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Trump cuts funding for Palestinian refugees; Nicaragua expels a team of UN human rights advocates.   Tonight's Sentences was written by Jennie Neufeld. TOP NEWS The US will no longer send funds to Palestinian refugees Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images President Donald Trump has cut all funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which supports Palestinian refugees, according to a senior administration official. A formal announcement will be made in the coming weeks. [ CNN / Clare Foran and Elise Labott ] The administration is also looking to reevaluate the number of Palestinians who are considered refugees. The UNRWA currently gives funding for food aid, operating schools, and running health centers to 5 m...

Friday, August 31, 2018 - The Day's Most Fascinating News from Dave Pell Friday, August 31, 2018 1 BEACH BALLS Vinod Khosla has ninety nine problems but a beach ain't one. In fact, he really doesn't care much about the beach or the property he owns on it. But somehow, in a story that is uniquely SIlicon Valley, "the aggressive, shameless, obsessive and optimistic, tech billionaire" has still litigated the case of beach access on his property all the way to the highest court. And the ramifications could be far reaching (even though he doesn't really want them to be). Let's coast into the weekend with the ultimate beach read from the NYT's Nellie Bowles: Every Generation Gets the Beach Villain It Deserves . "Now, by dint of his character, which ticks all the major boxes of the venture capitalist archetype — aggre...