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• Boris Johnson Issues Ultimatum to EU Over Brexit Talks as Pound Slumps

  29-07-2019 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Boris Johnson will not start talks with European Union leaders over Brexit unless they first agree to his demand to reopen the divorce deal they struck with his predecessor, Theresa May, his office warned Monday. So far, EU leaders have refused.The pound fell to its lowest in two years on growing fears the new premier will steer Britain into an economically damaging no-deal split. Johnson stepped up the government’s preparations for leaving the EU without an a
  
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• California has strict gun laws. Here's how the Gilroy gunman evaded them

  29-07-2019 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  US lawmakers renew calls for federal gun reform after shooter purchased weapon legally in NevadaPolice officers escort people from Christmas Hill Park following the shooting. Photograph: Noah Berger/APCalifornia has some of the most stringent gun laws in the country, including a ban on the type of rifle that a shooter used to kill three and wound 15 at the garlic food festival in Gilroy on Sunday.But the gunman had legally purchased the “assault-type rifle”, in the style of an AK-47,
  
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• Trump Pals Pushed Nuke Firm That Wanted to Undercut Protections Against a Saudi Bomb

  29-07-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast / Photos GettyTwo of President Trump’s closest advisers pushed hard for a firm trying to circumvent the safeguards meant to keep Saudi Arabia from building a nuclear weapon. That’s one of the many conclusions of a year-long investigation by the House Oversight Committee, which found that Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn and former inaugural committee chair Tom Barrack worked to enrich themselves and their colleagues in the nucl
  
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• Hong Kong Police Strain Under Pressure to Solve Political Crisis

  29-07-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- When thousands of black-clad protesters flooded a Hong Kong suburb Saturday to express anger over mob violence on their fellow activists, the police found themselves under attack.Mask-wearing demonstrators surrounded a police van, breaking a window while officers were still trapped inside. They spray-painted “dirty cops” and the names of local triad gangs on the vehicle before some protesters eventually convinced the crowd to let it escape.The tense episode in the nort
  
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• Pokemon Go is getting a Rayquaza raid this August and a Pokemon storage cap boost

  29-07-2019 22:59 via gamesradar.com
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• Strengthening Tropical Storm Erick forecast to approach Hawaii by week's end

  29-07-2019 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Tropical Storm Erick is gaining strength in the eastern Pacific Ocean and is forecast to approach Hawaii by the weekend, forecasters announced Monday.
  
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• The Halo Infinite trailer was hiding this sound clip of Cortana all along

  29-07-2019 22:35 via gamesradar.com
  The Halo Infinite teases could be starting: "This… this is part of me"
  
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• 11 Best Ports for Nintendo Switch, Ranked

  29-07-2019 22:17
  Consumer choice, specifically as it relates to how we play games, has become increasingly prevalent in a technological landscape loaded with options. The concept has undoubtedly played a role in the success of Nintendo Switch, which lets players choose between traditional and on-the-go gaming.
  That choice has given new life to old games, paving the way for a Switch catalogue filled with high-quality ports. Sure, you may have played Skyrim twice on Xbox and once on PC, but with the Switch version
  
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• Woman who dated suspect in Ole Miss student Ally Kostial's murder: 'That could have been me'

  29-07-2019 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  A woman who briefly dated the man suspected of killing Ally Kostial says she fears she may not be here if she continued seeing him. 
  
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• UPDATE 1-Canadian air force joins search for fugitive murder suspects in remote area

  29-07-2019 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Canada's air force has been called in to a tiny community in northern Manitoba, where two teens suspected of three murders were thought to have been last seen, police said on Monday, as the chase entered a second week.Kam McLeod, 19, and Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, were believed to have been seen on Sunday outside York Landing, a First Nations community of less than 500 people, 90 km (56 miles) south of Gillam, Manitoba, where search efforts were previously concentrated.The Royal Canadian Mounted Pol
  
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• Mosquitos carrying deadly, brain-swelling virus detected in Florida

  29-07-2019 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  A potentially deadly mosquito-borne virus known to cause brain swelling hasbeen detected in Florida, according to the state's health department
  
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• Coalition says strike kills 5 IS jihadists in Syria

  29-07-2019 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  A US-led coalition air strike killed five jihadists in eastern Syria on Monday, a spokesman said, in the first such raid since the collapse of the Islamic State group's "caliphate"."Coalition forces conducted a strike against a Daesh cell near Busayrah", a town in Deir Ezzor province, said coalition spokesman James Rawlinson, using an Arabic acronym for IS.The five jihadists were all Syrian, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor.
  
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• Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell defends himself from criticism for blocking election security bills

  29-07-2019 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Speaking on the Senate floor, Mitch McConnell vows not to be intimidated by liars and bullies.
  
