USA Today: World
- Bend over backward for International Day of Yoga
Wednesday - 06/20/2018 - 06:00 PM
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - After a week of games, still can't believe Russia is hosting 2018 World Cup
Wednesday - 06/20/2018 - 05:29 PMWhy does Russia which has cheated the most over the past half-dozen or so years get to host the most important sports event outside the Olympics?
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pudding sent into space goes missing
Wednesday - 06/20/2018 - 02:48 PMStudents from S. Anselm’s Preparatory school in England launched a classic Bakewell pudding into space... and now it’s missing! Buzz60's Sam Berman has the full story.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - European Union tariffs on Harleys, peanut butter and other US goods begins Friday
Wednesday - 06/20/2018 - 11:36 AMThe European Union will start taxing on Friday a range of imports from the U.S., including quintessentially American goods like Harley-Davidson bikes and cranberries, in response to President Donald Trump's decision to slap tariffs on European steel and aluminum.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Daredevil dives off world's highest bungee jump
Wednesday - 06/20/2018 - 12:26 PMDaredevil Callum Lewis was one of the first to dive off of the Zhangiajie Grand Canyon Glass Bridge in China, the new highest jump in the world. Tony Spitz has the details.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Israel strikes Hamas targets after heavy rocket fire from Gaza
Wednesday - 06/20/2018 - 08:21 AMIsraeli warplanes struck Hamas positions in Gaza after Palestinian militants there fired dozens of rockets and mortars at southern communities early Wednesday, the military said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - American twins reunited after 74 years
Wednesday - 06/20/2018 - 07:41 AMJulius and Ludwig Pieper were born together in Creston, Nebraska. They joined the US Navy together. On June 19th, 1944 they died together off the coast of Normandy and then drifted apart.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Mandalay Bay hotel in Vegas floods after water main break
Wednesday - 06/20/2018 - 06:00 AMA water main broke Tuesday flooding a convention center in the Mandalay Bay hotel in Las Vegas. The Las Vegas Review Journal reports that water poured into the first floor convention area and about a thousand people had to be relocated.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Hundreds protest family border separations
Wednesday - 06/20/2018 - 06:14 AMAbout 500 protesters gathered outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in San Francisco Tuesday amid growing uproar over the Trump administration's policy of separating immigrant children from their parents.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Trump hugs flag after defending immigration policies
Wednesday - 06/20/2018 - 06:23 AMFollowing a speech where President Donald Trump said he would detain family units together, instead of separating the children, the leader hugged an American Flag positioned on the stage. (June 19)
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- What happens next for undocumented immigrant families? All your questions answered
Wednesday - 06/20/2018 - 05:58 PMCongressional Republicans searched for common ground to pass an immigration plan that would douse the political fire raging around the Trump administration's contentious "zero-tolerance" policy. Here are some of the issues surrounding the controversy.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - World Refugee Day 2018
Wednesday - 06/20/2018 - 03:08 PM
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - House to vote on bill to end immigrant children separations: What we know now
Wednesday - 06/20/2018 - 11:35 AMAmid a national outcry over separating immigrant children from their parents at the border, House Speaker Paul Ryan says the House will vote on a comprehensive immigration bill Thursday to address the emotional issue.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Wendy's worker films mouse inside bag of burger buns
Wednesday - 06/20/2018 - 11:41 AMA Wendy's employee found a live mouse wiggling inside a bag of hamburger buns in Catoosa, Oklahoma. #nasty
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - You could be saving money by paying for premium airport lounges
Wednesday - 06/20/2018 - 09:14 AMTraveling can be a pain, with overcrowded airports, connections, delays, strict suitcase weight limits and expensive, not-so-good food. Buzz60's Maria Mercedes Galuppo has more.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 166 people are missing after Indonesia ferry tragedy, officials say
