BRIEF-KCG Holdings commences a plan to exit its business in Asia
Reuters - * ?on May 18 commenced a plan to exit its business in Asia through a shutdown of operations of its wholly-owned subsidiary?
View ArticleAP FACT CHECK: Trump's Claims On Climate, Jobs
AP - Announcing that the U.S. will withdraw from the Paris climate accord, President Donald Trump misplaced the blame for what ails the coal industry and laid a shaky factual foundation for
View ArticleDemocrats worry that Republicans in the Senate are trying to bury torture report
AP - Democratic lawmakers and rights groups criticized Republican Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina of trying to "erase history" by making it harder for the public to ever see the classified document.
View Article15 children die in botched vaccine campaign in South Sudan
AP - One syringe was used for all the children during the four-day campaign, and the vaccine was stored without refrigeration the entire time.
View ArticleOne of original Navajo Code Talkers dies in Ariz.
AP - WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) ? Allen Dale June, one of the 29 original Navajo Code Talkers who confounded the Japanese during World War II by transmitting messages in their native language, has died....
View ArticleBRIEF-Dynavax presents updated data for sd-101 in combination with keytruda
Reuters - * Dynavax Technologies Corp - co presents updated data for sd-101 in combination with keytruda(r) (pembrolizumab)
View ArticleTrump's faith-based attack on the contraceptive mandate ignores who actually...
Los Angeles Times - The Trump administration's expected proposal to let employers opt out of providing contraceptive coverage for female employees is based on bad economics.
View ArticleElena Verdugo, one of TV's first professional Latinas as nurse in 'Marcus...
Los Angeles Times - Elena Verdugo, a descendant of early-day Los Angeles settlers, broke barriers in television when she was cast as one of the first professional Latino women on television as the...
View ArticleStarting hurricane season without leaders of NOAA and FEMA should 'scare the...
CNN - Hurricane season began on June 1, and according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the season will be a busy one, with an above-average range of 5-9 hurricanes likely in...
View ArticleFor This Soup, Some Assembly Is Required (and Provided)
New York Times - Western Yunnan Crossing Bridge Noodle, in Sunset Park, excels at a deconstructed potage that servers combine at the table.
View ArticleHow CUNY Became Poetry U.
New York Times - Pulitzer winners and others are drawn not only to the diverse campuses, but to New York itself.
View ArticleVerse in the City
New York Times - A selection of poems from some of the accomplished poets teaching in the CUNY system.
View ArticleBinge-Watching Trump's Climate Mistake
New York Times - The President's reality show makes the whole world a captive audience.
View ArticlePolice Halt Music Festival in Germany Over Possible Terrorist Threat
New York Times - One of the biggest rock festivals in Germany was shut down as the police issued a security warning.
View ArticleKathy Griffin breaks down into tears: Trump "broke me"
CBS News - The comedian cried and said, "I don't think I will have a career after this"
View ArticleStaples' New CIO to Lead Shift to Public Cloud
Wall Street Journal - The public cloud initiative, the first of its kind for Staples, will help the office supply retailer scale infrastructure needs on-demand, save money and improve availability, CTO...
View ArticleChilean judge jails over 100 former secret police from Pinochet dictatorship
NBC News - A Chilean judge ordered jail sentences for over 100 former secret police from Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship, the biggest mass sentence to date for human rights abuses from the period.
View ArticleDeported adoptee's death heightens calls for citizenship bill
NBC News - Phillip Clay, an adoptee from South Korea to the United States who was deported in 2012, was found dead on May 21.
View Article3 Ex-Penn State officials get jail in Sandusky case abuse case
AP - A former president of Penn State and two other former university administrators were each sentenced Friday to at least two months in jail.
View ArticleA Doctor's Drug-Free Prescription for Happier Mornings
NBC News - Expert-backed ways to make getting out of bed in the morning a whole lot easier.
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