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Former NBA star Rodman to fly to Singapore for Trump-Kim summit
After endorsing Henry McMaster in his re-election bid for Governor of SC and praising new Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte , who not coincidentally said ( and then clarified ) that he agreed with Trump on re-admitting Russian Federation to the now G7 Summit, Trump talked about the great relationships he built at the G7 Summit and once again hammered his views on trade. [Full Article...]
UN Security Council sanctions six people for human trafficking in Libya
The sanctions, which went into effect immediately on Thursday, will freeze their bank accounts and prohibit them from traveling internationally. These sanctions directly target six individuals who are complicit in committing serious human rights abuses against migrants, including women and children. [Full Article...]
CrossFit Fires Spokesman Who Called LGBT Pride A 'Sin'
According to WTTV, this closing came after some coaches and gym attendees quit in protest of ownership's decision to cancel the event. What might have remained a local story of blatant bigotry instead became a national controversy on Wednesday after an employee of CrossFit - the national corporation that licenses its branding, intellectual property, and other resources to hundreds of indep... [Full Article...]
Downed power lines sparked deadly California fires
Several of the wildfires that ripped through northern California's wine country in October 2017 were caused by downed power lines owned by a local utility company, a probe by investigators found. "It's really up to the district attorney's to look at the reports our investigators submit and then they'll determine the amount of liability", said Cal Fire Spokesperson Michael Mohler, Attorney Frank Pi... [Full Article...]
Summit With North Korea "One-Time Chance" For Peace, Says Donald Trump
A delicate aspect of the Trump-Kim summit is that the United States is meeting with a de facto nuclear state that desires détente without denuclearization, while the USA wants détente in exchange for denuclearization. Trump was speaking from the G7 summit in Canada ahead of his trip to Singapore for the planned sit-down with the North Korean dictator. "We're going in with a very posit... [Full Article...]
Putnam’s office failed to do background checks for a year
A year-long investigation by Florida's inspector general revealed that said agency stopped using its National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) beginning in February 2016. The Times interviewed the employee, Lisa Wilde , who told them she was working in the mailroom when she was given oversight of the database in 2013. [Full Article...]
Kentucky Primary turnout draws 23.5 percent of registered voters, state reports
As of Friday morning, Elections Ontario was reporting voter turnout at 58 per cent , up from 51.3 per cent in 2014 . "For a first-time rollout, I think it was an overwhelming success", said Sacramento County Interim Registrar of Voters Alice Jarboe. [Full Article...]
Kudlow: President Trump Contemplating Separate Trade Deals with Canada, Mexico
The U.S. president also has frosty relations with Trudeau, the summit host. When Reagan visited Canada, he was so friendly with then Prime Minister Brian Mulroney they sang a song together. The White House is expecting a chilly reception from Canada and West European countries, already frustrated over Trump's withdrawal from the Paris climate accord and the Iran nuclear agreement. [Full Article...]