Woman accuses top US cardinal of dismissing sex abuse case

Woman accusing Texas Cardinal DiNardo of mishandling her sexual, religious abuse case tells AP: “They’re not going to play with my life like this. They just can’t get away with it.”

HOUSTON (AP) — When Cardinal Daniel DiNardo first met Laura Pontikes in his wood-paneled conference room in December 2016, the leader of the U.S. Catholic Church's response to its sex abuse...

THE TERRIBLE TRUTH IS CELIBACY IS A FAILURE IT LEADS TO PERVERSION

ENDING ANIMAL TORTURE 
Proposed cat declawing ban passes New York Legislature

Declawing a cat is illegal in much of Europe as well as in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Denver. Now New York State could ban the procedure too.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York's Legislature passed a bill Tuesday that would make the state the first in the U.S. to make it illegal to declaw a cat . The bill, which would subject..

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CANADIANS CAN GO TO CUBA NO PROBLEMO
Can Americans still go to Cuba? Yes, but it's more difficult

With the Trump administration's new restrictions, travel to Cuba has gotten more complicated. Here are some answers to common questions.

HAVANA (AP) — The Trump administration's new restrictions on travel to Cuba have made it harder, but far from impossible, for Americans to visit the island nation. Cruises offered easy,...



Trump administration halts cruises to Cuba under new rules
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Tuesday ended the most popular forms of U.S. travel to Cuba, banning cruise ships and a heavily used category of educational travel in an attempt to...

For travelers confused about the thicket of U.S. regulations governing trips to Cuba, cruises offered a simple, guaranteed-legal way to travel. That now appears to be over.

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Legendary Indian climber Manmohan Singh Kohli says modern mountaineering has become "high-altitude tourism," adding that "the adventure part of climbing has disappeared.

Famed Indian climber nearly died on peak where team was lost
NEW DELHI (AP) — To Manmohan Singh Kohli, who led the first Indian team to the peak of Mount Everest, modern mountaineering bears little resemblance to the expeditions he headed decades...

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THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE IS AN ALL WHITE FRATERNITY NUFF SAID

Racist, violent posts by police: Departments investigating
Police departments in at least five states are investigating, and in some cases condemning, their officers' social media feeds after the weekend publication of a database that appears to catalog...

Police departments often have social media policies that limit what officers may say online, and most of the departments included in the Plain View database said this week they are launching investigations into their officers' Facebook feeds.

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UNREGULATED FREE MARKET
Boom in electric scooters leads to more injuries, fatalities

A count by The Associated Press of media reports turned up at least 11 electric scooter rider deaths in the U.S. since the beginning of 2018.

Andrew Hardy was crossing the street on an electric scooter in downtown Los Angeles when a car struck him at 50 miles per hour and flung him 15 feet in the air before he smacked his head on the...

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MORE BLUFF AND BLUSTER OVER THE BORDER WALL

Mexico agreed months ago to send troops to help stem the tide. Had nothing to do with Trump's threats. And companies by far would feel the effect of tariffs on Mexico. The China tariffs, on the other had, really affect the average consumer. https://www.nytimes.com/.../trump-mexico-deal-tariffs...

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Mexico Agreed to Take Border Actions Months Before Trump Announced…

THE HORROR, THE HORROR
5-year-old girl paralyzed by rape shocks Sierra Leone

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — At first no one knew why the 5-year-old girl could no longer move her legs or control her urine. For months she lay on the ground, unable to walk or play. Some...

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A year after the assault, the girl is still unable to walk, and has had to use a hand-crank wheelchair. One of her leg bones is broken — health workers believe it is a complication of her paralysis — and now she lies in a hospital bed with her leg in traction. A tiny foot with specks of pink nail polish peeks out of her cast, which is tethered to the metal bed frame.

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Spain: Unfinished Gaudí church gets permit after 137 years
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Property owners have a new yardstick by way of Spain for measuring frustration over building permit requests they suspect got lost in a local government...

Property owners have a new yardstick for measuring wait times for building permits. Barcelona City Hall issued a work permit for the unfinished church designed by architect Antoni Gaudí 137 years after construction started on La Sagrada Familia Basilica.

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Film captures the loss of black San Franciscans
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Actor Jimmie Fails draws from his own story in his portrayal of a young black man navigating a shifting racial landscape in "The Last Black Man in San Francisco." 

