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HUFFPOST - 12-Year-Old Arrested In Death Of Classmate Hit In Head By Metal Water Bottle

The unnamed juvenile was arrested on suspicion of murder Thursday in connection with the death of a classmate who was hit in the head with a metal water bottle during an alleged bullying incident at a Los Angeles school.

HUFFPOST - Dallas Stars' Arena Investigating 4 Fans Who Celebrated Goal With Nazi Salute

The NHL team's home arena of the Dallas Stars has launched an investigation into a video that apparently shows four fans celebrating a goal with a Nazi salute.

HUFFPOST - U.S. Intelligence Warns Iran Unlikely To Ease Hormuz Strait Chokehold Soon, Sources Say

The finding suggests that Tehran could continue to throttle the strait to keep energy prices high.

NPR (Jennifer Ludden) - 65, single, seeking a roommate: More seniors are being priced out of living alone

Roommates overall are skewing older, as young people stay with their parents for longer. The share of older adults looking to rent with a roommate has tripled from a decade ago.

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Alan Pell Crawford) - Edifice Complex Afflicts DC’s Aesthetes

Plus: filibusters and fired generals. The post Edifice Complex Afflicts DC’s Aesthetes appeared first on The American Conservative .

Political Asylum Edifice Complex Afflicts D.C.’s Aesthetes Plus: filibusters and fired generals. The Kennedy Center will be closed for renovations in July, and all of Washington’s culture vultures are in a tizzy. Thousands of self-styled sophisticates will be deprived of artistic offerings for two years, at least, and there’s no telling what the place will look like once President Donald Trump, whose name has been affixed to the marquee, is done.  Enjoy it while you can—the performances and the venue itself. “The Center for the Performing Arts named for Kennedy, an arts-loving statesman assassinated in 1963, opened in…Open

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Iain Macwhirter) - The British Energy Crunch

No UK political party has an answer to the crisis. The post The British Energy Crunch appeared first on The American Conservative .

UK Special Coverage The British Energy Crunch No UK political party has an answer to the crisis. UK Special Coverage The British nation is already burdened by crushing energy costs and is bracing for a dramatic increase in that load. To gauge the impact of coming energy price rises in Britain, you must first understand what is sometimes called the “unriching” of the UK. This is a supposedly wealthy country which no longer feels wealthy.  Real wages have barely risen in real terms since before the Great Financial Crisis of 2008.  Brits have been through the longest pay freeze since the Napoleonic Wars. So the average…Open

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Eldar Mamedov) - Trump Is Trading Europe for Netanyahu’s War

Washington demands that NATO join a war of aggression. The post Trump Is Trading Europe for Netanyahu’s War appeared first on The American Conservative .

Foreign Affairs Trump Is Trading Europe for Netanyahu’s War Washington demands that NATO join a war of aggression. President Donald Trump this week expressed his “disgust” with NATO in an interview with Reuters. He added that he is “absolutely” considering withdrawing the United States from the alliance. What has triggered this fury? The refusal of key European NATO allies to join the United States and Israel in their war of choice on Iran. Spain, Italy, and France have all ruled out the use of their territory—their airspace, bases, and ports—for any American or Israeli military action against the Islamic Republic.…Open

NYTIMES (Anupreeta Das) - Epstein Presented Himself to Indian Tycoon as a Trump White House Insider

The convicted sex offender gave Anil Ambani information on appointments and foreign policy. Some seemed prescient, though there was no evidence he was close to the administration.

NYTIMES (Zolan Kanno-Youngs) - Trump Directs Officials to Pay All D.H.S. Employees

The memorandum calls for paying employees at the Coast Guard, Federal Emergency Management Agency and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency who have gone without pay during a record-long shutdown.

JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - Wisconsin House race heats up amid calls for top Dem challenger to be disqualified over China ties

Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District represents a rural area running from the Minnesota and Iowa borders to Eau Claire and a strip that ends between Wausau and Appleton.