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• The Man Behind the Violent White Nationalist Rally

  27-06-2016 23:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  Matthew Heimbach, head of the Traditionalist Worker Party, is not a stereotypical hate monger.
  
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• Crashed EgyptAir flight data recorder successfully repaired: investigation committee

  27-06-2016 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Egypt investigators said on Monday that the flight data recorder of crashed EgyptAir flight MS804 had been successfully repaired, paving the way for investigators to analyze data that may explain why the jet plunged into the Mediterranean last month. The investigators added in a statement that the doomed plane's cockpit voice recorder would begin to be worked on "within hours" also.
  
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• California police panned for slow response to Capitol clash

  27-06-2016 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities were anticipating violence as a white nationalist group planned a demonstration at the California Capitol, and they brought in more than 100 officers to patrol the grounds.
  
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• US, European stocks hit in worsening Brexit selloff

  27-06-2016 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US and European stocks tumbled again Monday, while the pound fell to a three-decade low against the dollar as global markets reeled from Britain's vote to leave the European Union. Asian markets had steadied after Britain's surprise June 23 vote to abandon the European Union wiped $2.1 trillion off international equity values Friday. London's FTSE 100 index fell 2.5 percent at closing, masking steeper falls in key sectors likely to be affected by Brexit.
  
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• Ratings agencies downgrade UK after Brexit vote

  27-06-2016 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Two ratings agencies downgraded Britain on Monday because of its vote to leave the European Union, citing risks to its economy and political upheaval. Standard & Poor's removed Britain's coveted AAA status, downgrading it by two notches with a long-term negative outlook. "In our opinion, this outcome is a seminal event, and will lead to a less predictable, stable, and effective policy framework in the UK," a statement from the agency read.
  
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• Warren: Clinton can be trusted to fight Donald Trump

  27-06-2016 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Elizabeth Warren offered an impassioned endorsement of Hillary Clinton on Monday, vouching for her as someone who could be trusted to fight for workers and fend off Donald Trump.
  
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• Volkswagen reaches $14.7B emissions settlement

  27-06-2016 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A person briefed on the matter says Volkswagen would repair or buy back polluting vehicles and pay each owner as much $10,000 under a $14.7 billion legal settlement stemming from its emissions-cheating scandal.
  
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• Some fans, Argentina president want Messi to reconsider

  27-06-2016 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Some fans, players, and even Argentina's president want Lionel Messi to reconsider. Other supporters on Monday were simply sad that he's quitting the national team.
  
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• Obama praises WNBA's Lynx for setting example for girls

  27-06-2016 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says this year's WNBA champions set an "outstanding example" for young women everywhere.
  
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• Jeremy Hunt sees second EU vote if migration deal struck with Brussels - Telegraph

  27-06-2016 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Britain could hold a second referendum on European Union membership if it can broker a deal with the EU to allow full control of its borders, health secretary Jeremy Hunt said in a letter published by the Daily Telegraph on Monday. Hunt said the prime minister who succeeds David Cameron should be given a chance to negotiate with Brussels before Britain hands in its two-year notice to quit the EU, so they can put any deal on migration to the British public. Hunt is "highly likely" to launch a bid
  
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• Judge blocks part of Mississippi LGBT marriage law

  27-06-2016 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge ruled Monday that Mississippi clerks cannot cite their own religious beliefs to recuse themselves from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
  
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• Warning of instability, Dutch PM calls for gradual British departure from EU

  27-06-2016 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte called on Monday for Britain to make a gradual transition out of the European Union after its vote for Brexit, which he said had triggered a political and economic crisis that threatens the rest of the bloc. Rutte's comments to parliament in the Netherlands, which holds the rotating European Union presidency, came on the eve of a European Council meeting in Brussels. It would be prudent to give Britain time," he told parliament.
  
