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• President Barack Obama always played a basketball match on election days.
• The games got pretty competitive, not least because Obama would trash talk his opponents after winning.
• During one game, an adversary accidentally elbowed Obama in the face and he required 12 stitches.
• "The only guy who ever clocked the president and didn’t get arrested," Obama joked at a tech conference in Las Vegas.

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Grayson Allen said Brandon Ingram looks stronger following his pre-draft workout with the Lakers.

NOBLESVILLE, Ind. – The teacher who tackled a shooter at Noblesville West Middle School and swatted the gun away has been identified by numerous parents and students as  seventh-grade science teacher and middle school football coach Jason Seaman, according to WXIN. A seventh-grader who was in the classroom where the shooting took place told WXIN the students were in class when the suspected shooter asked to be excused. He later returned with two handguns and opened fire. Students said a 13-year-old... Читать дальше...

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The Guelph Royals signed five players from the Dominican Republic after holding camps in the Caribbean country.

Two months after London-based Epiris paid about $167 million to acquire Time Inc. UK from Meredith Corp., a new name is being unveiled for the group — TI Media. The London-based magazine group was originally acquired by Time Warner in the 2001 for $1.6 billion when the British company was still known as IPC Media....

Obama’s former DNI Chief James Clapper told CNN last Thursday “it was a good thing” the FBI was spying on Trump’s campaign. This was after he initially denied the Intelligence Community was spying on Donald Trump. Clapper told CNN it was a good thing if the FBI had someone “observing” the Trump’s campaigns interaction with […]

My advice to the mayor: Get outta town. Take a long, long, long summer vacation to a more relaxing spot.

Judy George Bretschneider, a sex psychologist who switched to international dance as a means of bringing young people together, died May 19 at her home in San Francisco after a long battle with breast cancer. She was 63. Though never a dancer herself, “Miss Judy,” as Bretschneider was known to her students, was the co-founder of the Presidio Performing Arts Foundation, which operates the Presidio Dance Theatre. The company celebrated its 20th anniversary with a gala performance at the Palace of Fine Arts Theater... Читать дальше...

Readout

Office of the Spokesperson

Washington, DC

May 25, 2018

The below is attributable to Spokesperson Heather Nauert:

Secretary Pompeo spoke by phone today with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos. Secretary Pompeo and President Santos discussed the fraudulent elections held May 20 in Venezuela and the importance of standing together as democratic nations in support of the Venezuelan people and the restoration of their democracy. The... Читать дальше...

Readout

Office of the Spokesperson

Washington, DC

May 25, 2018

The below is attributable to Spokesperson Heather Nauert:

Secretary Pompeo spoke by phone today with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos. Secretary Pompeo and President Santos discussed the fraudulent elections held May 20 in Venezuela and the importance of standing together as democratic nations in support of the Venezuelan people and the restoration of their democracy. The... Читать дальше...

The U.S. had reached every World Cup since 1990 until it was eliminated in regional qualifying in 2017.

A’s Coverage:

• Game #50: A’s bullpen game worked (again!)
• Peterson: A’s get stadium advice from man who championed Petco Park...
• Slusser: At 37, A’s Santiago Casilla finally has his green card...
• Ross: Making the case for Blake Treinen as baseball’s most valuable closer...

MLB News:

• ESPN: Red Sox DFA Hanley Ramirez, activate Dustin Pedroia...
• AP: White Sox lefty Carlos Rodon leaves rehab start after taking line drive off forehead...
• ESPN... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Newly released emails show senior Environmental Protection Agency officials collaborating with a conservative group that dismisses climate change to rally like-minded people for public hearings on science and global warming, counter negative news coverage and tout Administrator Scott Pruitt's stewardship of the agency. The emails were obtained by the Environmental Defense Fund and the Southern Environmental Law Center through the Freedom of Information Act. The emails show John Kokus... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Newly released emails show senior Environmental Protection Agency officials collaborating with a conservative group that dismisses climate change to rally like-minded people for public hearings on science and global warming, counter negative news coverage and tout Administrator Scott Pruitt's stewardship of the agency. The emails were obtained by the Environmental Defense Fund and the Southern Environmental Law Center through the Freedom of Information Act. The emails show John Kokus... Читать дальше...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Pennsylvania man who pleaded guilty to fondling a sleeping woman during a flight from Las Vegas has been sentenced to live three months in a halfway house. Wei-Ming Shi, of Pittsburgh, was sentenced Friday in federal court. The 59-year-old Shi also was sentenced to one year of supervised release and ordered to pay a $5,000 fine for the simple assault on an aircraft. Prosecutors say a female passenger sitting next to Shi on a flight in August 2016 woke up to the man putting his hands under her dress on her inner thigh... Читать дальше...

Nicki Minaj and Eminem are dating, apparently.

Nicki posted a video on Instagram rapping to her verse in YG's single "Big Bank," captioning it with "Told'em I met Slim Shady. Bagged a EM!!!" The song also features Big Sean and 2 Chainz.

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#BIGBANK OUT NOW!!!!!! @yg @2chainz @bigsean 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Told’em I met Slim Shady. Bagged a EM!!! 🤑💵💸🤫

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One of the companies included in new US sanctions against Iran is Dena Airways, a small-fry operation that owns a single jet.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An international agency that sets standards for marine safety has approved two-way shipping routes into the Arctic Ocean through the Bering Strait. The International Maritime Organization, an arm of the United Nations, accepted routes proposed by the United States and Russia for safe navigation in the water between Alaska and Russia's Chukotskiy Peninsula. The action designated routes for northbound and southbound traffic on both sides of the Diomede Islands within the Bering Strait... Читать дальше...

TX Lake Charles LA Zone Forecast for Friday, May 25, 2018 _____ 335 FPUS54 KLCH 252047 ZFPLCH Zone Forecast Product National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 347 PM CDT Fri May 25 2018 TXZ180-261015- Tyler- Including the cities of Town Bluff, Fred, Hillister, Ivanhoe, Spurger, Warren, and Woodville 347 PM CDT Fri May 25 2018 .TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds up to 5 mph. .SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Читать дальше...

TX Corpus Christi TX Zone Forecast for Friday, May 25, 2018 _____ 689 FPUS54 KCRP 252048 ZFPCRP Zone Forecasts for The Coastal Bend and Rio Grande Plains National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 348 PM CDT Fri May 25 2018 TXZ343-261045- Coastal Nueces- Including the cities of Corpus Christi and Flour Bluff 348 PM CDT Fri May 25 2018 .TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph decreasing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight. .SATURDAY...Mostly... Читать дальше...

TX Amarillo TX Zone Forecast for Friday, May 25, 2018 _____ 350 FPUS54 KAMA 252048 ZFPAMA Zone Forecast Product for The Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles National Weather Service Amarillo TX 348 PM CDT Fri May 25 2018 TXZ012-017-261330- Potter-Randall- Including the cities of Amarillo and Canyon 348 PM CDT Fri May 25 2018 .TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 60s. West winds around 10 mph shifting to the southeast. .SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly... Читать дальше...