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• South Korean news agency says North Korea fires new missile

  21-06-2016 23:58 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  South Korea's Yonhap news agency says North Korea has fired what appears to be a powerful new mid-range missile from its east coast.
  
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• South Korea's Yonhap news agency says North Korea fires a new mid-range missile; could not be immediately confirmed

  21-06-2016 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's Yonhap news agency says North Korea fires a new mid-range missile; could not be immediately confirmed.
  
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• Amazon jaguar shot dead after Olympic torch ceremony

  21-06-2016 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A jaguar featured at an Olympic torch ceremony was shot dead by a soldier shortly after the event in the Brazilian Amazon city of Manaus as the animal escaped from its handlers, an army statement said. The jaguar was killed on Monday at a zoo attached to a military training center when a soldier fired a single pistol shot after the animal, despite being tranquilized, approached the soldier, the army said. “We made a mistake in permitting the Olympic torch, a symbol of peace and unity, to b
  
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• 'Brits don't quit,' says British PM

  21-06-2016 23:51 via cnn.com
  
  British Prime Minister David Cameron is appealing to voters his age and older to think of the ramifications of a "Brexit" for future generations as he urged them to vote to remain in the European Union in Thursday's referendum.
  
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• Karen Allen: Bemba's conviction is a step forward for Africa

  21-06-2016 23:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The conviction of Jean Pierre Bemba is a step forward for the International Criminal Court, but it must do more to satisfy its critics, says Karen Allen.
  
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• Euro 2016: Tiny N. Ireland upsets odds

  21-06-2016 23:47 via cnn.com
  
  Quality told at the Parc de Princes as the might of Germany prevailed against valiant Northern Ireland -- a nation with just 2% of its world champion opponent's population and a former postman up front.
  
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• New York hedge fund executive in apparent suicide after insider trading charges: police

  21-06-2016 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Nate Raymond and Svea Herbst-Bayliss (Reuters) - Sanjay Valvani, a hedge fund manager at Visium Asset Management LP who was criminally charged last week in a major insider trading case, has been found dead in an apparent suicide, the police said on Tuesday. Valvani, 44, was discovered by his wife on Monday evening in the bedroom of his Brooklyn home with a wound to his neck, a New York Police Department spokeswoman said. The death marked a stunning turn in one of the U.S. government's biggest
  
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• Croatia shocks Euro champion Spain

  21-06-2016 23:37 via cnn.com
  
  Croatia produced a stunning comeback win against reigning champion Spain to qualify for the last 16 as Group D winner.
  
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• Led Zeppelin copyright trial moves toward closing arguments

  21-06-2016 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant testified Tuesday that his memory of encounters more than 40 years ago is dim, though his recollection of the creation of the band's epic "Stairway to Heaven" was quite clear.
  
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• The Latest: Defense rests in Led Zeppelin copyright trial

  21-06-2016 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on a lawsuit claiming the intro to Led Zeppelin's hit "Stairway to Heaven" was copied from another band's song (all times local):
  
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• Euro 2016: Delight for tiny N. Ireland

  21-06-2016 23:28 via cnn.com
  
  Quality told at the Parc de Princes as the might of Germany prevailed against valiant Northern Ireland -- a nation with just 2% of its world champion opponent's population and a former postman up front.
  
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• Congressman convicted in case that entangled son, wife

  21-06-2016 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — In his heyday, U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah flew with the president on Air Force One, doled out millions in science and education grants from his perch on the House Appropriations Committee and graced galas back home in Philadelphia on the arm of his elegant TV anchor wife.
  
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• Widower: Jo Cox killed for her views

  21-06-2016 23:19 via cnn.com
  
  Before her death, Jo Cox had become increasingly worried that politics was getting extreme, that things were turning "too tribal and unthinking," said Brendan Cox, her widower.
  
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• British MP killed for her views: Widower

  21-06-2016 23:19 via cnn.com
  
  Before her death, Jo Cox had become increasingly worried that politics was becoming extreme, that things were turning "too tribal and unthinking," said Brendan Cox, her widower.
  
