What a Week of News
All sorts of news highlights this week.
Here is a sampling of what I saw, including continued harsh words being spewed by Hillary towards Bernie and by Bernie towards Hillary.
* Hillary accuses Bernie of not supporting President Obama
* ..... but Sanders (and Trump) win handily in New Hampshire primary
* 17-nation agreement reached to provide humanitarian aid to Syria
* standoff in Oregon's Malheur Wildlife Refuge has ended with occupiers surrendering to FBI
* scientists say they've detected gravitational waves, a key component of Einstein's general Theory of Relativity
* U.S. Justice Department is filing a lawsuit against the city of Ferguson Missouri
* Christie and Fiorina end their Presidential campaigns
* Broncos beat Panthers 24-10 in Super Bowl 50
* South Korea and the U.S. are to formally discuss deploying the THAAD missile defense system
* ..... and U.S. Senate unanimously approves more stringent sanctions against North Korea
* leaders of the Catholic (Pope Francis) and Russian Orthodox (Patriarch Kirill) churches meet in Cuba -- nearly 1,000 years after split
* Trump settles lawsuit with Univision over cancellation of beauty pageant telecasts
* Twitter shares plunge as user growth stalls
* Supreme Court wisely halts Obama's carbon emissions rule
* giant cruise ship "Anthem of the Seas" suffers massive damage from extreme storm at sea
* ..... and search will resume for data recorder of sunken cargo ship El Faro
* several deaths of police officers during week highlight hatred and on-going struggle to keep America safe
* the all-powerful Janet Yellen says the Fed is not likely to reverse course on rates despite risks
* Boeing to cut commercial airplane jobs to reduce costs
* Chicago policeman sues estate of teen he fatally shot
* U.S. government posts a $55 BILLION budget surplus in January
* ..... and seeks $1.8 BILLION of that from Congress to combat Zika
* U.S. intelligence chief warns of homegrown security threat
* ..... and states that cyber and technological threats are the top national security challenge for 2016
* FBI still unable to break the encryption on San Bernardino shooter's phone
* Texas abortion providers launch campaign to keep clinics open
* GM recalling nearly 475,000 SUVs and pickups in North America for brake pedal problems
* more Americans are quitting/changing jobs as labor market strengthens
* Obama proposes $4.1 TRILLION spending plan in final White House budget
* Hawaii's big island declares emergency over dengue fever infections
Dengue fever. Yikes..... that can't be good for the tourism industry.
Out for now.......
Matt
Here is a sampling of what I saw, including continued harsh words being spewed by Hillary towards Bernie and by Bernie towards Hillary.
* Hillary accuses Bernie of not supporting President Obama
* ..... but Sanders (and Trump) win handily in New Hampshire primary
* 17-nation agreement reached to provide humanitarian aid to Syria
* standoff in Oregon's Malheur Wildlife Refuge has ended with occupiers surrendering to FBI
* scientists say they've detected gravitational waves, a key component of Einstein's general Theory of Relativity
* U.S. Justice Department is filing a lawsuit against the city of Ferguson Missouri
* Christie and Fiorina end their Presidential campaigns
* Broncos beat Panthers 24-10 in Super Bowl 50
* South Korea and the U.S. are to formally discuss deploying the THAAD missile defense system
* ..... and U.S. Senate unanimously approves more stringent sanctions against North Korea
* leaders of the Catholic (Pope Francis) and Russian Orthodox (Patriarch Kirill) churches meet in Cuba -- nearly 1,000 years after split
* Trump settles lawsuit with Univision over cancellation of beauty pageant telecasts
* Twitter shares plunge as user growth stalls
* Supreme Court wisely halts Obama's carbon emissions rule
* giant cruise ship "Anthem of the Seas" suffers massive damage from extreme storm at sea
* ..... and search will resume for data recorder of sunken cargo ship El Faro
* several deaths of police officers during week highlight hatred and on-going struggle to keep America safe
* the all-powerful Janet Yellen says the Fed is not likely to reverse course on rates despite risks
* Boeing to cut commercial airplane jobs to reduce costs
* Chicago policeman sues estate of teen he fatally shot
* U.S. government posts a $55 BILLION budget surplus in January
* ..... and seeks $1.8 BILLION of that from Congress to combat Zika
* U.S. intelligence chief warns of homegrown security threat
* ..... and states that cyber and technological threats are the top national security challenge for 2016
* FBI still unable to break the encryption on San Bernardino shooter's phone
* Texas abortion providers launch campaign to keep clinics open
* GM recalling nearly 475,000 SUVs and pickups in North America for brake pedal problems
* more Americans are quitting/changing jobs as labor market strengthens
* Obama proposes $4.1 TRILLION spending plan in final White House budget
* Hawaii's big island declares emergency over dengue fever infections
Dengue fever. Yikes..... that can't be good for the tourism industry.
Out for now.......
Matt
