Friday, 27 May 2016

Friday's Headlines: Obama visits Hiroshima nearly 71 years after world’s first atomic strike

Obama speaks his mind about Trump, a rarity for an overseas trip; The secret life of Kim Jong Un's aunt, who has lived in the U.S. since 1998;
 
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Obama visits Hiroshima nearly 71 years after world's first atomic strike
The first sitting U.S. commander-in-chief to visit Hiroshima participated in a ceremony with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as an "opportunity to honor the memory of all who were lost during World War II," he said.
Obama speaks his mind about Trump, a rarity for an overseas trip
In publicly disparaging the presumptive GOP nominee, the president dismissed the now-quaint notion that partisanship stays at home.
 
The secret life of Kim Jong Un's aunt, who has lived in the U.S. since 1998
Since defecting from North Korea where she was known as Ko Yong Suk, the former royal has been living an anonymous life here in the United States, with her husband and three children.
 
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A 49-year-old Pennsylvania woman is the first person in the United States found with a deadly bacteria with a gene that makes it resistant to antibiotics of last resort. The event "heralds the emergence of a truly pan-drug resistant bacteria," according to Defense Department researchers.
Huge bonuses and forced transfers caught up with a top official ousted from the TSA
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Sen. Orrin Hatch reacts to meeting with Merrick Garland before it occurs
An op-ed piece that was mistakenly published early underscores the Democrats' lack of leverage in the Senate when it comes to getting a vote on the president's Supreme Court nominee.
The startling rise of Baylor's Art Briles could not avert a shameful downfall
The football coach was fired following revelations that his program responded to sex-assault charges against players with indifference or hostility toward alleged victims. School president Kenneth Starr was also demoted.
FDA approves a new way to treat opioid addiction — under the skin
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State Dept. offered 'standalone' PC for Hillary Clinton's email
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The real reason America controls its nukes with ancient floppy disks
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