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• The world from above

  07-07-2016 23:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The winners of this year's Dronestagram photographic competition have been announced.
  
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• Obama: Police shootings show US has a 'serious problem'

  07-07-2016 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The fatal police shootings of two black men in Louisiana and Minnesota show the U.S. has a "serious problem," President Barack Obama said Thursday. He said he shares feelings of "anger, frustration and grief" that police killings have triggered across the country.
  
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• What Happens If You Lie to Congress?

  07-07-2016 23:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  CNBC broke down the consequences of lying to Congress in five questions.
  
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• Hayden Panettiere Addresses Rumors of Relationship Trouble

  07-07-2016 23:54
  
  The actress fires back after reports surfaced that she wasn't wearing her ring.
  
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• Elon Musk Fires Back Against 'BS' Reports After Autopilot Crash

  07-07-2016 23:52
  
  Elon Musk is firing back after two Fortune articles questioned why a fatal crash wasn't immediately disclosed to investors.
  
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• The Latest: Convictions barred Louisiana man from having gun

  07-07-2016 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Latest on the fatal police shooting of a black man in Baton Rouge. (all times local):
  
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• European stocks rise; US stocks mixed ahead of jobs data

  07-07-2016 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New York (AFP) - European stocks rose Thursday following dovish ECB meeting minutes and disappointing German economic data as Wall Street investors looked ahead to a key US jobs report.
  
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• Euro 2016: France through to final

  07-07-2016 23:42 via cnn.com
  
  It'll be a party in Paris -- and France will be there.
  
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• HPV-Related Cancers an 'Epidemic' in Men

  07-07-2016 23:41 via nbcnews.com
  
  The number of cancers related to the HPV virus have dramatically increased, a new government report finds.
  
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• EgyptAir 804 debris found on beach?

  07-07-2016 23:38 via cnn.com
  
  Plane debris found on a beach in northern Israel is very likely from crashed EgyptAir Flight 804, the Israeli Prime Minister's office said Thursday.
  
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• Minnesota governor decries 'racism' after police shoot black man

  07-07-2016 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  ST. PAUL, Minn. (Reuters) - Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton said that he did not believe the black man shot dead by police on Wednesday during a routine traffic stop would have been treated that way if he had been white. "Would this have happened if the driver and the passengers were white? I don't think it would have," Dayton told reporters on Thursday. "This kind of racism exists and it's incumbent on all of us to vow and ensure that it doesn't continue to happen." (Reporting by David Bailey; W
  
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• Iraq inquiry finds UK, U.S. failed to curb destabilising purge of Iraqi Ba'athists

  07-07-2016 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Mark Hosenball LONDON (Reuters) - A British inquiry into the Iraq War found that an aggressive purge of members of Saddam Hussein's Ba'ath party led by the late, American-backed politician Ahmed Chalabi "had a significant and lasting negative impact on Iraq" that laid the groundwork for the deadly sectarian conflict ravaging the country today. The British investigation, led by Sir John Chilcot, found that UK and American officials sought, but largely failed, to limit post-war purges led by Ch
  
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• Obama says nation must take steps to address racial bias in policing

  07-07-2016 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  President Barack Obama said on Thursday the fatal shootings of black men by police in Minnesota and Louisiana in two days underscored the need for the nation to address "the appearance or reality of racial bias" in policing. "These fatal shootings are not isolated incidents," Obama said in a posting on Facebook.
  
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• The Latest: Wizards acquire Trey Burke, sign 3 others

  07-07-2016 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Latest on the NBA (all times Eastern):
  
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• Community leaders demand broad probe of cops in black Louisiana man's death

  07-07-2016 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Edward Krudy BATON ROUGE, La. (Reuters) - Baton Rouge community leaders on Thursday demanded a broad criminal investigation of two white police officers involved in the fatal shooting of a black man in Louisiana's capital in one of the mounting number of deadly encounters between U.S. law enforcement and black suspects. Representatives from the community organization Together Baton Rouge urged authorities to consider all possible federal and state criminal charges against officers Blane Salam
  
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• Woman livestreams moments after cop kills boyfriend

  07-07-2016 23:24 via cnn.com
  Authorities say that a man is dead after being shot by police Wednesday evening after being pulled over in a traffic stop.
  
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• N. Korea says US sanctions on leader 'a declaration of war'

  07-07-2016 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  North Korea said Friday that the new US sanctions targeting its leader Kim Jong-Un amounted to a "declaration of a war" and vowed to take strong retaliatory measures. The move by the United States constituted "the worst hostility" against the North, Pyongyang's foreign ministry said in a statement, carried by the official Korean Central News Agency. Washington on Wednesday placed Kim on its sanctions blacklist, calling him directly responsible for a long list of serious human rights abuses.
  