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• Cory Booker Qualifies To Join Third Round Of Democratic Debates

  29-07-2019 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Presidential candidate Cory Booker has qualified to participate in the third round of Democratic debates, according to his campaign.Booker, a New Jersey senator, passed the threshold of 130,000 unique donors, his campaign said Monday, CNN reported. He had already met the polling requirements for the September debate.More than a quarter of the donors came after the first debate in June, his campaign said.“We’re building this campaign the right way, brick by brick from the gr
  
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• School Shooter Dies in Car Crash, 21 Years After Opening Fire at Arkansas Middle School

  29-07-2019 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Drew Grant and a friend shot and killed five people at Westside Middle School in 1998
  
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• Deputy who plays bailiff on courtroom TV show hurt in weekend shooting that killed his wife

  29-07-2019 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  The deputy, who also does acting work, was hurt in the shooting that killed his wife in southeast Houston.
  
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• Whither Evangelical Purity Culture? Thoughts on the Legacy of a Lost Pastor

  29-07-2019 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  If you don’t live in Evangelical-world, you probably missed this news. An influential Evangelical author and pastor named Joshua Harris announced on Saturday that he was in the process of “deconstruction.” His statement was clear. “By all the measurements I have for defining a Christian,” he said, “I am not a Christian.” He apologized to the LGBT community for not affirming gay marriage and for the ways that his writing and speaking “contributed to
  
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• US officials: Afghan soldier kills 2 US troops

  29-07-2019 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  An Afghan soldier shot and killed two American service members in Afghanistan, U.S. officials said Monday.The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak on the record about details that have not yet been made public.U.S. Central Command confirmed that two U.S. troops were killed, but provided no details.
  
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• The first Fallout 76 raid will open Vault 94 this August

  29-07-2019 21:03 via gamesradar.com
  The first four-player raid will take players inside Vault 94, with another raid and vault to come
  
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• Halo Infinite E3 2019 Trailer Has a Secret Message From Cortana

  29-07-2019 21:01
  A secret message hidden inside the Halo Infinite E3 2019 trailer has finally been uncovered, and it sounds like there was more Cortana in the trailer than previously believed.
  343 Industries unveiled a new trailer for Halo Infinite at E3 2019 this year that showed Master Chief being awakened by a marine outside the wreckage of a destroyed Halo installation. The trailer mostly focused on these two characters, with a small teaser for Cortana at the very end. But hidden in plain sight there wa
  
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• New York reduces penalties for marijuana possession

  29-07-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  New York's governor signed a bill Monday that softens penalties for possessing small amounts of marijuana and allows for the expungement of some past offenses.The law changes an unlawful possession of marijuana statute into a violation that's similar to a traffic ticket, instead of a criminal charge.The law also requires that records tied to low-level marijuana cases be automatically sealed and creates a process for expungement.
  
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• If You Can't Wait for Cyberpunk 2077, Check Out Killjoys

  29-07-2019 21:00
  Cyberpunk 2077 is dropping in April 2020, but it already boasts the pedigree and promise to capture the imaginations of gamers worldwide. The wait may feel excruciating, but in the meantime, there’s a TV show airing now that could scratch your itch for cool, cyberpunk-infused storytelling: Killjoys, created by Michelle Lovretta - purveyor of sleek, sexy, speculative narratives like the series Lost Girl (which followed the life of a succubus straddling the human and fae worlds).
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• Donald Trump Just Granted 5 Full Pardons. Check Out to Who.

  29-07-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump granted five full pardons Monday to John Richard Bubala, Roy Wayne McKeever, Rodney Takumi, Michael Tedesco and Chalmer Lee Williams.The president decided each man was worthy of Executive Grants of Clemency after “a careful review of the files” of each individual, according to an official statement from the Office of the Press Secretary.John Richard BubalaBubala pled guilty to improper use of Federal Government in 1990 in an effort to transport automo
  
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• Venezuela Faces the Loss of Citgo -- and Desperately Needed Dollars

  29-07-2019 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Venezuela could lose its largest U.S. asset after a court allowed a Canadian gold miner to seize shares of Citgo Petroleum Corp.’s parent to satisfy an arbitration award.A U.S. appeals court ruled on Monday that Crystallex International Corp. may seize U.S.-based stock of Citgo’s parent, which is part of Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, to cover a $1.4 billion award over the nationalization of gold fields.Unless reversed on appeal or blocked by the Trump admi
  
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• 'Pink Lady Bandit' and her accomplice arrested in Charlotte

  29-07-2019 20:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Circe Baez, 35, and Alexis Morales, 38, were arrested in connection with multiple bank robberies in three different states.
  
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• South Carolina deputy shoots homeowner through window, body camera shows

  29-07-2019 20:21 via news.yahoo.com
  The Greenville County Sheriff's Office initially said the South Carolina homeowner was shot after he opened the door and pointed his gun at deputy.
  
