Facebook(NEW YORK) — Facebook announced on Tuesday plans to unveil in 2020 a subsidiary called Calibra, which will allow access to Libra, a new digital currency. Calibra will work in concert with Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp, and as a standalone app, Facebook announced in a blog post. “Libra holds the potential to provide billions of …
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Jun 18
US Navy hospital ship begins deployment to help Venezuela refugees
U.S. Navy photo by Bill Mesta/Released(MIAMI) — The U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort is beginning a five-month humanitarian mission to the Caribbean, Central and South America to support medical systems, strained in part, by an increase in Venezuela refugees. It’s the ship’s second deployment of this kind in the last year. Vice President Mike …
Jun 18
Amazon blasts Ocasio-Cortez for claiming company pays workers ‘starvation wages’
Amazon(NEW YORK) — Amazon took to Twitter on Monday to refute a claim Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made during her interview on ABC’s This Week on Sunday that the company pays its workers “starvation wages.” “@AOC is just wrong,” Amazon tweeted from its @AmazonNews Twitter account. “Amazon is a leader on pay at $15 min wage …
Jun 18
NC teen recalls terrifying shark attack: ‘I just knew it was bad’
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A North Carolina teenager who survived a brutal shark attack earlier this month relived the terrifying moment in an exclusive interview with ABC News’ Good Morning America. Paige Winter, 17, was attacked while swimming in waist-deep waters off the coast of North Carolina on June 2. She lost two fingers and …
Jun 18
Severe flooding threat stretches from Texas to New Jersey
ABC News(NEW YORK) — As much as 10 inches of rain has fallen in the Ohio Valley since Friday, causing flooding, necessitating water rescues and creating a mudslide near Lexington, Kentucky. Parts of southern Indiana have seen 10 inches of rain, while up to half a foot fell in parts of Ohio. Other parts of …
Jun 18
Caregiver accused of trying to kill elderly couple with rat poison-laced cigarettes
MmeEmil/iStock(COAL TOWNSHIP, Pa.) — A caregiver is accused of trying to kill an elderly couple in Pennsylvania by lacing their cigarettes with rat poison. A 73-year-old woman in Northumberland County told authorities last Friday that she found an unknown green substance in cigarettes that were rolled for her by Tina Young, who takes care of …
Jun 17
US to send 1,000 additional troops to the Middle East as tensions escalate with Iran
Staff Sgt. Arielle Vasquez/U.S. Air Force(WASHINGTON) — The United States is sending 1,000 additional troops to the Middle East, amid rising tensions between the U.S. and Iran. The decision follows last week’s attack on two tankers in the Gulf of Oman that the U.S. blamed on Tehran, with the Pentagon releasing new images on Monday …
Jun 17
US blasts Iran’s ‘nuclear extortion,’ Pompeo plans to meet American military leaders
CIL868/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Hours after Iran threatened to increase its enrichment levels, the Trump administration called on Tehran not to break its commitments under the Iran nuclear deal, despite the U.S. withdrawal from the accord. Iran’s threat comes after mounting economic pressure from the U.S. and heightened tensions between the two countries. Secretary of State Mike …
Jun 17
Explosion levels home in New Jersey, off-duty officer pulls injured victim from rubble
WABC-TV(RIDGEFIELD, N.J.) — An explosion brought down a Ridgefield, New Jersey, house on Monday, covering the road, backyard and surrounding property with debris. Police, fire and PSE&G officials arrived at the multi-floor, single family home shortly before 11:30 a.m. An off-duty police officer who lives a block away rushed to the scene and pulled a …
Jun 17
Alleged Dallas gunman Brian Isaack Clyde opens fire outside federal courthouse, dies in gunbattle
tirc83/iStock(DALLAS) — A gunman who appeared to be wearing tactical gear and wielding an assault rifle opened fire outside a federal courthouse in Dallas Monday morning, but no one aside from the alleged shooter appeared to be injured in the incident, police said. Police responded to what they called an active shooter incident at the …