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TIME The Environment Is the Silent Casualty of Beijing's Ambitions in the South China Sea TIME From his living room in the Chinese fishing port of Tanmen, Pu Xidong offers up a giant-clam shell for $1,200 — a great deal, he says, for a bivalve that can live up to 100 years. Or how about a bloom of endangered red coral for a little less cash? US naval, air maneuvers become 'new normal' in Asia PacificWashington Post The contest for international support on the South China Sea disputesRappler China is preparing to 'pressure' the US on maritime issuesBusiness Insider New York Times -Sputnik International -Forbes -The Straits Times all 136 news articles » Source

RT German MPs receive threatening emails over plans to recognize Armenian genocide RT Thousands of emails have been reportedly sent out by the Turkish community to German MPs, threatening the politicians and calling them names in connection with Berlin's latest attempts to recognize the 1915 Armenian genocide. Berlin is looking to adopt ... and more » Source

BT.com Could Australian-style points-based immigration system follow Brexit? BT.com The right to come to the UK would be based on skills as is the case Down Under. 0. Share this. Facebook; Twitter; Google plus; Email; Share. 0. Could Australian-style points-based immigration system follow Brexit? Facebook; Twitter; Google; Email. The Brexit campaign's new immigration plan could block migrants for 2 main reasonsBusiness Insider Australia Boris Johnson, Michael Gove and Gisela Stuart say Brits must take back control of BritainThe Sun all 70 news articles » Source

Minneapolis Star Tribune Civil rights inquiry due in Minneapolis police shooting News On 6 Taiwan's foreign ministry has confirmed a report that a former tycoon wanted on allegations of embezzlement and fraud was killed in a car accident in California. He had been hiding for years in the United States.More >>. A former tycoon who was one of ... FBI to reveal results of civil rights investigation into Jamar Clark's deathMinneapolis Star Tribune Sources: Federal Investigation Into Jamar Clark Shooting CompleteCBS Local Announcement in Jamar Clark case coming Wed.KARE KSTP.com all 8 news articles » Google

Washington Post Danny Valencia keeps up hot hitting to lead A's past Twins 7-4 San Jose Mercury News OAKLAND -- Danny Valencia's month of May started with him completing a stint on the disabled list. Ever since then, he's been dismantling American League pitching, including three RBI in Tuesday's 7-4 win over the Minnesota Twins. The third baseman ... Valencia, Vogt pace A's over Twins for 4th straight winSFGate all 8 news articles » Google

Yahoo Sports (blog) The Walk Off: Dodgers finally end Jake Arrieta's impressive streak Yahoo Sports (blog) Welcome to The Walk Off, the nightly MLB recap from Big League Stew. Here we'll look the top performers of the night, show you a must-see highlight and rundown the scoreboard. First, we start with a game you need to know about. Give credit to Jake Arrieta. and more » Google

MLive.com Tigers lose slugfest as Anibal Sanchez struggles again MLive.com ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The offense returned for the Detroit Tigers, in long-ball form to boot, but Anibal Sanchez continued his descent. And it just might have hit rock bottom. Sanchez was tattooed for eight hits and three home runs before he was yanked ... and more » Google

Michigan's Romero named ASA/USA Softball Player of the Year USA TODAY OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Michigan infielder Sierra Romero has been named the Amateur Softball Association/USA Softball National Collegiate Player of the Year. The senior ranks in the top 10 nationally with a .465 batting average, 19 home runs and a .585 ... and more » Google

ESPN USA Softball names Michigan's Sierra Romero top college player ESPN Michigan second baseman Sierra Romero was named the USA Softball national collegiate player of the year on Tuesday night, and now she wants more. "It's an unreal feeling to win the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award," said Romero, who ... Michigan's Romero named ASA/USA Softball Player of the YearUSA TODAY Michigan's Sierra Romero is the college softball player of the yearLos Angeles Times Sierra Romero becomes Michigan softball's first-ever national player of the yearMLive.com Detroit Free Press -The Detroit News -WWMT-TV -Press-Enterprise all 15 news articles » Google

