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• McCain: Obama 'directly responsible' for Orlando shooting

  16-06-2016 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. John McCain said Thursday that President Barack Obama is "directly responsible" for the mass shooting in Orlando, Florida, because of the rise of the Islamic State group on the president's watch. But he later issued a statement saying that he "misspoke."
  
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• The Latest: Kerry, Rasmussen express condolences

  16-06-2016 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — The Latest on the shooting of a British lawmaker in a town near the city of Leeds (all times local):
  
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• Revlon to buy Elizabeth Arden for $419 million

  16-06-2016 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Revlon Inc. said Thursday it is buying Elizabeth Arden Inc. for about $419.3 million in cash, a deal uniting two well-known names in the world of beauty and cosmetics.
  
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• Stalemate edges Germany, Poland towards last 16

  16-06-2016 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Old rivals Germany and Poland fought a battle of attrition that ended in a goalless draw and edged both countries towards a place in the last 16 of Euro 2016 on Thursday. The stalemate left Germany on top of Group C on goal difference with both sides on four points from two matches. Poland's Arkadiusz Milik had the best chance when he bundled the ball wide from point-blank range early in the second-half.
  
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• Judge dismisses Texas lawsuit over Syrian refugees

  16-06-2016 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Texas lost its bid to keep Syrian refugees out when a federal judge on Thursday dismissed the state's lawsuit over resettlements from the wartorn Middle Eastern country. US District Court Judge David Godbey said the state failed to make "a plausible claim for relief" in its lawsuit against the federal government and the International Rescue Committee (IRC), a charity that aids refugees. "I am disappointed with the court's determination that Texas cannot hold the federal government accountable,"
  
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• Facebook out to play at Electronic Entertainment Expo

  16-06-2016 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Facebook has come a long way since early days when "Farmville" players reached out to one another for help tending virtual acreage. Facebook global games partnerships director Leo Olebe led a team at the premier video game industry gathering to find stellar new titles and meet with players, developers, publishers, and even online commentators who have become celebrities in their own rights. "Facebook plays a critical role in how people connect to the games they love and share them," Olebe told A
  
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• Probe of Disney resort after alligator death not criminal

  16-06-2016 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Barbara Liston ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - The probe into the death of a 2-year-old boy killed by an alligator at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, is not criminal in nature, the local sheriff's office said on Thursday. Police divers recovered the body of Lane Graves on Wednesday from the man-made lake where he had been snatched by the alligator as he played at the water's edge the night before. The investigation is continuing, said Orange County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Ros
  
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• Germany 0-0 Poland

  16-06-2016 23:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Germany and Poland play out the first goalless draw of Euro 2016 as both teams move closer to the knockout stages.
  
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• 'We can't ignore extremist nationalism'

  16-06-2016 23:32 via cnn.com
  
  On Thursday afternoon, Jo Cox, a British Labour MP, died after being attacked that day in her constituency. She is the first British lawmaker to be killed in office since the IRA assassinated Conservative MP Ian Gow in 1990. Back then, we were all clear what the threat was -- a violent and extremist form of nationalism. In 2016, we need to be clear again -- the future of our society depends on it.
  
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• 'We cannot ignore extremism of any kind'

  16-06-2016 23:32 via cnn.com
  
  On Thursday afternoon, Jo Cox, a British Labour MP, died after being attacked that day in her constituency. She is the first British lawmaker to be killed in office since the IRA assassinated Conservative MP Ian Gow in 1990. Back then, we were all clear what the threat was -- a violent and extremist form of nationalism. In 2016, we need to be clear again -- the future of our society depends on it.
  
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• Obama: 'These Families Could Be Our Families'

  16-06-2016 23:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  President Barack Obama met on Thursday with the 49 families of victims and the first responders in the deadly Orlando nightclub shooting.
  
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• Panthers sign Rivera to 1-year contract extension

  16-06-2016 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Panthers have signed Ron Rivera to a one-year contract extension that will keep the two-time NFL coach of the year with the team through the 2018 season.
  
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• Euro 2016: Germany held by Poland

  16-06-2016 23:28 via cnn.com
  
  It was a contest which was supposed to get football fans drooling -- but in the end it was nothing more than a damp squib as world champion Germany played out a goalless draw with Poland.
  
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• Air strikes hit rebel-held parts of Aleppo hours into truce: monitor

  16-06-2016 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Air strikes hit rebel-held parts of Aleppo just hours into an announced 48-hour ceasefire and fighting carried on in and around the northern Syrian city, monitors and witnesses said. Aleppo, Syria's largest city before the civil war with a population of more than two million people, has been divided for years into rebel and government sectors. Capturing the city is one of President Bashar al-Assad's key strategic objectives.
  
