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• Witness: No bullet can break us

  12-06-2016 23:37 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Andy Moss escaped the Orlando shootings unharmed but tells CNN's Nick Valencia he is still trying to find a friend of his.Sponsored:
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• Canadian GP: Hamilton dedicates win to Ali

  12-06-2016 22:47 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Lewis Hamilton dedicated his fifth victory in the Canadian Grand Prix to Muhammad Ali after holding off a determined challenge from Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel Sunday in Montreal.
  
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• Joey Logano wins NASCAR race at Michigan, his 1st of year

  12-06-2016 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) — Joey Logano pulled away from the pack to win the FireKeepers Casino 400, becoming the 10th driver to win a NASCAR race this season.
  
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• UEFA threaten Russia, England disqualification over fan clashes

  12-06-2016 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  UEFA on Sunday threatened to kick Russia and England out of the European Championship finals over fan violence but admitted there were stadium security flaws. The French government gave police chiefs new powers to ban alcohol sales and consumption around stadiums. The UEFA warning followed three days of violence in Marseille involving Russian and English fans, culminating in incidents inside the Stade Velodrome after Saturday's 1-1 draw between the countries.
  
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• Rape case overshadows Stanford commencement, but protests muted

  12-06-2016 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Cassie Patton STANFORD, Calif. (Reuters) - Some graduating Stanford University students carried signs at their commencement on Sunday, decrying a 6-month jail sentence handed to a former student convicted of sexual assault on the California campus, but protests did not disrupt the ceremony. University President John Hennessy asked the crowd to join him in a moment of silence for the survivors of sexual assault and violence. "Rape is rape" and "it doesn't matter whether she was drinking" read
  
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• California police sex scandal spreads to other departments

  12-06-2016 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A newspaper investigation finds a sex scandal involving Oakland police has spread to other area police departments, with the woman at the center of it claiming she had sex with two dozen current and former officers in five cities.
  
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• 50 slain in gay nightclub, worst mass shooting in US history

  12-06-2016 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A gunman wielding an assault-type rifle and a handgun opened fire inside a crowded gay nightclub early Sunday, killing at least 50 people before dying in a gunfight with SWAT officers, police said. It was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
  
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• Obama decries Orlando shooting as an 'act of terror'

  12-06-2016 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama decried the deadliest mass shooting in American history on Sunday as a terrorist act targeting a place of "solidarity and empowerment" for gays and lesbians. He urged Americans to decide "if that's the kind of country we want to be."
  
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• Explosion rocks bank HQ in Lebanese capital

  12-06-2016 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A bomb blast rocked the western part of the Lebanese capital late Sunday, with the interior minister saying the target was a major bank. An AFP correspondent saw almost all the entire glass facade of the headquarters of BLOM BANK, one of the country's largest, blown out, with debris littering the ground. Interior Minister Nuhad Mashnuq told AFP a bomb containing about 3-4 kilos (6.6-8.8 pounds) of explosives had been "placed behind the back wall of BLOM BANK".
  
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• The Latest: Clinton postpones campaign event with Obama

  12-06-2016 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 presidential campaign (all times Eastern Daylight Time):
  
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• The Latest: Cleveland officials: Voinovich boosted Ohio

  12-06-2016 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Latest on the death of former U.S. senator and Ohio Gov. George Voinovich (all times local):
  
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• Police: Man arrested in California had guns, explosives

  12-06-2016 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — A heavily armed man arrested in Southern California early Sunday told police he was in the area for West Hollywood's huge gay pride parade, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said.
  
