• Saturday Morning Cartoons Stopped Airing On American TV Broadcasts for Good

  For most Americans of a certain age, a major part of childhood involved getting up early on a Saturday morning, perhaps with cereal drenched with cold milk in hand, to watch several hours of television cartoons. While the cartoons may live on, the traditional time slot for airing them ended its run over the weekend.

• Vice President Biden Apologizes to Turkey, United Arab Emirates Over ISIS Comments

  Vice President Joe Biden has apologized to the leaders of Turkey and United Arab Emirates over the weekend after making comments about how much dedication these U.S. allies had in taking out Islamic State, also known as ISIL or ISIS.

  

• Turkey Authorizes Military Action As ISIS Advances on Syrian Border Town

  Parliamentary lawmakers in Turkey today voted to authorize military action against the Islamic State (also known as ISIL or ISIS) as militants from that organization continued their advance on territory just south of Turkey's border.

  

• Enterovirus D68 Symptoms: May Be Responsible For Four Other Deaths in U.S.

  The Rhode Island Department of Health reported yesterday that a Rhode Island child died last week from complications related to a rare respiratory virus that has spread across the United States.

  

• China to U.S: Don’t Mess With Hong Kong

  China's top diplomat went to Washington yesterday to meet with Secretary of State John Kerry to highlight cooperation between the United States and China, but ended up exposing different political objectives, especially in regards to Hong Kong.