Saturday 29 May 2021

Chinese cargo spacecraft docks with orbital station



Mass shooting in Wynwood leaves 1 dead, 6 injured. Cop describes it as a ‘war zone.’



Texas Six Flags roller coaster stops mid-ride, 20 riders rescued



A Nashville hat store sold ‘Not Vaccinated’ Star of David patches.


By BY BRYAN PIETSCH from NYT World https://ift.tt/3hZrg1j

Reset Your Boundaries, Online and Off


By BY KATHERINE CUSUMANO from NYT At Home https://ift.tt/2SGzocx

Road Trips and Reconnecting: What You’re Looking Forward to This Summer


By BY DANI BLUM from NYT At Home https://ift.tt/3vzpKXr

A Farewell From ‘At Home’


By BY AMY VIRSHUP from NYT Travel https://ift.tt/3wK1kLi

Alaska drilling project defended by Biden requires inserting giant chillers into melting permafrost



Shelter in place issued for parts of Deptford Township, NJ: Officials



Slip (and Slide) Onto a Water Toy in Your Backyard


By BY HANNAH SELINGER from NYT At Home https://ift.tt/3p1f5T0

Make The World Better With One Of These Nine Ideas


By Unknown Author from NYT At Home https://ift.tt/3fvXKOT

Become an Outdoor Scientist


By BY TEMPLE GRANDIN from NYT At Home https://ift.tt/3yHIeqZ

GOP opposition to Jan. 6 commission provides new wedge against Manchin



Opinion: Not a dime's worth of difference between McConnell and McCarthy



Solo Yellowstone hiker came face-to-face with grizzlies before bear attack, park says



‘Tyranny’: Idaho Gov. Brad Little repeals McGeachin’s ban on mask mandates



Island Residents Protest at the Willows Inn After Workplace Allegations


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Man charged in deaths of children returned to Nebraska



Libyan official says EU help needed to tackle migrant route



Body of hiker missing for 10 days found in Joshua Tree desert, officials say



US blocks Chinese fleet for mistreating fisherman



Antony Blinken ‘warns Israeli leaders evicting Palestinians from East Jerusalem could spark war’



Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene broke out a 'really bad Mexican accent' during a speech in Georgia to mock drug cartels and Democrats



Friday 28 May 2021

Tainted liquor kills 11, sickens 6 in northern India



Idaho cop fired for mocking LeBron James on TikTok



US Air Force to mothball dozens of A-10s, F-15s and F-16s in FY22 budget



Slave traders may not have been social outcasts after all



Doral police deny giving ‘heavily intoxicated’ Schools Police sergeant favorable treatment



NTSB: Pilot error caused fatal helicopter crash in Bahamas



Russia blocks EU flights as Putin backs Belarus in standoff with West



Will rule of law succeed where Congress failed and hold Trump accountable?



Airport changes name after years of fighting over 'Orlando'



Former health department employee Rebekah Jones granted official whistleblower status



UN agency says over 180 migrants intercepted off Libya coast



Growing north-south divide in KC is a lot like the old North-South divide in the US



Antony Blinken ‘warns Israeli leaders evicting Palestinians from East Jerusalem could spark war’



Tapping into Arab youth aspirations



2 charged in slaying of military couple in their front yard



Meet Joseph Pierce, One of the Only Chinese Americans Who Fought in Bloodiest Battle in US History



Man charged in deaths of children returned to Nebraska



Democratic allies ramp up pressure on Biden to ditch Republicans on infrastructure



Coast Guard: 2 dead, 10 missing after boat overturns in Keys



Opinion: Not a dime's worth of difference between McConnell and McCarthy



Facebook won't remove posts claiming COVID-19 is human-made



‘Scared’ boy in car calls 911 on mom accused of drunk driving, Kansas police say



9-year-old shot jumping on trampoline at birthday party has died, Minnesota family says



Thursday 27 May 2021

5 key takeaways from AP's interview with Carlos Ghosn



Baton Rouge police strip-search teen and enter home without warrant



Trump 'derailed' Boris Johnson's coronavirus planning by demanding the UK join a 'bombing campaign in the Middle East,' says former aide to PM



Former daughter-in-law of Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg says that he's evicting her as retribution for speaking out



San Jose mass shooting witness says gunman was 'targeting certain people' in workplace attack that left 9 victims dead



Biden tells Republicans who oppose a Capitol riot commission to 'eat some chocolate chocolate chip' ice cream



Feds: Semi driver who killed 5 kids lied on health forms



‘Clearly hyperbolic’: Rudy Giuliani denies he urged attack on Capitol in ‘trial by combat’ speech



Apocalyptic scenes in eastern Congo as a volcanic eruption triggers earthquakes and fears of Lake Kivu methane explosions



