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• Woman who stormed stage during 'Julius Caesar' is arrested

  17-06-2017 23:11 via yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A New York production of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" with a Trump-like character who is assassinated had a boisterous new scene this weekend: an activist who stormed the stage, yelling, "Do you want Trump to be assassinated?"
  
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• Donald Trump briefed as search continues for seven sailors missing after US warship crashes near Japan

  17-06-2017 23:08 via yahoo.com
  
  The White House has been briefed on the seven American sailors who are missing and unaccounted for after the Navy destroyer they were stationed on collided with a merchant ship off the coast of Japan.The USS Fitzgerald, a guided missile destroyer, took on water after the collision, but was able to be tugged back to the shore.“Right now we are focused on two things: the safety of the ship and the well-being of the Sailors,“ Admiral Scott Swift, commander of the US Pacific Fleet, said
  
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• Police: Mother dies following shooting rampage in New Mexico

  17-06-2017 22:54 via yahoo.com
  
  ABIQUIU, N.M. (AP) — The mother of a man who went on a shooting rampage in New Mexico died several hours after being taken off life support, bringing the number of deaths to five, authorities said.
  
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• Tesla mechanics rescue a cute kitten that got stuck inside a Model X bumper

  17-06-2017 22:52 via yahoo.com
  
  Of all the things that could possibly go wrong with your electric self-driving car, finding a kitten inside your bumper may be the cutest of them all. An unnamed Model X owner uploaded two clips to YouTube on Saturday that show a teeny kitten trapped inside the bumper of his vehicle. "So this morning, I heard a meow in my garage," the man said in the clip. "And we don't have a cat." After narrowing down the meows to his vehicle, then the rear bumper, the man decided to bring his car into a Tesla
  
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• Yellowstone takes measures to prevent mussels' spread

  17-06-2017 22:44 via yahoo.com
  
  JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Yellowstone National Park officials are installing barriers in front of boat launches in an attempt to prevent invasive mussels recently discovered in Montana from spreading to the park and into the Columbia River Basin.
  
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• Tehran says Saudi coastguard killed Iranian fisherman

  17-06-2017 21:49 via yahoo.com
  
  An Iranian fisherman was shot and killed Saturday by the Saudi coastguard which accused him of entering Saudi waters, Iran's interior ministry said, fuelling tensions between the regional rivals."Two fishing boats were in the Persian Gulf and strayed due to high waves.The Saudi coastguard say the boats entered Saudi waters and killed one of the fishermen," Majid Aghababaie, head of border affairs at the interior ministry, said in a statement published by Iranian media.
  
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• Family of man killed by police files wrongful death lawsuit

  17-06-2017 21:45 via yahoo.com
  
  TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A northwest Ohio village police chief fatally shot an armed man in the back from 70 yards (64 meters) away while the man sat beneath a tree talking to a deputy sheriff just 15 feet away who was trying to end the standoff, according to a federal wrongful death lawsuit by the man's family last week in Toledo
  
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• AU calls for calm as Djibouti-Eritrea border tensions mount

  17-06-2017 21:45 via yahoo.com
  
  The African Union on Saturday urged Djibouti and Eritrea to show "restraint" as tensions intensified over a disputed border territory after the withdrawal of Qatari peacekeepers from a buffer zone.Djibouti has accused Eritrea of occupying the territory in the Doumeira region following the departure of the Qatari troops, threatening the revival of a longstanding and at times violent dispute.In 2008, Eritrea sent its troops into the area, north of the city of Djibouti and strategically located at
  
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• The Latest: UK's May meets fire survivors, faces criticism

  17-06-2017 21:42 via yahoo.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — The Latest on the London high-rise fire (all times local):
  
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• French mayor arrested for clash with right-winger

  17-06-2017 21:38 via yahoo.com
  
  A 55-year-old village mayor was arrested on Saturday for allegedly attacking a prominent French right-wing parliamentary candidate while she was out campaigning.Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, a flamboyant 44-year-old candidate for the Republicans party, was canvassing for votes at a Paris market on Thursday when a man called her a "stupid bobo" -- a blend of hipster and bourgeois -- and shoved her leaflets in her face, causing her to fall.Vincent Debraize -- mayor of Champignolles, a small village
  
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• Americans Still Awaiting Trump's Personal Taxes

  17-06-2017 21:23 via yahoo.com
  
  Trump's disclosure leaves many of the questions surrounding his finances unanswered.  
  
