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• USA Today's Virginia HQ evacuated amid reports of man with weapon

  07-08-2019 23:18 via nbcnews.com
  The reports were determined to be a false alarm and an all clear was give. A 911 caller told police there was an armed, former employee on the grounds.
  
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• Dozens of Galaxies Discovered From the Early Universe

  07-08-2019 23:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The galaxies are clear to ALMA’s radio vision, but disappear in Hubble’s visible light coverage. (Credit: Image (c) 2019 Wang et al.)The universe is 13.8 billion years old, but scientists have trouble seeing back to its earliest days. This cosmic dawn has been obscured by time, distance, and the rest of the universe. Part of the problem is that light gets stretched as it travels across the cosmos. The longer the journey, the more stretched out its wavelengths become.
  So our earthly t
  
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• 8chan owner heading to US as lawmakers seek answers

  07-08-2019 20:43
  Owner of 8chan online message board says he's headed to the U.S., where a House committee wants him to testify about what he has done to prevent his website from being used as a megaphone by violent white supremacists.
  
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• When Earth's Magnetic Field Flips, It Could Take Thousands of Years

  07-08-2019 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  A computer model of Earth's magnetic field. (Credit: U.S. Department of Energy)North, I was once surprised to learn, is not always north. There’s geographic north, “up” on maps toward the North Pole, and then there’s magnetic north, which is where compass needles point. Right now the two kind of line up, but that isn’t always the case. Earth’s magnetic field — which guides compasses, animals and auroras — likes to wander, and it’s reversed en
  
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• Smart Cities Promote Social Isolation, Not Togetherness

  07-08-2019 18:36 via technocracy.news
  Technocrats design cities according to their “science of social engineering”, where citizens are just animals in the maze to be controlled, directed, managed and surveilled. Smart cities will be the scourge of humanity, not its salvation. ⁃ TN EditorGeorge Orwell’s novel 1984, published in 1949, imagines a society organized by a totalitarian state where daily life is regimented and Big Brother programs every move. Not a totalitarian government, but corporate power, c
  
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• Police State: US Military Set To Monitor All Movement In USA

  07-08-2019 18:17 via technocracy.news
  It’s now clearly stated that the Military will join law enforcement and DHS to locate and deter narcotic trafficking and homeland security threats, but at the expense of tracking everything, everywhere.
  High altitude balloons equipped with radar and other battle zone surveillance technology can see through any weather and even through vegetation and buildings.
  This technology was perfected in combat zones under the label GEOINT and the project name of “Mastering the Human Domain&rdqu
  
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• 8chan's options 'rapidly dwindling,' but no indication it'll disappear

  07-08-2019 18:12 via nbcnews.com
  Though it has endured intermittent outages and limited functionality, the website has remained up using a variety of technical tweaks.
  
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• San Diego To Have 4,200 Streetlight Cameras By 2020

  07-08-2019 17:56 via technocracy.news
  While police are regularly catching a few perpetrators on video, it has done so at the cost of ubiquitous surveilling all citizens in San Diego. ⁃ TN Editor
  When police stopped a taxicab early one morning last summer to find Jonathan Hernandez armed with a handgun and fleeing the scene of a fatal Gaslamp Quarter shooting, authorities thought it was an open-and-shut case.
  Hernandez was booked into jail on suspicion of murder, but the investigation from last August would take an unexpec
  
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• Astronomers Search for Radio Signals From 'Dead Planets'

  07-08-2019 17:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  The dense cores of past planets might survive a star’s expansion period into its white dwarf phase. (Credit: CfA/Mark A. Garlick)In five or six billion years, our sun will expand into a red giant star hundreds of times larger than it is now. It will envelop Mercury and Venus, and possibly Earth as well, and then slowly puff away its outer layers. The hot, dense core left behind is called a white dwarf. And it will glow for billions of years.
  It’s an open question what happens to the
  
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• Heracles the Giant Parrot Stood 3-Feet-Tall

  07-08-2019 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  A reconstruction of the newly-discovered giant parrot Heracles, dwarfing a
  group of small New Zealand wrens on the forest floor. (Credit: Illustration by Dr Brian Choo, Flinders University)If you tried to feed a cracker to this
  polly you might lose a hand in the process. Paleontologists say they’ve
  discovered the ancient fossil remains of the world’s only known giant parrot.
  The bird stood roughly 3 feet high. And scientists
  speculate it could’ve weighed as much as 15 pounds an
  