New York Times SEC Expected to Exclude Transfers Who Have a History of Violence New York Times The Southeastern Conference's commissioner, Greg Sankey, last week. “Our policies will become more clear this week,” he said Tuesday. Credit Brynn Anderson/Associated Press. SANDESTIN, Fla. — Years ago, when he first began chasing down high ... Five things to keep an eye on at SEC's spring meetingsESPN (blog) SEC commissioner Greg Sankey: League may tweak rules governing transfers who faced disciplinary actionThe Advocate Sankey says no on Auburn to SEC East rumorsMontgomery Advertiser STLtoday.com -Roll 'Bama Roll -The Ledger -Knoxville News Sentinel all 21 news articles » Google

Washington Post Trump involved in crafting controversial Trump University ads, executive testified Washington Post Donald Trump was personally involved in devising the marketing strategy for Trump University, even vetting potential ads, according to newly disclosed sworn testimony from the company's top executive taken as part of an ongoing lawsuit. In the ... Ex-Employees Criticize Trump University, Calling It 'Scheme' and 'Total Lie'Wall Street Journal Inside The Trump University 'Playbook'Huffington Post 'Trump University' Documents Put On Display Aggressive Sales TechniquesNPR NBCNews.com -New York Times -The Atlantic -Fox News all 316 news articles » Source

Washington Post Trump involved in crafting controversial Trump University ads, executive testified Washington Post Donald Trump was personally involved in devising the marketing strategy for Trump University, even vetting potential ads, according to newly disclosed sworn testimony from the company's top executive taken as part of an ongoing lawsuit. In the ... Court Documents Reveal How Trump University Staffers Sold the BrandNBCNews.com 'Trump University' Documents Put On Display Aggressive Sales TechniquesNPR Documents show aggressive sales tactics at Trump UniversityFox News New York Times -Huffington Post -New York Daily News -ABC News all 281 news articles » Google

