Month: June 2018

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The NewsWorthy - Trade Tensions, Samantha Bee & Spelling Bee – Friday, June 1st, 2018

All the news to know for Friday, June 1st, 2018!

Today, we're talking about the tensions with U.S. allies over trade, a letter President Trump expects from North Korea and more comedian controversy.

Plus: the NBA Finals, the top social media site for teens and the word to win it all at the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

All that and much more in less than 10 minutes.

Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you. 

For links to all the stories referenced in today's episode, visit https://www.theNewsWorthy.com and click Episodes.

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The Gist - Folks, We’re Talking About the C-Word

On The Gist, Samantha Bee said it first, so let us meditate on the C-word.

In defense of Googling your own name: Kirsten Pflomm is a white woman from Connecticut who did an online search 15 years ago and discovered she was the descendant of Iceland’s famous first black citizen, Hans Jonathan, who escaped slavery and became a war hero.

In the Spiel, the Nobel Peace Prize? All President Trump wants are apologies and thank-you’s.

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