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• FedEx is ending ground-delivery contract with Amazon - CNBC

  07-08-2019 14:16 via cnbc.com
  FedEx is ending ground-delivery contract with Amazon  CNBCFedEx is ending its ground-delivery contract with Amazon at the end of the month and won't renew it. It ended its express delivery contract in June.View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Gazans struggle to protect antiquities from neglect, looting

  07-08-2019 14:12
  Gazans struggle to protect antiquities after decades of uprisings, war and political turmoil
  
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• The Morning After: Instagram's 'huge booty' issue - Engadget

  07-08-2019 14:05 via engadget.com
  The Morning After: Instagram's 'huge booty' issue  EngadgetHey, good morning! You look fabulous. Today's big news will be the Galaxy Note 10, so tune in to our liveblog from Samsung's event at 4PM ET to get all the det.
  
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• Katherine Schwarzenegger praises 'strong family' after funeral of Saoirse Kennedy Hill - Yahoo Entertainment

  07-08-2019 13:57 via yahoo.com
  Katherine Schwarzenegger praises 'strong family' after funeral of Saoirse Kennedy Hill  Yahoo EntertainmentKatherine Schwarzenegger is expressing gratitude for her family, shortly after the funeral of kin Saoirse Kennedy Hill.View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Cyntoia Brown released from Tennessee prison today after 15 years behind bars - AOL

  07-08-2019 13:42 via aol.com
  Cyntoia Brown released from Tennessee prison today after 15 years behind bars  AOLCyntoia Brown was released from a Tennessee prison today. Here are 4 things to know about her case  CNNCyntoia Brown, sentenced to life at 16, released from prison. Here's what you need to know  USA TODAYCyntoia Brown released from prison after 15 years of life sentence served  Fox NewsCyntoia Brown released on parole. Here's what you need to know.  The TennesseanVi
  
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• Trump blasts NYT for changing headline under pressure from ‘Radical Left Democrats’ - Fox News

  07-08-2019 13:33 via foxnews.com
  Trump blasts NYT for changing headline under pressure from ‘Radical Left Democrats’  Fox NewsDemocrats attack New York Times for headline giving Trump easy ride on response to mass shootings  AOLTrump complains about NYT headline ahead of visit to Texas, Ohio  POLITICOA Times Headline About Trump Stoked Anger. A Top Editor Explains.  The New York TimesWhy the New York Times' Trump headline was so bad  NJ.comView full coverage on Googl
  
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• Trump's Nixon-to-China moment on guns - The Hill

  07-08-2019 13:30 via thehill.com
  Trump's Nixon-to-China moment on guns  The HillDonald Trump to visit grief-stricken El Paso and Dayton even though some want him to stay away  USA TODAYTrump trashes Beto O'Rourke, tells him to 'be quiet' ahead of El Paso visit  Fox NewsObama takes on hate and Trump takes on Obama  CNNAfter El Paso, Dayton shootings, my old Republican colleagues still won't act on guns  USA TODAYView full coverage on Google News
  
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• North Korea's Kim: Missile launches a warning | TheHill - The Hill

  07-08-2019 13:24 via thehill.com
  North Korea's Kim: Missile launches a warning | TheHill  The HillNorth Korea fires two missiles into sea to keep pressure on Washington  Fox NewsKim Jong Un says North Korean missile launches were warning to US, South  USA TODAYCan the Democrats Do Better Than Trump on North Korea?  The New York TimesMissile tests don't alter core US-North Korea dynamic | TheHill  The HillView full coverage on Google News
  
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• The Trade War Isn't The Only Reason For The Dow's Big Drop - The Federalist

  07-08-2019 13:22 via thefederalist.com
  The Trade War Isn't The Only Reason For The Dow's Big Drop  The FederalistUS-China trade tensions ease up as China stabilises the yuan  FRANCE 24 EnglishWashington’s claim of currency manipulation by China is fantasy  South China Morning PostListen, Here’s Why the Value of China’s Yuan Really Matters  WIREDHow Trump and Xi Can Make America and China Poor Again  The New York TimesView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Subway is testing out a meatless meatball sub. Here's why - CNN