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• Obama calls Orlando nightclub shooting an attack on all Americans

  12-06-2016 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Barack Obama on Sunday described the worst mass shooting in U.S. history as "an act of terror" and "an act of hate," saying the massacre of 50 people at a packed gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida was an attack on all Americans. "Today as Americans we grieve the brutal murder, a horrific massacre of dozens of innocent people," he said in a statement at the White House. "Although it is still early in the investigation, we know enough to say that this was an act of terror and an act of ha
  
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• Fifty massacred at Florida gay club, worst shooting in U.S. history

  12-06-2016 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Barbara Liston ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - A man armed with an assault rifle killed 50 people at a packed gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida on Sunday in the worst mass shooting in U.S. history, which President Barack Obama described as an act of terror and hate. Police killed the shooter, who was identified as Omar Mateen, 29, a Florida resident and U.S. citizen who was the son of immigrants from Afghanistan.
  
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• Weapons, ammo found in car ahead of LA gay pride parade

  12-06-2016 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Police in California found weapons, ammunition and bomb-making material in a car belonging to a man who told them he was planning to attend Gay Pride festivities on Sunday, the Los Angeles Times reported. Fifty people were killed and 53 wounded after a gunman identified as 29-year-old Omar Mateen, a US citizen of Afghan descent, opened fire in a shooting that US President Barack Obama was calling a terror attack and hate crime. The LA Times cited a law enforcement source as saying police discove
  
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• Bolivia's Evo Morales leaves hospital after knee surgery

  12-06-2016 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivian President Evo Morales was released from a hospital Sunday after knee surgery to correct a soccer injury.
  
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• FBI: Orlando gunman had been probed for ties to bomber

  12-06-2016 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The gunman behind the deadly attack on a gay nightclub in Florida on Sunday had previously been investigated for ties to an American suicide bomber, the FBI said Sunday. Special Agent Ronald Hopper said 29-year-old Omar Mateen had been cleared by the probe, but was believed to have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State before the massacre, which left 50 dead. According to the agent, Mateen twice came to the attention of investigators in 2013 and 2014 over alleged links to Islamist extremists.
  
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• Trump quickly ties Florida shootings to Islamists

  12-06-2016 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In the wake of the deadliest shooting in U.S. history, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump wasted little time suggesting the attack was tied to Islamist militants, while his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton initially did not make that connection. As President Barack Obama on Sunday addressed the nation about the incident that killed 50 people and wounded 53 at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Trump assailed him for his longstanding refusal to refer to Islamic State and other extremist grou
  
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• The cities that like to strip off

  12-06-2016 21:55 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Cooling off on a summer city break doesn't have to mean going on a sweat-soaked search for the nearest air-con unit.
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• Bomb blast in central Beirut targets bank: minister

  12-06-2016 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A bomb exploded outside the headquarters of Lebanese Blom Bank in central Beirut on Sunday, causing damage but no fatalities, the country's interior minister said. The Lebanese banking sector has been at the center of an escalating crisis since the United States passed a law targeting the finances of Hezbollah. The powerful Shi'ite Muslim group has launched verbal attacks on the central bank over the implementation of the act in Lebanon.
  
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• Beirut bomb targeted Lebanese bank - interior minister

  12-06-2016 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  The headquarters of Lebanon's Blom Bank was the target of a bomb blast in Beirut on Sunday, the interior minister told Reuters. The bomb was left in a bag by the back wall of the building, Interior Minister Nohad Machnouk added. "Politically it is clear that target was Blom Bank only," he said, adding that the attack had nothing to do with Islamic State, which has mounted suicide bombings in Beirut.
  
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• Clinton, Trump pause politicking in shooting's wake

  12-06-2016 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton paused their presidential politicking Sunday to offer prayers and support to the victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting, the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. But they both infused their sympathy with statements that support their presidential aspirations, and the presidential race rolled on.
  
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• The Latest: Germany leads Ukraine 1-0 at halftime

  12-06-2016 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — The Latest from soccer's European Championship (all times local):
  
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• Pope Francis expresses horror and condemnation over Orlando shooting

  12-06-2016 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Pope Francis has expressed horror and condemnation over the mass shooting in a nightclub in Orlando, Florida, on Sunday in which 50 people were killed and dozens more wounded, according to Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi. In a statement, Lombardi said the Pope was shaken and saddened by the "homicidal folly and senseless hatred" of the attack.
  
