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Friday's Headlines: North Korea gives U.S. remains of Americans who died in Korean War

 
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North Korea gives U.S. remains of Americans who died in Korean War
Pyongyang turned over the remains of 55 Americans as part of an agreement reached between President Trump and Kim Jong Un in Singapore. They will be taken to Hawaii for identification. It is the first repatriation of remains from the North since 2007. About 7,000 Americans are still listed as missing from the war.
Hundreds of migrant children remain in custody at court deadline, though most separated families are reunited
The Trump administration says it has delivered 1,442 children to parents in immigration custody and is on track to return all determined eligible for reunification.
 
Trump uses taxpayer-funded trip to campaign for GOP candidates
The president blurred the line between official and political events in the heat of the midterm campaign season, saying during a visit to a steel plant in Illinois: "Vote for these two congressmen; they know what we're doing."
 
Fact Checker: Have U.S. taxpayers spent $72 million on Trump's golf outings?
VoteVets tweeted a very precise number for the cost of Trump's golf outings. But the numbers don't really add up.
 
How climate change is supercharging a hot and dangerous summer
Climate models for three decades have predicted exactly what we're seeing this summer across the Northern Hemisphere. And they predict that it will get hotter — and that what is a record today could someday be the norm.
 
After a U.S.-backed airstrike in Yemen killed 22 at a wedding, a village asks: 'Why us?'
Three years into Yemen's civil war, more than 16,000 civilians have been killed and injured, the vast majority by airstrikes. The deaths have continued unabated despite assurances by the U.S.-supported coalition that it would take steps to reduce accidental fatalities.
 
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Facebook suffers worst-ever market-value drop as privacy missteps take a toll
Facebook's market value fell more than $100 billion Thursday in the largest one-day drop in value in Wall Street history. Facebook's bad day raises questions about the fate of other big technology firms, such as Twitter and Google, which have also been grappling with rising privacy concerns and demands to combat the flow of disinformation on their platforms.
 
 
Claire McCaskill, a vulnerable Democrat running for reelection, targeted in Russian hacking attempt
The hackers, who belong to Russia's military spy agency GRU, also targeted two other candidates running in the midterms, according to a Microsoft executive. They failed to compromise the Missouri senator's computer network.
 
Roseanne Barr on her Valerie Jarrett tweet: 'I was so sad that people thought it was racist'
Barr, who sat down with Fox News Channel's Sean Hannity for her first televised interview since ABC fired her over the tweet, said it was political and had nothing to do with race.
 
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This may be the biggest shoe to drop from the Trump-Michael Cohen tape
Longtime Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg, who was mentioned on the tape twice, has reportedly been subpoenaed. He is deeply involved in President Trump's business and finances.
 
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The summer without sunshine: How I lost my children to the gripping video game Fortnite
The multiplayer game of adventure and survival, which has captivated millions of Americans, has kept the columnist's boys on the couch when she feels they should be outside playing. And she can't stand it.
 
In tentative deal with E.U., Trump touts parts of global trade deals he once rejected
The new agreement is similar to ones that were in place or being negotiated when President Trump took office.
 
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Venezuela could eventually have 1 million percent inflation. How is that possible?
The Chavista regime's spending has been so extravagant, and its management of its state-owned oil company so inept, that it didn't have the petrodollars to pay its bills even when oil was $100 a barrel — and it's in even bigger trouble now that the shale revolution has sent crude prices down.
 
     
 
 
 
 

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