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Trump's Covfefe; Cleveland Cop Who Killed Tamir Rice Fired; Ariana Grande Concert Set: Patch Morning Briefing
Meanwhile, the man accused of stabbing three, killing two, declares himself a patriot. Kathy Griffin news, and a fake pastor scams a woman.

Wednesday. Last day of May. Start of summer is three weeks away. Here are some stories we think you should know about.
Cleveland Fires Police Officer Who Was Not Fired For Killing Teen
Cleveland Police Officer Timothy Loehmann, who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice, has been fired. For falsifying his application to become an officer. He had neglected to mention he'd been found unfit to be a police officer. (Patch)
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Portland Man Who Killed Two: 'I Hope Everyone I Stabbed Dies'
Jeremy Christian, accused of going on a racist rant against two teens and then killing two men who defended them, made his first appearance in court on Tuesday. (Patch)
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Ariana Grande Manchester Benefit Concert Set
The concert will be Sunday in Manchester. She will be joined by Coldplay, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Pharell and Justin Bieber. (Patch)
Trump's Covfefe Breaks The Internet
Around midnight, the president was tweeting something, and the last world came out garbled. And it set off tens of thousands of retweets and more than 100,000 likes. And what did it mean? (Patch)
A few things...POTUS began his political career/rose to prominence in polls in 2011 by pushing a conspiracy theory/lie re Obama's birthplace
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 30, 2017
Before Covfefe, There Was Kathy Griffin
The comic had a very bad day, brought upon by her decision to post a picture of her holding what appeared to be the president's bloody head. It was all anyone could talk about it. And then came covfefe. (Patch)
Lawn Mowers Send 13 Kids To the Hospital Every Day
That's 4,800 each year, according to the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children's Hospital. Often, the injuries are quite serious. There are some safety tips everyone should know. (Patch)
Fake Pastor Scams Woman Out Of Life Savings
The scam involved a fake pastor, a fake charity and a woman whose uncle did not really die and definitely did not leave her a lot of money. (Patch)
Betsy DeVos Slams Connecticut School; Students Fire Back
The education secretary picked on a school in East Hartford as an example of where things go wrong. That drew the ire of current students at the school who think it's doing a good job. (Patch)
Orlando Airport Gunman In Custody
The arrest came after a nearly three-hour standoff. The man had pointed a gun at officers wanting them to shoot him. No one was injured. (Patch)
They had parts of 4 days to get the Kushner story straight and WH has decided not to clarify anything or offer much of an altern explanation
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) May 30, 2017
Town Gets Grief Over Wanting To Gas Geese
The town says the Canadian geese are a problem on several levels. They want to get rid of them. Animal rights activists say not so fast. (Patch)
Lollapalooza Fills Out Schedule
Grant Park may be the main venue for the four-day music festival headed to Chicago in August, but organizers have announced a slate of more than 50 other shows taking place that weekend. (Patch)
Meanwhile, Bob Seger May Be Ready To Call It Quits
He's 72 and has been rocking for more than 50 years. Bob Seger is dropping hints that it may be one more tour and out. (Patch)
Mike Flynn's private consulting firm was paid $530,000 to make a documentary supporting the Turkish government https://t.co/0PQK4zTZs7
— Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) May 31, 2017
On This Day History
1879 - Madison Square Garden opens in New York
1889 - More than 2,200 people die when a 60-foot wall of water cascades through Johnstown, Pennsylvania
1927 - The last Ford Model T comes off the assembly line
1971 - Memorial Day is officially celebrated on a Monday for the first time after the passage of the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, which moved observance of Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day and Veterans Day to Mondays to create more three day weekends. (Veterans Day was eventually moved back to its traditional Nov. 11)
2005 - Vanity Fair reveals that former FBI deputy director Mark Felt was "Deep Throat," who helped Woodward and Bernstein
Born On This Day
1819 - Poet Walt Whitman
1898 - Minister and author Norman Vincent Peale
1930 - Actor/director Clint Eastwood
1943 - NFL star Joe Namath
1976 - Actor Colin Farrell
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