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• Warriors star Draymond Green suspended for Game 5

  12-06-2016 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Golden State star Draymond Green was suspended for Game 5 of the NBA Finals after the league assessed a Flagrant 1 foul from his scuffle with Cleveland's LeBron James.
  
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• Students show support for victim at Stanford graduation

  12-06-2016 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) — Stanford University graduating students and women's rights advocates used the school's commencement ceremony to again express their anger over the six-month jail sentence given to a former student for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman.
  
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• Heavily armed man arrested near L.A. gay pride festival

  12-06-2016 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A heavily armed man who said he was heading to a gay pride parade in Los Angeles was arrested early on Sunday, Mayor Eric Garcetti said. Garcetti, speaking at the opening of the LA Pride Festival, expressed his horror at the massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, early Sunday and said it appeared the arrest near Los Angeles was unrelated to the Florida attack, in which 50 people were killed and 53 injured. Garcetti pledged that the Los Angles festival would proceed.
  
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• Orlando club was sister's tribute to gay brother who died of AIDS

  12-06-2016 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The co-owner of Pulse, the Orlando gay nightclub that became the scene of the worst mass shooting in U.S. history on Sunday, founded the club to honor her brother who died of AIDS and to support the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Barbara Poma, whose brother died in 1991, opened Pulse in 2004 with business partner Ron Legler. The venue promoted gay rights and put on events supporting happenings in the gay community, ranging from Come Out with Pride to Gay Games, according to th
  
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• Union Pacific railroad fined over $7 million in 2 years

  12-06-2016 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Union Pacific penalties surpass those of every railroad nationwide for the past two years.
  
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• Warriors' Green banned for game five of Finals

  12-06-2016 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green was issued a one-game suspension by the NBA on Sunday, sidelining him for the Monday's potential title-clinching fifth game of the NBA Finals. The defending champion Warriors seized a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series with a 108-97 victory over Cleveland on Friday. Green struck Cavaliers star LeBron James in the groin with 2:48 remaining in the fourth quarter after the two had tangled bodies and James stepped over Green as he tried to rise from the
  
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• Obama's remarks on Orlando shooting: 'We will not give in to fear'

  12-06-2016 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Barack Obama on Sunday said Americans would stand united and "not give in to fear or turn against each other" in the wake of a nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, that killed 50 people. Following is the full text of remarks, Obama delivered at the White House: Today, as Americans, we grieve the brutal murder - a horrific massacre - of dozens of innocent people. We pray for their families, who are grasping for answers with broken hearts. We stand with the people of Orlando
  
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• Slain singer's New Jersey hometown plans vigil in her honor

  12-06-2016 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  EVESHAM TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — The southern New Jersey town where Christina Grimmie grew up will hold a candlelight vigil to honor the singer who was fatally shot after a weekend concert in Florida.
  
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• U.S. official: No evidence of direct Islamic State link to Orlando shooting

  12-06-2016 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Islamic State claimed responsibility on Sunday for the worst mass shooting in U.S. history, but U.S. officials said they had seen no immediate evidence linking the militant group to the massacre in Orlando, Florida. Islamic State's claim was carried by Amaq, the organization's news agency. "The armed attack that targeted a gay night club in the city of Orlando in American state of Florida which left over 100 people dead or injured was carried out by an Islamic State fighter," said the Amaq state
  
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• France vows to expel foreign hooligans

  12-06-2016 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — France's government vowed Sunday to expel foreign football hooligans, saying their violence during the European Championship is distracting police from the fight against terrorism.
  
