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DON'T FREAK OUT YET: Here's when you can tell if Donald Trump's poll surge is the real thing

BusinessInsider.com 

Carlo Allegri/REUTERS

A quick note on why I'm not freaking out, even as the polls show Donald Trump rapidly closing in on Hillary Clinton.

We're in a weird moment in the campaign. Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee. Clinton, technically, is not yet the Democratic nominee. This is a disadvantage for Clinton, but one that will persist only for a few more weeks.

Depending on the poll, something like 30% of Bernie Sanders supporters are still saying they won't vote for Clinton if she is nominated. Читать дальше...

Seoul shares dip to 3-month low on looming Fed rate hike

Yonhap News Agency (en) 

SEOUL, May 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed 0.9 percent lower Tuesday as concerns about a potential U.S. rate hike weighed on market sentiment here. The local currency sharply fell against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Sto

Samantha Bee explains how a strange art film turned the religious right against abortion

BusinessInsider.com 

"Full Frontal with Samantha Bee"/TBS/YouTube

On Tuesday's "Full Frontal," host Samantha Bee explained how a strange film rallied the religious right against abortion.

Bee continued last week's history lesson about the rise of the religious right by introducing sci-fi filmmaker Frank Schaeffer.

"One of the things that I did, back in the day, when I was young, was help found, start, begin what became known as the pro-life movement," Schaeffer said in a video. "It is the single biggest regret of my life."

Schaeffer... Читать дальше...



Hoax Bomb Threats Force Schools To Evacuate Across US And UK

yournewswire-com 

Hoax bomb threats lead to lockdowns and evacuations in dozens of elementary and high schools across both the US and UK on Monday. In the UK thousands of children in at least 21 schools were evacuated after bomb threats were phoned in to police. One anonymous caller said that the resulting shrapnel would “take children’s heads off.” Classes resumed only after police failed to find any explosives or other dangerous items. Today, nine more UK schools in Devon, North Wales, Northern Ireland, South Lanarkshire... Читать дальше...

Donald Trump faces key test in New Mexico

Yahoo Autos 

Donald Trump’s ability to unite a splintered Republican Party faces another crucial test Tuesday as the presumptive GOP presidential nominee makes his first visit to New Mexico, the most Hispanic state in the nation and where Latino Republicans have condemned his harsh rhetoric on immigration and other policies. The snub comes as Martinez, a longtime Trump critic who backed Florida Sen. Marco Rubio in the primary, has notably refused to line up behind the presumptive Republican presidential nominee... Читать дальше...

Teffi’s “Memories” and the Women of the Russian Revolution

The New Yorker 

In 1917, the Russian writer Teffi left her native St. Petersburg, which was experiencing severe shortages of food and fuel, for Moscow. There was bread in Moscow, but she felt that she was watching the city in its death throes, as the newly installed Bolsheviks rounded up their enemies. They were also closing the opposition papers that published her writing. In 1918, when a shady impresario offered her a reading engagement in Odessa, she accepted. Performers had freer access to visas for tours... Читать дальше...

RUMOURS: Mourinho wants Benzema at Man Utd

Goal.com 

The Real Madrid striker is wanted by the Portuguese, who is preparing to take over at Old Trafford following the sacking of Louis van Gaal, and a bid is in the pipeline

S. Korean envoy receives award from Rome

Yonhap News Agency (en) 

ROME, May 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Ambassador to Italy Lee Yong-joon on Monday received a Premio Simpatia 2016 award from the Rome city government for his contributions to disseminating Korean culture in the European country.

Bubba Smith had CTE

NBCSports.com 

The list of deceased NFL players officially diagnosed with Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy has now reached 90. Via Ken Belson of the New York Times, the late Bubba Smith has been diagnosed with CTE. Smith, who died in 2011, spent nine years in the NFL. The first overall pick in the 1967 draft, Smith played for the…

Macy's is making one fatal mistake about its customers

BusinessInsider.com 

Reuters

Retailers are obsessed with millennials.

People have put people in their 20s and early 30s under a microscope, obsessing about where they shop and what they want. Macy's in particular has aggressively invested in catering to their needs. 

But now, traditional retailers including Macy's, Nordstrom, and Kohl's are struggling in part because of a scary reality: millennials are seriously overrated as consumers.

A recent study by Forrester Research says that because consumers under 25 are strapped with debt... Читать дальше...

Paul Ryan’s Concern: Will Trump Respect Congress’s Power?

WSJ.com 

House Speaker Paul Ryan said his team was in discussions with the Trump campaign about the powers of Congress, an area in which presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump has raised eyebrows with his assertion of a muscular role for the president.

Cosby accuser says she was dizzy, felt 'like jelly'

Yahoo Autos 

Andrea Constand told authorities that Bill Cosby violated her sexually after giving her three blue pills that made her dizzy, blurry-eyed and sick to her stomach, her legs "like jelly," according ...





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