China establishes its first overseas military base
It is still unclear how many troops or ships left the Zhanjiang port in southern China's Guangdong Province on Tuesday, 11 July. Multinational anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden have also given its navy and access to Mediterranean in 2008.
7/13/2017

Trump's Federal Bureau of Investigation pick Wray pledges 'impartial pursuit of justice'
Lindsay Graham, R-S.C., during his confirmation hearing Wednesday to the Senate Judiciary Committee . Mr Wray said it was "highly unlikely" that he would meet with Mr Trump alone if asked.
7/13/2017

Lakers and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope both looking for more in 2018
The Lakers were hellbent on keeping their salary cap clean beyond 2017 as they want to be big players in 2018. The Lakers have been linked to point guard Tyler Ennis , who played with the team last season.
7/13/2017

Major Airport Strike Averted in NYC, Philadelphia
Many PHL workers including maintenance staff, janitors, and employees who work directly for airlines belong to labor unions. It wasn't clear how the strike would affect air travel at the airports.
7/13/2017

Arrest made in recruitment station bombing
The blast damaged the doors of the Air Force recruitment center, but no one was injured, as the center was closed at the time. One of the office's two front doors was off its hinges Tuesday morning and lying in the parking lot.
7/13/2017

Wimbledon quarterfinals: Venus Williams advances, No. 1 Angelique Kerber ousted
Williams' victory equalled sister Serena's total of 86 main draw match victories at Wimbledon , the most among any active player. The feisty Ostapenko, though, went after Williams' serve to get two break chances, and the tall American double faulted: 3-3.
7/13/2017

United Kingdom to hold probe into contaminated blood scandal
An estimated 7,500 were treated with infected blood products and of that number more than 2,400 are believed to have died since. Mrs May's spokesman told a Westminster briefing that it was "necessary to establish the causes of this appalling injustice".
7/12/2017

At least 16 dead after military plane crashes in Mississippi
Aviation is inherently safe but in the case of a crash it is unforgiving and, in most cases, the fatalities are 100%. Local farmer Andy Jones was working on his family's catfish farm when he suddenly heard a loud boom.
7/12/2017

Moscow to expel 30 US Diplomats, freeze assets
He continued: "If this is not the case, if Washington decides not to solve this issue, we will have to take counter actions". Russian Federation says President Trump presented "no plan to resolve the crisis" when the issue was raised in Hamburg.
7/12/2017

MEPs threaten to block Brexit deal over "second-class" citizen offer
European Union goal on #citizensrights: same level of protection as in European Union law. He went on to describe the offer as "a damp squib".
7/12/2017