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More than 100 feared dead in Papua New Guinea landslide

CBSNews.com 

An emergency search for survivors is underway in a remote part of Papua New Guinea after a massive landslide Friday More than 100 people are feared dead. Phil Mercer, a reporter for BBC News, a CBS News partner, has more.

Stock market today: Wall Street opens slighlty higher but is still heading for a losing week

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

Stocks are opening modestly higher following Wall Street’s worst day since April. The S&P 500 was up 0.3% in early trading Friday, but it may still be heading for its first losing week in the last five. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 101 points, and the Nasdaq composite was up 0.4%. Ross Stores and Deckers Outdoor jumped after reporting solidly better profit than analysts expected. Worries about stubbornly high inflation have pulled the stock market back from its recent records. Treasury yields ticked higher in the bond market.

Trump to take center stage at another party’s nominating convention

Voice of America 

The two major U.S. political parties — the Democrats and the Republicans — will hold their presidential nominating conventions this summer amid spectacle and media saturation. Less attention is being paid to another gathering, one that will nominate its candidate Saturday. VOA’s chief national correspondent Steve Herman is in Washington with the Libertarian Party’s story.

Passengers had seconds to react as turbulence hit Singapore flight

Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

A Malaysian woman whose six relatives and a friend were injured on a Singapore Airlines flight hit by deadly turbulence this week said on Friday they had only seconds to react before the plane started to plunge. The carrier said on Friday it has tightened seatbelt rules on its flights after the incident and that it has introduced a "more cautious approach" to turbulence.

Bringing Hollywood home

Cnn.com 

Anyone with the internet can now use the same AI video tools as top film studios.