(#1) Iceland Beats England at Euro 2016: 5 Things to Love About Nordic Nation [NBCNews.com]
Iceland pulled off one of the biggest shocks in international soccer history Monday by beating England 2-1 at the Euro 2016 tournament. Here are five reasons why the Nordic nation should be your new favorite team.
(#2) Dow Jones Industrial Average Today Climbs from Brexit Bottom [Money Morning]
Dow Chemical Co. (NYSE: DOW) announced plans to lay off roughly 2,500 employees as the company completes a deal with glass manufacturer Dow Corning Corp. Together with its pending deal with DuPont, the new company will be valued at more than ...
(#3) Pound to Dollar X-Rate Crashes Monday, GBP/USD @ 1.20 Now Forecast as UK Seen ... [Pound Sterling Live]
The GBP/USD exchange rate gapped lower on the open to Monday trade as traders return to their desks. The pair closed at 1.3679 on Friday and it opened at 1.3497 on Monday. Hence the term 'gap'. Gapping has predictive powers in that it usually occurs at ...
(#4) Supreme Court Is Really Done With Anti-Abortion Laws For A While [Huffington Post]
A day after the Supreme Court issued its most significant abortion ruling in decades, the justices declined to review a pair of cases that would've kept the issue on its docket for some time. Without comment, the court on Tuesday rejected appeals from ...
(#5) Is Elizabeth Warren Really the Best Choice for Vice President? [Slate Magazine]
Elizabeth Warren is most everyone's favorite pick for the vice presidential slot, despite some very good reasons she shouldn't be on the ticket. Not only is she under heavy consideration from the Clinton campaign—which is “vetting” her, along with ...
(#6) Comeback Player on the Rise Runs Into Serena Williams at Wimbledon [New York Times]
Serena Williams, left, shook hands on Tuesday with Amra Sadikovic, who left tennis two years ago, became a coach, and then decided to play again. Credit Glyn Kirk/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images. WIMBLEDON, England — There has been plenty of ...
(#7) Italy vs Spain player ratings: Who stood out for Antonio Conte's Italian heroes? [The Independent]
Graziano Pelle sealed Italy's place in the Euro 2016 quarter-finals with a stoppage-time strike to sink reigning champions Spain at the Stade de France. Leading and largely dominant after Giorgio Chiellini's first-half opener, the Italians had survived ...
(#8) These stock markets are in correction (or worse) [CNNMoney]
Notice that even the United States hasn't gone unscathed. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index also fell back into correction after Brexit. Also, some Asian stock markets were already in bear territory, but Brexit pushed them even deeper in the hole.
(#9) Red Cross pool safety poster called racist [KARE]
KUSA - The first time Margaret Sawyer saw the Red Cross safety poster in Salida, she was perplexed. "I thought 'It must be really outdated. This can't possibly be a recent poster,'" she said. When she saw it a second time at a pool in Fort Morgan, she ...
(#10) Ariel Winter Masters Being a Teenager (While Possibly Morphing Into a Kardashian) [Yahoo News]
No one said it's easy being a teenager, but Ariel Winter seems to have it all figured out. The Modern Family star has been on a roll as of late. From donning fashion choices that would make a lot of parents a wee bit nervous to clapping back at haters ...
(#11) In The Aftermath of Brexit, John Oliver Loses His Damn Mind [Fast Company]
We all knew this rant was coming. On Sunday's episode of Last Week Tonight, John Oliver delivered a nearly apoplectic monologue about Brexit, the U.K.'s recent vote to leave the European Union. With the stock market in free fall, the pound valued at a ...
(#12) Cristiano Ronaldo or David Beckham? Rio Ferdinand picks which Manchester ... [Mirror.co.uk]
They're pin-ups who transcend football, who became household names at Manchester United and went into the stratosphere at Real Madrid , but who is best - Cristiano Ronaldo or David Beckham? Rio Ferdinand played with them both during the golden ...
(#13) Lena Dunham slams Kanye West's new 'Famous' music video [CNN]
Artist Vincent Desiderio, whose 2008 painting entitled "Sleep" inspired the video, called it "a feat of magic" and praised West's interpretation of his work in an essay in W Magazine. Meanwhile, West has defended his latest offering as "a comment on ...
(#14) The 4 Stocks That Sank the DJIA Monday [24/7 Wall St.]
The DJIA stock posting the largest daily percentage loss ahead of the close Monday was American Express Co. (NYSE: AXP) which traded down 3.93% at $57.70. The stock's 52-week range is $50.27 to $81.66. Volume was about 25% above the the daily ...
(#15) Review: 'The Legend of Tarzan' will leave you feeling Cheetah'd [Tampabay.com]
Could things turn out any other way for The Legend of Tarzan? The lord of the jungle is a century-old superhero as invented by Edgar Rice Burroughs, and an early template for Hollywood's insensitive racial and gender representations. Not to mention the ...
(#16) 'Thank you': Actor, Olympian, pilot and politician Bud Spencer's last words [Washington Post]
By the time Bud Spencer attracted legions of Italian spaghetti western film fans, including Quentin Tarantino, he had done more than most people do in a lifetime. After a life in which he worked as a multi-sport Olympic athlete, politician ...
(#17) WWE News: Vince McMahon's Interesting First Inclination Regarding Roman Reigns ... [The Inquisitr]
There was a little more anticipation for the beginning of Monday Night RAW than usual this week. Roman Reigns had been suspended for violating the WWE Talent Wellness Policy, but plans remain in place for him to compete in the triple threat main event ...
(#18) Delonte West Denies Being Homeless After Viral Photo Shows Him Asking People ... [Complex]
Even though former NBA player Delonte West hasn't played a single second of basketball in 2016, he has made headlines on several occasions so far this year as a result of some strange behavior. In January, he allegedly called his former teammate LeBron ...
(#19) Jessie Williams speaks truth on Systemic Racism in America. [ThyBlackMan]
(ThyBlackMan.com) Even though I don't watch award shows, but last night at The 2016 BET Awards, Beyonce and Kendrick rocked the crowd with their opening performance, but it was Jessie Williams that really stole the show with his speech about the ...
(#20) How much more upside is there for gold? Pros are split on this [CNBC (subscription)]
"To buy gold at these levels, you'd have to be betting that a lot more goes wrong and I'm really not sure that's going to be the case," Hans Olsen, Stifel's global head of investment strategy, told CNBC's "Squawk Box". Olsen said his firm made a "fair ...
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