2015-06-15 U.S. Spotlight

Yahoo Parenting   

The Type of Parents Most Likely to Have a Child with Autism   
Yahoo Parenting
A massive new study on autism risk has found elevations related to parental age — of both teen moms and older parents. With an analysis of more than 5.7 million children in five countries, the study, published Wednesday in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, ...

2015-06-15 U.S. Health

The Guardian Nigeria   

South Korea to keep expansionary policy; MERS effect limited for now - finance ...   
Reuters
SEOUL South Korea's finance ministry will keep its macroeconomic policies expansionary until the economic recovery firms, it said on Monday, as growth faces risks from the ongoing spread of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). "Although the overall ...

2015-06-15 U.S. Science

Los Angeles Times   

Comet lander Philae wakes up: How it happened and what's next   
Los Angeles Times
Philae, the first spacecraft to land on a comet, surprised and delighted scientists this weekend by waking up and reestablishing contact with Earth, seven months after running out of power. It “spoke” for more than a minute, according to the European Space ...

2015-06-15 U.S. Sports

New York Times   

NBA Finals: Stephen Curry Leads Warriors to Series Lead   
New York Times
OAKLAND, Calif. — Finally, for the Golden State Warriors, it felt like the regular season and the early rounds of the playoffs. Everything loosened up. The shots started to fall. The fans started to roar. Stephen Curry looked every bit the N.B.A.'s most valuable ...

2015-06-15 U.S. Entertainment

TIME   

Game of Thrones Ended With One of the Saddest Deaths of All   
TIME
Warning: Major spoilers from the Game of Thrones season 5 finale ahead. As all leaders eventually learn, sometimes making the right decision for the greater good can backfire. So it was for Jon Snow, who at the end of the season five Game of Thrones finale ...

2015-06-15 U.S. Technology

Engadget   

Bethesda launches a hub for all things Fallout, Doom and more   
Engadget
Bethesda.net is the new hub where all of Bethesda's news, mods and content will reside, as announced today during the company's pre-E3 press conference. Bethesda.net was revealed in tandem with the new Doom and its Snapmap functionality, which lets ...

2015-06-15 U.S. Business

USA TODAY   

Standard Pacific, Ryland Group to merge in $5.2B deal   
USA TODAY
LOS ANGELES — Two major homebuilders, Standard Pacific and The Ryland Group , announced a merger agreement Sunday in a deal that would form a single company with what they say would be an equity market capitalization of $5.2 billion. Standard ...

2015-06-15 U.S. U.S.

Fox News   

North Carolina youths in stable condition after losing limbs in shark attack   
Fox News
June 14, 2015: Emergency responders assist a teenage girl at the scene of a shark attack in Oak Island, N.C.. (Steve Bouser/The Pilot, Southern Pines, N.C. via AP). Two North Carolina kids were reported in stable condition late Sunday after losing limbs in ...

2015-06-15 U.S. World

CBC.ca   

US Airstrike in Libya Targets Planner of 2013 Algeria Attack   
New York Times
WASHINGTON — The United States carried out an airstrike in Libya early Sunday against the mastermind of the 2013 terrorist seizure of an Algerian gas plant that left 38 foreign hostages dead, American and Libyan officials said on Sunday. The Libyan ...