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• Exclusive: Viacom board rejected offer for director to meet Sumner Redstone

  27-06-2016 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Viacom Inc's board rejected an offer by Sumner Redstone's attorneys to have one of Viacom's independent directors meet face-to-face with the 93-year-old media mogul to get an understanding of his views on the media company, a spokesman for Redstone confirmed Monday. The board's dismissal of a possible route toward a settlement shows how far apart the two sides are in the legal fight for control over Redstone's $40 billion media empire, amid questions over wheth
  
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• Volkswagen's U.S. diesel emissions settlement to cost $15 billion: source

  27-06-2016 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Volkswagen AG's settlement with nearly 500,000 U.S. diesel owners and government regulators over polluting vehicles is valued at more than $15 billion, a source briefed on the matter said on Monday. The settlement, to be announced on Tuesday, includes just over $10 billion to offer buybacks to owners of polluting vehicles and nearly $5 billion in funds to offset excess diesel emissions and boost zero emission vehicles, the source said. A separate settle
  
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• Attack west of Baghdad kills 14, wounds 32

  27-06-2016 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say a suicide bomber targeting a Sunni mosque west of Baghdad killed 14 and wounded 32 Monday night.
  
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• Iceland knocks England out of Euro 2016

  27-06-2016 23:35 via cnn.com
  
  Iceland pulled off one of the most astonishing results in the history of European football after knocking England out of the European Championship finals.
  
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• England knocked out of Euro 2016 by Iceland

  27-06-2016 23:35 via cnn.com
  
  Iceland pulled off one of the most astonishing results in the history of European football after knocking England out of the European Championship finals.
  
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• Two dead after shooting in western Oregon, suspected gunman captured

  27-06-2016 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Two people were killed and two others were injured in a shooting on Monday in western Oregon, and the suspected gunman was captured by state police less than two hours later near Portland, a sheriff's office said. Authorities were still investigating what led to the shooting just after 12 p.m. local time in a rural part of the county about 20 miles north of Salem, said Marion County Sheriff's Office spokesman Chris Baldridge. Just after 1:30 p.m. local time, the sheriff's office tweeted that dep
  
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• Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback signs measure to increase aid to poor school districts; avoids threat of shutdown

  27-06-2016 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback signs measure to increase aid to poor school districts; avoids threat of shutdown.
  
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• Moody's set to cut major UK banks' credit rating outlooks - Sky News

  27-06-2016 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ratings agency Moody's will downgrade the credit rating outlook for major British banks to "negative" on Tuesday because of the fallout from the vote to leave the European Union, Sky News reported, citing sources. A Sky News reporter said "a number of big UK lenders" had been told by Moody's that their credit rating outlook would shift to negative from stable or positive. Fitch and Standard & Poor's cut Britain's sovereign credit ratings earlier on Monday, judging the vote to leave the EU wi
  
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• Iceland knock England out as coach Hodgson quits

  27-06-2016 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Mitch Phillips NICE, France (Reuters) - Iceland pulled off one of the biggest shocks in European Championship history when they stunned England 2-1 in their last-16 clash on Monday leading losing manager Roy Hodgson to resign. Although the soccer pedigrees of the two sides could not be more different, Iceland looked the better team in just about every aspect of the game and fully deserved to extend their dream run on their first tournament appearance. After falling behind to a fourth-minute W
  
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• Federal judge rules Mississippi clerks cannot cite religious beliefs to refuse issuing marriage licenses to gay couples

  27-06-2016 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Federal judge rules Mississippi clerks cannot cite religious beliefs to refuse issuing marriage licenses to gay couples.
  
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• The Latest: Roy Hodgson steps down as England coach

  27-06-2016 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — The Latest from soccer's European Championship (all times local):
  
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• Justice Dept. mandates 'implicit bias' training for agents, lawyers

  27-06-2016 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Julia Edwards WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department announced on Monday that more than 33,000 federal agents and prosecutors will receive training aimed at preventing unconscious bias from influencing their law enforcement decisions. The training will bring Justice Department employees in line with many local police departments across the country that have implemented bias prevention plans following a spate of shootings of unarmed black men by white police officers. The departmen
  
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• England manager Hodgson resigns after Euro 2016 exit

  27-06-2016 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  NICE, France (Reuters) - England soccer coach Roy Hodgson resigned after a 2-1 defeat by Iceland saw his team knocked out of the European Championship at the round of 16 stage on Monday. "My contract was always going to be up after this tournament. I would have loved to have stayed on another two years, but now it is time for someone else to take over this group of players," he told a news conference. (Reporting by John Geddie; Editing by Ken Ferris)
  
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• Group deploys military veterans to volunteer in Detroit

  27-06-2016 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Dozens of military veterans have come to Detroit to rebuild neglected areas of the financially distressed city.
  