NEW YORK (AP) — More than a dozen big checks flowed out of New York last week, bound for veterans’ charities from Donald Trump. On Tuesday, he announced he had made good on his promise of last January to give the groups millions of dollars from a highly publicized fundraiser. The announcement by the presumptive Republican presidential candidate came in the midst of a 40-minute rant against “dishonest” and “sleazy” reporters who have been pressing the issue. NEW YORK, NY – MAY 31: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a news conference at Trump Tower where he addressed issues about the money he pledged to donate to veterans groups following a skipped a debate in January before the Iowa caucuses on May 31, 2016 in New York City. Trump had previously said he had raised $6 million at the nationally broadcast fund-raiser he attended instead of the debate and that he would donate it all to veterans groups. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) The largest donation, a $1 million check dated May 24 and drawn from Donald J. Trump’s personal account, was addressed to a small Tuckahoe, New York, group that provides scholarships to the children of fallen Marines. Trump had been interviewed that same day by The Washington Post, which for weeks had been raising questions about where the promised money was, urging him to disclose recipients of the millions raised during a splashy telethon-style fundraiser he held in Iowa in January in place of a Fox debate he was boycotting. At a news conference Tuesday, Trump released a list of 41 groups he said had received $5.6 million. “Most of the money went out quite a while ago,” Trump said. “Some of it went out more recently. But all of this has gone out.” Throughout Tuesday’s confrontational event, Trump repeatedly slammed the media as “unbelievably dishonest” for its treatment of the issue and dismissed an ABC reporter as “a sleaze.” He said many times that he didn’t want credit for the fundraising but seemed peeved that he wasn’t thanked for it. “Instead of being like, ‘Thank you very much, Mr. Trump,’ or ‘Trump did a good job,’ everyone’s saying: ‘Who got it? Who got it? Who got it?’ And you make me look very bad,” Trump complained, taking on reporters in the room. “I have never received such bad publicity for doing such a good job.” The Associated Press spoke or left messages with each of the organizations Trump named. Of the 30 groups that responded by Tuesday, about half said they had received checks from Trump just last week. Several said the checks were dated on or about May 24 — the date as Trump’s interview with the Post — and shipped out overnight. Among them was the big check from Trump himself, written to the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation. Trump’s campaign had previously told the newspaper that his promised $1 million personal donation had already been distributed. Though the foundation had received a $100,000 check from Trump’s charity in March, last week’s $1 million donation came as something of a surprise. “It is obviously a wonderful donation,” said Sue Boulhosa, the group’s executive director and sole employee. She said the group had “an inkling” that more might come but the amount was a happy surprise. Trump has a longstanding relationship with the group, which Boulhosa said typically raises a total of between $2 million and $3 million a year. The foundation had presented Trump with an award at its 2015 gala held at a New York hotel. Appearing on CNN Tuesday, Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton said she was glad Trump had given out the promised money. “The problem here is the difference between what Donald Trump says and what Donald Trump does,” Clinton said. “He’s bragged for months about raising $6 million for vets and donating $1 million himself, but it took a reporter to shame him into actually making the contribution.” Trump’s campaign manager Corey Lewandowski had originally told the Post that the event had raised about $4.5 million — less than the $6 million originally announced by Trump — because some who’d pledged had backed out. Lewandowski also said all the money had been given out. Trump had claimed during the fundraiser that he’d raised $6 million through a combination of pledges from wealthy friends, the public and $1 million from himself. But the campaign refused for months to disclose which charities had received the money, leading to questions about whether the money raised was less than he had said. “It was very unfair that the press treated us so badly,” Trump complained Tuesday. He suggested he had hoped to keep the donations private. However, Trump hadn’t appeared shy about giving away poster-sized checks at campaign events in the weeks after the fundraiser. On Jan. 30, just before the campaign’s leadoff caucuses in Iowa, he gave a $100,000 check to the Puppy Jake Foundation, which provides service dogs to wounded veterans. Representatives from the foundation, accompanied by several service dogs, accepted the check at the Adler Theater in Davenport, Iowa, where Trump was being interviewed on stage by Jerry Falwell Jr. The next day, in Council Bluffs, Trump presented another check, also for $100,000, to Partners for Patriots, which also provides service dogs to disabled veterans. The public presentations trickled off within days, though some of the groups contacted by the AP did report receiving checks in February, March and April. But the biggest batch appeared to have gone out around May 24, with several of the groups saying they had no contact with the Trump organization before that. Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks denied Tuesday that timing had anything to do with questions from the media. “Mr. Trump’s team worked very hard to complete this lengthy process prior to Memorial Day Weekend,” she said. The campaign also said it had taken months to carefully vet each of the groups receiving money. — Read more stories from TheBlaze SiriusXM Temporarily Suspends Glenn Beck Over Brad Thor’s Comments About Trump: ‘This Is NOT What He Meant’ Glenn Beck Skewers Rubio For Supporting Trump: ‘You Have No Credibility With Me Any More’ ‘The End of Moral Absolutes?’: As ‘Christian Morality Is Being Ushered Out,’ New Study Reveals Where Americans Stand on Ethics Famed Physicist Stephen Hawking Weighs in on Trump: ‘He’s a Demagogue…’ Trump Goes After ABC Reporter in Middle of Press Conference on Veteran Donations: ‘You’re a Sleaze’ Source

Fort Worth Star Telegram At Fort Worth schools' first forum on transgender rules, overwhelming opposition Fort Worth Star Telegram The Fort Worth school district's transgender policy was the object of ardent opposition Tuesday during a public forum in which participants said they fear predators will exploit the rules to abuse girls and that boys will say they are transitioning ... and more » Google

The Times of Israel Israel hosts first-ever anti-BDS conference at UN The Times of Israel Attendees of the first-ever anti-BDS summit at the UN General Assembly, May 31,2016. (Shahar Azran). Newsroom. Email the Newsroom · Facebook · Twitter. Related Topics. UN United Nations; Danny Danon · BDS Boycott Divestment Sanctions. UNITED ... and more » Source