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• Philando Castile: Protesters clash with police after officer who killed black man on Facebook Live acquitted

  17-06-2017 21:22 via yahoo.com
  
  Hundreds of protesters took to Minnesota’s streets after police officer Jeronimo Yanez was acquitted of manslaughter for shooting Philando Castile dead.Officer Yanez killed Mr Castile during a traffic stop last July.Mr Castile had informed Officer Yanez just seconds before he was shot that he was carrying a gun.
  
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• 9/11 Memorial designer to create church shooting memorial

  17-06-2017 21:16 via yahoo.com
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The architect who designed the 9/11 Memorial in New York has been chosen to create a memorial to honor the nine worshippers gunned down in a racist shooting attack on a South Carolina church.
  
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• US ambassador to Qatar steps down after posting critical tweets about Donald Trump

  17-06-2017 21:10 via yahoo.com
  
  The US ambassador to Qatar has stepped down after posting critical tweets about Donald Trump's administration after he fired FBI Director James Comey.Dana Shell Smith announced the move a week after several Gulf states cut diplomatic ties with the monarchy in Doha, citing concerns over their financial ties to Islamist groups including the Muslim Brotherhood.Saudi Arabia, Egypt, The Maldives, United Arab Emirates, Libya, and Bahrain won praise from Mr Trump for coordinating the anti-Qatari effort
  
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• Former Employee Says Uber's Apology To NYC Riders Is "All A Show"

  17-06-2017 21:01 via yahoo.com
  
  Uber recently sent an apology email to former New York City riders, but an ex-employee says the company's move is "all a show."
  
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• Paris agreement: US states and mayors fight climate change after Donald Trump pulls US out of deal

  17-06-2017 20:51 via yahoo.com
  
  American governors and mayors are stepping up to fill a leadership void on climate change after Donald Trump announced that the US will pull out of the Paris climate change accord.From coast to coast and beyond, American politicians say that the President has left them with little choice in facing the devastating consequences climate changes seems to pose.Hundreds of American jurisdictions say they are prepared to work together — and individually — to honour the now defunct US commit
  
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• Prince George was not impressed at the Queen's birthday parade

  17-06-2017 20:32 via yahoo.com
  
  London celebrated Queen Elizabeth II's 91st birthday with Trooping the Colour, her annual birthday parade, on Saturday.  The Queen's great-grandson, however, was not impressed. Three-year-old Prince George watched the parade from a balcony (and behind a window) at Buckingham Palace with his family. Looks like a boring parade.Image: David Hartley/REX/Shutterstock Same.Image: Tim Rooke/REX/ShutterstockPrince George's 4th birthday is next week, and the Queen's real birthday was back in Ap
  
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• Trump goes from regal to rustic this weekend at Camp David

  17-06-2017 20:12 via yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump chose simple over swanky this weekend.
  
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• Brazil's Temer running 'criminal organization,' tycoon accuser says

  17-06-2017 19:51 via yahoo.com
  
  JBS chairman Joesley Batista caused a major political uproar last month when he handed to authorities, in connection with a wide-reaching corruption scandal, an audio recording in which Temer appeared to condone the payment of hush money to a former lawmaker now in prison.Batista's remarks were made in his first interview since he clinched a plea bargain deal with authorities as the nationwide anti-graft operation codenamed "Car Wash" began targeting his business dealings.Batista agreed to coope
  
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• Man killed in officer-involved shooting in Antioch

  17-06-2017 19:40 via yahoo.com
  
  A 37-year-old man was shot and killed Friday night in an officer-involved shooting in Antioch.
  
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• No retirement talk from Dianne Feinstein, oldest US senator

  17-06-2017 19:28 via yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The nation's oldest U.S. senator looks like she's sticking around.
  
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• Polls show tight race ahead of Georgia special election

  17-06-2017 19:05 via yahoo.com
  
  Insight on 'America's News HQ' from Atlanta Journal writer
  
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• Prosecutors vow to retry Bill Cosby after sexual assault case ends in mistrial

  17-06-2017 18:49 via yahoo.com
  
  Bill Cosby waves as he leaves the courthouse in Norristown, Pennsylvania.Bill Cosby’s sexual assault case ended in a mistrial on Saturday, with jurors reporting hopeless deadlock over charges that the comedian drugged and violated a woman in 2004.Montgomery County district attorney Kevin Steele immediately said prosecutors would seek to retry Cosby on the same charges.
  
