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• Watch Trump Tout 'Very Nice Letter' From Kim Jong Un, Then Say He Hasn't Opened It
• Busboy who held dying RFK speaks of lingering pain
• E. Coli Outbreak Linked to Romaine Lettuce Is Deadliest in Decades
• Niall Ferguson leaves Stanford role after ordering 'opposition research' on a student in free speech row
• Venezuela says group of Maduro opponents released from jail
• 30-year-old leaves parents' home with help from Alex Jones
• Saudi king replaces labor minister, promotes culture, environment
• AD Celebrates the Grand Opening of the California Closets TriBeCa Flagship
• Donald Trump confirms meeting with Kim Jong-un will take place

Watch Trump Tout 'Very Nice Letter' From Kim Jong Un, Then Say He Hasn't Opened It Posted: 02 Jun 2018 12:14 PM PDT President Donald Trump on Friday talked warmly to reporters about the "very This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Busboy who held dying RFK speaks of lingering pain Posted: 02 Jun 2018 11:08 AM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — Juan Romero was a teenage Mexican immigrant working as a hotel busboy 50 years ago when he was thrust into one of the seminal moments of the decade. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

E. Coli Outbreak Linked to Romaine Lettuce Is Deadliest in Decades Posted: 02 Jun 2018 07:28 AM PDT The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Friday confirmed four more deaths and 35 new cases in the E. coli outbreak from tainted romaine lettuce, bringing the death toll to five and t... This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Niall Ferguson leaves Stanford role after ordering 'opposition research' on a student in free speech row Posted: 02 Jun 2018 04:36 AM PDT Niall Ferguson, the prominent British historian, has left his role with a Stanford university free speech initiative after leaked emails showed him suggesting "opposition research" be carried out on a left-wing student. Ferguson resigned from a leadership position on the Cardinal Conversations programme at at the institution in California, which invites guest speakers from across the political spectrum to give talks. The academic said he had made an "error of judgment" but had been "deeply concerned" by the reaction on campus against a talk by Charles Murray, the controversial social scientist, who spoke on February 22. Ferguson said he acted because he believed the Cardinal Conversations programme was being taken over by "elements fundamentally hostile to free speech". His resignation from the programme's committee came against a background of controversy over free speech at universities in the US and UK. Last month Sam Gyimah, the British higher education minister, warned against left-wing bias on campuses, "institutional hostility" to unfashionable views, and the "danger of a mono-culture" where only certain views were accepted. Ferguson's leaked emails showed him in communication with conservative students including the president of Stanford College Republicans Credit: Getty In the US last year Berkeley cancelled speeches by two conservative political commentators after protesters set fires and caused $100,000 in damage. Ferguson's leaked emails, published by The Stanford Daily, showed him in communication with conservative students including John Rice-Cameron, president of Stanford College Republicans, who is the son of Barack Obama's former national security adviser Susan Rice. A subject of discussion was left-wing activist student Michael Ocon, who was referred to as "Mr O". In one email Ferguson wrote that "some opposition research on Mr. O might also be worthwhile" and a research assistant replied they would "get on the opposition research for Mr. O." Opposition research is the practice of collecting information on a political opponent or other adversary that can be used to discredit or otherwise weaken them. In another Ferguson wrote: "Now we turn to the more subtle game of grinding them down on the committee. The price of liberty is eternal vigilance." Rice-Cameron, added: "Slowly, we will continue to crush the Left's will to resist, as they will crack under pressure." Ferguson suggested that the original Cardinal Conversations steering committee "should all be allies against O. Whatever your past differences, bury them. Unite against the SJWs (social justice warriors)." He also indicated that someone with a position at a Christian student publication was "especially good and will intimidate them". The Cardinal Conversations initiative was launched in January as a "thought-provoking community discussion of key issues across the political spectrum". Ferguson, a senior fellow of the Hoover Institution, Stanford, and at the Center for European Studies, Harvard, said his emails had been prompted by the opposition to Murray's visit. In a statement to The Telegraph he said: "I very much regret the publication of these emails. I also regret having written them.    "Having put a great deal effort into creating and organising Cardinal Conversations, I was deeply concerned by the events before, during and after the event that took place on February 22. "It seemed to me that the Cardinal Conversations student steering committee was in danger of being taken over by elements that were fundamentally hostile to free speech." He added: "It was, however, rash of me to seek to involve the Stanford Republicans, and reckless to use such inflammatory language. Realising subsequently that I had made a serious error of judgment, I resigned from Cardinal Conversations. "I remain hopeful that Cardinal Conversations will continue to foster free speech on the Stanford campus." This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Venezuela says group of Maduro opponents released from jail Posted: 02 Jun 2018 03:00 AM PDT A group of jailed opponents of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, including a former mayor of the city of San Cristobal, have been released, the leader of the pro-Maduro Constituent Assembly announced Friday. The ex-mayor, Daniel Ceballos, had been held at the Helicoide, the Sebin intelligence service's detention site in the capital Caracas. Critics say the site is used by Maduro to crack down on his opponents. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

30-year-old leaves parents' home with help from Alex Jones Posted: 01 Jun 2018 10:09 PM PDT CAMILLUS, N.Y. (AP) — The 30-year-old man whose eviction from his parents' suburban home drew national attention finally left Friday, hours before a court-ordered deadline, with financial help from right-wing radio host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Saudi king replaces labor minister, promotes culture, environment Posted: 01 Jun 2018 09:01 PM PDT By Stephen Kalin and Marwa Rashad RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Saturday replaced the labor minister and set up new government bodies to promote culture and protect the environment as the kingdom seeks to modernize and create jobs for an overwhelmingly young population. Private sector businessman Ahmed bin Suleiman al-Rajhi was named minister of labor and social development, succeeding Ali bin Nasser al-Ghafis, according to royal orders published by state media. Getting hundreds of thousands of unemployed Saudis into the workforce is a major challenge for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who oversees economic policy for the world's top oil exporter, where unemployment stands at 12.8 percent. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

AD Celebrates the Grand Opening of the California Closets TriBeCa Flagship Posted: 01 Jun 2018 05:10 PM PDT This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Donald Trump confirms meeting with Kim Jong-un will take place Posted: 01 Jun 2018 03:25 PM PDT President Donald Trump has said that that a proposed summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is back on - little more than a week after announcing he was pulling out of the historic summit. A whirlwind few days of diplomacy, which included high-level meetings in Singapore, the Korean demilitarised zone (DMZ) and New York - reached its peak on Friday with a top North Korean official walking into the Oval Office and handing a letter from Mr Kim to the president. "We will be meeting on June 12 in Singapore", Mr Trump said after meeting for well over an hour with the highest-ranking North Korean official to visit the White House in 18 years when Bill Clinton was in office. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

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