Braves Muster Just One Hit, Lose to Giants, 4-0 CBS Local ATLANTA — Jake Peavy celebrated his 36th birthday by throwing seven scoreless innings, getting a hit and scoring a run in the San Francisco Giants' 4-0 win over the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday at Turner Field. Giants relievers George Kontos, Josh Osich, ... and more » Google

Libertarian Party presidential nominee Gov. Gary Johnson said that according to the results of an online quiz he took, he agrees with Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders on “73 percent” of the issues during an interview Tuesday on C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal.” Johnson said he took the quiz on ISideWith.com to determine which candidate he “sides with,” and he had a great deal in common with the self-described “democratic socialist” senator from Vermont. US Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson walks in Lafayette Park across from the White House during an interview with AFP in Washington, DC, on May 9, 2016. (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images) “Of course I side with myself 100 percent of the time, but interestingly, of all the presidential candidates, I next side with Bernie Sanders at 73 percent,” Johnson said. “Now, that’s the side of Bernie that has to do with pro-choice, pro-marriage equality, let’s stop with the military interventions, that there is crony capitalism, that government really isn’t fair when it comes to this level playing field, um, legalize marijuana.” “Look, 73 percent of what Bernie says I agree with,” he added. “We come to a ‘T’ in the road when it comes to economics. I would really argue that if we absolutely had a fair system of economics, that free markets, that we would do a lot better than going down the path of socialism.” Johnson said that socialism and libertarianism can coincide as long as it’s “voluntary.” “But, when it’s forced, that’s tyranny. So, that’s the libertarian perspective, but I think there’s so much in common, that just factually speaking, take a look, take a look, Bernie Sanders supporters, take a look at who you next side with.” Johnson secured the Libertarian nomination Sunday at the party’s convention. Watch below: — Follow Kate Scanlon (@kgscanlon) on Twitter Read more stories from TheBlaze SiriusXM Temporarily Suspends Glenn Beck Over Brad Thor’s Comments About Trump: ‘This Is NOT What He Meant’ Glenn Beck Skewers Rubio For Supporting Trump: ‘You Have No Credibility With Me Any More’ ‘The End of Moral Absolutes?’: As ‘Christian Morality Is Being Ushered Out,’ New Study Reveals Where Americans Stand on Ethics Famed Physicist Stephen Hawking Weighs in on Trump: ‘He’s a Demagogue…’ Trump Goes After ABC Reporter in Middle of Press Conference on Veteran Donations: ‘You’re a Sleaze’ Source

AL.com Markale Hart on shooting, killing former Auburn player Jakell Mitchell: "I ain't have no other choice" AL.com Hart testified during a prosecutorial immunity hearing in Auburn on Tuesday that will determine whether or not charges could be dismissed based on Alabama's Stand Your Ground law. Hart, who pleaded not guilty in November 2015 to Mitchell's murder, has ... Man Seeks Immunity in Auburn Player's Shooting DeathABC News Suspect in AU football player's death seeks to use 'stand your ground' lawWTVM Markale Hart takes stand during immunity hearingOpelika Auburn News WRBL all 5 news articles » Google

Seaplane overturns on lake in Rindge; no one hurt The Union Leader RINDGE - Rescue crews say no one was injured when a seaplane overturned on Lake Monomonac in Rindge Tuesday night. Rescue crews responded to a report of an overturned seaplane in the area of 49 Conifer Road around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. and more » Google

SFGate Wayward sea lion pup wanders onto SF beach stairwell SFGate San Francisco patrol officers, moved after discovering a baby sea lion shivering on a stairwell at Ocean Beach in the middle of the night, kept the frightened pinniped warm until rescue workers arrived in the morning to save it, authorities said Tuesday. Sea lion pup 'George' rescued by San Francisco policeKHOU.com San Francisco police rescue baby sea lion at beachKRON4.com Officers find shivering sea lion in San Francisco stairwellQuincy Herald Whig NBC Bay Area -San Francisco Examiner -Richmond District Blog (blog) all 12 news articles » Google

