RIP<\/strong>. Sports writer and LGBT ally<\/a> Frank DeFord<\/a>: \u201cDeford died Sunday at the age of 78 at his home in Key West, Fla., his wife confirmed to NPR. He leaves behind an astonishing 1,656 commentaries<\/a> for NPR.\u201d<\/p>\n DEAD<\/strong>. Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega<\/a>. \u201cAfter his downfall, Noriega served a 17-year drug sentence in the United States, then was sent to face charges in France. He spent all but the last few months of his final years in a Panamanian prison for murder of political opponents during his 1983-89 regime.\u201d<\/p>\n MIKE DUBKE<\/strong>. Trump\u2019s White House communications director resigns<\/a>: \u201cMike Dubke, President Trump\u2019s communications director, is leaving the White House \u2014 the start of a wave of changes as the West Wing struggles to cope with burgeoning scandals and a stalled agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n CPR<\/strong>. Is CupcakKe\u2019s new single the song of the summer<\/a>?<\/p>\n TIGER WOODS<\/strong>. Golfer apologizes for DUI, blames it on medication<\/a>.<\/p>\n HELLO DOLLY<\/strong>. Bette Midler\u2019s Tony Awards performance may not happen at the Tonys<\/a>.<\/p>\n THAILAND<\/strong>. Ministry of Justice to push stalled gay rights bill after petition receives thousands of signatures<\/a>: \u201cPitikan Sithidej, director-general of the Rights and Liberties Protection Department at the Justice Ministry, said he received the petition to set the wheels in motion again on May 17 and will push forgetting the bill approved at the earliest possible date.\u201d<\/p>\n DISAPPEARING REEFS<\/strong>. As Trump fiddles, a major coral bleaching event is underway<\/a>.<\/p>\n PORTUGUESE CUP.<\/strong> Drone surfer delivers ball in front of roaring crowd.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n NEW RESCUE<\/strong>. Elephants run to greet a newly rescued baby elephant.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n TOO HOT FOR TUESDAY<\/strong>. Dee Jaxon.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The post Tiger Woods, Drone Surfing, Frank DeFord, Devin Nunes, Bette Midler, Mike Dubke: HOT LINKS<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Trump](\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/holt_trump.jpeg?resize=195%2C195\")
RETWEET<\/strong>. Trump retweets false news story based on anonymous sources after blasting anonymous sources<\/a>: \u201cThe Fox News report Trump shared is titled \u201cJared Kushner didn\u2019t suggest Russian communications channel in meeting, source says.\u201d It pushes back on a Washington Post story last week that said Kushner, who is also Trump\u2019s son-in-law, in December sought to establish a backchannel line of communication between the Trump transition team and Moscow during a meeting with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Devin](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/devin_nunes.jpeg?resize=195%2C195\")
DEVIN NUNES<\/strong>. Blames Russia investigation on Democrat sour grapes over Hillary Clinton\u2019s loss<\/a>:\u00a0\u201cThe Democrats don\u2019t want an investigation on Russia. They want an independent commission. Why do they want an independent commission? Because they want to continue the narrative that Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump are best friends, and that\u2019s the reason that he won, because Hillary Clinton would have never lost on her own; it had to be someone else\u2019s fault.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/pence_hamilton.jpeg?resize=195%2C195\")
PENCE PUSH<\/strong>. Mike Pence is embarking on a cross-country summer campaign\u00a0tour amid Trump woes<\/a>: \u201cPence is mapping out a schedule that will take him through several Midwestern battlegrounds and to traditionally conservative southern states like Georgia, where an unexpectedly competitive June special election runoff is alarming party strategists. The vice president will also attend a series of Republican Party events that will draw major d\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Tiger](\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/woods.jpg?resize=195%2C195\")
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RUSSIA<\/strong>. Head of Russia\u2019s Orthodox church compares gay marriage to Nazi Germany<\/a>: \u201cCiting Russian-language media, the Times <\/em>reports that Kirill referred to \u201cso-called homosexual marriages\u201d as a threat to family values. \u201cWhen laws are detached from morality they cease being laws people can accept,\u201d he was quoted as saying, comparing such laws to those enacted in Nazi Germany.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
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