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VOA chief national correspondent/former White House bureau chief; Author, ‘Behind the White House Curtain.’ Adjunct asst. professor, Shenandoah Univ.; Adjunct lecturer in journalism, Univ. of Richmond; 2022-23 https://journa.host/@JURISTnews journalist-in-residence, Univ. of Pittsburgh School of Law; Kiplinger Fellow, Ohio Univ.; American Foreign Service Assoc. governing board; Nevada Broadcasters Assoc. Hall of Fame; W7VOA on ham radio.

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"The possession of space reconnaissance capabilities necessary for operational purposes is a struggle to protect our independent rights that can never be given up or exchanged for anything, and is an essential and a prerequisite for our national sovereignty and self-defense,' says North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in a speech after the failed launch of a military spy satellite. http://kcna.kp/kp/article/q/747e9076053e9241723d3f704b1dfea4.kcmsf

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There’s been an explosion in an office building containing a bank branch in downtown Youngstown in Ohio. There are casualties. https://www.wkbn.com/news/local-news/gas-explosion-in-youngstown-ohio/crews-respond-to-downtown-youngstown-for-report-of-explosion/

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DoD confirms the temporary Gaza pier built by the US military has broken apart. https://www.c-span.org/video/?c5118934/pentagon-expects-gaza-temporary-pier-repairs-week

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US Coast Guard says its cutters, in the past week, repatriated 136 migrants to the Dominican Republic following three separate interdictions of "unlawful, irregular migration attempts" near Puerto Rico. https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/3789058/coast-guard-repatriates-136-migrants-to-dominican-republic-following-3-separate/

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The White House is glad that the IDF is investigating the "horrific" loss of life at the tent encampment in Rafah after the Israeli airstrike, White House NSC spokesman John Kirby. "We don't want to see a single more innocent life taken."

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US Treasury OFAC announces sanctioning of three individuals and their Thailand-based entities for activities of a malicious botnet tied to the residential proxy service known as 911 S5. https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20240528_33

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CBP says it has intercepted more than $1 million worth of sports championship rings. https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/counterfeit-championship-rings-worth-over-13-million-seized-cincinnati

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UN secretary-general "strongly condemns the attempted launch of another military satellite using ballistic missile technology by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Any launch by the DPRK using ballistic missile technology is contrary to the relevant Security Council resolutions."

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Pope Francis apologizes for using a homophobic slur in Italian to refer to gay men. https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-05/pope-francis-apology-italian-bishops-conference.html

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@shoq I am not going to post the term online for sake of getting angry responses. But see this Reuters article: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/pope-used-vulgar-italian-word-refer-lgbt-people-italian-newspapers-report-2024-05-27/

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@RevLindsay I'm just the messenger here that he indirectly apologized.

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Politico - A pervasive sense of fear has settled in at the highest levels of the Democratic Party over President Joe Biden’s reelection prospects, even among officeholders and strategists who had previously expressed confidence about the coming battle with Donald Trump. https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/28/democrats-freakout-over-biden-00160047?nname=playbook&nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&nrid=c00999ed-95f4-4bf4-ac82-11dc95f6dc6a&nlid=630318

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J&J pays $1.25 billion to acquire rights to an experimental treatment for atopic dermatitis. https://www.numab.com/wp-content/uploads/240528_PRR_Numab-Therapeutics-Announces-JnJ-to-Acquire-YJT.pdf

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"You should hold them accountable. This was totally preventable," says former ARRL Director Ria Jairam, N2RJ, of the extended cyber woes that have crippled the key US amateur radio organization's online operations, including its widely used Logbook of the World. https://open.substack.com/pub/n2rj/p/arrls-cyber-woes?r=1g77q&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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Truth Social struggling to hang onto its small US user base. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/24/truth-social-traffic-trump-media-djt-data.html

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Tourists have literally punched holes in a Japanese town’s plan to prevent them from becoming nuisances in their quest to take photos of Mount Fuji. https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15283511

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A record 190 tons of methamphetamine was seized in East and Southeast Asia in 2023, announces the UNODC. https://www.unodc.org/roseap/uploads/documents/Publications/2024/Synthetic_Drugs_in_East_and_Southeast_Asia_2024.pdf

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“The word tragic doesn’t even begin to describe it,” Vice President Kamala Harris tells reporters about the Israeli airstrike in Rafah.

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Trump asks judge in classified documents case to sanction the special counsel for “improperly” requesting a gag order be imposed on the former president. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653.583.0_1.pdf

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Meanwhile, in NYC…

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(AP) — Iran has further increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels, according to a confidential report on Monday by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog. https://apnews.com/article/2190f0d7247a6160fb13f28304d4b6ad

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Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu terms the civilian casualties caused in the targeted killing of senior Hamas figures in Rafah today a tragic mishap. https://www.ynetnews.com/category/3089#skgywqmna

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“The images from the camp are horrific and point to no apparent change in the methods and means of warfare used by Israel that have already led to so many civilian deaths,” says UN Human Rights chief Volker Türk. “Sunday’s strike underscores once again that there is literally no safe place in Gaza.”

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