Rising costs and redevelopment have driven out thousands of black households in San Francisco. A new film “The Last Black Man in San Francisco,” explores that shifting racial landscape through the eyes of a native who doesn’t recognize his city.

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TIT FOR TAT 

China may restrict tech access in spiraling US trade dispute

The initiative follows U.S. moves to restrict sales to Huawei Technologies and other Chinese tech firms on national security grounds. https://apnews.com/c03545f6a2ec46cba95b9d9e8b041b47

BEIJING (AP) — China is creating a system to protect its technology, according to state media, as the U.S. restricts the access of Chinese companies to American technology in a spiraling trade...

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THE AGE OF THE CROWNED AND CONQUERING CHILD THE DIVINE ANDROGYN 

Lovingly, a family raises an intersex child - again

Her parents want Victory to be accepted for who she is. Instead of changing Victory, they are intent on changing the world so it is more accepting of intersex people.
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — When doctors said her youngest child would be a girl, Amie Schofield chose the name Victoria. Then they said the child would be a boy, so she switched to Victor. It turned...

#CRYPTOZOOLOGY #CRYPTID #FBI #BIGFOOT #SASQUATCH

FBI releases 'Bigfoot file' from the 1970s
The federal government took rare action this week on a subject that's typically relegated mostly to Internet forums and conspiracy circles -- the existence of Bigfoot.

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GREEN CAPITALISM 

WALMART KNOWS SOMETHING TRUMP DOESN'T

Walmart opens 120 Electrify America electric vehicle charging stations nationwide
Electric vehicle charging stations have been installed at more than 120 Walmart locations across the country with additional locations planned in the coming years.

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SO MUCH WINNING EXPECT GROWTH OF 4 - 6%

World Bank downgrades 2019 global growth forecast
The World Bank has lowered its expectations for worldwide economic growth for the rest of 2019, it said in a new forecast.

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FDR pleads for divine aid as Allies invade Europe
In solemn words that went out to a newly hopeful world, President Roosevelt Tuesday night beseeched Almighty God to give strength and victory to Allied invasion forces now launched upon the greatest crusade of modern times -- the emancipation of Europe's suffering peoples.
Read Merriman Smith's original article from June 6, 1944 here.

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NOT PG&E FAULT 

Cal Fire: Man hammering stake sparked 400,000-acre Ranch Fire
California fire officials revealed Thursday that a hammer sparked the largest wildfire in the state's history last summer

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New disease threats pose danger to snow leopard population
Several infections are posing a threat to the wild snow leopards population, along with the people and other animals surrounding their habitat, new research shows.

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DHS reports 'egregious' violations at four ICE detainment facilities
The Department of Homeland Security said it observed "egregious" violations at four facilities for housing Immigrations and Customs Enforcement detainees.

SPACE INC.

NASA to open International Space Station to private astronauts
At a press conference on Friday, NASA announced new opportunities for the private sector on the International Space Station and in low-Earth orbit.

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Actress Taraji Henson became emotional as she spoke about youth suicide during a testimony on mental health in the African American community before members of the Congressional Black Caucus Task force Friday on Capitol Hill. Read about it here: upi.com/6913676.
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Trump reverses course, says Mars, not moon, should be NASA's priority
President Donald Trump on Friday reversed course on what he believes should be NASA's priorities, telling the space agency to focus on Mars instead of the moon.



FIRST HE SAID THE MOON WAS PART OF MARS NOW HE WANTS TO GO TO MARS AFTER ANNOUNCING A NEW MISSION TO THE MOON, 
MOON, MARS CONFUSING, THEY BOTH BEGIN WITH 'M'.

'Ripley's' host Bruce Campbell hails 'golden era' for geeks
Actor Bruce Campbell is returning to TV as the host of the latest incarnation of "Ripley's Believe it or Not!," and the star hinted that his most iconic character, Ash Williams of "Evil Dead," is also due for a return.
"Ripley's Believe It or Not!" host Bruce Campbell said the Travel Channel's latest incarnation of the documentary series is "a celebration of extraordinary abilities." Read about his recent interview with UPI here.

IF WERE NOT FOR THE SALE OF GERALD GARDENERS WITCHCRAFT MUSEUM TO THE SAFE KEEPING OF RIPLEY'S WE WOULD NOT HAVE SEEN THE REVIVAL OF WICCA USING HIS ORIGINAL BOOK OF SHADOWS