Island mourns loss of 23 Puerto Ricans slain in Orlando club
People light candles in Ponce, Puerto Rico, Monday, June 13, 2016, during a vigil for the victims of Sunday’s Orlando shootings at a gay nightclub in Florida. At least 5 of the 49 victims were from Ponce, the second largest city on Puerto Rico’s southern coast. (Danica Coto/Associated Press) By Danica Coto | AP June 14 at 5:27 PM PONCE, Puerto Rico — Nearly half of the people slain in an Orlando nightclub were Puerto Ricans, the island’s justice secretary said Tuesday, compounding the sh..>> view originalChild dragged into water by alligator near Disney's Grand Floridian
A 2-year-old boy who was attacked and dragged into the water by an alligator on the shores of Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa Tuesday night was still missing early Wednesday morning.Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said rescue personnel had been actively looking for the child in the Seven Seas Lagoon for hours in a search and recovery effort but had not found him. They hoped to find him before daylight, he said. A dive team with sonar equipment was on standby -- just part of a 50-perso..>> view originalPolitics|DNC Says Russian Hackers Penetrated Its Files, Including Dossier on Donald Trump
Photo The Democratic National Committee’s opposition research against Donald J. Trump was among the files breached. Credit Damon Winter/The New York Times WASHINGTON — Two groups of Russian hackers, working for competing government intelligence agencies, penetrated computer systems of the Democratic National Committee and gained access to emails, chats and a trove of opposition research against Donald J. Trump, according to the party and a cybersecurity firm.One group p..>> view originalChinese spy ship shadows USS John C. Stennis during naval exercises
A Chinese spy ship shadowed a U.S. aircraft carrier that was joining Japan and India in drills close to waters that China has laid claim to in the western Pacific Ocean. Reuters reported, citing a Japanese official, that the USS John C. Stennis joined nine other naval ships, a Japanese military helicopter and Indian frigates in waters off of the Japanese Okinawan island chain. Submarine hunting patrol planes also joined in the annual exercise. The official told Reuters the USS Stennis plans to ..>> view originalThe Number of Unaccompanied Refugee Children Arriving in Europe Has Doubled
There has been a drastic increase this year in the number of unaccompanied migrant children arriving in Europe from North Africa, according to a new UNICEF report released Tuesday. The U.N.’s children fund provides grim statistics that illuminate the abuses within the ongoing migrant crisis. According to the report, 9 in 10 refugee children escaping to Italy from North African counties, such as Libya, are unaccompanied. And more than 7,000 have made the journey so far this year — double the n..>> view originalTokyo governor to resign, another setback in Olympic preps
In this July 22, 2015 photo, Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe gestures while talking with Olympics Minister Toshiaki Endo at Tokyo Metropolitan Government office in Tokyo. Preparations for the 2020 Olympics were set back again when Masuzoe submitted his resignation Wednesday, June 15, 2016, ending a weeks-long bid to stay in power despite a mounting scandal over his alleged use of political funds for personal purposes. Masuzoe had been scheduled to attend the Rio Olympics opening ceremony in August..>> view originalAmass awareness, action to reduce abuse of elderly
A front-page story in Sunday’s Vindicator shocked the senses in its detailed account of a Boardman woman accused of cunningly and connivingly scamming a 78-year-old Canfield woman suffering dementia out of more than $100,000. The defendant, Linda Kovachik, a former aide to the late U.S. Rep. James A. Traficant Jr. of Poland, has been charged with felony theft. The victim and her family have been left in ruin.One would like to believe that such exploitation of our older and vulnerable population ..>> view originalOsborne Warns of Brexit Tax Toll as 'Leave' Gains in Polls
U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne will warn that leaving the European Union could spark a fiscal crisis, as “Remain” supporters battle to turn around a referendum campaign that’s slipping away from them.QuickTake Will Britain Leave the E.U.?Reduced trade and investment would leave a 30 billion pound ($42 billion) “black hole” that would have to be plugged by increased taxes and cuts to spending on health, education and defense, Osborne is set to say in a speech on Wednesday. The i..>> view original
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
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