Friday, June 10, 2016
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By Lauren Weber
OBAMA, BIDEN, WARREN BACK CLINTON Here's what President Barack Obama's endorsement translates to in key states for Hillary Clinton. And following her backing of Clinton last night, Elizabeth Warren will meet with her this morning. [NYT]
OBAMA BROADENS TROOPS' ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN "President Barack Obama has approved giving the U.S. military greater ability to accompany and enable Afghan forces battling a resilient Taliban insurgency, in a move to assist them more proactively on the battlefield, a U.S. official told Reuters." [Reuters]
USA TODAY: DONALD TRUMP DOESN'T PAY HIS BILLS An investigation into the hundreds who say Trump threatens to sue when they try to collect. [USA Today]
CLINTON'S EMAILS INVOLVED DRONE STRIKES The emails at the center of the FBI probe reportedly revolve around drone strikes in Pakistan. [WSJ]
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ADVISES DELAYING PREGNANCY IN AREAS WITH ZIKA "The advice affects millions of couples in 46 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean where Zika transmission is occurring or expected. According to a recent study, more than five million babies are born each year in parts of the Western Hemisphere where the mosquitoes known to spread the virus are found." [WaPo]
ADVERTISING TO DETER Inside the use of the world's least-favorite color on cigarettes in the U.K. [CNN]
'CHOOSING A SCHOOL FOR MY DAUGHTER IN A SEGREGATED CITY' "We each came from working-class roots, fought our way into the middle class and had no family wealth or safety net to fall back on. Faraji believed that our gains were too tenuous to risk putting our child in anything but a top-notch school." [NYT]
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INTRODUCING HUFFPOST'S 'JOURNEY BEYOND THE BINARY' "This editorial effort [will] bring diverse trans and gender non-conforming voices to the HuffPost Blog during and after Pride month. Participants are encouraged to write about their lived experience -- about family, love, relationships, sex, careers -- which can include, but is not limited to, individual journeys regarding gender identity." [HuffPost]
INSIDE A GOOGLE COFOUNDER'S PERSONAL MISSION TO MAKE FLYING CARS Cue "The Jetsons" theme song. [Bloomberg]
'MOVIES AS WE KNOW THEM ARE DEAD' "As franchises became the film business’ linchpin throughout the 2000s, mid-budget adult movies (costing roughly $10 million to $60 million) steadily grew extinct." [HuffPost]
COULD DONALD TRUMP BE HENRY FORD 2.0? A look at the similarities between the two very successful businessmen who wanted to be president. [Priceonomics]
YOU CAN BLAME PIGS FOR SPREADING QUITE A FEW PATHOGENS Oink. [Nautilus]
THIS ISN'T A GIANT BUBBLE BATH Check out this onslaught of sea foam in Australia. [HuffPost]
FROM WATCHING 'STAR TREK' TO FINDING PLANETS "Michelle Kunimoto, while working under University of British Columbia professor Jaymie Matthews, was searching through data from NASA’s Kepler Mission in hopes of finding planets other researchers may have missed, the school reported last week. But she didn’t just find one -- she found four potential new exoplanets, or planets outside the solar system, which are considered “planet candidates” until independently confirmed." [HuffPost]
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~ British ships are breaking down because of high water temperatures, which is a sorry place to be for the world's former pre-eminent naval power.
~ Jennifer Lawrence added another Oscar siren song to her dance card. She's set to play Elizabeth Holmes, whose net worth from her company Thernos has gone from $4.5 billion to $0.
~ A look at John Kasich's sort-of undead campaign.
~ Here are the answers to all your wedding guest questions because the season is upon us. Bookmark it.
~ We're with the internet: Steph Curry's new shoes have got to go.
~ Obama slow-jammed the news on Fallon last night, which is always worth the watch.
~ We could hardly make it through the trailer for Netflix's new, incredibly creepy series starring Winona Ryder. Nightmares might follow.
~ How the EGOT (winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony) became the crowning achievement in the entertainment industry.
~ In futility news, a seven-person tricycle that costs $20,000 exists.
~ The death of the period can be blamed on Gchat.
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