Friday’s Morning Buzz: Trump to Meet with Kim Jong Un, Mississippi Set to Get Restrictive Abortion Law and More
It would be the first time a sitting U.S. president has met with a North Korean leader.
The top stories for March 9, 2018 include Donald Trump reportedly agreeing to meet with North Korea's Kim Jong Un, A Wrinkle in Time premieres in theaters nation-wide, and more.
The top stories for March 9, 2018 include Donald Trump reportedly agreeing to meet with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, A Wrinkle in Time premieres in theaters nation-wide, and more.
Reports: Donald Trump to meet with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong- Un
No sitting U.S. president has ever met with a North Korean leader, but that may soon be changing. South Korean security advisor Chung Eui-yong announced the news saying “President Trump appreciated the briefing and said he would meet Kim Jong Un by May to achieve permanent denuclearization.” This comes after Trump and Kim Jong Un have spent months trading nasty barbs on Twitter.
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Mississippi May Get One of the Most Restrictive Abortion Laws in the Country
State lawmakers in Mississippi passed a bill that would make it illegal for women to obtain abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. Violating the proposed law would constitute a crime and women could be arrested. Doctors could be stripped of their licences and face penalties in civil court. Mississippi’s Republican Governor Phil Bryant has already announced that he will sign the bill next week.
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Stacey Dash Admits She’s ‘Clueless’ on MSNBC
Stacey Dash announced last month that she is running for Congress out of the 44th district in California. Since then, she has been making press rounds. At the end of an interview with MSNBC’s Ari Melber, where the conservative actress turned congressional candidate discussed her campaign, Melber asked, “Ms. Dash are you a Clueless person or a Legally Blonde person?” Her answer: “Of course, I’m a Clueless person!” Watch the clip.
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“We hate the Blacks” White Students Terrorize Black Woman in Nottingham Trent University Dorm
Two men were arrested after recorded yelling racial slurs like “we hate the blacks.”Nottingham Trent University student Rufaro Chisango shared the racially charged video on her twitter account with the caption, “Yoo I’m fuming, the way people in the same uni halls as me are chanting ‘we hate the blacks’ outside my bedroom door. Words cannot describe how sad this makes me feel, in this 2018 people think this is still acceptable.”
Review: “A Wrinkle in Time’
Ava DuVernay’s highly anticipated film A Wrinkle in Time premieres nation-wide today. TheGrio’s own Cortney Wills has a review of the fantasy flick. “Disney’s big-screen, bigger-budget adaptation of the beloved 1963 novel by Madeleine L’Engle is worth seeing for a number of reasons, but you may not get what you’re expecting from the star-studded cast and ground-breaking director, Ava DuVernay,” writes Wills. Read on to find out what you can expect from the movie.
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