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By Cedric Voets  Published: June 27th, 2018  Read more: feedproxy.google.com

Getty Images / Mario Tama Global markets are once again worried about the impact of Trump’s trade war. Chinese stocks dropped sharply overnight, with losses then spreading to Europe. Major indexes on the continent are seeing losses of more than 1%. US Futures are also pointing lower, with the Nasdaq …

Twenty-eighteen is the year I decided to get back into reading things I didn’t have to read, which meant delving into a lot of fun, thoughtful books I may have never otherwise picked up. Luckily for me, a lot of them were really great — I rarely found a book …

Primaries Tuesday showed the power of President Trump’s endorsements continued to help Republican candidates triumph, while House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., lost a key lieutenant – Rep. Joe Crowley – in a New York City race that suggests internal divisions among Democrats are more serious than people might think. …

Oli Scarff/Getty Images This week, Starbucks announced they will expand their medical coverage for transgender employees. Although the company already covered gender reassignment surgery, they are now covering surgeries that were once considered cosmetic, like breast augmentation and voice therapy. People have taken to Twitter to react to the news. …

This is a big week for Creator’s Block. In fact, it’s quite a milestone for myself and the podcast.  In a couple of weeks, Creator’s Block will return (on July 17, to be precise), just in time to celebrate its second anniversary. But I will not be returning with it, …

Wake me up inside, Ariana and Pete. The couple responsible for our recent “big dick energy” news cycle celebrated Grande’s 25th birthday earlier this week with some karaoke. Although I was not present, I am 100 percent sure that the best part of the evening was when Pete and Ariana …

Dave Register shared the happy news on the Facebook. Read more: foxnews.com

A Latino man and his mother who were doing yard work in California were verbally attacked by a woman who called them “illegals” and “rapists,” and a video of the encounter has gone viral. Read more: cnn.com

Chris Hopkins/ Getty Images A Florida man was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after posing as a jihadist online and planning to blow up a building.  Joshua Ryne Goldberg had a number of unusual online personas, and reportedly became fixated on stoking fears of a terror attack in Australia.  Law enforcement …