parentsChristine, a foster mother in Michigan who has been taking in unaccompanied migrant children since 2016, shares her experiences taking care of children who are being separated from their parents at the border.


All GOP senators want to halt separation of families at border, McConnell says

Posted: 19 Jun 2018 12:23 PM PDT

All GOP senators want to halt separation of families at border, McConnell says"The president says we need to act, the Democrats say we need to act, we say we need to act," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said.


Detaining children in tent cities costs more than double than keeping them with their families, reveals report

Posted: 20 Jun 2018 08:44 AM PDT

Detaining children in tent cities costs more than double than keeping them with their families, reveals reportIt costs more than double the amount to detain children separated from their families at the US-Mexico border in tent cities than keeping the whole family together, a new report has revealed. It costs $775 (£586) per night, per child, to be detained in the new tent cities facilities, NBC News reported, citing Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) officials. The higher costs for the newly-separated children are due to new construction of these tent cities, air conditioning for the facilities, certified medical workers, labour for the facilities, food, water, and other supplies which had to be procured quickly.


'She Has at Last Found Peace.' Dutch Queen Maxima Opens Up About Sister's Suicide

Posted: 19 Jun 2018 07:18 PM PDT

'She Has at Last Found Peace.' Dutch Queen Maxima Opens Up About Sister's SuicideHer sister Zorreguieta was found dead in her apartment in Buenos Aires on June 6


Cardinal Theodore McCarrick punished over abuse finding

Posted: 20 Jun 2018 02:41 PM PDT

Cardinal Theodore McCarrick punished over abuse findingNEW YORK (AP) — Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the retired Roman Catholic archbishop of Washington, D.C., has been removed from public ministry and faces further punishment over "credible" allegations that he sexually abused a teenager while a priest in New York more than 40 years ago, the church announced Wednesday.


He was once a leading Trump supporter. Now this Mexican-American lawyer denounces his policy on migrant children

Posted: 19 Jun 2018 08:52 AM PDT

He was once a leading Trump supporter. Now this Mexican-American lawyer denounces his policy on migrant childrenJake Monty, a former member of Donald Trump's National Hispanic Advisory Council, said it's troubling to see the Trump administration let the fate of undocumented immigrants be determined by a political agenda.


6 Keto Recipes To Help You Survive Summer

Posted: 20 Jun 2018 02:57 AM PDT

6 Keto Recipes To Help You Survive SummerIf you haven't heard about keto, you may be living under a rock.


25 Old-School Photos Of Disney Parks, Just Because

Posted: 19 Jun 2018 03:17 PM PDT

25 Old-School Photos Of Disney Parks, Just BecauseAs the Disney parks gear up for an inevitably busy summer, we wanted to take a


149 Ways To Cook An Egg

Posted: 20 Jun 2018 03:11 PM PDT

149 Ways To Cook An Egg


GOP Strategist Quits 'Corrupt' Party Of 'Feckless Cowards,' Will Vote For Democrats

Posted: 20 Jun 2018 06:55 AM PDT

GOP Strategist Quits 'Corrupt' Party Of 'Feckless Cowards,' Will Vote For DemocratsVeteran GOP strategist Steve Schmidt renounced his Republican Party membership


War-ravaged South Sudan at a glance

Posted: 19 Jun 2018 10:46 PM PDT

War-ravaged South Sudan at a glanceSouth Sudan, the world's newest country, has been mired in a devastating civil war for more than four years, with tens of thousands of people killed, nearly four million displaced and its economy in ruins. War broke out when President Salva Kiir accused his former deputy Riek Machar of plotting a coup just two years after the country gained independence from Sudan in 2011. Before independence, the south of Sudan was ravaged by two civil wars (1956-1972 and 1983-2005) that pitted mainly Christian and animist insurgents in the south against Khartoum's Arab-dominated government.


Indiana State Trooper enforces state's Slowpoke law, goes viral

Posted: 19 Jun 2018 03:00 PM PDT

Indiana State Trooper enforces state's Slowpoke law, goes viralOne Indiana State Trooper has gone viral after enforcing the state's "Slowpoke" law, or "move-over" law. The internet has spoken, and many like State Trooper Stephen Wheeles' logic.


