Edward Leano

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• Jul 2, 2018

  Russia Shocks World Cup by Sending Spain Home

  The Russian National Football team is supposed to be the lowest-ranked in the field during this year's FIFA World Cup. It's the same team that has surpassed all expectations when it booted out Spain, former world and European champion, bringing the country to the quarter finals for the first time since the breakup of the Soviet Union.

• Jul 2, 2018

  Trade War: Canada Hits $13 Billion Worth of US Goods With New Tariffs

  On Canada Day itself, the country has fired back in an ongoing trade war with the U.S. by slapping an estimated $13 Billion worth of goods from the latter with a set of new tariffs. Steel and aluminum from the U.S. will now enter Canada at a premium, with taxes of up to 25 percent.

• Jul 2, 2018

  Trevor Ariza to Leave Rockets for Suns With a 1-Year, $15M Contract

  Trevor Ariza, veteran forward who was instrumental in the Houston Rockets' seven-game match against the Golden State Warriors during last season's Western Conference finals, is now with the Phoenix Suns. Ariza has agreed to a one-year deal worth $15 million.

• Jul 2, 2018

  LeBron James Transfer to Lakers on Four-Year Deal Announced Right Before 76ers' Planned Meeting With His Agents

  LeBron James has signed up with the Los Angeles Lakers, a four-year contract worth $154 million in a move that sees the NBA superstar move on to the Western Conference. The news came just at the time that reports have emerged that his representatives planned to meet with the Philadelphia 76ers.

• Jun 30, 2018

  LeBron James Declines Option for 2018–19 Season, Becomes Unrestricted Free Agent

  The NBA post-season story is now firmly centered around LeBron James, who has just declined the player option on the last year of his contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers. With James now an unrestricted free agent, all eyes are now on the 33-year-old and the next move that he will make for his free agency this summer.

• Jun 30, 2018

  Toys 'R' Us Closing All Stores in the U.S.; Photo of Mascot Geoffrey the Giraffe Breaks Hearts Everywhere

  Toys "R" Us has closed all of its stores in the U.S. on Friday, June 29, 2018. The bankrupt retail chain held final closing sales in most of its branches, along with a final photo from one Toys "R" Us employee that brought home to a lot of people that the iconic store from their childhood has come to an end.

• Jun 30, 2018

  Trump to Pro-Life Group: Unborn Babies Have the Fundamental 'Right to Life'

  In a letter addressed to the National Right to Life Committee, President Donald Trump re-asserted his stance as a pro-life president, repeating his promise to protect the right of unborn children to be born.

• Jun 30, 2018

  Comcast Dealing With Major Outage Nationwide, Fiber Line Cut

  Comcast is now recovering from a nationwide outage that cut off video, broadband and even emergency services to parts of the U.S. last Friday, June 29. The cause was attributed to cut fiber lines that separated the provider from some of its crucial network partners.

• Jun 29, 2018

  Facebook and Twitter Add More Ways to See Who Are Behind Ads as November Election Nears

  The U.S. elections are fast looming as November approaches, and this time, social media giants Facebook and Twitter are promising to be more transparent about ads on their platforms. Both platforms have announced new programs that will reveal more information about who is buying exposure, for political purposes or otherwise.

• Jun 29, 2018

  Kentucky Will Be the First State to Require Medicaid Recipients to Work

  Kentucky will be the first state to require a number of its Medicaid enrollees to work in order to claim their benefits. As the first to secure federal approval for this policy, the state is now seen as a preview of what would turn out to be a nationwide experiment on work requirements for the health coverage program.