Kim Jong-un Crosses Into Demilitarized Zone for Historic Korea Talks https://nyti.ms/2FjXk93?2
NY Times
Korea Talks Begin as Kim Jong-un Crosses to South’s Side of DMZ (Published 2018)
A meeting between Mr. Kim, North Korea’s leader, and President Moon Jae-in of South Korea seemed unthinkable just a few months ago.
Gaza Protesters Charge Fence; 3 Killed, 100s Wounded https://nyti.ms/2vRCxu3
Nytimes
Gaza Protesters Charge Fence; 3 Killed, 100s Wounded
Hundreds of Palestinian protesters attacked the fence between Gaza and Israel. Israeli troops opened fire.
Trump Acknowledges Porn Actress Payoff, Contradicting Earlier Claims https://nyti.ms/2Kv3nvg?2
NY Times
Trump Says Payment to Stormy Daniels Did Not Violate Campaign Laws (Published 2018)
The president’s statements seem to contradict his earlier comments that he knew of no payments to the actress who says she had an affair with Mr. Trump.
U.S.-North Korea Summit Set for June 12 in Singapore, Trump Says https://nyti.ms/2KS0fcX?2
Nytimes
Trump Exults in Release of Prisoners and a Date Next Month With Kim Jong-un
The president announced the summit meeting’s date and place in a Twitter post hours after meeting the three Americans freed by North Korea at Joint Base Andrews.
Israel Kills Dozens at Gaza Border as U.S. Embassy Opens in Jerusalem https://nyti.ms/2KWCVea?4
NY Times
Israel Kills Dozens at Gaza Border as U.S. Embassy Opens in Jerusalem (Published 2018)
The relocation of the embassy from Tel Aviv, timed for Israel’s 70th anniversary, was celebrated by many Israelis and enraged Palestinians.
Supreme Court Ruling Favors Sports Betting https://nyti.ms/2GfabtI
Nytimes
Supreme Court Ruling Favors Sports Betting
The case concerned New Jersey, but it has implications for other states eager to allow and tax sports gambling. Americans are estimated to annually place $150 billion in illegal wagers on sports.
Senate Confirms Haspel to Lead C.I.A. Despite Torture Concerns
WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Gina Haspel on Thursday to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, elevating a woman to the directorship for the first time despite bipartisan misgivings about her role in the agency’s brutal detention and interrogation programs in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/17/us/politics/haspel-confirmed.html
WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Gina Haspel on Thursday to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, elevating a woman to the directorship for the first time despite bipartisan misgivings about her role in the agency’s brutal detention and interrogation programs in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/17/us/politics/haspel-confirmed.html
Nytimes
Senate Confirms Gina Haspel to Lead C.I.A. Despite Torture Concerns
Ms. Haspel, a career clandestine officer, will take the helm as the agency’s first female director at a time of shifting alliances and intelligence threats from countries including Russia and Iran.
Texas School Shooting: 10 Dead, 10 Hurt, and Many Not Surprised It Happened
SANTA FE, Tex. — A nation plagued by a wrenching loop of mass school shootings watched the latest horror play out in this small Southeast Texas town Friday morning, as a young man armed with a shotgun and a .38 revolver smuggled under his coat opened fire on his high school campus, killing 10 people, many of them his fellow students, and wounding 10 more, the authorities said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/18/us/school-shooting-santa-fe-texas.html?3
SANTA FE, Tex. — A nation plagued by a wrenching loop of mass school shootings watched the latest horror play out in this small Southeast Texas town Friday morning, as a young man armed with a shotgun and a .38 revolver smuggled under his coat opened fire on his high school campus, killing 10 people, many of them his fellow students, and wounding 10 more, the authorities said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/18/us/school-shooting-santa-fe-texas.html?3
Nytimes
10 Dead in Santa Fe, Texas, School Shooting; Suspect Used Shotgun and Revolver
The gunman, who is believed to be a student, opened fire inside Santa Fe High School around 7:45 a.m., the authorities said.
More Than 100 Die as Aging Cuban Airliner Crashes
A Cuban state airliner crashed and burned moments after takeoff from Havana on Friday, killing nearly all 114 people aboard the nearly 40-year-old plane.
