Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Wednesday's Headlines: Trump’s ‘zero tolerance’ at border causing child shelters to fill up rapidly

 
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Trump's 'zero tolerance' at border causing child shelters to fill up rapidly
The number of children in Department of Health and Human Service shelters is up 21 percent in the wake of last month's rollout of a new U.S. approach at the Mexican border that calls for criminal prosecution and jailing of parents who enter illegally along with the transfer of their children to HHS shelters.
Missouri governor says he will resign amid misconduct allegations
Eric Greitens, a Republican who has been embroiled in scandals that have attracted national attention, had resisted calls to step down from Democrats and members of his own party with stark defiance.
 
Locked and loaded for the Lord: A tale of family, theology and the AR-15
After the Rev. Moon died in 2012, his church split apart. Two of his sons established a new congregation. Their followers are eagerly awaiting the end times. And they are armed.
 
After star's racist tweet, ABC pulls the plug on 'Roseanne'
The decision to cancel the sitcom came quickly after Roseanne Barr sent out a racist tweet that targeted a former adviser to President Barack Obama. While the return of "Roseanne" to television produced of millions of viewers for the Disney-owned network, it also created a host of headaches.
 
Perspective
ABC wanted a contrarian. Roseanne was never right for the job.
The hit show was rightly canceled after the star's latest vile tweets. TV still needs to keep its eyes peeled for a suitable character like her.
 
Valerie Jarrett on the racist insult: 'Tone starts at the top'
The former Obama adviser responded to Roseanne Barr's comments on Twitter that led to ABC's decision to cancel the comedian's show.
 
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ABC wouldn't have canned 'Roseanne' over a mere 'racially charged' tweet
 
Trump's not a liar. He's a madman.
 
The 'Roseanne' saga mirrors the Trump story. Let's hope they end the same.
 
Could Trump's zig-zag course to a North Korea summit actually work?
 
Ivanka Trump's China trademarks don't look or smell good
 
Does Maria count as a 'real catastrophe' now, Mr. President?
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'Carnival ride': Trump's renewed fixation on June 12 date for Korean summit sends officials scrambling
Days after President Trump formally canceled the event, a flurry of diplomatic developments suggested he is moving ahead on a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
 
 
How a Russian ex-spy and his daughter were saved from one of the deadliest nerve agents ever made
They owe their lives to fast, decisive action by British medics and physicians — aided by police investigators and government experts in nerve agents — who quickly diagnosed the threat.
 
After public outcry, game distributor Valve drops 'Active Shooter' game that lets players shoot up a school
The game, touted as a police-response simulator, allows a player to act as a SWAT officer or a gunman terrorizing civilians and police. It was harshly criticized by parents of youths killed in the Parkland, Fla., school shooting.
 
AOL co-founder's $63 million estate becomes the most expensive home to hit the D.C.-area market
The property on the Potomac River has a 48,900-square-foot main home, as well as a smaller guest home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. The listing agent expects most of the interest in the Virginia site to come from the global market.
 
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The world learns to live with Assad maintaining his grip in Syria
Despite seven years of civil war and the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Syrians, Bashar al-Assad's regime controls the core of Syria and seems uninterested in a political solution to end the war.
 
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The four GOP-held seats that could decide control of the Senate
Tennessee, Arizona, Texas and Nevada have races in which Democrats have a chance of flipping a Republican-held seat.
 
A doctor removed her ovaries because they were 'in the way.' Her family says it led to her death.
An inquest into the death of a British woman found that it may have been a suicide motivated by a "great deal of pain" after a well-known surgeon allegedly removed her ovaries without cause during an operation for an unrelated disorder.
 
     
 
 
 
 

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