San Jose Gunman Detested Workplace Long Before Rampage, Police Say


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U.S. Is Said to Have Unexamined Intelligence to Pore Over on Virus Origins


By BY JULIAN E. BARNES AND DAVID E. SANGER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3unHcwZ

2 Dead and Up to 10 Missing After Boat Overturns Off Florida, Officials Say


By BY FRANCES ROBLES AND NEIL VIGDOR from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3oYxmR1

Dianne Morales Tries to Calm a Sudden Crisis in Her Campaign


By BY JAZMINE HUGHES from NYT New York https://ift.tt/3hYbwvr

Wall Street chiefs testify before House financial services panel.


By BY LAUREN HIRSCH from NYT Business https://ift.tt/3bZvVwm

Fielder’s Choice? Cubs Turn a Simple Grounder Into a Wild Run.


By BY JAMES WAGNER from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/3yN0M9o

Biden calls out Republicans who have taken credit for rescue plan but voted against it



Report alleges Missouri lawmaker had sex with intoxicated teen as on-duty cop



American on trial in Japan gets support from ex-boss Ghosn



Florida cheerleader allegedly stabbed 114 times, teen suspect to be charged as adult



Biden gives the intelligence community 90 days to investigate the origins of COVID-19



Mom and seven others barge into classroom to beat up teen, North Carolina police say



Bank CEOs outline pandemic support; senators split on issues



The Conservative Party received tens of thousands of pounds from non-existent companies



Wednesday 26 May 2021

Who is Alexander Lukashenko? A closer look at the dictator who has maintained an iron grip on Belarus for over 2 decades.



What happens when 2 Miami lawyers join ‘Mr. Wonderful’ on a new TV show? We’ll see soon



‘Bomb Threat' That Justified Belarus Hijacking Came 24 Minutes After



Biden orders new US intelligence report into Wuhan Covid lab leak theory



Naomi Osaka Says She Won’t Talk to Journalists at the French Open


By BY MATTHEW FUTTERMAN from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2StUyKS

Our Collective, Violent PTSD


By BY CHARLES M. BLOW from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3fpEAdD

Juan Williams, a Liberal Outlier at Fox News, Is Leaving ‘The Five’


By BY MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM from NYT Business https://ift.tt/3p1xwXW

Oklahoma Attorney General Resigns, Citing ‘Personal Matters’


By BY MICHAEL LEVENSON from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2SunthV

Subway Swabbers Find a Microbe Jungle — And Thousands of New Species


By BY EMILY ANTHES from NYT Science https://ift.tt/34zhRFX

A filibuster fight is looming in the Senate.


By BY CARL HULSE from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2Sxt5rG

After Skirting Filibuster Fight for Months, Democrats Near a First Battle


By BY CARL HULSE from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2St5lEY

Armed conflicts have helped virus spread, a U.N. official says.


By BY RICK GLADSTONE from NYT World https://ift.tt/3vvqRri

'Enough': Biden renews calls for gun control bill after San Jose rail yard shooting



UN condemns peacekeeper attacks, urges prosecution, safety



Elderly Man Eats Once a Day After SF City Truck Killed His Working Wife



A quiet bipartisan effort on gun background checks may have a path to a deal



Fellow GOP Rep. Nancy Mace mocks Marjorie Taylor Greene's Holocaust comparison with a brutally simple chart



1 person dead after gunfire exchanged with police during Lenexa hotel disturbance



Key alumni decry Davidson’s ‘political correctness’ after slavery apology, bylaw changes



COVID rules finally ease, Medal of Honor recipient gets full funeral at Leavenworth



Congressional leaders are still hammering out the details of a bipartisan police reform bill



Anger as armed white police officers with dogs pose with captured Black suspect



Reward hits 200k for road rage gunman who shot boy, 6, dead because his mom flipped him off



Tuesday 25 May 2021

A.P. Begins Review of Social Media Policy After Journalist’s Firing


By BY KATIE ROBERTSON from NYT Business https://ift.tt/3ww3SMU

Texas to allow unlicensed carrying of handguns



Woman says off-duty Texas officer shot her when she confronted him in driving dispute



How will George Floyd be remembered in 100 years?



Gables green-lights renaming Dixie Highway for Harriet Tubman after January ‘no’ vote



Biden-Putin summit: Awkward conversation looms in Geneva



Lawsuit dismissed in death of woman buried in beach sand



Driver arrested after vehicle strikes two protesters in Elizabeth City, NC cops say



Myanmar's Suu Kyi makes first in-person court appearance



San Diego gives vaccines to Mexican workers at border plants



US new home sales fell 5.9% in April after big March gain



Puerto Rico, recovering from a spring surge, lifted a curfew that had been in effect throughout the pandemic.