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• Perisic winner stuns champions Spain in Euro 2016

  21-06-2016 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ivan Perisic struck a sensational winner three minutes from time as Croatia ended Spain's 14-game unbeaten run at the European Championship to top Group D after a 2-1 victory in Bordeaux on Tuesday. Spain will now face Italy in the last 16 in Paris on Monday in a repeat of the 2012 final. Alvaro Morata's early strike got Spain off to a flying start, but, despite the absence of key man Luka Modric through injury, Croatia battled back to equalise before half-time through Nikola Kalinic.
  
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• Lots of unknowns keeping the Fed cautious

  21-06-2016 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said Tuesday that the U.S. economy faces numerous uncertainties from slowing job growth to stubbornly low inflation that compel the Fed to proceed cautiously in raising interest rates.
  
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• Croatia scores late to stun Spain 2-1 and win Group D

  21-06-2016 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BORDEAUX, France (AP) — Ivan Perisic scored in the 87th minute as Croatia stunned Spain in a 2-1 comeback victory Tuesday to finish top of Group D at the European Championship.
  
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• Clinton says Trump presidency would be 'disastrous' for U.S. economy

  21-06-2016 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "Now I don't say this because of typical political disagreements - liberals and conservatives say Trump's ideas would be disastrous," Clinton said. "Donald Trump has said he is qualified to be president because of his business record," Clinton said.
  
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• UK money transfer site Transferwise to suspend service during Brexit vote

  21-06-2016 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  (Reuters) - Transferwise said it will suspend pound transfers on Thursday in anticipation of currency volatility caused by Britain's referendum on European Union membership. The London-based money transfer website will resume its service when the referendum results are announced on Friday. The vote on whether Britain should remain in the 28-member bloc is too close to call, according to recent polls, and uncertainty about the outcome has driven trade in sterling since late last year.
  
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• Zoo closes as staff try to wrangle escaped 12-pound monkey

  21-06-2016 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — There's some monkey business afoot at a Massachusetts zoo.
  
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• US Open rules mess still hot topic for PGA players

  21-06-2016 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  World number six Rickie Fowler and rivals at this week's PGA National tournament were still shaking their heads Tuesday at the penalty stroke mess surrounding Dustin Johnson's US Open victory. US Golf Association (USGA) officials decided against a penalty stroke against Johnson after his ball appeared to move as he swung the putter beside it on the fifth green, only to tell him seven holes later there would be a review and a penalty was still possible. "Ultimately Dustin didn't cause the ball to
  
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• Facebook signs celebrities to boost live video

  21-06-2016 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Facebook said Tuesday it has signed a series of deals to pay celebrities and media companies to produce content for its new live video streaming service. The test program calls for "a relatively small number partners that includes a broad range of content types from regions around the world" receiving "temporary financial support to encourage experimentation with this new format," Facebook said in a statement. The Wall Street Journal reported earlier that the social network had signed at least 1
  
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• Trump's changes coming too late? Republicans worrying

  21-06-2016 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans increasingly fear Donald Trump is missing valuable opportunities to build a winning case against Hillary Clinton, compounding their concerns about his campaign's day-to-day decision making and seeming lack of preparedness for the general election.
  
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• MSF says UN failed to protect civilians in South Sudan

  21-06-2016 23:03 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Doctors Without Borders says the United Nations Mission in South Sudan failed to protect civilians during a February attack on a base, where at least 25 people were killed.
  
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• UK newspaper Daily Mirror backs 'Remain' in EU referendum

  21-06-2016 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Britain's left-leaning Daily Mirror newspaper has urged its readers to vote to remain in the European Union in Thursday's referendum. "This paper certainly has its issues with the EU but after the most divisive, vile and political campaign in living memory, we say ... vote remain tomorrow," it said in a front-page editorial in its Wednesday edition. The Daily Mirror, which is owned by Trinity Mirror, had a daily circulation of 786,000 in April.
  