It was one of the worst airline crashes in Cuba, which has been struggling to operate with a decrepit fleet of planes that it has blamed partly on the longstanding economic embargo imposed by the United States.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/18/world/americas/cuba-airplane-crash.html?4
A Cuban state airliner crashed and burned moments after takeoff from Havana on Friday, killing nearly all 114 people aboard the nearly 40-year-old plane.
It was one of the worst airline crashes in Cuba, which has been struggling to operate with a decrepit fleet of planes that it has blamed partly on the longstanding economic embargo imposed by the United States.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/18/world/americas/cuba-airplane-crash.html?4
Nytimes
More Than 100 Die as Aging Cuban Airliner Crashes
The plane, a nearly 40-year-old Boeing 737, went down moments after departing Havana’s international airport.
Breaking News
U.S.-North Korea Summit Set for June 12 in Singapore, Trump Says https://nyti.ms/2KS0fcX?2
Trump Pulls Out of North Korea Summit Meeting with Kim Jong-un
WASHINGTON — President Trump, citing a flurry of hostile statements from North Korea, pulled out of a highly anticipated summit meeting with Kim Jong-un on Thursday, telling the North Korean leader “this missed opportunity is a truly sad moment in history.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/24/world/asia/north-korea-trump-summit.html?2
WASHINGTON — President Trump, citing a flurry of hostile statements from North Korea, pulled out of a highly anticipated summit meeting with Kim Jong-un on Thursday, telling the North Korean leader “this missed opportunity is a truly sad moment in history.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/24/world/asia/north-korea-trump-summit.html?2
Nytimes
Trump Pulls Out of North Korea Summit Meeting with Kim Jong-un
The meeting was scheduled for June 12 in Singapore, and Mr. Trump said it “will not take place.” But he later said it could still happen.
Arrested on Rape Charges, Weinstein Posts $1 Million Bail
Harvey Weinstein turned himself in to New York City detectives and appeared in court on Friday on charges that he raped one woman and forced another to perform oral sex, a watershed in a monthslong sex crimes investigation and in the #MeToo movement.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/25/nyregion/harvey-weinstein-arrested.html
Harvey Weinstein turned himself in to New York City detectives and appeared in court on Friday on charges that he raped one woman and forced another to perform oral sex, a watershed in a monthslong sex crimes investigation and in the #MeToo movement.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/25/nyregion/harvey-weinstein-arrested.html
Nytimes
Arrested on Rape Charges, Weinstein Posts $1 Million Bail
Harvey Weinstein surrendered his passport and a $1 million cashier’s check after he was arraigned in Manhattan on rape and criminal sex act charges.
Ireland Votes to Legalize Abortion in Blow to Catholic Conservatism
DUBLIN — Ireland voted decisively to repeal one of the world’s more restrictive abortion bans, the prime minister said Saturday, sweeping aside generations of conservative patriarchy and dealing the latest in a series of stinging rebukes to the Roman Catholic Church.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/26/world/europe/ireland-abortion-yes.html
DUBLIN — Ireland voted decisively to repeal one of the world’s more restrictive abortion bans, the prime minister said Saturday, sweeping aside generations of conservative patriarchy and dealing the latest in a series of stinging rebukes to the Roman Catholic Church.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/26/world/europe/ireland-abortion-yes.html
NY Times
Ireland Votes to End Abortion Ban, in Rebuke to Catholic Conservatism (Published 2018)
The referendum was the latest sign of a drift toward liberalism in a country that only recently installed a gay man as prime minister and allowed same-sex marriage.
Alan Bean, 4th Person to Walk on the Moon, Dies at 86
Alan Bean, who became the fourth man to walk on the moon and turned to painting years later to tell the story of NASA’s Apollo missions as they began receding into history, died on Saturday at Houston Methodist Hospital. He was 86.
https://nyti.ms/2JbfUWQ
Alan Bean, who became the fourth man to walk on the moon and turned to painting years later to tell the story of NASA’s Apollo missions as they began receding into history, died on Saturday at Houston Methodist Hospital. He was 86.
https://nyti.ms/2JbfUWQ
Nytimes
Alan Bean, 4th Person to Walk on the Moon, Dies at 86
After leaving NASA, Mr. Bean, a former Navy test pilot, became a full-time artist, creating images of space exploration.