KERO 23ABC News Detective whose story told in McFarland USA pleads guilty Washington Post BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — An ex-detective who was on the championship 1987 track team depicted in the movie “McFarland USA” has pleaded guilty to bribery and drug charges while he was with the Bakersfield Police Department. Damacio Diaz, was charged ... Second former BPD detective accepts plea deal, could face life sentenceBakersfield Now Former BPD detective pleads guilty to three felony charges inKern Golden Empire Former BPD detective Patrick Mara linked to Damacio Diaz caseKERO 23ABC News all 13 news articles » Google

Washington Post Kelvin Benjamin Rejoins a Panthers Offense That Stayed Potent Without Him New York Times Now the question becomes how the Carolina Panthers will use Benjamin, a 6-foot-5, 250-pound wide receiver, next season. Benjamin missed the Panthers' 17-2 season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in training camp last summer. Kelvin Benjamin not wearing brace; Cam Newton again wearing bandanaESPN (blog) Kelvin Benjamin Comments on Recovery from Knee Surgery, Panthers OTAsBleacher Report WR Benjamin wants to fit into role with Panthers next seasonWashington Post NBCSports.com -WCVB Boston -Panthers.com -Sporting News all 19 news articles » Google

Fox News host Greg Gutfeld unloaded on Katie Couric for edits in her documentary “Under the Gun” during a scathing monologue Tuesday on The Five. In the documentary, Couric poses a question to proponents of the Second Amendment with the Virginia Citizens Defense League about preventing felons and terrorists from obtaining firearms and they appear to be stumped. However, Gutfeld juxtaposed the audio from the documentary with the raw audio of the initial interview, in which they offer answers to her question. Image source: YouTube “It was done to make her look smart and them dumb,” Gutfeld said. In a statement, Couric said that she regrets the edit, which she called “misleading.” “I take responsibility for a decision that misrepresented an exchange I had with members of the Virginia Citizens Defense League,” she added. Gutfeld expressed doubt that Couric’s response was sincere. “So why did she change her tune?” Gutfeld asked. “Because she got caught.” “If the incident hadn’t been secretly taped, you think she would have copped to it?” Gutfeld said. “You’ve got to wonder how many other segments by Couric, Brian Williams, Jon Stewart or others would have been more fair if they knew someone was holding them accountable.” “So before any interview with the media remember to always press ‘record,’” he said. “Not only do you protect yourself and the truth, you also keep people like Katie honest. Because someone has to.” Watch below: — Follow Kate Scanlon (@kgscanlon) on Twitter Read more stories from TheBlaze SiriusXM Temporarily Suspends Glenn Beck Over Brad Thor’s Comments About Trump: ‘This Is NOT What He Meant’ Glenn Beck Skewers Rubio For Supporting Trump: ‘You Have No Credibility With Me Any More’ ‘The End of Moral Absolutes?’: As ‘Christian Morality Is Being Ushered Out,’ New Study Reveals Where Americans Stand on Ethics Famed Physicist Stephen Hawking Weighs in on Trump: ‘He’s a Demagogue…’ Trump Goes After ABC Reporter in Middle of Press Conference on Veteran Donations: ‘You’re a Sleaze’ Source

Two wrongs don't make a right Hutchinson News Baylor University President Kenneth Starr recently lost his job and was demoted to an honorary position by the Board of Regents of Baylor. Starr is best known for leading the investigation into the Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky scandal, an ... and more » Google

New York Times Hillary Clinton Aide Says Little Thought Was Given to Potential Issues Over Private Email New York Times In testimony released Tuesday, Cheryl D. Mills insisted that Hillary Clinton's use of a private email account was “absolutely not” an attempt to evade the Freedom of Information Act. Credit Susan Walsh/Associated Press. WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton's ... and more » Google