The importance of listening

May 15, 2014 - Daily News Briefing

While it may not always be pleasant, listening to views we disagree with helps us understand how others think.

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Thousands of people fled their homes ahead of an aggressive wildfire that destroyed several houses in the city of Carlsbad as a heat wave gripped southern California, sparking blazes in several spots in the region. Mandatory evacuations were in progress, and more than 11,000 notices were sent to homes and businesses, city officials said. The blaze was one of several wildfires that firefighters in San Diego County were battling amid hot, dry and windy conditions.

European-backed peace talks on ending Ukraine’s crisis began with little promise Wednesday when pro-Russian insurgents – who weren’t even invited to the session – demanded that the Kiev government recognize their sovereignty.

With New York’s aging Tappan Zee Bridge looming behind him, President Obama called on congressional Republicans to spend more money on the nation’s crumbling roads, see-through bridges, and outdated ports, or face losing businesses to other countries.

The price of US oil climbed above $102 a barrel Wednesday on signs of increased demand for gasoline just ahead of the summer driving season. Benchmark US crude for June delivery added 67 cents to $102.37 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

An international rights group is pushing the federal government and the tobacco industry to take further steps to protect children working on US tobacco farms. A report released Wednesday by Human Rights Watch claims that children as young as 7 are sometimes working long hours in fields harvesting nicotine- and pesticide-laced tobacco leaves under sometimes hazardous conditions.

Oscar Pistorius will undergo psychiatric evaluation after the judge ruled at his murder trial Wednesday that his state of mind when he killed his girlfriend should be assessed by experts, possibly delaying court proceedings for two months.

Pakistan’s main federal investigative agency has “irrefutable proof” that former military ruler Pervez Musharraf illegally declared a state of emergency in 2007, according to a report it released Wednesday, as the onetime leader now faces a high treason trial over the declaration.

Weeks before an underground accident killed two workers, employees at a problem-plagued West Virginia mine were notified that they may lose their jobs because the coal was selling for less than the cost of digging it out. St. Louis-based Patriot Coal told all 450 workers at its Wells mining complex on April 23 that a large-scale layoff or closure of the mine was possible.

The New York Times on Wednesday announced that executive editor Jill Abramson is being replaced by managing editor Dean Baquet after 2-1/2 years on the job. The company didn’t give a reason for the change. Abramson and Baquet had both been in their current positions since September 2011.

Compiled from wire service reports

“The object of the Monitor is to injure no man, but to bless all mankind.” – Mary Baker Eddy

The Daily News Briefing is published Monday through Friday by The Christian Science Publishing Society in Boston, Massachusetts.

Compiled from wire service reports

“The object of the Monitor is to injure no man, but to bless all mankind.” – Mary Baker Eddy

The Daily News Briefing is published Monday through Friday by The Christian Science Publishing Society in Boston, Massachusetts.

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