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How North Korea is portraying Kim Jong Un’s historic summit with Trump
iStock/Thinkstock(PYONGYANG, North Korea) — The portrayal of Tuesday’s historic summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un is following predictable patterns in the U.S., often falling along party lines. But how [Read More…]

Guess co-founder Paul Marciano resigning after sexual misconduct allegations
Ari Perilstein/Getty Images for Guess(NEW YORK) — Guess co-founder Paul Marciano has resigned from the company after being accused of sexual misconduct, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing by the company on [Read More…]

Trump’s pledge to stop ‘war games’ with South Korea throws critical exercises into question
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The biggest surprise to emerge from President Donald Trump’s summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un in Singapore was not included in the final agreement: Trump’s pledge to stop U.S. military exercises routinely [Read More…]

The world watched: Trump-Kim summit drew global reaction, with many expressing cautious hope
iStock/Thinkstock(LONDON) — At all hours of the night, from all corners of the globe, the world watched. China praised the outcome of the summit, in which President Donald Trump pledged security guarantees to the North [Read More…]

Mattis not surprised by Trump’s call to end military exercises: Pentagon
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis was not surprised by President Donald Trump’s call to end U.S. military exercises with South Korea and had been consulted beforehand, a Pentagon official said Tuesday. As reports emerged [Read More…]

Wildfires explode in Southwest; severe weather possible in Northeast
ABC News(NEW YORK) — There are 45 large fires burning in the nation, with half of them in the Southwest. Hot and dry weather is helping to fuel these fires, as mandatory evacuations have been [Read More…]

Organizer of infamous failed Fyre Festival charged with duping customers again
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The organizer of the infamous Fyre Festival, a failed concert in the Bahamas in 2017 that went viral for its lack of success, has been charged with duping customers again. William McFarland, [Read More…]

Trump celebrates denuclearization upon return from Singapore summit
Kevin Lim/The Strait Times/Handout/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump took to Twitter to reassure Americans to “sleep well tonight” upon landing in Washington, D.C., early Wednesday morning after the landmark summit in Singapore between the [Read More…]

Trump proclaims ‘there is no longer a nuclear threat’ upon return from summit
Kevin Lim/The Strait Times/Handout/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump took to Twitter to reassure Americans to “sleep well tonight” upon landing in Washington, D.C., early Wednesday morning after the landmark summit in Singapore between the [Read More…]

Trump’s pledge to stop ‘war games’ with South Korea throws critical exercises into question
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The biggest surprise to emerge from President Donald Trump’s summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un in Singapore was not included in the final agreement: Trump’s pledge to stop U.S. military exercises routinely [Read More…]

Samsung asks woman to return phone she says exploded and torched her car
Thurswell Law Firm PLLC(NEW YORK) — Days after a Michigan woman claimed her Nissan Maxima was set on fire when one of her two Samsung cell phones “exploded,” she said the tech giant sent her [Read More…]

No sign of immediate threat to kids during Orlando standoff that left 4 children dead: Police
Volusia County Jail(ORLANDO, Fla.) — During the 21-hour hostage standoff at an Orlando apartment that left four young children shot dead, there was never any indication of an imminent threat to the kids, police said [Read More…]

Disclosures show Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump made at least $80 million last year
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Jared Kushner and wife Ivanka Trump made at least $80 million in outside income last year while working as White House advisers to President Donald Trump, according to newly-released financial disclosure [Read More…]

Mattis not surprised by Trump’s call to end military exercises: Pentagon
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis was not surprised by President Donald Trump’s call to end U.S. military exercises with South Korea and had been consulted beforehand, a Pentagon official said Tuesday. As reports emerged [Read More…]

Backing-flipping FBI agent who accidentally shot Denver nightclub-goer surrenders
KMGH-TV(DENVER) — The FBI agent who accidentally shot a nightclub-goer when he did a backflip on a dance floor in Denver turned himself in Tuesday to face charges in connection with the incident, according to [Read More…]

The world watched: Trump-Kim summit drew global reaction, with many expressing cautious hope
iStock/Thinkstock(LONDON) — At all hours of the night, from all corners of the globe, the world watched. China praised the outcome of the summit, in which President Donald Trump pledged security guarantees to the North [Read More…]

Orlando marks solemn 2-year anniversary of Pulse nightclub massacre
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(ORLANDO, Fla.) — People in Orlando and across the country observed a moment of silence two years after 49 people were gunned down at Pulse nightclub. At noon, 149 churches in all 50 [Read More…]

5 moments you missed from the North Korea summit: The biggest developments from overnight
ABC News (NEW YORK) — They came. They shook. They made history. President Donald Trump became the first sitting U.S. president to meet with a North Korean head of state on Tuesday. The controversial summit, [Read More…]

Former police chief, officers allegedly framed teen for burglaries to keep crime stats up: Prosecutors
iStock/Thinkstock(MIAMI) — A former south Florida police chief and two of his officers are accused of framing a teenage boy for four burglaries in order to look like they had perfect burglary arrest statistics, according [Read More…]

Trump says he told Kim: ‘You could have the best hotels in the world,’ instead of testing missiles
Win McNamee/Getty Images(SENTOSA ISLAND, Singapore) — President Donald Trump told reporters Tuesday that he showed Kim Jong Un a “tape that was done on the highest level of future development” and made the pitch to [Read More…]