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• Trump Ends Prison Term for Arkansas Man Backed by Mike Huckabee

  29-07-2019 20:03 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Donald Trump ended the prison sentence of an Arkansas man convicted of bribery, whose cause had been taken up by one of the president’s close political allies, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee.Trump awarded a commutation to Ted Suhl, who operated a “faith-based behavioral healthcare treatment center for juveniles” in the state, according to a White House statement. An appeals court had affirmed Suhl’s conviction and sentence in March 2018, according t
  
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• Play as Woody from Toy Story in this Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Mod

  29-07-2019 20:02
  
  While Toy Story might not be the first thing that would come to mind when you think of movies or games that would fit in the world of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, modder huckpie on NexusMods has done a pretty phenomenal job modding everyone's favorite toy sheriff into this violent world of swords and samurai.Check out 10 minutes of gameplay from the mod above. You can also download the mod for yourself right here: https://www.nexusmods.com/sekiro/mods/426
  
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• Hitman 3 Is Currently in Development and Might Be Episodic Again

  29-07-2019 20:02
  IO Interactive, the Danish video game developer behind the Hitman series, is already looking towards making Hitman 3. But before that, IO Interactive may release a completely new IP first.
  In a new episode of the NoClip video game documentary, host Danny O’Dwyer visited IO Interactive’s office in Copenhagen to find out how the studio was able to survive a dramatic 2017 where parent company Square Enix tried to sell the studio.
  Instead of finding a buyer, IO Interactive underwent a ma
  
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• Trump Makes Tone-Deaf Joke About Stage Collapsing Under First Responders During 9/11 Bill Signing

  29-07-2019 19:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Carlos Barria/ReutersJust before signing into law a permanent extension of the 9/11 victims compensation fund on Monday, President Donald Trump jokingly told the 9/11 first responders in attendance that they shouldn’t worry if the Rose Garden stage collapsed underneath them because they wouldn’t fall “very far.”After suggesting that he was directly involved with the cleanup efforts at Ground Zero immediately after the Sept. 11 terror attacks—a claim that has been di
  
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• Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order dev says Sekiro comparisons are "badass" and "comforting"

  29-07-2019 19:50 via gamesradar.com
  Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order combat designer says Sekiro similarities are "a positive thing"
  
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• Israelis cleared of rape to sue British accuser in Cyprus

  29-07-2019 19:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Israeli tourists released from custody in Cyprus after having been cleared of gang rape charges plan to sue the British woman who accused them, their lawyer said Monday.Twelve Israeli youths were arrested on July 12 after a 19-year-old British tourist said she was raped in a hotel in the resort town of Ayia Napa, in southeast Cyprus.Five of the accused were released last Thursday and the other seven on Sunday, as a police source said the Briton was "facing charges of giving a false statement ove
  
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• Another tourist injured by bison at a national park; second such incident in a week

  29-07-2019 19:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Park regulations require that visitors stay at least 25 yards away from large animals such as bison, elk, deer and horses.
  
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• Blair Witch Gameplay Trailer Revealed

  29-07-2019 19:18
  The first gameplay trailer for the upcoming Blair Witch game has been revealed. You can watch it in the video above.
  After its cinematic reveal trailer during E3, this latest trailer gives us our first real look at how you’ll actually play Blair Witch, which developer Bloober Team describes as a “first-person psychological horror game.”Included in the trailer is your trusty dog companion, Bullet, who will help you along the way as you issue commands for him like digging or seek
  
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• Executive Director of House Dems’ Campaign Arm Resigns amid Backlash over Lack of Diversity

  29-07-2019 19:15 via news.yahoo.com
  The executive director of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) resigned Monday after Democratic lawmakers and DCCC staffers lashed out publicly at the organization's leadership over their failure to prioritize racial diversity.Allison Jaslow announced her resignation during an emergency meeting that was held on Monday morning in response to calls from staffers and lawmakers for an “immediate restructuring” of the group's senior leadership, Politico reporte
  
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• Brazil prison riot: 16 prisoners decapitated as dozens killed in mass jail uprising

  29-07-2019 19:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Sixteen prisoners were decapitated and dozens more also died in a mass prison riot in Brazil.At least 52 inmates were killed in the latest in a series of deadly clashes involving rival criminal gangs in the northern state of Para.The gangs took at least two officers hostage as they battled one another.Other prisoners were asphyxiated, and the total number of victims could rise, authorities said.Inmates also set part of the Altamira prison on fire, preventing guards from entering parts of the bui
  
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• First Fortnite World Cup Champion Bugha, a 16-Year-Old, Takes Home $3 Million