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Republicans Promise Counteroffer as Infrastructure Talks Falter


By BY EMILY COCHRANE AND JIM TANKERSLEY from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/34hCmGR

‘We want justice.’ Activists demand accountability at Police Headquarters in New York.


By BY TÉA KVETENADZE from NYT New York https://ift.tt/2StPfLq

Iran Talks Loom as a New Test of Biden’s Israel Ties


By BY MICHAEL CROWLEY from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3vn2PPf

Couple charged with murder of kids in strange doomsday case



The Fog of Trump is lifting



Trump is starting to put together his own Contract with America. And he’s teaming up with Newt.



German regulator probes Google's market position, data use



Building projects hit by lack of supplies and price rises



Woman dies after being shot outside 7-Eleven store in Hamilton Twp.



Trump investigation: NYC prosecutor convenes grand jury, signaling charges could be coming - report



Senators swore to support America, not the filibuster. Kill it to save the January 6 commission.



Monday 24 May 2021

Myanmar's Suu Kyi makes first in-person court appearance



Man wanted in 4 killings caught in South Carolina



Global metal prices fall as China further warns against price hikes



George Floyd anniversary: BLM got a plaza in Washington. Will they get police reform?



Ranger discovers ancient fossils in California valley. ‘Right place at the right time’



Here are last-minute Memorial Day weekend ideas from Catalina to San Diego



A variant first detected in India is spreading fast in Britain, highlighting the dangers of faltering global vaccinations.


By BY BENJAMIN MUELLER from NYT World https://ift.tt/3oTgQSf

Giant Confederate Monument Will Remain at Revamped Stone Mountain


By BY TIMOTHY PRATT AND RICK ROJAS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3yBR89h

Anti-Zionism Isn’t Anti-Semitism? Someone Didn’t Get the Memo.


By BY BRET STEPHENS from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3yBjsZu

A State-Sponsored Skyjacking Can’t Go Unanswered


By BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3ywen4N

Military in Mali Detains Country’s Top Officials


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Children With Covid Inflammatory Syndrome May Overcome Their Most Serious Symptoms


By BY PAM BELLUCK from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3bNfu6c

Mom loading children into car for school is killed in ‘ambush,’ Texas police say



‘Constitutional carry’ heads to Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s desk, poised to become law



Nebraska inmates' fight to wed ends after one of them dies



Sturgeon putting UK security at risk by encouraging attempts to block immigration raids, Patel claims



At least 2 dead, 12 injured at NJ party shooting



Judge digs into Apple app store policies as Epic trial ends



Aircraft associated with military crashes in Las Vegas valley



Dominic Cummings to be challenged as source of ‘let the bodies pile high’ claims



Bury Brexit hatchet and seize new opportunities, says CBI



Major cruise lines to restart voyages for vaccinated passengers



Peloton to build first US factory after supply problems



Sunday 23 May 2021

‘It’s Not Enough’: Living Through a Pandemic on $100 a Week


By BY ANNIE CORREAL AND DESIREE RIOS from NYT New York https://ift.tt/2T8dKxP

White Troopers Policing Black Bodies


By BY CHARLES M. BLOW from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3fHnvL4

Israeli police escort Jews to flashpoint Jerusalem site



Charleston church shooter making appellate arguments



Last cat out of the Tiger King Park bag as seizure completed



Food, shelter, beatings: Border city divided over migrants



Priti Patel: Britain must replace ‘broken’ immigration system with ‘firm but fair’ approach



AP PHOTOS: Death and despair on Europe's African frontier



SC woman sentenced in shooting that ‘shows the need for a hate crime law,’ sheriff says



Exclusive: Chinese bank executives know more about Jane Austen than I do, says Jane Austen Society president



Italian cable car plunges to the ground, killing at least 14



Firing of AP journalist following pro-Palestinian tweets prompts outcry



Children speak of sickness and neglect in US asylum camps



Iran official says nuke inspector deal expired; talks go on



A Kendall masseuse lost her license after she made a $300 offer to play doctor



Royal Caribbean: We expect all cruise guests to be vaccinated



US CDC investigates reports of heart inflammation in young Covid vaccine recipients



Tarrant County reports 13 COVID-19 deaths over weekend, including 10 on Saturday



Trump criminal investigation looms over Manhattan DA race



Growing mystery of suspected energy attacks draws US concern



Sunday Florida COVID update: 7.9 million fully vaccinated, 13 deaths, 2,069 new cases



Column: Why McCarthy and McConnell want you to forget about the Jan. 6 riot



Minneapolis community sounds off 1 year after George Floyd’s murder