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Here is a collection of major news stories for June 9, 2016.
Nearly 10% of Salvadorans, Guatemalans, & Hondurans have left their countries. Find out why: https://t.co/69soK4MDjy pic.twitter.com/adhU7qGTS0
— CFR (@CFR_org) June 8, 2016
The A.P.’s early nomination call for Hillary Clinton had a trigger effect on newsrooms. https://t.co/Ggp8ByW8p3 pic.twitter.com/lhooo040eV
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) June 8, 2016
Pres. Obama, Bernie Sanders to meet at the White House on Thursday at Sanders’ request, press sec. says in statement pic.twitter.com/On6vk3EuuM
— Nightline (@Nightline) June 8, 2016
In natural disasters, companies operate like neighbors, writes @StLawrenceU‘s Steven Horwitz https://t.co/TSaY94PGQa pic.twitter.com/q4ubQeRe1u
— WSJ Editorial Page (@WSJopinion) June 8, 2016
Sen. Grassley compares Trump’s attacks to Sotomayor’s ‘wise Latina’ remarks https://t.co/kxPKb1YucL | Getty pic.twitter.com/PuBiXk7Tsv
— POLITICO (@politico) June 8, 2016
How American medicine became so reliant on the dangerous opioids that killed Prince: https://t.co/3rpduly3Ce pic.twitter.com/PSXvSN9A4w
— Slate (@Slate) June 8, 2016
A better idea than requiring women to register is to do away with Selective Service altogether—for women and men. https://t.co/CGnpybO62r
— Cato Institute (@CatoInstitute) June 8, 2016
Parties often win big at the polls when a popular candidate is at the top of the ticket: https://t.co/ErNfU0d7U1 pic.twitter.com/JY8bYeXnKc
— Brookings (@BrookingsInst) June 8, 2016
Negative rates stir bank mutiny https://t.co/f8KDZkdjxI
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) June 8, 2016
Dispatches: Giving Justice the Slip in South Sudan https://t.co/6qGN0TogQ8 by @EliseKeppler pic.twitter.com/ReOYU7xKXt
— HRW Dispatches (@hrwdispatches) June 8, 2016
Gene drive technology should be studied but not yet released in the wild, a panel said https://t.co/KflRXtSVGN pic.twitter.com/v9HPelvfT7
— NYT Science (@NYTScience) June 8, 2016
Germany’s recognition of the Armenian genocide may only make life more difficult for minorities in Turkey: https://t.co/Kv7r9E3qJN
— Foreign Affairs (@ForeignAffairs) June 8, 2016
Oregon’s “equity lens” looks at at how race and ethnicity impact educational outcomes. https://t.co/nj3eUYxbrl pic.twitter.com/vIAUm2lCb4
— Education Week (@educationweek) June 8, 2016
Ukrainian bootleggers tried to build an underground pipeline to import alcohol from Moldova. https://t.co/ILoZeBOSdr pic.twitter.com/N669eiL1Ax
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) June 8, 2016
Clinton claims the Democratic presidential nomination, blasts Trump on climate change https://t.co/K1EVLwa6UC pic.twitter.com/DXbr5cXjlN
— Scientific American (@sciam) June 8, 2016