Hundreds of Methodists Seek to Discipline Jeff Sessions Over Family Separations

Posted: 19 Jun 2018 02:09 PM PDT

Hundreds of Methodists Seek to Discipline Jeff Sessions Over Family SeparationsThey are calling on Sessions' church leaders to help him "step back from his harmful actions"


In Turkish election, democracy itself is at stake

Posted: 19 Jun 2018 09:11 AM PDT

In Turkish election, democracy itself is at stakeIt's a week before an election, and the firebrand candidate takes the podium to speak to a small, private crowd of loyal supporters. Turkey is holding snap elections on June 24, and in the run-up, Erdoğan's stump speeches have grown more and more Trumpian. Like the American president, Erdoğan fashions himself as populist representative of the common man facing down an array of corrupt elites.


Nevada sets 1st execution since 2006 after fight over drugs

Posted: 20 Jun 2018 04:32 PM PDT

Nevada sets 1st execution since 2006 after fight over drugsLAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada plans to carry out its first execution in 12 years using a never-before-tried combination of drugs that drew a court challenge over concerns that a convicted murderer could suffer during the lethal injection.


Former Border Patrol Agent To Current Agents: Refuse Orders To Separate Children

Posted: 19 Jun 2018 12:02 PM PDT

Former Border Patrol Agent To Current Agents: Refuse Orders To Separate ChildrenA former Border Patrol officer said there is no excuse for current officers


What Your Web Browser's Incognito Mode Really Does

Posted: 19 Jun 2018 08:24 AM PDT

What Your Web Browser's Incognito Mode Really DoesYou don't have to be a computer whiz to grasp the value of private web browsing. At a time when consumers are worried about the data Facebook and others have assembled on their digital lives, it'...


Victim of Florida Roller Coaster Derailment Reveals Her Pain: 'I Really Thought I Was Going to Die'

Posted: 19 Jun 2018 10:16 AM PDT

Victim of Florida Roller Coaster Derailment Reveals Her Pain: 'I Really Thought I Was Going to Die'Melissa Collins says she was on the last day of a vacation in Daytona Beach when she got on the Sand Blaster roller coaster with a friend.


US soldier who said ‘communism will win’ and wore Che Guevara T-shirt to graduation kicked out of army

Posted: 19 Jun 2018 09:42 AM PDT

US soldier who said 'communism will win' and wore Che Guevara T-shirt to graduation kicked out of armyA US cadet who donned a Che Guevera T-shirt to his graduation in and shared a message online which said "communism will win" has been discharged from the army. In the video, Spenser Rapone opens his dress uniform to reveal a T-shirt with a red image of Argentine Marxist Ernesto 'Che' Guevara – one of the world's most famous revolutionaries in one of the photos which were taken at his graduation in May 2016. The 26-year-old, a cadet at US Military Academy West Point, raises his fist and flips over his cap to expose a hand-written message saying "communism will win" in another image.


China says it regrets U.S. quitting U.N. rights council

Posted: 20 Jun 2018 01:52 AM PDT

China says it regrets U.S. quitting U.N. rights councilChina expressed regret on Wednesday over a U.S. decision to withdraw from the U.N. Human Rights Council, with state media saying the image of the United States as a defender of rights was "on the verge of collapse". U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley announced the decision to pull out of the council on Tuesday over what she said was chronic bias against Israel and a lack of reform. Rights group have criticized the decision as sending a message that the United States was turning a blind eye to abuses across the world.


Wegmans Is America's Favorite Grocery Store, According To New Study

Posted: 19 Jun 2018 03:00 PM PDT

Wegmans Is America's Favorite Grocery Store, According To New StudyGrocery shopping is one of America's favorite pastimes, so it should be no


Senate FBI hearing takes twists and turns, including a 'wangdoodle' reference

Posted: 18 Jun 2018 06:22 PM PDT

Senate FBI hearing takes twists and turns, including a 'wangdoodle' referenceIt was not, perhaps, the most somber moment in the history of the U.S. Senate. In the midst of reciting a list of complaints about FBI agents allegedly swayed by their own anti-Trump animus, Sen. John Kennedy R-La., had to engage in a subtle act of censorship.