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• Gunman in Florida shooting referenced Boston Marathon bombers: official

  12-06-2016 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The gunman who killed at least 50 people at an Orlando gay club referenced the brothers who carried out the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, a Massachusetts State Police spokesman said on Sunday. "During a conference call with federal law enforcement officials a short time ago, Massachusetts State Police and other local law enforcement authorities learned that the Orlando nightclub gunman, during his rampage, pledged allegiance to ISIS and referenced the Tsarnaev brothers," state police spokesman D
  
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• Tony Awards to be dedicated to victims of nightclub shooting

  12-06-2016 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the Tony Awards (all times Eastern Daylight Time):
  
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• Club at center of shooting founded in honor of HIV victim

  12-06-2016 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Barbara Poma and her older brother John grew up in a strict Italian-American family that did not condone homosexuality. In 2004, Barbara Poma and a friend opened the club Pulse to keep her brother's spirit alive, and named it in honor of John's heartbeat. "Utilizing a venue built on family and drive, Pulse Orlando continues to make strides towards equality, awareness and LOVE for all," the site said.
  
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• Islamic State claims responsibility for Orlando nightclub shooting

  12-06-2016 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Islamic State's Amaq news agency said on Sunday that the Islamist militant group was responsible for the shooting that killed at least 50 people in a massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. "The armed attack that targeted a gay night club in the city of Orlando in the American state of Florida which left over 100 people dead or injured was carried out by an Islamic State fighter," Amaq said.
  
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• Los Angeles mayor says heavily armed man arrested; told police he was going to Gay Pride Parade

  12-06-2016 20:50 via news.yahoo.com
  SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles mayor says heavily armed man arrested; told police he was going to Gay Pride Parade .
  
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• Orlando shooter who killed 50 pledged loyalty to ISIS in 911 call

  12-06-2016 20:49 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Approximately 20 people are dead inside Pulse nightclub, Orlando police said today, hours after a shooter opened fire. At least 42 people have been sent for medical treatment.
  
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• Mets' Collins taken for tests, misses Sunday's Brewers game

  12-06-2016 20:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Mets manager Terry Collins was being taken to a hospital on Sunday for precautionary tests after not feeling well before New York's series finale against Milwaukee.
  
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• Shootout caught on camera

  12-06-2016 20:42 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Witnesses react to what appears to be a shootout between police and the gunman who opened fire at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida.
  
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• How the shooting unfolded

  12-06-2016 20:41 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Here's a timeline of the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, with at least 50 dead and at least 53 wounded at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida. This timeline is based on information provided by Orlando Police Chief John Mina, Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, the FBI, and other law enforcement authorities.
  
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• Whisked to Rome from Khartoum: people-smuggling kingpin or wrong man?

  12-06-2016 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Two weeks later, he was flown to Italy in what Italian and British officials hailed as a rare blow against human trafficking.    They believed they had caught Medhanie Yehdego Mered, a ruthless kingpin known as “the General” in an illegal network that earned millions of dollars smuggling migrants by boat to Europe via Libya.     But friends and family say it is a case of mistaken identity. The man whisked to Rome on a special plane, they say, is impoverished
  
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• Obama: Shooting 'act of terror, hate'

  12-06-2016 20:29 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Barack Obama was briefed Sunday morning on the mass shooting in an Orlando nightclub, the White House said.
  
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• FBI had investigated gunman

  12-06-2016 20:24 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Omar Saddiqui Mateen was the gunman who opened fire at a gay nightclub in Orlando, killing at least 50 people, two law enforcement officials told CNN.Sponsored:
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• N. Ireland loses out after 30-year absence

  12-06-2016 19:54 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Northern Ireland's 30-year wait to play in a major international tournament ended in disappointment after it was beaten by Poland on Sunday.
  
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• Gallery: Chaos, compassion outside club

  12-06-2016 19:40 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Photo gallery: Orlando shooting
  
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• The Queen's birthday

  12-06-2016 18:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Three days of events mark the Queen's official 90th birthday celebrations.
  
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• Witness: I didn't want to look back

  12-06-2016 18:40 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Luis Burbano recounts the moment a gunman opened fire inside Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, killing at least 50 people.
  
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