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• Saudi detains Turkey media reporters 'on FM's visit'

  17-06-2017 18:42 via yahoo.com
  
  Saudi Arabia detained two Pakistani reporters for Turkey's state-run English language channel TRT World for some 10 hours during a visit by the Turkish foreign minister, before releasing them, reports said Saturday.Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu late Friday held talks with Saudi King Salman in Mecca aimed at easing the crisis over the diplomatic and economic isolation of Ankara's ally Qatar.Correspondent Hasan Abdullah and cameraman Nihat Yayman, who were covering the talks, were detained by
  
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• Are Corinne Olympios’ Statements About ‘Bachelor In Paradise’ Not True?

  17-06-2017 18:22 via yahoo.com
  
  DeMario Jackson’s attorney has sworn that tapes from “Bachelor in Paradise” will vindicate his client of any wrongdoing as one of Corinne Olympios’ claims is being questioned.
  
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• Pres. Trump Makes First Trip to Camp David As Mueller Investigation Looms

  17-06-2017 18:06 via yahoo.com
  
  After publicly declaring Friday, in a tweet, that he was being investigated, the president and his family traveled to the Maryland presidential compound for the first time in his presidency.
  
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• 7 U.S. Sailors Missing After Navy Ship Collision Off Japanese Coast

  17-06-2017 18:04 via yahoo.com
  
  The USS Fitzgerald, a 505-foot destroyer, collided with a Philippine container vessel early Saturday morning local time, the U.S. 7th Fleet said. The incident occurred about 56 nautical miles off Yokosuka, Japan.
  
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• I think Razer accidentally made the perfect portable battery

  17-06-2017 18:00 via yahoo.com
  
  Razer recently announced a new flagship laptop, the Razer Blade Stealth. It looks like a worthy successor to the old Razer Blade, one of the best Windows laptops out there, but the thing that really caught my attention is the battery pack Razer made for it.
  A couple companies have taken stabs at making external battery packs for laptops before, most notably Dell with the XPS 13. They're not a bad idea, but since Amazon is already awash with cheap Anker packs, it takes something special to stand
  
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• Meet Boston Children’s Hospital’s Down Syndrome Patient, Turned Employee

  17-06-2017 17:56 via yahoo.com
  
  Nathan Simons is the first person in the Down syndrome clinic's 50-year history to be hired full time — who has also been a patient there.
  
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• The Polynesian Hokule'a Returns After Traveling the Seas — Without a GPS

  17-06-2017 17:52 via yahoo.com
  
  After three years at sea, the hokule'a — canoe powered by wind and waves — is returning to Hawaii after a voyage that has spanned 23 countries and territories. The crew, like its ancestors, doesn’t use any modern navigational tool: no GPS or compass.
  
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• Vatican defends membership for theologian over abortion flap

  17-06-2017 17:50 via yahoo.com
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — The head of the Vatican's bioethics panel is defending the decision to name as a member an Anglican moral theologian who has said that abortion could be condoned up until the 18th week of gestation.
  
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• Seven US soldiers wounded in Afghan 'insider attack'

  17-06-2017 17:47 via yahoo.com
  
  Mazar-i-Sharif (Afghanistan) (AFP) - Seven American troops were wounded Saturday in an insider attack by an Afghan soldier at a military base, as the US appears set to boost its troop presence in the country.The shootout at Camp Shaheen near northern Mazar-i-Sharif city is the second "green-on-blue" attack -- where Afghan soldiers turn their weapons on international forces assisting them -- reported this week.
  
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• Flint Water Crisis: Officials Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter

  17-06-2017 17:47 via yahoo.com
  
  Among those charged was Michigan's Public Health Director Nick Lyon. Investigators claim Lyon, whose role is to protect citizens well-being, once declared he "couldn't save everyone.”
  
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• Russia says 180 IS fighters killed in Syria strikes

  17-06-2017 17:46 via yahoo.com
  
  Russia said Saturday that airstrikes carried out this month had killed about 180 Islamic State jihadists in Syria, including two field commanders."As a result of June 6 and 8 aerial strikes on targets belonging to IS fighters, IS field commanders Abu Omar al-Belgiki and Abu Yasin al-Masri were killed" in Deir Ezzor, a province held mostly by IS forces, the defence ministry said in a statement carried by the Interfax news agency.It said the strikes took place after Russian forces using drones spo
  
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• Trump Gets Approval-Rating Boost

  17-06-2017 17:41 via yahoo.com
  
  The president celebrated the latest poll from Rassmussen Reports.
  
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• Pres. Trump’s New Cuba Policy Leaves Cuban Businesses Scrambling

  17-06-2017 17:39 via yahoo.com
  
  American tourists have come in droves since Pres. Obama normalized U.S.-Cuba ties and have been a boon to the Cuban tourism industry. Some Cuban entrepreneurs told NBC News they fear the progress could be reversed under Trump’s new policy.
  
