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Current Events

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Current Events Posted June 5, 2018  

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National    World  

Trump administration inaugurates Medicaid scorecard for state programs

 

The Trump administration is embarking on a basic change to Medicaid that for the first time evaluates states based on the health of millions of Americans and the services they use through the vast public insurance program for the poor.

 

 



Guatemalans struggle to recover the dead buried by volcano eruption

 

Towns were engulfed by thick, heavy ash from Sunday's sudden eruption, blocking roads and leaving behind steaming debris that rescuers had trouble navigating.Dazed residents have been holding funerals for the dead, even as recovery workers brace for the likelihood of finding more bodies when they reach hillside areas overrun by the volcanic flow.

 

Government   Interesting News Pick of the Week

David Savage on Supreme Court Ruling on Same-Sex Wedding Cake Case


David Savage, Los Angels Times Supreme Court reporter, spoke by phone about the Supreme Court’s decision in favor of a Christian baker from Colorado who refused for religious reasons to make a wedding cake for a gay couple.



 

 

 

Ben Lecomte's bid to be the first to swim the Pacific Ocean
 

French swimmer Ben Lecomte has set off on his 5,500 mile record attempt to cross the Pacific Ocean.  Swimming for eight hours a day for more than six months, he could face sharks, swarms of jellyfish and storms as he travels from Japan to the US west coast.

 

 

 

 

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Sources for Current Events:

 

General Sites 

Newpaper Map: this is a map with links to newspapers around the world. You can view papers in various languages as indicated.

Newsmap: This is a daily word cloud of what is trending in the national news. It can be sorted by topic and country.

Newsela This is a great site to find current event articles and topics by readability. You can get text sets for featured topics for easy differentiation.

Izzit.org This site contains current events evaluated for reliability and lessons. The site updates weekly with new lesson and stories.

 

Regional and National Sites

Washington Post

New York Times

Baltimore Sun

C-SPAN

CNN

National Review

The Wall Street Journal

 


 
 
 

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