  29-07-2019 18:40
  
  The grand champion of the Fortnite World Cup finals has been crowned. Kyle "Bugha" Giersdorf, a 16-year-old American boy, took home the trophy and a $3 million prize.Congratulations @bugha! pic.twitter.com/nchRlL3wUC
  — Fortnite Competitive (@FNCompetitive) July 28, 2019
  Giersdorf is a player for the Sentinels group, and managed to careen past his 99 other opponents by a wide margin, earning a total of 59 points. The runner up, Psalm, scored 33 points by comparison over the finals’ si
  
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• Trump news - live: President jokes about stage collapsing with 9/11 first responders as congress hints at looming impeachment

  29-07-2019 18:34 via news.yahoo.com
  A senior Democrat has said congress should consider impeachment against Donald Trump “whatever timeframe there is”, in his strongest hint yet that proceedings will be launched.Jerry Nadler, the House Judiciary Committee chair, was asked if the panel should abandon its investigation into the president, as election season approaches.“We have to do this, whatever time frame there is and we’re doing it now,” he said.Please wait a moment for the live blog to load“W
  
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• Hitman studio IO Interactive teases new IP and an episodic Hitman 3

  29-07-2019 18:22 via gamesradar.com
  Hitman 3 is in the works, and it may go back to the episodic format
  
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• Who is Rep. John Ratcliffe, the man Trump named to replace Dan Coats as director of national intelligence?

  29-07-2019 18:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Rep. John Ratcliffe, 53, appears to be someone who will share more of Trump's perspectives than outgoing DNI chief Dan Coats.
  
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• Control: 8 Minutes of New Story Mission Gameplay

  29-07-2019 18:00
  We're nearing the end of our month of exclusive Control coverage, but we're not going out without a bang. Today, we've got 8 minutes of never-before-seen gameplay for you to look at.
  Join Jesse Faden as she visits the Black Rock Processing department of the Federal Bureau of Control. That might sound like a trip down Bureaucracy Lane, but it actually involves entering a quarry that shouldn't be there, lit by the light of stars that can't exist, and stuffed full of haunted ex-employees to bounce
  
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• 'There was no clown': Cruise company, police deny reports that fight broke out because of a clown

  29-07-2019 18:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Following reports that six people were assaulted on a cruise ship in a brawl with a clown, police and P&O; Cruises are setting the record straight.
  
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• Pete Buttigieg’s ideas are starting to intrigue black voters. Their support is another matter.

  29-07-2019 17:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Interviews with National Urban League conference goers and polling data suggests the South Bend mayor still has a long way to go.
  
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• Canadian police descend on small town as teen murder suspects spotted

  29-07-2019 17:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Canadian police descended on a tiny hamlet in Manitoba on Sunday after a reported sighting of two teenage fugitives wanted for the murders of three people, including American and Australian tourists.
  
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• At signing ceremony to extend 9/11 victim fund, Trump says he spent a lot of time Ground Zero

  29-07-2019 17:51 via news.yahoo.com
  At a signing ceremony for legislation to extend the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, President Trump said he was “down there” at the World Trade Center in the aftermath of 9/11, but added he doesn’t consider himself a first responder.
  
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• Agent 47 Heading To Siberia In Next Sniper Assassin Map

  29-07-2019 17:42
  Publisher: Warner Bros. InteractiveDeveloper: IO InteractiveRelease: November 13, 2018 Platform: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC
  Agent 47 is heading out on a new mission tomorrow with the release of the new Siberia map for the game's Sniper Assassin mode. He might want to pack a jacket, because things are going to be chilly.In the new Siberia map, players have to take out a pair of targets at a Siberian prison and several members of an elite mercenary force. Roman Khabko is a Russian mobster (and in
  
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• The latest Blair Witch game trailer highlights the horror of an awkward phone call

  29-07-2019 17:16 via gamesradar.com
  Everything is not ok in the Blair Witch game's latest trailer
  
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• Harrowing photos show Guatemalan mother begging Mexican soldiers to let her cross into U.S.

  29-07-2019 17:14 via news.yahoo.com
  Last Monday, photographer Jose Luis Gonzalez shot photos of the moment LedyPerez begged a Mexican National Guard soldier to let her and her 6-year-oldson Anthony Diaz cross into the United States
  
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• Donna Brazile condemns Trump's 'poisonous' personal attacks on Elijah Cummings and Baltimore

  29-07-2019 16:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Former DNC Interim Chair Donna Brazile unleashes stinging criticism of President Trump after his remarks on the conditions Democrat Rep. Elijah Cummings' Baltimore district.
  
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• Officer hurt in shootout in popular tourist area in Arkansas

  29-07-2019 16:55 via news.yahoo.com
  A man who was seen "pumping a gun" in a busy tourist area in Arkansas was critically wounded in a shootout with police, authorities said. Hot Springs police said several people called 911 to report a man walking along Bathhouse Row while carrying a long gun and threatening bystanders on Sunday. Officers responded and exchanged gunfire with the man, and one police officer was struck twice, police said.
  
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