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• U.S. Justice Dept has concerns over Aetna-Humana deal: source

  07-07-2016 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Aetna's purchase of Humana would combine two of the largest providers of Medicare Advantage plans for elderly people, and investors have long been concerned the deal might pose a competition issue for antitrust regulators. The Justice Department is also reviewing Anthem Inc's proposed purchase of Cigna Corp, and investors are worried it will fail because of its impact on competition in the employer insurance market. News of the Justice Department's significant concerns come as the department is
  
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• Fendi models walk on water in Rome's Trevi fountain

  07-07-2016 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Shimmering models wearing the latest creations by Fendi appeared to walk on water Thursday at a fairytale show in Rome's Trevi fountain to mark the luxury fashion house's 90th anniversary. The soft, luxurious collection of 46 outfits was inspired by Danish fairytale illustrator Kay Nielsen, who painted colour plates for the book Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen in 1924 and also later worked for Disney, including on sequences of the film Fantasia. As the models, including Americans Kendall
  
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• FBI chief says his employees would face discipline if they handled emails like Clinton

  07-07-2016 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Julia Edwards and David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - FBI Director James Comey told U.S. lawmakers on Thursday that FBI employees who mishandled classified material in the way Hillary Clinton did as secretary of state could be subject to dismissal or loss of security clearance. Comey addressed the issue at a House of Representatives committee hearing that lasted nearly five hours after House Speaker Paul Ryan said in a letter to Director of National Intelligence James Clapper that Clinton
  
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• Trump stars and spars with Republican lawmakers

  07-07-2016 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Susan Cornwell and Emily Stephenson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump endured some blunt exchanges when he met Republican members of Congress on Thursday but several lawmakers, including past critics, emerged with encouraging words about their presumptive White House nominee. Republican aides cited good attendance from both houses of Congress at the two closed-door meetings, even though some lawmakers made a point of staying away, citing previous commitments. Trump drew 41 of 54 Republican
  
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• Griezmann's double gives France 2-0 win over Germany in semi

  07-07-2016 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Antoine Griezmann scored twice as France beat world champion Germany 2-0 on Thursday to line up a European Championship final against Portugal.
  
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• Police captain's son pleads not guilty to terrorism charges

  07-07-2016 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A Boston police captain's son accused of plotting an attack on a college campus to support the Islamic State group pleaded not guilty to terrorism charges Thursday.
  
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• Photos: Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi Catch a Flight

  07-07-2016 23:12
  
  This month's hottest celebrity pictures.
  
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• Minnesota black man killed by police was smart, cautious gun owner

  07-07-2016 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  At a traffic stop near Minneapolis on Wednesday, he became the 123rd black American shot and killed by police in 2016, according to a Washington Post database that tracks such deaths. The video was posted to Facebook and went viral on social media. About 1 in 17 eligible Minnesotans have a concealed carry permit, slightly more than the U.S. national average, according to gun rights advocates.
  
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• Piscotty, Wainwright both homer as Cardinals beat Pirates

  07-07-2016 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Stephen Piscotty hit a three-run home run and Randal Grichuk also went deep to help the St. Louis Cardinals beat Pittsburgh 5-1 on Thursday to avoid a four-game sweep and end the Pirates' season-best seven-game winning streak.
  
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• Iraq residents: Blair's apology 'not enough'

  07-07-2016 23:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ahmed Maher has been speaking to residents in the city about their reaction to Tony Blair's comments.
  
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• Griezmann double puts France into Euro 2016 final

  07-07-2016 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Antoine Griezmann scored twice Thursday as France beat world champions Germany 2-0 to seal a place in the Euro 2016 final against Portugal. Having converted a controversial first-half penalty for Bastian Schweinsteiger's handball, Griezmann put the result beyond doubt with a sweetly struck second half shot. "We suffered but we knocked them out," said French coach Didier Deschamps after the game in which Germany dominated possession.
  
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• U.S. Justice Department says prepared to investigate Minnesota police shooting

  07-07-2016 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday it was prepared to investigate the shooting death of a black man by a police officer in Minnesota. Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton has called on the Justice Department to begin an investigation into the death of Philando Castile after a traffic stop on Wednesday. "The Department is prepared, as necessary, to conduct further investigation and consider this matter under applicable federal law,” the Justice Department said in a statement.
  
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• The Latest: Cosby lawyer: High court should reverse ruling

  07-07-2016 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on Bill Cosby asking a Pennsylvania judge to throw out his criminal sex assault case or force his accuser to testify (all times local):
  
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• Hundreds pay tribute in Elie Wiesel's native Romania

  07-07-2016 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Several hundred people from Romania's Jewish community paid tribute Thursday to the late Elie Wiesel, the Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate instrumental in getting his native country to face up to its dark past. Wiesel, born in northern Romania in 1928 and who survived Auschwitz, died on Saturday in New York at age 87. "Elie Wiesel became a symbol of the struggle towards a normal society through what he lived through and what he achieved," Holocaust survivor Liviu Beris told AFP at the event
  
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• Road closures to hit Philadelphia 2 days before convention

  07-07-2016 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Road closures and highway restrictions will go into effect two days before the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
  
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• Mets' Harvey might need surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome

  07-07-2016 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Matt Harvey has symptoms consistent with thoracic outlet syndrome, and the New York Mets star could be facing season-ending surgery to treat a serious condition that has jeopardized the career of other major league pitchers.
  