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• Equities sell off for second day, safe-havens up in Brexit aftermath

  27-06-2016 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Hilary Russ NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global markets sold off for a second straight day on Monday, dragging the British pound to a 31-year low, while gold and safe-haven government debt rallied on Britain's shock vote last week to leave the European Union. Major U.S. stock indexes recorded their worst two-day drop in about 10 months. Banking stocks led losses amid uncertainty over London's future as the region's financial capital. On Wall Street, the S&P financial index fell nearly 2.79 percen
  
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• Euro 2016: Iceland shocks England in historic upset

  27-06-2016 23:20 via cnn.com
  
  Iceland pulled off one of the most astonishing results in the history of European football after knocking England out of the European Championship finals.
  
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• Iceland stun England in one of greatest ever shocks

  27-06-2016 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  England were dealt a humiliating 2-1 defeat by minnows Iceland on Monday as Roy Hodgson's side crashed out of Euro 2016 in one of the most stunning upsets in the history of the game. Ragnar Sigurdsson cancelled out Wayne Rooney's fourth-minute opener before Kolbeinn Sigthorsson's tame shot squirmed past England goalkeeper Joe Hart for an 18th-minute winner. Three days on from Britain's vote to leave the European Union, England followed the country's lead by exiting Europe, their quest for a firs
  
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• Strange Clues in Washington Teen's Disappearance

  27-06-2016 23:14 via nbcnews.com
  
  Logan Schiendelman was last seen on May 19, 2016.
  
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• Abortion ruling may not open door for new Texas clinics

  27-06-2016 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Abortion providers celebrating the U.S. Supreme Court striking down major Texas abortion restrictions Monday also begrudgingly acknowledged a daunting reality: The damage is done, and no time soon are women likely to see new clinics start replacing dozens that have folded since 2013.
  
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• More blasts in Lebanese village hit by deadly bombings

  27-06-2016 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — A series of suicide bombings and other attacks, including one outside a church, rocked a mainly Christian Lebanese village near the Syrian border on Monday, killing five people and wounding nearly 30, officials and witnesses said.
  
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• Supreme Court to rule on use of race in redistricting

  27-06-2016 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether Republican lawmakers relied too heavily on race when they redrew North Carolina's congressional districts to give the GOP a powerful advantage in the swing state.
  
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• Turkey mends fences with Israel and Russia in foreign policy reset

  27-06-2016 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Nick Tattersall, Jack Stubbs and Jeffrey Heller ISTANBUL/MOSCOW/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Turkey announced the restoration of diplomatic ties with Israel on Monday after a six-year rupture and expressed regret to Russia over the downing of a warplane, seeking to mend strained alliances and ease a sense of isolation on the world stage. The deal with Israel after years of negotiation was a rare rapprochement in the divided Middle East, driven by the prospect of lucrative Mediterranean gas deals as
  
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• Eight suicide bombers target Lebanese Christian village

  27-06-2016 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Eight suicide bombers attacked a Lebanese Christian village on Monday, killing five people and wounding dozens more, in the latest violent spillover of the five-year-old Syrian war into Lebanon. Security sources said they believed Islamic State was responsible for the bombings in the village of Qaa on Lebanon's border with Syria, but there was no immediate claim of responsibility. A first wave of attacks involved four suicide bombers who struck after 4 a.m., killing five people, all civilians.
  
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• Poll: Majority of Republicans Prefer Someone Else to Trump

  27-06-2016 23:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  Just 45 percent of Republican voters say they are satisfied with Trump as their party's presumptive presidential nominee.
  
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• Tennis teacher ranked 772nd wins at Wimbledon; Federer next

  27-06-2016 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — Marcus Willis originally was scheduled to spend Monday teaching tennis to a group of 5-to-10-year-old kids, among others, at Warwick Boat Club in central England.
  
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• Child porn sentencing halted when man spit blood at victim

  27-06-2016 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The sentencing of a New York man who used a fake Facebook account to prey on two New Jersey teenagers was briefly halted after he bit the inside of his mouth and spit blood at one of them.
  