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• Obama visits a dozen wounded and ill at military hospital

  21-06-2016 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has concluded a private visit with a dozen wounded or ill service members receiving treatment at a military hospital near the nation's capital.
  
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• Comments, reports say Aussie Simmons set for top pick

  21-06-2016 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Australia's Ben Simmons appears set to be chosen by the Philadelphia 76ers with the top selection in Thursday's NBA Draft, based on reports and his own actions. The 19-year-old forward from Melbourne, who played US college basketball last season at Louisiana State, has been told by the 76ers that he will be their choice with the top pick, ESPN and Cleveland.com reported Tuesday. Simmons, who has the same agent as new three-time NBA champion LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers, has been worki
  
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• Celtics' draft night likely busy thanks to cache of picks

  21-06-2016 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  BOSTON (AP) — Danny Ainge became a marvel among his fellow league executives in 2007 when he pulled together the megadeal that became Boston's Big Three and led to an NBA title.
  
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• Colombia city alarmed at slayings of 3 foreigners

  21-06-2016 22:52 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The killing of three foreigners the past two weeks in Medellin is causing alarm in Colombia's second-largest city as it struggles to leave behind its reputation as the one-time murder capital of the world.
  
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• No 'magic bullet' against jihadist propaganda, Lynch says

  21-06-2016 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Orlando massacre at a popular gay nightclub shows no one yet has "found the magic bullet" to prevent Americans from being inspired to violence by jihadist propaganda on the Internet, Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Tuesday as she visited a city still shaken by the shootings.
  
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• Trump: We don't know 'about Hillary in terms of religion'

  21-06-2016 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Republican Donald Trump appeared to raise questions about likely rival Hillary Clinton's religious faith at a closed-door meeting with evangelical leaders on Tuesday.
  
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• Hedge fund executive in apparent suicide after insider trading charges: police

  21-06-2016 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Nate Raymond and Svea Herbst-Bayliss (Reuters) - Sanjay Valvani, a hedge fund manager at Visium Asset Management LP who was criminally charged last week in a major insider trading case, has been found dead in an apparent suicide, the police said on Tuesday. Valvani, 44, was discovered by his wife on Monday evening in the bedroom of his Brooklyn home with a wound to his neck, a New York Police Department spokeswoman said. The death marked a stunning turn in one of the U.S. government's biggest
  
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• Led Zeppelin singer's memory of past encounters is foggy

  21-06-2016 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant testified Tuesday that his memory of encounters more than 40 years ago is dim, though his recollection of the creation of the band's epic "Stairway to Heaven" was quite clear.
  
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• Rio: Aussie athletes robbed at gunpoint

  21-06-2016 22:31 via cnn.com
  
  Australian Olympic authorities say they want greater security for athletes in Rio immediately, after a gold-medal winning paralympian was mugged in the city at gunpoint.
  
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• Police: Man steals frozen chicken, takes off on bicycle

  21-06-2016 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Police in Mississippi are investigating a break-in at a fast food restaurant where frozen chicken was taken.
  
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• Trump shrugs off campaign funding lag, cites personal wealth

  21-06-2016 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Ginger Gibson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republican Donald Trump said on Tuesday his "unlimited" trove of personal wealth would help compensate for his poor presidential campaign fundraising, even as he took steps to court new donors to help win the White House. The New York real estate mogul raised only $3.1 million in individual contributions in May and ended the month with $1.3 million in cash, leaving him far behind his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton who brought in $26 million and clos
  
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• Twitter to let users post longer videos _ up to 140 seconds

  21-06-2016 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter is now letting its users post videos that are up to 140 seconds long, an increase from its previous 30-second limit.
  
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• Warlord sentenced for 18 years

  21-06-2016 22:17 via cnn.com
  
  Former Congolese Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba was sentenced Tuesday to 18 years in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the Central African Republic.
  