  07-08-2019 13:12 via cnn.com
  Subway is testing out a meatless meatball sub. Here's why  CNNSubway partners with Beyond Meat as part of its comeback bid  CNBCSubway debuting meat-free Beyond Meatball sub with plant-based meatballs  Fox NewsSubway will test plant-based Beyond Meatball Marinara sub at select locations  USA TODAYSubway to test Beyond Meat in its sandwiches  Yahoo Canada FinanceView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Dayton shooter's ex-girlfriend Adelia Johnson: "I'm not shocked he did something horrific" - CBS News

  07-08-2019 13:11 via cbsnews.com
  Dayton shooter's ex-girlfriend Adelia Johnson: "I'm not shocked he did something horrific"  CBS NewsExclusive video shows Dayton gunman Connor Betts in bar in the hours before shooting  CNNDayton gunman reportedly had hit lists, fascination with shootings: 'Everyone knew who he was'  NBC NewsAfter Dayton shooting, do something: Close Ohio gun-background-check loopholes: editorial  cleveland.comDayton gunman was exploring violent ideologies  CBS N
  
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• Samsung Exynos 9825 chipset goes official just in time for the Note 10 launch - 9to5Google

  07-08-2019 13:01 via 9to5google.com
  Samsung Exynos 9825 chipset goes official just in time for the Note 10 launch  9to5GoogleSamsung’s first 7-nanometer EUV processor will power the Galaxy Note 10  EngadgetLike your big phone screen? Thank Samsung's original Galaxy Note  CNETForget Samsung's Galaxy Note 10, These Are The Smartphones To Buy  ForbesSamsung makes their powerful Exynos 9825 7nm processor official  MSPoweruserView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Afghan violence: Taliban bomb kills many amid peace talks with US - BBC News

  07-08-2019 12:55 via bbc.com
  Afghan violence: Taliban bomb kills many amid peace talks with US  BBC NewsBlast in Kabul Kills 14 and Injures 145 as Taliban Continue Talks With U.S.  The New York TimesKashmir’s Loss of Autonomy Clouds Afghan Peace Efforts  The Wall Street JournalDeadly suicide attack targets Kabul police station  Aljazeera.comHow the Taliban remained dominant in Afghanistan: Terrifying tactics and an advancing weapons arsenal  Fox NewsView full coverage
  
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• Pressure for the Senate to act on guns follows McConnell home to Kentucky - CNN

  07-08-2019 12:54 via cnn.com
  Pressure for the Senate to act on guns follows McConnell home to Kentucky  CNNBiden says he's coming for assault weapons, as 2020 Dems urge new ban in wake of shootings  Fox NewsPOLITICO Playbook: Biden the durable  POLITICOTrump will knuckle under to the NRA. And Republicans will pay the price.  The Washington PostNo, expanded background checks wouldn’t prevent mass shootings  The Boston GlobeView full coverage on Google News
  
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• New Switch Models To Reportedly Benefit From Sharp's Energy Efficient IGZO Displays - Nintendo Life

  07-08-2019 12:45 via nintendolife.com
  New Switch Models To Reportedly Benefit From Sharp's Energy Efficient IGZO Displays  Nintendo LifeNew Nintendo Switch to Have IGZO Display From Sharp  The Wall Street JournalNintendo may have many, many more Switch consoles planned  EngadgetNew Nintendo Switch Will Pack Sharp's Advanced IGZO Display (Report)  Tom's GuideNintendo Switch To Get Further Updates In The Future; IGZO Displays Confirmed For New Models  WccftechView full coverage on Goog
  
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• SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket carrying communications satellite - Hindustan Times

  07-08-2019 12:18 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Georgia woman's viral rant says she's infecting men with HIV - New York Post

  07-08-2019 12:17 via nypost.com
  Georgia woman's viral rant says she's infecting men with HIV  New York Post AMERICUS, Ga. — A Georgia woman who went on a viral Facebook Live rant claiming she was HIV-positive and intentionally infecting others is now being ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Backfires and falling sign spark panic in Times Square, Utah after shootings - NBC News

  07-08-2019 12:08 via nbcnews.com
  Backfires and falling sign spark panic in Times Square, Utah after shootings  NBC NewsMotorcycle backfiring causes panic in Times Square, cops say  Fox NewsTimes Square descends into PANIC after fears of GUNSHOTS (VIDEO)  RTPanic in Times Square after motorcycle backfire mistaken for gunshots  New York Post Police: Motorcycle backfiring causes panic in Times Square  Allentown Morning CallView full coverage on Google News
  
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• SoftBank's big bet on tech is paying billions

  07-08-2019 11:58 via rss.cnn.com
  SoftBank's massive tech fund is pulling in big profits.
  
