NEWS SUMMARY AT THIS HOUR

The headline on the editorial page of "The York Dispatch" newspaper in York, Pennsylvania today was "Trump Parrots Tyrants".   Hundreds of newspapers across the country participated in joint editorializing against President Trump's tough criticism of mainstream media in the country.

But that's not all.   There was also a cartoon to the right of the editorial depicting eight leaders.

Joseph Stalin, Mao Tse Tung, Adolf Hitler, Fidel Castro, Richard Nixon, Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump.

Each of the eight had a word above them that added up to the phrase "The press is the enemy of the people".

The jurors spent Thursday deliberating in Alexandria, Virginia at the trial of Paul Manafort, a one time campaign manager for President Trump during the 2016 campaign, being prosecuted by the office of Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

The jurors asked US District Judge T.S. Ellis III, who's presiding over the trial, to redefine for them reasonable doubt.   They had two other questions for the judge about the charges against Manafort.

The jury resumes deliberations at 930 Friday morning.

This message was tweeted in the United Kingdom Wednesday:

''....3 charged with grooming and raping 6 minors in Barrow in Furness.  They've been released on bail!  Not in the local press  I only know because a desperate father rang and told me"

The epidemic of child sex abuse grooming cases involving suspects who are Muslim in the United Kingdom accompanied by news blackouts and little or no punishments from courts have caused great outrage.

Activist Tommy Robinson was arrested and summarily convicted of contempt of court on May 25th in Leeds while he was live  streaming video outside the sentencing phase of a case involving 29 defendants.

In Israel, the Education Minister and leader of the Jewish Homeland Party, Naftali Bennett condemned the notion that Hamas will be replaced in Gaza.  A cease fire was proclaimed Wednesday in the conflict between Hamas and Israel after a meeting of Israel's security cabinet.

Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman's reported views that the population of Gaza might be persuaded to replace Hamas as its rulers were denounced by Bennett as "imaginary and detached from reality".

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced an Iran Action Group on Thursday.

Senior policy advisor Brian Hook will be the United States Special Representative for Iran.  Hook is an advocate for strong action against Iran.

Pompeo spoke at a news conference at the State Department Thursday saying:  "We are committed to a whole-of government effort to change the Iranian regime's behavior..."

Singing legend Aretha Franklin died in Detroit today at the age of 76 from an advanced form of pancreatic cancer.

Tributes poured in from around the world including President Donald Trump who saluted her as "a great woman with a wonderful voice from God".

Sir Elton John said her loss was a loss for all of those who love "real music" that came "from the heart, the soul, the church".

Pope Francis says that he is on the side of the victims of Catholic clergy in the wake of a Pennsylvania grand jury report on sex abuse cases involving some 301 priests in the state.

The grand jury convened by the elected Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Democrat Josh Shapiro, uncovered files kept by many of the Catholic bishops in the state naming priests accused of sexual abuse going back to the 1930's.

Some of those Catholic clergy who either were sexual abusers, did not report the sexual abuse cases to secular authorities or did not take action against clergy accused of sexual abuse ended up being elevated to higher positions in the church.

Corona beer owner Constellation Brands will put 4 billion dollars into a Canadian company that produces marijuana products.

Canopy is a company that has the largest legal marijuana presence in the world and Corona's financial backing will help Canopy produce products for markets in nearly 30 countries which allow some sort of marijuana usage.

Canopy already makes marijuana oils and gel caps and wants to expand into edible bars, inhalers, pre-rolled items and additional marijuana based medicinal items.

In Canada, recreational use of marijuana will be legal on October 17th.

The owner of a cake shop in Colorado who won his case at the US Supreme Court after refusing to bake a same-sex wedding cake based on his religious convictions is under attack again.

This time the "Colorado Civil Rights Commission" is targeting Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cake Shop over his refusal to bake a cake for a transgender person celebrating the anniversary of a gender change.   They ruled against Phillips and he's fighting back in court.

A civil rights lawsuit was filed in US District Court in Denver late Tuesday against Governor John Hickenlooper,  a Democrat, and Attorney General Cynthia Coffman, a Republican, among others.

An attorney for Jack Phillips, Jim Campbell, issued a statement saying Phillips should not have to fear government hostility when he opens his shop for business each day.