Bombs: A powerful explosion injured 29 people last night in the Chelsea neighborhood of lower Manhattan, while in Seaside, NJ a bomb in a trash can went off without harm along the route of a 5K run. There’s no immediate …

Dallas: President Obama walked a fine line yesterday at the Dallas memorial for five murdered police officers, recognizing the loss while trying to be conciliatory and asking for understanding of people who have marched in protest of unjustified police killings. …

Hands Off: An international tribunal in The Hague has declared China’s claim to territory in the South China Sea to be invalid. China has built artificial islands with airstrips and interfered with fishermen. China has already rejected the ruling, which …

Black Lives: A video has been released showing two Baton Rouge police officers pinning a black man to the ground last night and shooting him dead. A voice on the tape says, “He’s got a gun. Gun,” before the shots …

Berned Out: Under heavy pressure to quit the presidential race, Bernie Sanders is scheduled to meet today with President Obama, who will lean on Sanders to throw his support to Hillary Clinton and allow the president to endorse her as …

Vietnam War Ends: President Obama announced overnight in Vietnam that the US is ending its ban on selling American weapons to that country. It’s a move against China, which has been bullying other countries in the region. “This change will …

The Circus: Donald Trump is defending himself against stories that he acted as his own PR agent under false names and that he has a long history of demeaning women. Saturday Night Live began with a skit of Trump making …

Tornado Alley: More severe weather and tornadoes are predicted today in the Ohio Valley and the southern Plains. Storms and tornadoes could stretch from west-central Texas to southern Iowa and western Illinois. It’s been a week of violent weather. At …

Burning Season: Authorities were working yesterday to finish the evacuation of work camps in the oil sands fields outside fire-ravaged Fort McMurray, Alberta. The fires, which have burned at least 400,000 acres, are reported to be nowhere near controlled and …

Nerd Prom: Larry Wilmore died and President Obama killed at the White House Correspondent’s dinner last night. It was Wilmore’s first and the president’s last appearance at the event. Maybe it was also Wilmore’s last appearance as well at the …