Celebrity Pardons, Season One: Despite saying drug dealers should be executed, President Trump yesterday pardoned a 63-year-old woman spending life in prison for being part of a cocaine ring. He did it after meeting recently with celebutante Kim Kardashian, who …

Japan Quake: Two serious earthquakes within 24 hours in Southern Japan have killed at least 32 people, injured 1,500, and left hundreds of thousands of people without water and electricity. Buildings, hillsides and highways collapsed. More than 200 homes and …

World: Leaders at the G-7 summit today in Germany are focusing on climate change and international terrorism. German Chancellor Angela Merkel wants to reach an agreement for limiting rising global temperatures and creating a fund to help poor countries hard …

—From Pilot Knob, NY.   Death Takes a Holiday: The Nebraska legislature yesterday acted on its word and voted to override Gov. Pete Ricketts’ veto, ending the state’s death penalty. Nebraska is the 19th state and the first Republican state …

—From Pilot Knob, NY.   Red Card: The international soccer federation FIFA is in crisis today after the arrest and indictment of officials by the US and the simultaneous launch of a criminal investigation in Switzerland. Investigators say FIFA is …

Friendly Fire: Five American Special Operations soldiers and one Afghan were killed by a “friendly” airstrike on their position. The team was conducting security operations prior to Saturday’s scheduled presidential runoff election when they came under attack by the Taliban. …