1. Paris Air Show: All eyes are on Boeing as the Paris Air Show kicks off Monday. The show is typically an opportunity for Boeing and Airbus to announce orders for hundreds of aircraft. That will be harder this year for the US jetmaker, which has halted deliveries of its 737 Max following two deadly…… MORE
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Xi gets Russian ice cream from ‘best and bosom friend’ Putin for his birthday
Chinese President Xi Jinping celebrated his 66th birthday Saturday alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin, who surprised him with ice cream, the Kremlin said in a statement. The two leaders met in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, where they were attending the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA). It marks their second meeting…… MORE
A man offered ‘Dad Hugs’ at a pride parade and he impacted a lot more people than he expected to
When Scott Dittman learned that his friend was going to the Pittsburgh Pride parade to give out embraces with the LGBTQ advocacy group Free Mom Hugs, he thought that it would be nice to give out some dad hugs, too. “My first thought was well if you had a hundred moms and a hundred dads…… MORE
What it takes to be an astronaut: the real ‘right stuff’
During the 1966 Gemini 8 mission, commanded by astronaut Neil Armstrong, an error caused the spacecraft to spin so violently that his and astronaut David Scott’s vision blurred. It was set to be the first space docking in history between two spacecraft, Gemini 8 and the Agena, during NASA’s second human spaceflight program. The astronauts…… MORE
A young boy learned self-defense after a home invasion years ago. Last week, he used a machete to fight off an intruder
This wasn’t the first time 11-year-old Braydon Smith’s home was broken into. But this time around, he was prepared. Braydon single-handedly defeated a suspected home intruder last week after hitting the 19-year-old trespasser on the head with a machete that was hanging on his wall. “It went by really fast and I knew that I…… MORE
Man who police say was killed after attacking an off-duty officer in Costco was a ‘gentle giant,’ cousin says
The cousin of a man shot and killed by an off-duty police officer in a California Costco has questions about what happened because the shooting victim was nonverbal and had an intellectual disability, according to a report by the Los Angeles Times. Police have said the victim, identified by the Corona Police Department as 32-year-old…… MORE
A suspected intruder who was hit in the head with a machete will make his first court appearance Monday
The last 72 hours have not gone according to plan for Jataveon Dashawn Hall. The 19-year-old is due in court Monday after a weekend during which, according to police, he broke into a home, was whacked in the back of the head by a machete-wielding 11-year-old boy, left a hospital wearing only gown and was…… MORE
Argentina does not believe a cyber attack caused massive blackout across South America
Argentina’s energy secretary said he does not believe a cyber attack caused a massive power outage that left tens of millions of people in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay in darkness for several hours on Sunday. “At this moment we do not rule out any possibilities but… a cyberattack is not within the preliminary alternatives being…… MORE
One person was killed and 7 other people were shot at a graduation party
Police are searching for a gunman who opened fire at a graduation party in Philadelphia Sunday night. One person was killed and seven others were injured in the shooting, according to Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross. Around 60 people were at the party when shots rang out, Ross said. Ross said that four of the…… MORE
Pollster shake-up casts shadow over Trump’s big 2020 launch
President Donald Trump plans to spend this week triumphantly setting course for a second term, but turmoil within his campaign is hinting at alarming liabilities in his bid for re-election. Trump aides said Sunday that several pollsters have paid with their jobs after revealing lagging early swing state data that raises doubts over Trump’s ability…… MORE
