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GOP Health Bill: Senate Leader Faces Battle for Support
Defending his signature health care law, former president Barack Obama criticized the health care legislation unveiled Thursday by Senate Republican leaders and called on people to contact their lawmakers to protest. -Repeal a new Medicare payroll tax on high-income families, saving them about $59 billion over the next decade. Some from states that have expanded have battled to delay the pha... [Full Article...]
BHA responds to the Queen's Speech
Buckingham Palace said Philip, 96, was hospitalized as a precaution for treatment of an infection. He said it was a "threadbare legislative programme from a government that has lost its majority and apparently run out of ideas altogether". [Full Article...]
Facebook launches the Online Civil Courage Initiative (OCCI) to combat online extremism
Together they will support NGOs included the Jo Cox Foundation, set up in memory of the Labour MP murdered previous year, Tell Mama, an organization tracking anti-Muslim attacks, Imams Online, and the Community Security Trust, which protects the Jewish community in the UK. [Full Article...]
Adaptations for flight may explain egg-shape variety among birds
Lead researcher Dr Mary Stoddard , from Princeton University , US, said: "In contrast to classic hypotheses, we discovered that flight may influence egg shape". "And this has an effect on the egg-shaping process". Other authors of the paper, "Avian egg shape: Form, function and evolution", are Ee Hou Yong of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; Derya Akkaynak of the University of Hai... [Full Article...]
Trump says he didn't tape Comey conversations
The panel sent a letter on June 9 to White House Counsel Don McGahn requesting information on whether recordings of Comey's conversations with Trump exist and, if they do, for copies to be turned over by Friday. Trump: I'm not hinting anything. "It wasn't very stupid, I can tell you that", Trump responded. "You never know what's out there when you see that the Obama administration, and p... [Full Article...]
Severe Storms Possible Through Your Friday
Kenny Kuluz wades through floodwaters at the Ocean Springs , Miss., harbor as the combination of high tide and the rain bands of Tropical Storm Cindy , dumped rain on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Wednesday morning, June 21, 2017 . Harrison County Emergency Management Director Rupert Lacy said there were no injuries but fences, trees and power lines were damaged. However, the weather service... [Full Article...]
Markelle Fultz Makes Rookie Mistake With Unintentionally Hilarious Instagram
Fultz and Ball led a record-setting run of one-and-dones in the National Basketball Association draft, which received a jolt early in the first round when the Chicago Bulls traded Butler to the Minnesota Timberwolves. Known for his outstanding passing ability, Simmons can also score the ball whenever he wants because of his size and ability to get to the basket easily. [Full Article...]
NASA slams Goop over 'healing' sticker claims
NASA , which typically doesn't even bother to address ridiculous pseudoscience like what Goop is trying to peddle, was looped in thanks to Goop's claims that the "Body Vibes" stickers utilize "NASA space suit material" made of "conductive carbon" to perform their magical healing feats. [Full Article...]