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• Beyonce, other celebs express anguish over latest shootings

  07-07-2016 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A look at some of the celebrity reaction to two police-related shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile:
  
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• Largest US measles outbreak in Arizona

  07-07-2016 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Health officials in Arizona say the largest current measles outbreak in the United States is in part because some workers at a federal immigration detention center refuse to get vaccinated.
  
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• Emory students killed in Bangladesh remembered as leaders

  07-07-2016 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  ATLANTA (AP) — Friends remembered two Emory University students as campus leaders Thursday during a vigil on the Atlanta campus, days after they were killed in an attack on a restaurant in Bangladesh's capital by armed extremists that claimed more than 20 lives.
  
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• The Latest: Griezmann gives France 2-0 win over Germany

  07-07-2016 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — The Latest from the European Championship (all times local):
  
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• Exclusive: Top Viacom investor Gabelli says CEO's exit is inevitable

  07-07-2016 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Some investors unhappy with the pace of improvement at Viacom hope that change at the top is imminent. Since the Redstones own 80 percent of the voting shares of Viacom and CBS through their privately owned National Amusements Inc, Gabelli said, Dauman is fighting a battle he is unlikely to win.
  
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• Sanders expected to endorse Clinton on Tuesday: New York Times

  07-07-2016 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Democrat Bernie Sanders is expected to endorse presidential rival Hillary Clinton on Tuesday at a campaign event in New Hampshire, The New York Times reported on Thursday. Citing three Democrats who have been involved in the planning, the Times said the endorsement was partly the result of daily talks between the candidates' campaign managers about bringing them together and advancing Sanders' policy priorities. The Sanders campaign declined to comment.
  
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• Energy weighs on Wall St. but Costco shines

  07-07-2016 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Dow Jones industrial average fell 22.74 points, or 0.13 percent, to 17,895.88, the S&P 500 lost 1.83 points, or 0.09 percent, to 2,097.9 and the Nasdaq Composite added 17.65 points, or 0.36 percent, to 4,876.81. Costco was the largest gainer on the Nasdaq and the S&P a day after it reported June comparable sales rose more than expected. "Right now, I think you have to look at the numbers and say it probably was just a one off, which should reassure the Fed," said Brad McMillan, chief
  
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• Splash! Kevin Durant finalizes two-year deal with Warriors

  07-07-2016 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Splash: Kevin Durant's big move to the Golden State Warriors is done.
  
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• Minnesota police response in fatal shooting appears excessive: governor

  07-07-2016 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton said Thursday there was "every indication" that police conduct in the fatal shooting of a black motorist was "way in excess" of what the situation warranted, and that race may have played a role. "I can't say how shocked I am and how deeply, deeply offended that this would occur in Minnesota to somebody who got pulled over for a tail light being out of order," Dayton told reporters, calling the situation "absolutely appalling" on all levels. The Democratic governor
  
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• Private prison company CCA to face trial in violence lawsuit

  07-07-2016 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A federal judge says the Corrections Corporation of America will stand trial in December in a civil rights lawsuit over understaffing and violence at an Idaho prison.
  
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• No double standard for Clinton, FBI director tells GOP

  07-07-2016 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Under an onslaught of Republican criticism, FBI Director James Comey vigorously defended the government's decision not to prosecute Hillary Clinton over her private email setup, rejecting angry accusations that the Democratic presidential candidate was given special treatment.
  
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• Bugs and house prices

  07-07-2016 22:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Interest in moving to Canada has peaked in the UK and the US - but are there any drawbacks to living in the popular country?
  
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• CNN reporter on rescue boat

  07-07-2016 22:41 via cnn.com
  
  I'm aboard a boat run by the Migrant Offshore Aid Station that rescues migrants in distress in the Mediterranean Sea.
  
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• Aboard a boat rescuing migrants from the sea

  07-07-2016 22:41 via cnn.com
  
  I'm aboard a boat run by the Migrant Offshore Aid Station that rescues migrants in distress in the Mediterranean Sea.
  
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• Judge: Cosby's accuser doesn't have to testify before trial

  07-07-2016 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A judge on Thursday denied Bill Cosby's effort to compel the accuser in his criminal sex assault case to testify before trial, ruling the comedian shouldn't get a new preliminary hearing.
  
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• Cosby loses latest bid to get sex assault charges dismissed

  07-07-2016 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Pennsylvania judge on Thursday rejected Bill Cosby's latest effort to have the sexual assault charges against him thrown out, ruling that the 78-year-old comedian must stand trial in the case. Judge Steven O'Neill rejected arguments from Cosby's lawyers that prosecutors violated Cosby's rights by refusing to call the accuser as a witness at a preliminary hearing in May, thus shielding her from cross-examination. "This case shall proceed to trial on those counts," O'Neill said at the conclusion
  
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• California gang members charged in attacks targeting blacks

  07-07-2016 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Seven members of a notorious Los Angeles street gang with ties to the Mexican Mafia were charged in an indictment unsealed Thursday for their role in attacks targeting African-Americans. The men, all members of the Big Hazard gang, allegedly took part in the 2014 firebombing of several residences of African-Americans in the city's Boyle Heights neighborhood in a bid to push blacks out, according to the indictment handed down June 22. "The defendants used firebombs to drive the victims from their
  
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