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(CNBC) — Stocks rose Tuesday on news that face-to-face talks between U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators would begin next week. A batch of stronger-than-expected earnings also lifted investor sentiment. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed to trade 150 points higher, or 0.5%. The S&P 500 also advanced 0.5% to trade back above 3,000 and the […]

(REUTERS) — Two teenage boys who were first categorised as missing in northern Canada are now suspects in the murder of an Australian tourist and his American girlfriend, as well as an unidentified man whose body was found near the boys’ abandoned flaming car, police said on Tuesday. Lucas Fowler, 23, an Australian citizen, and […]

(FOXNEWS) — President Trump on Monday blasted Puerto Rico’s Ricardo Rosselló as “a terrible governor” just hours after the leader of the U.S. territory announced he would not seek re-election amid corruption allegations that have led to widespread protests across the island. The governor, however, is refusing to resign. “The governor is not good,” Trump […]

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., called for a “9/11-style commission” to probe the separation of migrant children from parents who entered the country illegally to seek asylum, contending the U.S. government is obliged to provide life-long mental health care. Speaking Saturday at a town hall event in Queens, New York, Ocasio-Cortez argued that “even if you […]

(STUDYFINDS) — Here’s something to consider the next time you’re thinking about ordering a spicy dish: a new long-term international study has found that a spicy diet could lead to dementia. According to the study, older adults over the age of 55 who consumed more than 50 grams of chili per day displayed nearly double […]

(CNBC) — Consumer advocate Ralph Nader on Tuesday urged the Federal Aviation Administration to permanently ground Boeing’s 737 Max jet. “The plane cannot be refixed,” said Nader, whose grandniece was killed in a March crash of a 737 Max jet in Ethiopia. “It has to be recalled” and permanently taken out of service, he said.

(CNBC) — Bed Bath & Beyond announced on Tuesday that as part of its efforts to reduce costs, it will cut its corporate staff by 7% and eliminate the chief operating officer role. As part of this decision COO Eugene Castagna, who also held the title of the president, will leave the company. The stock […]

“America: Love it or leave it.” That’s the message at a Christian church in Appomattox, Virginia, sparking some congregants to take the words literally, storming out of church on Sunday. Pastor E.W. Lucas posted the sign at Friendship Baptist Church in the wake of President Trump’s dispute last week with some female Democrats in Congress last […]

(THE COLLEGE FIX) — A public university in Las Vegas provides eight specialized housing halls, specifically tailoring them to fit the needs of students with numerous backgrounds or lifestyles, including nutritious students, study-intensive students and LGBT students. One floor is intended for black students. The University of Nevada, Las Vegas’s various specialized residence centers have […]

(THE COLLEGE FIX) — A workshop being offered by a campus women’s center has an interesting take on Mr. Rogers. Every year, the Emily Taylor Center for Women & Gender Equity at the University of Kansas offers students a month of feminist-centric “masculinities” programming. Events in the past have include workshops, keynote addresses, and “zine” […]

(BUSINESS INSIDER) — The sequel to “Top Gun,” a film that boosted US Navy aviation recruitment by 500%, appears to have bowed to China’s powerful Communist party by changing the jacket of its titular character, Maverick, played by Tom Cruise. In the trailer for “Top Gun: Maverick,” which came out on Thursday, Tom Cruise’s character […]

(STUDYFINDS) — MUNICH — Just like Goldilocks in pursuit of the perfect bowl of porridge, sleeping six to eight hours each night is just right for heart health. Any more or less than that amount of time can potentially be detrimental to our hearts, new research shows. Researchers investigated the relationship between sleep duration and […]

Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips already has beaten the state of Colorado, twice, in its LGBT-themed attacks on his Christianity. The first was decided by the Supreme Court which scolded the state for its “hostility” to his faith, and the second ended when the state thought better of going down the same road – and […]

Editor’s note: Do you need something to smile about? Every day, WND selects the best joke offered up by readers and contributors to its Laughlines forum and brings it to you as the WND Joke of the Day. Here is today’s offering: A juggler, driving to his next performance, is stopped by the police. “What […]

And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. 1 John 5:14

(Independent) Elon Musk‘s vision for a futuristic form of transport has achieved a new milestone after a Hyperloop test pod hit a new top speed of 288mph (463kph) before it exploded. At the 2019 edition of the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition, student teams launch their prototype pods through a 1.2 km vacuum tube beside the […]

(Washington Examiner) Former FBI Director James Comey had an inside man at the White House, feeding the bureau information about President Trump and his aides in 2017. Now this individual, who after leaving the government was hired by BuzzFeed to verify parts of British ex-spy Christopher Steele’s dossier, may be tied to an investigation into […]

(Washington Examiner) Boris Johnson has completed his march to the British prime minister’s office in 10 Downing Street, defeating rival Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt in the Conservative Party leadership election. His victory was overwhelming, with 92,153 votes to Hunt’s 46,656 out of an eligible electorate of 159,320 party members and an 87% turnout. Johnson, 55, […]

(Washington Examiner) The origins of the Trump-Russia investigation. The political biases of the investigative team. British ex-spy Christopher Steele’s dossier. Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee plan to interrogate Robert Mueller on Wednesday about all those subjects, along with the conclusions the special counsel reached on collusion and obstruction and more. Mueller’s report concluded Russia […]

Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump and bipartisan congressional leaders clinched a sweeping two-year budget agreement that would produce hundreds of billions in new spending and take the threat of a fiscal crisis off of Washington’s plate for more than two years. The deal, which came together in a burst of urgency during a period of […]

(NEWYORKER) — Last month, in Minneapolis, I climbed the stairs of a row house to find Al Franken, Minnesota’s disgraced former senator, wandering around in jeans and stocking feet. It was a sunny day, but the shades were mostly drawn. Takeout containers of hummus and carrot sticks were set out on the kitchen table. His […]

(NYPOST) — Call it fight and flight. Affluent New Yorkers, financially distressed by recent changes to the nation’s tax laws, are bucking the Big Apple’s high costs and heading for an economic paradise — Florida’s Miami-Dade County area. The famed resort is luring the disgruntled urbanites with the prospect of a considerable annual tax and […]

Last week, at the invitation of Sen. Ted Cruz, I spoke to the Senate Judiciary Committee about Google’s having placed more than 60 Prager University videos on its restricted list. Any family that filters out pornography and violence cannot see those particular videos on YouTube (which is owned by Google); nor can any school or […]

He was the only person to sign all four of America’s founding documents: Articles of Association – 1774 Declaration of Independence – 1776 Articles of Confederation – 1777 U.S. Constitution – 1787 Who was he? Roger Sherman. At age 19, Roger Sherman’s father died and he supported his family as a shoe cobbler, helping his […]

  A plan that is intended to bypass the Constitution’s Electoral College method of choosing presidents, instead leaving that decision mostly to voters in a few of the biggest cities and most-populated states like New York and California, is facing sudden headwinds. Several states joined the move over recent months, giving the decades-old plan to […]