The Best Cars You Can't Buy in the US

Posted: 20 Jun 2018 08:00 AM PDT

The Best Cars You Can't Buy in the US


Judge: Kansas cannot require proof of citizenship to vote

Posted: 18 Jun 2018 06:54 PM PDT

Judge: Kansas cannot require proof of citizenship to voteWICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A federal judge ruled Monday that Kansas cannot require documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote, finding such laws violate the constitutional right to vote in a ruling with national implications.


Malaysia murder case linked to Najib 'may be re-opened'

Posted: 19 Jun 2018 04:54 AM PDT

Malaysia murder case linked to Najib 'may be re-opened'A probe into the sensational murder of a young woman linked to Malaysia's ousted leader could be re-opened, a lawyer said Tuesday, after a meeting between the victim's father and the attorney-general. Altantuya Shaariibuu was shot dead and her body blown up with military-grade plastic explosives near Kuala Lumpur in 2006. The Mongolian's murder was the most shocking aspect in a scandal involving allegations that an associate of recently ousted premier Najib Razak arranged huge kickbacks for the purchase of French submarines in 2002.


U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley Delivers Remarks on Leaving the Human Rights Council

Posted: 19 Jun 2018 03:03 PM PDT

U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley Delivers Remarks on Leaving the Human Rights CouncilU.S. Ambassador To The UN Nikki Haley delivers remarks on leaving the U.N. Human Rights Council.


Parkland Survivors Urge Americans To Vote For 'Morally Just Leaders'

Posted: 20 Jun 2018 04:42 AM PDT

Parkland Survivors Urge Americans To Vote For 'Morally Just Leaders'Lauren and David Hogg, who were among those who survived the February mass


2-Year-Old Gets Through Pool Safety Gate With Ease to Highlight Importance of Child Supervision

Posted: 19 Jun 2018 09:54 AM PDT

2-Year-Old Gets Through Pool Safety Gate With Ease to Highlight Importance of Child SupervisionThe Wyman family posted the video to Facebook to show the importance of keeping a close eye on your children around the pool.


EPA chief to face Senate panel in August

Posted: 19 Jun 2018 07:37 PM PDT

EPA chief to face Senate panel in AugustU.S. Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt will testify before the Senate's environment committee in August, panel chairman Senator John Barrasso said on Tuesday, where he will face questions about spending and ethics controversies. Barrasso said previously that he would call Pruitt to testify about Pruitt's spending on first class travel, use of security detail and connections with lobbyists and industry groups.


Seth Meyers On Immigration: A Little Sympathy For The Apostle Paul

Posted: 19 Jun 2018 05:01 AM PDT

Seth Meyers On Immigration: A Little Sympathy For The Apostle PaulAttorney General Jeff Sessions used the Bible ― specifically the apostle


Meghan McCain Calls Out Ivanka Trump's Silence On Family Separation Policy

Posted: 19 Jun 2018 11:10 AM PDT

Meghan McCain Calls Out Ivanka Trump's Silence On Family Separation PolicyMeghan McCain blasted Ivanka Trump on Tuesday for remaining silent on the


Most and Least Reliable Washing Machine Brands

Posted: 20 Jun 2018 07:45 AM PDT

Most and Least Reliable Washing Machine BrandsCR's extensive lab testing can help you pinpoint a washing machine that cleans fabric well, is gentle on clothes, runs quietly, and more. But aside from picking a machine with solid performance, ...


Land deal ties Interior secretary's family, Halliburton boss

Posted: 19 Jun 2018 01:01 PM PDT

Land deal ties Interior secretary's family, Halliburton bossHELENA, Mont. (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's family is involved in a land deal in his Montana hometown with the head of an energy services giant that does business with the Interior Department, according to records and interviews Tuesday.


Syria strike blamed on Israel kills 22 Iraqi fighters

Posted: 18 Jun 2018 06:36 PM PDT

Syria strike blamed on Israel kills 22 Iraqi fightersMore than 20 fighters from an Iraqi paramilitary force key to the battle against the Islamic State group were killed in an eastern Syria air raid the United States linked to Israel. The bombing raid hit Al-Hari, a town controlled by regional militias fighting in Syria's complex seven-year war alongside President Bashar al-Assad's forces. Both Syrian authorities and Iraqi forces pointed the finger at the US-led coalition, which denied it was involved in Sunday night's attack.


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