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• Five Mali soldiers killed in attack on military camp

  17-06-2017 17:37 via yahoo.com
  
  Five soldiers were killed Saturday in northern Mali, where a surge in violence has prompted calls for the UN to create a new anti-jihadist force for the region.Eight soldiers were wounded and nine vehicles were destroyed in the attack on the camp at Bintagoungou at about 5:00 am, an army statement said."All the camp's military material was ransacked," a local official told AFP.
  
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• 58 presumed dead in London tower fire: police

  17-06-2017 17:33 via yahoo.com
  
  A total of 58 people are presumed dead after the devastating fire in a London tower block, police chief Stuart Cundy told reporters on Saturday."We've worked tirelessly to establish how many people we believe were in Grenfell Tower on the night and at this point in time we are unable to say that they are safe or well," he said.Cundy said 16 bodies had so far been recovered from the tower and taken to a mortuary.
  
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• Bill Cosby Trial: Prosecutors Seek Retrial After Judge Declares Mistrial

  17-06-2017 17:31 via yahoo.com
  
  Montgomery County Judge Steven O'Neill declared a mistrial, but the case against the legendary comedian isn't over: prosecutors said they will retry him on three counts of aggravated indecent assault, a charge that carries 10 years in prison.
  
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• The Latest: Russia proposes new Syrian peace talks in Astana

  17-06-2017 17:08 via yahoo.com
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on developments in Syria (all times local):
  
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• Outrage over officer acquittal in Philando Castile's death

  17-06-2017 17:00 via yahoo.com
  
  Protestors took to the streets displaying their outrage over the acquittal of officer for the death of a 32-year-old cafeteria worker.
  
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• Conrad Roy's Mom Speaks Out After Michelle Carter Conviction: 'She Knew Exactly What She Was Doing'

  17-06-2017 16:56 via yahoo.com
  
  The teen was convicted of involuntary manslaughter on Friday in court.
  
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• Congressional race low-key in deeply red South Carolina

  17-06-2017 16:40 via yahoo.com
  
  LANCASTER, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's 5th Congressional District has all the usual campaign season trappings: signs dot many front yards and the airwaves are jammed with political ads. Yet the special election to fill the House seat vacated when Mick Mulvaney became White House budget director has largely unfolded without the intense partisan fever of contests elsewhere, like Georgia's hotly disputed congressional race.
  
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• The Latest: Trump thanks Japan for help in sailor search

  17-06-2017 16:38 via yahoo.com
  
  YOKOSUKA, Japan (AP) — The Latest on a U.S. Navy ship collision (all times local):
  
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• Kurdish man with minor record fights deportation from US

  17-06-2017 16:36 via yahoo.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Kurdish man who appears to have only minor convictions woke up to a knock on the door of his Tennessee home a week ago and was whisked away for deportation as part of a roundup of Iraqi nationals.
  
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• Amazon’s rare sale on Sonos speakers is almost over

  17-06-2017 16:30 via yahoo.com
  
  Look, we've told you about Amazon's killer sale on Sonos speakers multiple times now. Why? Because Sonos speakers are outstanding, and opportunities to save money on them are rare. One such opportunity has presented itself though, and it only lasts until the end of the day tomorrow. Until then you can save $50 on a 2-pack of Sonos Play:1 speakers, and $100 off the price of the Sonos SUB. Hurry!
  Sonos PLAY:1 2-Room Bundle
  Save $50 on 2 PLAY:1s. Offer valid June 4 – June 18, or while supplie
  
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• Palestinians dispute IS claim for deadly attack on Israel

  17-06-2017 16:08 via yahoo.com
  
  DEIR ABU MASHAL, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian militants disputed an Islamic State claim Saturday that it was behind a deadly attack against Israel, saying it was their people who killed a female police officer on duty near Jerusalem's Old City.
  
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• Your Sunscreen May Be Harming Coral Reefs

  17-06-2017 16:00 via yahoo.com
  
  Your sunscreen may harm coral reefs, here's a list of eco-friendly products you can use this summer for when you go to the beach.
  
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• How To Know If Someone Is Suicidal?

  17-06-2017 16:00 via yahoo.com
  
  Suicide is the second leading cause of death in people from age 10 to age 34, and according to statistics men take their lives nearly four times the rate of women.
  
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• Father’s Day 2017 Jokes

  17-06-2017 16:00 via yahoo.com
  
  Here are 14 hilarious one-liners and riddles to share on Father’s Day.
  
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