America’s first ladies, current and former, have weighed in on the “zero tolerance” policy that is separating families seeking asylum in the United States.
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Gunman wounds 2, fatally shot by bystander at Walmart store
TUMWATER, Wash. (AP) — A gunman injured a teen and shot a man in a pair of carjacking attempts Sunday, before being killed by a bystander outside a Washington state Walmart store.
Read More »Pentagon Puts Cyberwarriors on the Offensive, Increasing the Risk of Conflict
Until now, the Cyber Command has assumed a largely defensive posture, but in the spring the Defense Department opened the door to nearly daily raids on foreign networks, seeking to head off attacks.
Read More »China’s Huawei blasts Australian security concerns amid Sino-Canberra tensions
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co Ltd [HWT.UL] said Australian claims it poses a security risk are “ill-informed” as it published an open letter on Monday that threatens to inflame already heightened Sino-Canberra tensions.
Read More »Rays 3, Yankees 1: On Old-Timers’ Day in the Bronx, It’s the New Guy Who Gets Jeered
Giancarlo Stanton heard it from Yankee fans as the team fell short against the Tampa Bay Rays, continuing what has been a less-than-stellar year for Stanton.
Read More »Dipsea: A Trail Race Where ‘You’re Either the Hunter or the Hunted’
Winners over the past decade include an 8-year-old girl (barely beating a 68-year-old woman) and a 72-year-old man.
Read More »Papal Envoy Asks Forgiveness in Divided Chilean Diocese
A papal emissary asked forgiveness Sunday from Roman Catholics in a region of Chile where people bitterly protested a now-resigned bishop who had once been a lieutenant of the country’s most notorious predator priest. Archbishop Charles Scicluna said a Mass and told worshippers that “Pope Francis has given me the task of asking pardon from all of the faithful in …
Read More »Trump Picks Economic Winners, Guided by Nostalgia
By creating an industrial policy that largely looks to the past, Mr. Trump differs from his predecessors.
Read More »Trump's insults, tariffs inspire Canadians to organize boycott of U.S. goods
Canadians are boycotting U.S. goods but history shows that the results of economic boycotts are mixed. Among the most successful was the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Read More »On Soccer: Dele Alli and England Drop Their Guard and Their Past
A new coach, a new mind-set and a new generation of players have England’s team entering the World Cup with excitement, rather than dread, for a change.
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