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• Shooting Scare Creates Panic Among Tourists At Times Square In New York - NDTV News

  07-08-2019 11:42 via ndtv.com
  Shooting Scare Creates Panic Among Tourists At Times Square In New York  NDTV NewsMotorcycle backfiring causes panic in Times Square, cops say  Fox NewsPanic In Times Square After Active Shooter Fears  CBS New YorkMotorcycle backfire causes panic in Times Square, sending shooting-wary New Yorkers and tourists running for c  New York Daily NewsTimes Square descends into PANIC after fears of GUNSHOTS (VIDEO)  RTView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Toni Morrison remembered - BBC News

  07-08-2019 11:21 via bbc.com
  Toni Morrison remembered  BBC NewsToni Morrison, Towering Novelist of the Black Experience, Dies at 88  The New York TimesLegendary Author Toni Morrison Dies at 88: 'Rest, Queen'  Inside EditionEugene Scott: What Toni Morrison said about Trump supporters and fears of the 'collapse of white privilege'  Salt Lake TribuneToni Morrison’s Song of America  The New York TimesView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Apple stands in the global antitrust crosshairs - POLITICO

  07-08-2019 11:06 via politico.com
  Apple stands in the global antitrust crosshairs  POLITICOAll the Legit Ways to Get Free Games on the Google Play Store  Gadget HacksApple stands in global antitrust crosshairs  POLITICO.euScam heart rate app is back in the App Store, trying to steal $85/year  9to5MacKashmir in lockdown  BBC NewsView full coverage on Google News
  
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• 'Hard Knocks': Jon Gruden wants in your nightmares - NFL.com

  07-08-2019 10:45 via nfl.com
  'Hard Knocks': Jon Gruden wants in your nightmares  NFL.comRaiders Rumors: Antonio Brown Suffered Frostbitten Feet from Cryotherapy Machine  Bleacher Report NFLHard Knocks (2019): Training Camp with the Oakland Raiders | Episode 1 Teaser | HBO  HBOHow to watch the Oakland Raiders on HBO Hard Knocks  Just Blog BabyRaiders' 'Hard Knocks' premiere delivers: Jon Gruden into 'nightmares,' winning now  Yahoo SportsView full coverage on Google News
  
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• President Trump to visit mass shooting sites amid criticism - BBC News

  07-08-2019 10:41 via bbc.com
  President Trump to visit mass shooting sites amid criticism  BBC NewsDonald Trump is to visit the sites of mass shootings in Ohio and Texas amid warnings he will not be welcome. The attacks in Dayton and El Paso left 31 people ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Pakistan Warns India's Move To End Kashmir's Special Status Could Lead To War - NPR

  07-08-2019 10:27 via npr.org
  Pakistan Warns India's Move To End Kashmir's Special Status Could Lead To War  NPRKashmir in lockdown after autonomy scrapped - BBC News  BBC NewsPakistan officials in uproar over India's Kashmir moves  Al Jazeera EnglishThis is the Modi government’s darkest moment  The Washington PostIndia Tempts Fate in Kashmir, ‘The Most Dangerous Place in the World’  The New York TimesView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Dozens wounded in suicide attack outside Kabul police station - Aljazeera.com

  07-08-2019 09:53 via aljazeera.com
  Dozens wounded in suicide attack outside Kabul police station  Aljazeera.comTaliban claim bomb attack on police in Afghanistan; nearly 100 wounded  Reuters95 Wounded As Explosion Rocks Kabul, Taliban Claim Responsibility  NDTV NewsKabul attack: nearly 100 injured in Taliban bombing, say officials  The GuardianView full coverage on Google News
  
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• SpaceX successfully launches Israeli-owned telecom satellite - Spaceflight Now

  07-08-2019 09:42 via spaceflightnow.com
  SpaceX successfully launches Israeli-owned telecom satellite  Spaceflight NowSpaceX launched an expendable mission Tuesday, but caught the fairing  Ars TechnicaSpaceX successfully launches twice-flown Falcon 9, catches fairing at sea  TechCrunchWatch Live Tuesday: 2 Rocket Launches and a Space Station Cargo Ship's Departure  Space.com2 rocket launch attempts happening this week on Florida’s Space Coast  WFLAView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Hordes of Earth's toughest creatures may now be living on Moon - Phys.org