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• Warlord gets 18 years for war crimes

  21-06-2016 22:17 via cnn.com
  
  Former Congolese Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba was sentenced Tuesday to 18 years in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the Central African Republic.
  
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• Escaped ISIS sex slave tells of horrors

  21-06-2016 22:17 via cnn.com
  
  A former ISIS sex slave urged Congress Tuesday to more aggressively fight the terror group and offered her condolences for the massacre in Orlando, saying she's not surprised by it.
  
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• U.S. stands with Orlando shooting victims, attorney general says

  21-06-2016 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Barbara Liston ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - The U.S. government is providing $1 million in emergency funds to cover overtime for first responders to the Orlando nightclub massacre and stands in support of the LGBT community after the tragedy, Attorney General Loretta Lynch said on Tuesday. Lynch spoke in Orlando after meeting with relatives of some of the 49 people killed and 53 wounded in the June 12 rampage and said there was no doubt it was a "shattering" attack on the United States, its peop
  
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• LeBron, Cavaliers ready to parade city streets as champions

  21-06-2016 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — While playing in Miami, LeBron James regretted not winning an NBA title in Cleveland.
  
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• Costumed characters get painted into boxes in Times Square

  21-06-2016 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Elmo, Elsa and other costumed characters are getting boxed in at Times Square.
  
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• Trump filing shows payout to firm with Mad Men-inspired name

  21-06-2016 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  LONDONDERRY, New Hampshire (AP) — A $35,000 payment for "web advertising" in Donald Trump's most recent campaign finance filings is turning heads because of the firm's name: Draper Sterling.
  
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• Ryanair warns of two to three-year downturn if Britain leaves the EU

  21-06-2016 22:04 via news.yahoo.com
  By Tim Hepher and Cyril Altmeyer PARIS (Reuters) - Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary warned on Tuesday of a two to three-year economic downturn if Britain votes to leave the European Union and said that Brussels has been given a "wake-up call" regardless of the result of Thursday's UK referendum. Speaking at an aviation conference in Paris, the head of the Irish budget carrier -- Europe's largest airline by passenger numbers -- said that economic and political disruption could weaken the rest of the
  
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• Poland ease into Euro last-16 over hapless Ukraine

  21-06-2016 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A second half strike by substitute Jakub Blaszczykowski booked Poland's ticket into the last-16 at Euro 2016 and sent Ukraine home without a point. The Group C win in Marseille propelled Poland further than they have ever gone in a European Championship and they will meet Switzerland in the last-16. "For the first time in Polish history we have qualified from the Euros group stage, the first time in three attempts," coach Adam Nawalka said.
  
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• The Latest: Trump appears to question Clinton on faith

  21-06-2016 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. presidential campaign (all times EDT):
  
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• Southwest to get a smidgen of relief from searing heat

  21-06-2016 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Southwest is about to get some heat relief — but not much.
  
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• Vargas eyes more goals as Chile face Colombia in Copa semi-finals

  21-06-2016 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Eduardo Vargas will aim to extend his astonishing goalscoring record in the Copa America on Wednesday when holders Chile face Colombia in the semi-finals at Soldier Field. After a remarkable four-goal display in the 7-0 destruction of Mexico in the quarter-finals, Vargas has now amassed 10 goals in two editions of the Copa America in the space of a year. The Hoffenheim forward spearheads one of the most potent attacking units in the tournament, with Chile scoring 14 goals on their way to the las
  
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• Wildfires rage in western US amid deadly heatwave

  21-06-2016 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hundreds of firefighters battled raging wildfires in the western United States on Tuesday amid a record-setting heatwave that has claimed at least four lives and triggered evacuations. More than 600 firefighters and water-dropping helicopters worked to contain two major brush fires that erupted east of Los Angeles on Monday, scorching more than 5,400 acres (2,185 hectares) and forcing about 850 families to flee their homes. There were fears that the two fires in the Angeles National Forest and f
  
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