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| It's Monday, so naturally everything is on fire, including but not limited to: King's Landing, Earth's atmosphere and Felicity Huffman's career (too soon? 😬). It's Ashley. Here's the news everyone's talking about today. |
| But first, the moon is shrinking: Yep. Scientists gave us the unsettling news Monday that the moon is legit shrinking. It's lost at least 100 meters, so should we be worried? |
Felicity Huffman may really wind up in jail |
| Felicity Huffman fought back tears as she pleaded guilty Monday to charges that she paid someone $15,000 to correct her daughter's college SAT scores. The guilty plea means the "Desperate Housewives" star waives her right to a trial and can't appeal the judge's sentence. As for prison time, prosecutors recommended a four-month term, the low-end of sentence guidelines, in exchange for Huffman not appealing any sentence up to 20 years. Huffman publicly apologized for her actions, saying last month that she accepts "full responsibility for my actions and will accept the consequences." |
Tariffs, tit for tat: China slams $60 billion in US goods |
| China said it will slap tariffs on more than 5,000 U.S. products in retaliation for President Donald Trump's decision to raise duties on Chinese goods amid trade talks between the world's two largest economies. China's Ministry of Finance said Monday the new tariffs would impact $60 billion in U.S. imports. Trump claims the USA will take in "tens of billions of dollars" from tariffs, although economists say the costs will be passed on to consumers in the form of higher prices. The tariffs will take effect June 1, which gives the two sides time to resume trade negotiations. Stocks tumbled big time after China's announcement. |
| Related: Trump said he'll meet with China's Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin during the G-20 summit next month. |
 | | President Donald Trump and China President Xi Jinping | | Andy Wong, AP | |
Earth is so hot right now |
| Is it hot in here, or is it all the CO2 in the air? Carbon dioxide levels in Earth's atmosphere hit a stunning milestone over the weekend. Data showed carbon dioxide levels surpassed 415 parts per million Friday – the highest level in human history. "We don't know a planet like this," said Eric Holthaus, a meteorologist and writer at Grist, an online environmental magazine. "This is the first time in human history our planet's atmosphere has had more than 415 ppm CO2," he tweeted. CO2 is the greenhouse gas scientists say is most responsible for global warming. |
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A legend lost: Doris Day dead at 97 |
| Doris Day proved all Hollywood blondes are not created equal. The versatile singer, actress, TV star, animal rights activist and radiant icon of sunny, funny femininity died Monday at her California home after "contracting a serious case of pneumonia." She was 97. Though she stepped away from show business years ago, the actress and singer is best known for her roles in "Pillow Talk" and "Teacher's Pet." Many celebrities spoke out after the Hollywood icon's passing, including Paul McCartney, who called her "a true star in more ways than one." |
 | | Doris Day sang, acted and lit up TV and movie screens. | | Sony Music Archives | |
🔥 'Game of Thrones' 🔥 |
| This is the point where you should absolutely stop reading if you haven't watched the latest "Game of Thrones" episode (don't even read the bullets below). For those of you still with me: Are you OK? Because judging by Twitter, about the only thing that burned hotter than King's Landing Sunday night was the collective anger "Game of Thrones" fans felt towards the show. Well, plus a million theories about how it all will end. And end it will, next Sunday. Here's everything that went down burned down on Season 8, Episode 5: |
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 | | Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen on "Game of Thrones." | | HBO | |
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