Wednesday - 06/20/2018 - 08:25 AMIndonesian officials say 166 people are missing from a ferry sinking Monday evening at a popular lake on Sumatra, a much higher number than previously believed.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Raw: Protest in Philadelphia near Pence speech
Wednesday - 06/20/2018 - 05:58 AMHundreds of protesters gathered in a Philadelphia park near a hotel where Vice President Mike Pence was scheduled to speak. Many protesters carried signs decrying the separation of migrant parents and children at the U.S.-Mexico border.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Memorial For slain rapper packs LA street
Wednesday - 06/20/2018 - 06:04 AMCity News Service reports that several hundred people staged an impromptu memorial in Los Angeles for rapper XXXTentacion. Police eventually cleared the street. No arrests were immediately reported. XXXTentacion was killed near Miami on Monday.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Ford celebrates purchase of iconic Detroit train station
Wednesday - 06/20/2018 - 06:21 AMFord celebrates the purchase of Detroit’s long vacant train depot that the automaker plans to redevelop for research and development of self-driving vehicles (June 19)
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Dems, GOP clash around immigration meeting
Wednesday - 06/20/2018 - 06:24 AMRepublican lawmakers and President Donald Trump searched anxiously Tuesday evening for a way to end the administration's policy of separating families after illegal border crossings while Democratic Congress members protested the meeting.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- H&M slammed for making Pride items in nations that ban homosexuality
Wednesday - 06/20/2018 - 06:07 PMH&M is responding to criticisms over items from its first Pride collection being manufactured in nations where homosexuality is criminalized.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Dozens missing after ferry sinks in Indonesia
Wednesday - 06/20/2018 - 02:18 PM
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Parents of immigrant children: It's not right
Wednesday - 06/20/2018 - 01:40 PMTwo fathers attempting to cross the border into the U.S. share their motivation and their fears about making the journey as they risk being separated from their children due to the 'zero tolerance' immigration policy.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Indonesian man crushed to death by coffin at his mother's funeral
Wednesday - 06/20/2018 - 12:12 PMAn Indonesian man was crushed to death by his mother's casket at her funeral on Friday on the island of Sulawesi, according to police. Pallbearers at the funeral were carrying the casket up a bamboo ladder onto a lakkian when the ladder slipped and the coffin landed on Samen Kondorura, 40.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pope Francis criticizes separation of immigrant children from their parents on US border
Wednesday - 06/20/2018 - 09:55 AMPope Francis joined in criticism of President Donald Trump’s “zero-tolerance” policy that has separated children from their parents who were found illegally entering the United States. The publication of the pope’s comments came on World Refugee Day.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Seoul says North Korea sanctions will remain, as Kim Jong Un wraps up China visit
Wednesday - 06/20/2018 - 07:49 AMNorth's leader, Kim Jong Un, wrapped up a two-day visit to Beijing to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping and discuss the outcome of his landmark summit in Singapore with President Donald Trump last week.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Sessions: U.S. may use DNA to verify family relationships at border
Wednesday - 06/20/2018 - 08:01 AMAttorney General Jeff Sessions may use DNA tests to verify the relationship between children and adults who cross the border illegally! Rob Smith (@robsmithonline) has all the details.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Billion dollar fix for massive NYC water tunnel
Wednesday - 06/20/2018 - 06:12 AMThe long tunnel that carries half of New York City's water leaks millions of gallons a day. So miners are tunneling a $1 billion bypass through solid rock under the Hudson River.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Americans spend a lot of time daydreaming about vacation
Wednesday - 06/20/2018 - 06:17 AMAccording to a new study, Americans spend the equivalent of 284 days thinking about traveling throughout their lives. Buzz60's Sam Berman has the full story.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Israel strikes Hamas after heavy rocket attacks from Gaza
Wednesday - 06/20/2018 - 04:25 AMIt was the biggest flare-up between the sides in weeks. However, no casualties were reported in Israel or Gaza. Israel said it targeted about 25 Hamas targets overnight in response to the heavy Palestinian fire.
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