Eric Greitens, Governor of Missouri, Resigns Amid Scandal
Gov. Eric Greitens of Missouri announced on Tuesday that he will resign, bowing to months of pressure as he faced a felony charge, a scandal tied to an extramarital relationship and the threat of impeachment.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/29/us/eric-greitens-resigns.html
Gov. Eric Greitens of Missouri announced on Tuesday that he will resign, bowing to months of pressure as he faced a felony charge, a scandal tied to an extramarital relationship and the threat of impeachment.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/29/us/eric-greitens-resigns.html
NY Times
Missouri’s Governor, a Rising G.O.P. Star, Resigns Amid Scandal (Published 2018)
Mr. Greitens, once seen as a Republican superstar, stepped down. For months, as scandal unfolded around him, he had defiantly refused to quit.
Trump Pardons Dinesh D’Souza, Weighs Leniency for Rod Blagojevich and Martha Stewart
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Thursday pardoned Dinesh D’Souza, a conservative author, commentator and filmmaker, and said he was strongly considering commuting the sentence of former Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich of Illinois, a Democrat.
Flexing his clemency power as he and his team face multiple criminal investigations of their own, Mr. Trump also said that he was thinking about the case of Martha Stewart, the lifestyle mogul who spent five months in prison for lying to investigators about the timing of a stock sale.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/31/us/politics/dsouza-pardon.html?3
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Thursday pardoned Dinesh D’Souza, a conservative author, commentator and filmmaker, and said he was strongly considering commuting the sentence of former Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich of Illinois, a Democrat.
Flexing his clemency power as he and his team face multiple criminal investigations of their own, Mr. Trump also said that he was thinking about the case of Martha Stewart, the lifestyle mogul who spent five months in prison for lying to investigators about the timing of a stock sale.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/31/us/politics/dsouza-pardon.html?3
Nytimes
Trump Pardons Dinesh D’Souza, Weighs Leniency for Rod Blagojevich and Martha Stewart
The president focused on cases where he argued the justice system has unfairly targeted celebrities. All three cases were tied to prosecutors who have become nemeses of Mr. Trump.
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Trump Pulls Out of North Korea Summit Meeting with Kim Jong-un WASHINGTON — President Trump, citing a flurry of hostile statements from North Korea, pulled out of a highly anticipated summit meeting with Kim Jong-un on Thursday, telling the North Korean leader…
Trump Announces Summit Meeting With Kim Jong-un Is Back On
WASHINGTON — President Trump announced Friday that the summit meeting he had canceled with North Korea’s leader would be held this month after all, the latest head-spinning twist in a nuclear-edged diplomatic drama that has captivated and confused much of the world.
The president rescheduled the June 12 get-together with the North’s leader, Kim Jong-un, barely a week after scrubbing it on the grounds that Mr. Kim’s government had shown “open hostility” toward the Trump administration. In the days since, both sides have worked to bridge the divide and proceed with the meeting.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/world/asia/trump-north-korea-summit-kim.html
WASHINGTON — President Trump announced Friday that the summit meeting he had canceled with North Korea’s leader would be held this month after all, the latest head-spinning twist in a nuclear-edged diplomatic drama that has captivated and confused much of the world.
The president rescheduled the June 12 get-together with the North’s leader, Kim Jong-un, barely a week after scrubbing it on the grounds that Mr. Kim’s government had shown “open hostility” toward the Trump administration. In the days since, both sides have worked to bridge the divide and proceed with the meeting.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/world/asia/trump-north-korea-summit-kim.html
Nytimes
Trump Announces Summit Meeting With Kim Jong-un Is Back On
The head-spinning diplomatic reversal came as President Trump welcomed North Korea’s former intelligence chief to a rare meeting at the White House.
Alice Marie Johnson, Whose Cause Was Taken Up by Kim Kardashian West, Is Granted Clemency by Trump
WASHINGTON — President Trump commuted the sentence on Wednesday of a 63-year-old woman serving life in prison for a nonviolent drug conviction after her case was brought to his attention by the reality television star Kim Kardashian West.
