Awesome! 106-year-old Virgina McLaurin meets the Obamas
This is Awesome! Virginia McLaurin, a 106-year-old woman, met President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House. Here is the awesome video of their meeting. x YouTube Video
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: Death Valley Superbloom!
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View ArticlePerfect! White House vetting judge whom Grassley praised for SCOTUS
Jane L. Kelly, who is a federal appeals judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, is being vetted by the White House for the Supreme Court vacancy, reports The New York Times. Kelly,...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: Obamas to stay in DC after Barack‘s term is over
The Overnight News Digest is nightly series dedicated to chronicling the day’s news of import or interest. Everyone is welcome to add their own news items in the comments.NYT - Daughter Will Keep the...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: ‘Explosive’ annual growth in carbon dioxide in 2015 –...
The Overnight News Digest is a nightly series dedicated to chronicling the day’s news. All are encouraged to add their own news items of import or interest in the comments.NOAA - Record annual increase...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: Portland, Oregon sues Monsanto for poisoning its water
The Overnight News Digest is a nightly series dedicated to chronicling the day’s news. All are encouraged to add their own news items of import or interest in the comments.ThinkProgress - Cities Across...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: $6 million to restore Malheur refuge
The Overnight News Digest is a nightly series dedicated to chronicling the day’s news. All are encouraged to add their own news items of import or interest in the comments.Oregonian - $6 million will...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: Global obesity more a concern than world hunger
The Overnight News Digest is a nightly series dedicated to chronicling the day’s news. All are encouraged to add their own news items of import or interest in the comments.SMH - Obesity a bigger...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: The Devil You Know (and Love)
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View ArticleOvernight News Digest: Greenland melt season begins nearly 2 months early
The Overnight News Digest is a nightly series dedicated to chronicling the day’s news. All are encouraged to add their own news items of import or interest in the comments.Discovery - Greenland's Melt...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: Primary Costs
The Overnight News Digest is a nightly series dedicated to chronicling the day’s news. All are encouraged to add their own news items of import or interest in the comments.NYT - Long Primary Carries...
View ArticleSanders to layoff “hundreds” of his campaign staff
The New York Times is reporting that Sen. Bernie Sanders will be laying off “hundreds” of his campaign staff and be focusing his efforts on winning as many delegates in California as he can.“We want to...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: 🌎 📰 🌖 🇺🇸
The Overnight News Digest is a nightly series dedicated to chronicling the day’s news. All are encouraged to add their own news items of import or interest in the comments.Willamette Week - Fossil-Fuel...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: “That would spell disaster for us and our planet.”
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View ArticleOvernight News Digest: First Federal Regulations to Control Methane Emissions
The Overnight News Digest is a nightly series dedicated to chronicling the day’s news. Everyone is encouraged to add items of import or interest in the comments.NYT - E.P.A. Methane Leak Rules Take Aim...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: Killing Our Planet
The Overnight News Digest is a nightly series dedicated to chronicling the day’s news. Everyone is encouraged to add items of import or interest in the comments.Guardian - Humans damaging the...
View ArticleNYT/CBS News Poll finds Democrats more unified in May 2016 than May 2008
A new poll from The New York Times and CBS News finds that, surprisingly, Democrats are more unified now in May 2016 than we were in May 2008.… Democratic resistance is less widespread than it was in...
View ArticleSanders reaches out to Senators Boxer and Durbin
After the Nevada state Democratic convention, Sen. Barbara Boxer said she and Sen. Bernie Sanders talked earlier this week. Boxer said she conveyed her concerns to Sanders in "a really nice talk" with...
View ArticleJimmy Carter: Trump “tapped a waiting reservoir … of inherent racism”
Jimmy Carter called out Trump’s racism-fueled campaign in an interview today with The New York Times. The former president was giving interviews to bring attention to a Baptist race and social...
View ArticleFirst ‘superbug’ resistant to a last resort antibiotic confirmed in US
E.coli resistant to an antibiotic of last resort has appeared in the United States. The Washington Post reports, “the superbug that doctors have been dreading just arrived.” For the first time,...
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