  07-08-2019 09:37 via phys.org
  Hordes of Earth's toughest creatures may now be living on Moon  Phys.orgThere might be life on the Moon after all: thousands of virtually indestructible creatures that can withstand extreme radiation, sizzling heat, the coldest ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• 'Hard Knocks' Recap: Jonathan Abram Emerges as New Oakland Raiders Star - Newsweek

  07-08-2019 09:32 via newsweek.com
  'Hard Knocks' Recap: Jonathan Abram Emerges as New Oakland Raiders Star  NewsweekRaiders Rumors: Antonio Brown Suffered Frostbitten Feet from Cryotherapy Machine  Bleacher Report NFLHard Knocks (2019): Training Camp with the Oakland Raiders | Episode 1 Teaser | HBO  HBOHow to watch the Oakland Raiders on HBO Hard Knocks  Just Blog BabyAntonio Brown's feet are reportedly not blistered, but frostbitten from a cryotherapy machine  CBS SportsView ful
  
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• Pakistan will 'go to any extent' to fight India's plan for Kashmir - CNN

  07-08-2019 09:18 via cnn.com
  Pakistan will 'go to any extent' to fight India's plan for Kashmir  CNNKashmir in lockdown after autonomy scrapped - BBC News  BBC NewsPakistan officials in uproar over India's Kashmir moves  Al Jazeera EnglishThis is the Modi government’s darkest moment  The Washington PostIndia Tempts Fate in Kashmir, ‘The Most Dangerous Place in the World’  The New York TimesView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Walmart is offering free streaming video in India to fend off Amazon

  07-08-2019 09:04 via rss.cnn.com
  Walmart is opening up another front in its battle with Amazon to dominate India's online market — video.
  
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• SpaceX launches $161 million satellite built by Boeing, its biggest rival

  07-08-2019 09:04 via rss.cnn.com
  SpaceX and Boeing are arch-rivals: They're both gunning for the glory of returning human spaceflight to US soil for the first time in a decade. They battle it out for lucrative government contracts. The companies' CEOs have even traded taunts about who will be the first to reach Mars.
  
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• Google and Amazon say they have removed gun-related shopping results that shouldn't have been there at all

  07-08-2019 09:04 via rss.cnn.com
  Days after a pair of deadly mass shootings that killed more than 30 people, Google and Amazon acknowledged Tuesday that their shopping platforms had recently hosted offers for firearms-related products in violation of their own company policies.
  
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• A OnePlus 5G smartphone is headed to Sprint

  07-08-2019 09:04 via rss.cnn.com
  Sprint is adding yet another smartphone to its 5G lineup.
  
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• Dow now set to open 300 points lower as global bond yields slide - CNBC

  07-08-2019 09:01 via cnbc.com
  Dow now set to open 300 points lower as global bond yields slide  CNBCU.S. stock index futures dropped on Wednesday as the ongoing trade war sparked fears of a global economic slowdown.View full coverage on Google News
  
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• The UK can't even have a proper constitutional crisis - CNN

  07-08-2019 08:59 via cnn.com
  The UK can't even have a proper constitutional crisis  CNNNo-deal Brexit: How might it affect the EU?  BBC NewsExplainer: Parliament versus prime minister - Can a no-deal Brexit...  ReutersThe only way to stop the catastrophe of a no-deal Brexit? Revoke article 50  The GuardianBoris Johnson’s Conservative Revolution  BloombergView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Australian court upholds dismissal of woman over tweets

  07-08-2019 08:53
  Australia's highest court has upheld a government decision to fire a public servant who used a pseudonym to criticize government immigration policy on Twitter
  
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• There may be actual momentum toward new gun legislation - CNN

  07-08-2019 08:51 via cnn.com
  There may be actual momentum toward new gun legislation  CNNBiden says he's coming for assault weapons, as 2020 Dems urge new ban in wake of shootings  Fox NewsPoll: Who's to blame for mass shootings? On that, some bipartisan agreement  USA TODAYTrump will knuckle under to the NRA. And Republicans will pay the price.  The Washington PostNo, expanded background checks wouldn’t prevent mass shootings  The Boston GlobeView full coverage on Goo
  
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