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• 'Stairway to Heaven' creator faces questions of song origin

  16-06-2016 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Guitarist Jimmy Page testified Thursday he couldn't identify the musical elements of the sheet music for the Spirit song "Taurus" that he is accused of lifting for the intro to Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven."
  
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• Security ramped up for upcoming US gay pride events

  16-06-2016 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — The huge crowds expected to attend gay pride parades around the United States in the coming weeks will be greeted by more police officers and ramped-up security measures as a means to protect them in the wake of the mass shooting in a gay nightclub in Florida.
  
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• British lawmaker killed in shock attack before EU vote

  16-06-2016 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A pro-EU British lawmaker was killed in a shock daylight street attack on Thursday, halting campaigning for the referendum on Britain's membership in the bloc just a week before the crucial vote. Jo Cox, a 41-year-old mother-of-two from the opposition Labour Party, was shot in the face while laying on the ground by a lone attacker in the village of Birstall in northern England, according to witnesses quoted by local media. Cafe owner Clarke Rothwell told the Press Association the gunman was shou
  
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• Obama on guns and Orlando: I don't care about the politics

  16-06-2016 23:05 via cnn.com
  
  President Barack Obama arrived in Orlando Thursday for the grim task of consoling families after their loved ones were gunned down during another horrific U.S. shooting, this time in a Florida nightclub.
  
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• The Latest: Weather suspends play for the day at US Open

  16-06-2016 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) — The latest from the U.S. Open golf championship (all times local):
  
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• Gator attack: Disney reviews it signs

  16-06-2016 23:02 via cnn.com
  
  As a family mourns the death of their son, investigators are trying to pinpoint which alligator grabbed the 2-year-old and pulled him into a lagoon near a Walt Disney World hotel.
  
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• The Latest: Ukraine eliminated from Euro 2016

  16-06-2016 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — The Latest from soccer's European Championship (all times local):
  
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• Orlando killer texted wife during massacre

  16-06-2016 22:40 via cnn.com
  
  Shortly before and during his massacre at Orlando's Pulse gay nightclub, Omar Mateen vented on Facebook.
  
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• Ex-Guatemalan president and VP charged in corruption scheme

  16-06-2016 22:27 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Guatemala's former president and vice-president have been formally charged in a sprawling corruption scheme that emptied government coffers and laundered money to be spent on Miami shopping sprees, real estate and luxury vehicles.
  
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• Soda on the Side: Philadelphia Passes Drink Tax

  16-06-2016 22:24 via nbcnews.com
  
  Philadelphia approved a tax on sweet drinks Thursday, enraging the beverage industry, which fought a multimillion dollar campaign against it.
  
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• US top general to attend UN peacekeeping meeting

  16-06-2016 22:23 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, will attend a United Nations meeting on peacekeeping.
  
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• Russian soldiers dies of wounds he suffered in Syria

  16-06-2016 22:13 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Russia's Defense Ministry says a Russian soldier has died of wounds he suffered in Syria, the military's tenth casualty since the start of its campaign there.
  
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• McCain: Orlando was Obama's fault

  16-06-2016 22:11 via cnn.com
  
  Sen. John McCain said Thursday that President Barack Obama was "directly responsible" for the massacre at the gay nightclub in Orlando.
  
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• Sailors aboard USS Harry S Truman: We're fighting Orlando killer's ideology

  16-06-2016 22:03 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The brutal killings in Florida, committed in the name of the terror group ISIS, resonated with the 5,000 sailors on board the massive ship.
  
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• Borg shocked by 'crazy tennis parents'

  16-06-2016 21:55 via cnn.com
  
  He fought his way to 11 grand slam titles -- including fierce battles with his biggest rival, John McEnroe.
  
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• Bjorn Borg shocked by 'crazy tennis parents'

  16-06-2016 21:55 via cnn.com
  
  He fought his way to 11 grand slam titles -- including fierce battles with his biggest rival, John McEnroe.
  
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• Baku set to host fastest street race

  16-06-2016 21:51 via cnn.com
  
  The globetrotting sport of Formula One is off on an adventure to Azerbaijan, host to Sunday's European Grand Prix, for the very first time.
  
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• Family of student killed in Paris attacks sues Facebook, Twitter and Google

  16-06-2016 21:47 via theguardian.com
  
  Nohemi Gonzalez’s family filed the lawsuit on Tuesday in San Francisco, claiming the social media companies provide ‘material support’ to Isis The family of a California design student killed in November’s terror attacks in Paris have sued Twitter Inc, Google and Facebook Inc, claiming the social media companies provide “material support” to the militant group Islamic State. Nohemi Gonzalez’s family filed the lawsuit on Tuesday in federal court in San Fr
  
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• EgyptAir voice recorder found, damaged

  16-06-2016 21:45 via cnn.com
  
  The cockpit voice recorder for EgyptAir Flight 804 has been found but is damaged, an Egyptian investigative committee said Thursday, a day after the government said it found the wreckage of the ill-fated flight.
  
