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

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