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Facebook employees are tweeting their frustration over CEO Mark Zuckerbergs decision to leave up posts by President Donald Trump that suggested protesters in Minneapolis could be shot. On June 1, Facebook employees staged a virtual “walkout” to protest the companys decision by logging into Facebooks systems and requesting time off to support protests across the country.

Facebook employees protest decision to keep Trump posts

BARBARA ORTUTAY, Associated Press
June 1, 2020
Photo of eighth-century B.C. shrine in Israel

Cannabis traces found in ancient Israeli temple

ILAN BEN ZION, Associated Press
June 1, 2020
A tanker truck supplies gasoline to a state oil company gas station in Caracas, Venezuela, May 31. After decades of being the cheapest gasoline in the world, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro indicates that as of next Monday a new pricing scheme will be imposed on some 200 stations. The time has come to move toward a new policy, toward a new normality, toward a new situation, Maduro said.

Cheap fuel no longer a reality for Venezuelans

Associated Press
May 31, 2020

Researchers find ancient fossil in Nevada (Video)

BENJAMIN SPILLMAN, Reno Gazette Journal
May 31, 2020
A worker stands ready to clean at the city-owned waterpark in Grand Prairie, Texas on Friday, May 29, 2020. Water parks in Texas were allowed to reopen Friday at 25% occupancy, though some are choosing to remain closed.

Despite eased Abbott restrictions, some Texas waterparks remain closed

Associated Press
May 30, 2020
Pro-China supporters protest in Hong Kong, Saturday, May 30, 2020. President Donald Trump has announced a series of measures aimed at China as a rift between the two countries grows. He said Friday that he would withdraw funding from the World Health Organization, end Hong Kongs special trade status and suspend visas of Chinese graduate students suspected of conducting research on behalf of their government.

US action on Hong Kong ‘doomed to fail,’ China says

KEN MORITSUGU, Associated Press
May 30, 2020
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