Although short of a full pardon, the decision will free Alice Marie Johnson, who has been locked up in federal prison in Alabama since 1996 on charges related to cocaine distribution and money laundering. Ms. Kardashian West, who learned of the case through a video that went viral on social media, visited Mr. Trump at the White House last week to lobby on Ms. Johnson’s behalf.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/06/us/politics/trump-alice-johnson-sentence-commuted-kim-kardashian-west.html
WASHINGTON — President Trump commuted the sentence on Wednesday of a 63-year-old woman serving life in prison for a nonviolent drug conviction after her case was brought to his attention by the reality television star Kim Kardashian West.
Although short of a full pardon, the decision will free Alice Marie Johnson, who has been locked up in federal prison in Alabama since 1996 on charges related to cocaine distribution and money laundering. Ms. Kardashian West, who learned of the case through a video that went viral on social media, visited Mr. Trump at the White House last week to lobby on Ms. Johnson’s behalf.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/06/us/politics/trump-alice-johnson-sentence-commuted-kim-kardashian-west.html
NY Times
Alice Marie Johnson Is Granted Clemency by Trump After Push by Kim Kardashian West
The commutation for Ms. Johnson, a 63-year-old serving life in prison on nonviolent drug charges, was contrary to the policies the president’s own Justice Department has enacted since he took office.
Anthony Bourdain, Renegade Chef Who Reported From the World’s Tables, Is Dead at 61
Anthony Bourdain, whose darkly funny memoir about life in New York City restaurant kitchens made him a celebrity chef and touched off his second career as a journalist, food expert and social activist, was found dead on Friday in his hotel room in France. He was 61.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/08/business/media/anthony-bourdain-dead.html?3
Anthony Bourdain, whose darkly funny memoir about life in New York City restaurant kitchens made him a celebrity chef and touched off his second career as a journalist, food expert and social activist, was found dead on Friday in his hotel room in France. He was 61.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/08/business/media/anthony-bourdain-dead.html?3
Nytimes
Anthony Bourdain, Renegade Chef Who Reported From the World’s Tables, Is Dead at 61
Mr. Bourdain, who began his career as a chef, redefined the staid genres of food writing and food-tourism shows.
Trump Refuses to Sign G-7 Statement and Calls Trudeau ‘Weak’
QUEBEC CITY — President Trump abruptly upended two days of global economic diplomacy late Saturday, refusing to sign a joint statement with America’s allies, threatening to escalate his trade war on the country’s neighbors and deriding Canada’s prime minister as “very dishonest and weak.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/09/world/americas/donald-trump-g7-nafta.html
QUEBEC CITY — President Trump abruptly upended two days of global economic diplomacy late Saturday, refusing to sign a joint statement with America’s allies, threatening to escalate his trade war on the country’s neighbors and deriding Canada’s prime minister as “very dishonest and weak.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/09/world/americas/donald-trump-g7-nafta.html
Nytimes
Trump Refuses to Sign G-7 Statement and Calls Trudeau ‘Weak’
In a remarkable pair of acrimony-laced tweets, Mr. Trump threatened to escalate his trade war and derided Canada’s prime minister as “very dishonest.”
Trump and Kim Shake Hands in First Face-to-Face Meeting
SINGAPORE — President Trump and Kim Jong-un of North Korea shook hands at the start of their first face-to-face meeting Tuesday, a momentous step in an improbable courtship that has opened a new chapter for the world’s largest nuclear power and the most reclusive one.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/11/world/asia/trump-kim-summitmeeting.html
SINGAPORE — President Trump and Kim Jong-un of North Korea shook hands at the start of their first face-to-face meeting Tuesday, a momentous step in an improbable courtship that has opened a new chapter for the world’s largest nuclear power and the most reclusive one.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/11/world/asia/trump-kim-summitmeeting.html
Nytimes
Trump and Kim See New Chapter for Nations After Summit
The president and the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, signed a document that Mr. Trump called “comprehensive,” though it was short on details.