Viral News: May 2019

NASCAR notebook: Jones keeps on truckin' in Cup car

Erik Jones ran one NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series race last year, in a substitute role for Noah Gragson at Kyle Busch Motorsports.

from Reuters: Sports News https://reut.rs/2JP9Owc

Trump to end trade privileges for India on June 5

President Donald Trump said on Friday that the United States would end its preferential trade treatment for India on June 5.

from Reuters: Top News https://reut.rs/2QD9n8O

North Korea's Kim visits factories linked to missile launches

The factories have innocuous names, but analysts say several ostensibly civilian facilities visited by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un recently are also used to build ballistic missile launchers and other weapons.

from Reuters: Top News https://reut.rs/2JRHHMI

In swipe at China, U.S. defense chief warns of Asia instability

Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan suggested on Saturday that China was responsible for a range of destabilizing activities in Asia, stirring already heightened tensions between the world's two largest economies.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2Xh1tUV

Tony Soprano’s House Hits the Market

By STEFANOS CHEN from NYT Real Estate https://nyti.ms/2WDpOaz

Could Prostitution Be Next to Be Decriminalized?

By JESSE McKINLEY from NYT New York https://nyti.ms/2Ic4sYt

Justice Department Is Preparing Antitrust Investigation of Google

Justice Department Is Preparing Antitrust Investigation of Google
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Double bogey derails Woods as Rose roars into contention

Tiger Woods' challenge at the Memorial tournament in Ohio suffered a blow in the second round on Friday with a late double bogey that left him seven strokes off the lead while Justin Rose shot a best of the day 63 to haul himself back into contention.

from Reuters: Sports News https://reut.rs/2wshrzW

U.S. Justice Department prepares anti-trust investigation of Google: WSJ

The U.S. Justice Department is preparing an anti-trust investigation of Alphabet Inc's Google, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing sources.

from Reuters: Technology News https://reut.rs/2Z21FIh

12 dead, including suspect, in VA Beach shooting

A disgruntled city employee opened fire at the municipal center in Virginia Beach, Virginia, on Friday afternoon, killing 11 people and wounding at least six others before he was killed himself, authorities said. Shelia Cook, who works at the court house building nearby, said she could hear the shooting and Megan Banton, who works in the building where the shooting occurred, said she doesn't know what would possess someone to shoot at others. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

from Reuters Video: Latest Videos US https://reut.rs/2Z4t3Wf

U.S. tariff threat backs Mexican president into corner, facing Trump

U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to slap punitive tariffs on all Mexican trade if Mexico does not stop illegal immigration has punched a gaping hole in his Mexican counterpart's hands-off approach to diplomacy, with potentially ruinous consequences.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2QFfwl0

Amethyst: Data-driven game engine written in Rust

Amethyst: Data-driven game engine written in Rust
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11 Killed in Shooting at Virginia Beach Municipal Center, Officials Say

By CHRISTOPHER MELE from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2ELlD2u

Disgruntled city employee kills 11 in Virginia; suspect also killed

A disgruntled public utility employee "indiscriminately" opened fire at the municipal center in Virginia Beach, Virginia, on Friday afternoon, killing 11 people and wounding at least six others before he was killed himself, the city's police chief said.