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• The Latest: Iceland beats England 2-1 at Euro 2016

  27-06-2016 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Latest from soccer's European Championship (all times local): ___ 10:50 p.m. Iceland pulled off one the biggest shocks in European Championship history, beating England 2-1 and advancing to the quarterfinals ...
  
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• Recovery underway in West Virginia town 'built to carry on'

  27-06-2016 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  RAINELLE, W.Va. (AP) — When the torrential rains stopped in the tiny West Virginia town of Rainelle, the volunteers started showing up.
  
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• Turkey mends fences with former foes Israel and Russia

  27-06-2016 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Turkey launched a major diplomatic charm offensive Monday, reaching out a conciliatory hand to Russia and hailing a deal to restore ties with Israel as it looks to boost its neighbourhood clout. The Kremlin said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had apologised to his counterpart Vladimir Putin over the downing of a Russian military jet in Syria last November, which shattered ties between the two nations. Just hours earlier, the prime ministers of Turkey and Israel had revealed details of an
  
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• Markets under heavy pressure

  27-06-2016 22:43 via money.cnn.com
  
  U.S. stocks followed global markets further into the red on Monday as the Brexit fallout continues to ripple around the world.
  
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• Ex-UFC fighter Ryan Jimmo Killed in hit and run in Canada

  27-06-2016 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — UFC fighter Ryan Jimmo Monday Jimmo, 34, was fatally injured early Sunday morning following an altercation in a parking lot in Edmonton, Alberta, police said.
  
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• Ex-student gets life term for killing baby at sorority house

  27-06-2016 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ZANESVILLE, Ohio (AP) — A former college student who gave birth in her sorority house was sentenced Monday to life in prison without parole for killing the newborn by throwing her in the trash.
  
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• Britain's boy from nowhere puts Djokovic, Federer in shade

  27-06-2016 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Wimbledon heavyweight champions Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer were overshadowed by a new British hero on Monday in the stocky frame of world number 706 and old folks tennis coach Marcus Willis. World number one Djokovic cruised to an easy 6-0, 7-6 (7/3), 6-4 victory over Britain's James Ward, comfortably demonstrating why his recent French Open triumph allowed him to pass the $100 million prize money barrier. The fairytale continues with an unlikely match-up against seven-time champion Federe
  
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• Preparing for Brexit, Britain may see new PM by early September

  27-06-2016 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Elizabeth Piper and Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - Britain could have a new prime minister by early September, the ruling Conservative Party said on Monday, after David Cameron started laying the groundwork for his successor to trigger the country's exit from the European Union. The government is under pressure to fill a vacuum left when Cameron announced he would resign by October after Britain ignored his advice and voted to leave the 28-member bloc in last week's referendum. Triggering
  
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• Exclusive: Viacom lead director turned down offer for another director to meet Sumner Redstone

  27-06-2016 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Viacom Inc's lead independent director Frederic Salerno vetoed an offer by Sumner Redstone's attorneys to have another of Viacom's independent directors meet face-to-face with the 93-year-old media mogul to get an understanding of his views on the media company, two sources familiar with the situation told Reuters on Monday. Salerno's dismissal of a possible route toward a settlement shows how far apart the two sides are in the legal fight for control over Reds
  
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• The Latest: Clinton says she has work to do to build trust

  27-06-2016 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. presidential campaign (all times EDT):
  
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• Two dead in shooting in western Oregon, suspect on the loose

  27-06-2016 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Two people were killed and two others were injured in a shooting on Monday in Marion County, Oregon, a sheriff's office said. The suspect in the shooting about 20 miles north of Salem had not been captured, and law enforcement officials were searching the area, the Marion County Sheriff's Office wrote on Twitter. The sheriff's office wrote earlier that deputies were responding to a shooting with possible multiple victims in the city of Woodburn, Oregon.
  
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• Suicide attack targets church in Lebanese village: sources

  27-06-2016 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Four suicide bombers blew themselves up outside a church in a Lebanese village on Monday as residents were preparing for the funerals of victims of a multiple suicide attack earlier in the day, security sources said. Medical sources said at least 15 people had been wounded in the attack in the Christian village of Qaa, on Lebanon's border with Syria. Earlier on Monday, four suicide bombers had killed five people in the village.
  
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