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• EgyptAir voice recorder found

  16-06-2016 21:45 via cnn.com
  
  The cockpit voice recorder for EgyptAir Flight 804 has been found but is damaged, an Egyptian investigative committee said Thursday, a day after the government said it found the wreckage of the ill-fated flight.
  
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• Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris: #delete

  16-06-2016 21:40 via cnn.com
  
  Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris seem to want to erase their shared past. Just after "The Sun" published pictures of Swift kissing actor Tom Hiddleston, we discovered something else: Swift, the queen of Instagram with more than 81 million followers, has deleted all traces of her former boyfriend, deejay Calvin Harris, from her account. He has done the same.
  
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• How the GOP could cut ties with Trump

  16-06-2016 21:38 via cnn.com
  
  As Republican angst about Donald Trump grows closer to panic, some longtime GOP strategists and donors are discussing creative ways to cut their presumptive nominee loose at their convention in July.
  
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• How Republicans can cut ties with Trump

  16-06-2016 21:38 via cnn.com
  
  As Republican angst about Donald Trump grows closer to panic, some longtime GOP strategists and donors are discussing creative ways to cut their presumptive nominee loose at their convention in July.
  
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• Orlando gunman's Facebook: Expect attacks from ISIS

  16-06-2016 21:37 via cnn.com
  
  Shortly before and during his massacre at Orlando's Pulse gay nightclub, Omar Mateen vented on Facebook.
  
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• A 2nd Northern Ireland fan has died at Euro 2016

  16-06-2016 21:25 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Another Northern Ireland fan has died at the European Championship.
  
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• Mother, humanitarian slain

  16-06-2016 21:18 via cnn.com
  
  Before she was attacked and killed Thursday, Jo Cox was known for her vocal stance in the "Brexit" debate -- as well has her beloved persona in and out of Britain's Parliament.
  
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• Lawmakers call for defunding UN schools after film shows Palestinian kids praising ISIS

  16-06-2016 21:02 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  U.S. lawmakers want to cut off funds to United Nations-run schools where a new documentary shows kids as young as 13 declaring they want to kill Jews and join Isis.
  
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• Euro 2016: Hailstorm halts match

  16-06-2016 21:01 via cnn.com
  
  A fierce hailstorm led to Northern Ireland's game with Ukraine being temporarily suspended Thursday.
  
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• France grants citizenship to Algerian hero in Paris attacks

  16-06-2016 20:35 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  France's Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve has granted French citizenship to an Algerian-born man who helped save dozens of people at the Bataclan concert hall during the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris.
  
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• IAAF denies allegations against Sebastian Coe

  16-06-2016 20:31 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The IAAF dismissed allegations Thursday that Sebastian Coe was aware of details of a Russian doping corruption case four months before it became public, or that he enlisted support for his presidential campaign from a key figure in the sport's current doping scandal.
  
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• British Lawmaker Dies After Shooting Attack

  16-06-2016 20:18 via nbcnews.com
  
  British lawmaker Jo Cox died after being shot and stabbed in her constituency.
  
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• Obama expecting 'emotional' Orlando vigil

  16-06-2016 20:11 via cnn.com
  
  President Barack Obama arrived in Orlando Thursday for the grim task of consoling families after their loved ones were gunned down during another horrific U.S. shooting, this time in a Florida nightclub.
  
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• First UK lawmaker killed since 1990

  16-06-2016 20:11 via cnn.com
  
  Jo Cox is the first British lawmaker to be killed in office since Conservative MP Ian Gow was assassinated in a car bombing in 1990.
  
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• UN chief: Haiti political crisis could destabilize country

  16-06-2016 19:48 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is warning that Haiti's political crisis has the potential to destabilize the country and reduce international support.
  
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• House nixes bid to bar illegal immigrants from military

  16-06-2016 19:38 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led House on Thursday narrowly defeated an attempt to bar young immigrants living in the country illegally to enlist in the armed forces, as opponents tied the measure to Donald Trump's presidential campaign.
  
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• Baby box founder undeterred by warning, plans defense fund

  16-06-2016 19:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — The founder of an organization that installed boxes where mothers in crisis can anonymously relinquish their infants is undeterred by a warning from Indiana that the boxes are illegal. The group intends to make sure more mothers have protected access to them.
  
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