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• England beat Argentina 35-25 in thrilling second Test in Santa Fe

  17-06-2017 23:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch all seven tries as England beat Argentina 35-25 in Santa Fe to complete a 2-0 series win.
  
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• Rhode Island teacher's fan steals Trump's thunder

  17-06-2017 23:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rhode Island's teacher of the year let his personality shine through in his White House photo.
  
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• US is in no 'condition to lecture us' on human rights, Cuba says

  17-06-2017 23:33 via cnn.com
  
  Responding to President Donald Trump's announcement Friday that he is reversing the Obama administration's steps to normalize relations with Cuba, the Castro government said the US is in no "condition to lecture us."
  
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• Cuba to Trump: Don't 'lecture us' on human rights

  17-06-2017 23:33 via cnn.com
  
  Responding to President Donald Trump's announcement Friday that he is reversing the Obama administration's steps to normalize relations with Cuba, the Castro government said the US is in no "condition to lecture us."
  
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• Brazil's Michel Temer denies tycoon's corruption allegations

  17-06-2017 23:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The businessman had accused Michel Temer of leading Brazil's "most dangerous criminal organisation".
  
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• Cosby's silence at trial paid off

  17-06-2017 23:21 via cnn.com
  
  Bill Cosby's legal team made the right call not to have the comedian takethe witness stand during his sexual assault trial, which ended Saturday in a mistrial.
  
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• Analysis: Cosby's silence at trial paid off

  17-06-2017 23:21 via cnn.com
  
  Bill Cosby's legal team made the right call not to have the comedian takethe witness stand during his sexual assault trial, which ended Saturday in a mistrial.
  
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• Woman who stormed stage during 'Julius Caesar' is arrested

  17-06-2017 23:11 via yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A New York production of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" with a Trump-like character who is assassinated had a boisterous new scene this weekend: an activist who stormed the stage, yelling, "Do you want Trump to be assassinated?"
  
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• Bill Cosby case: Judge declares mistrial after jury deadlock

  17-06-2017 23:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Actor Bill Cosby will likely face fresh court proceedings over sexual assault allegations.
  
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• Police: Mother dies following shooting rampage in New Mexico

  17-06-2017 22:54 via yahoo.com
  
  ABIQUIU, N.M. (AP) — The mother of a man who went on a shooting rampage in New Mexico died several hours after being taken off life support, bringing the number of deaths to five, authorities said.
  
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• Tesla mechanics rescue a cute kitten that got stuck inside a Model X bumper

  17-06-2017 22:52 via yahoo.com
  
  Of all the things that could possibly go wrong with your electric self-driving car, finding a kitten inside your bumper may be the cutest of them all. An unnamed Model X owner uploaded two clips to YouTube on Saturday that show a teeny kitten trapped inside the bumper of his vehicle. "So this morning, I heard a meow in my garage," the man said in the clip. "And we don't have a cat." After narrowing down the meows to his vehicle, then the rear bumper, the man decided to bring his car into a Tesla
  
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• Pro-Trump activists disrupt 'Julius Caesar'

  17-06-2017 22:45 via cnn.com
  
  A play showing the assassination of Julius Caesar, who appears to look like President Donald Trump, drew ire from Pro-Trump activists who tried to shut the play down.
  
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• Yellowstone takes measures to prevent mussels' spread

  17-06-2017 22:44 via yahoo.com
  
  JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Yellowstone National Park officials are installing barriers in front of boat launches in an attempt to prevent invasive mussels recently discovered in Montana from spreading to the park and into the Columbia River Basin.
  
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• 5.2 magnitude earthquake south of Greece's Lesbos island

  17-06-2017 22:33 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A 5.2 magnitude earthquake has struck south of the Greek island of Lesbos, close to the Turkish coast.
  
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• Tougher Trump line toward Cuba delights hardliners on island

  17-06-2017 22:27 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  President Donald Trump's announcement of a tougher line toward Cuba has delighted hardliners on the island, who say it reveals the long-held U.S. aim of imposing American will on Cuba and justifies their wariness toward Washington.
  
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• Andrea Constand's 'courage' buoys spirits of other accusers

  17-06-2017 22:11 via cnn.com
  
  Women who have accused comedian Bill Cosby of sexual assault appeared optimistic Saturday despite their disappointment that a mistrial was declared in the criminal case against the comedian.
  
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• Marchers in Madrid urge Spain to take in more refugees

  17-06-2017 21:54 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Protesters are marching in Madrid to urge Spain's conservative government to fulfill its pledge to give shelter to refugees from war-torn countries like Syria.
  
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• Tehran says Saudi coastguard killed Iranian fisherman

  17-06-2017 21:49 via yahoo.com
  
  An Iranian fisherman was shot and killed Saturday by the Saudi coastguard which accused him of entering Saudi waters, Iran's interior ministry said, fuelling tensions between the regional rivals."Two fishing boats were in the Persian Gulf and strayed due to high waves.The Saudi coastguard say the boats entered Saudi waters and killed one of the fishermen," Majid Aghababaie, head of border affairs at the interior ministry, said in a statement published by Iranian media.
  
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• Marchers brave high heat for Lisbon's LGBT Pride Parade

  17-06-2017 21:49 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Braving high temperatures, about 1,000 people have marched in a LGBT Pride Parade in Portugal's capital of Lisbon in support of transsexual rights.
  
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• Cuba to Trump: Don't lecture us

  17-06-2017 21:49 via cnn.com
  
  Responding to President Donald Trump's announcement Friday that he is reversing the Obama administration's steps to normalize relations with Cuba, the Castro government said the US is in no "condition to lecture us."
  
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• Family of man killed by police files wrongful death lawsuit

  17-06-2017 21:45 via yahoo.com
  
  TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A northwest Ohio village police chief fatally shot an armed man in the back from 70 yards (64 meters) away while the man sat beneath a tree talking to a deputy sheriff just 15 feet away who was trying to end the standoff, according to a federal wrongful death lawsuit by the man's family last week in Toledo
  
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• AU calls for calm as Djibouti-Eritrea border tensions mount

  17-06-2017 21:45 via yahoo.com
  
  The African Union on Saturday urged Djibouti and Eritrea to show "restraint" as tensions intensified over a disputed border territory after the withdrawal of Qatari peacekeepers from a buffer zone.Djibouti has accused Eritrea of occupying the territory in the Doumeira region following the departure of the Qatari troops, threatening the revival of a longstanding and at times violent dispute.In 2008, Eritrea sent its troops into the area, north of the city of Djibouti and strategically located at
  
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• Mistrial declared in Bill Cosby trial

  17-06-2017 21:44 via cnn.com
  
  The high-profile case accusing Bill Cosby of aggravated indecent assault ended in a mistrial Saturday after a Pennsylvania jury was unable to come to a unanimous decision.
  
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• French mayor arrested for clash with right-winger

  17-06-2017 21:38 via yahoo.com
  
  A 55-year-old village mayor was arrested on Saturday for allegedly attacking a prominent French right-wing parliamentary candidate while she was out campaigning.Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, a flamboyant 44-year-old candidate for the Republicans party, was canvassing for votes at a Paris market on Thursday when a man called her a "stupid bobo" -- a blend of hipster and bourgeois -- and shoved her leaflets in her face, causing her to fall.Vincent Debraize -- mayor of Champignolles, a small village
  
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• Opinion: Everything about Cosby case is awful

  17-06-2017 21:36 via cnn.com
  
  It's fitting that the Bill Cosby trial ended in a hung jury, for it illustrates the criminal justice system's inability to adequately deal with the issue of sexual assault and underscores the murky place Cosby's legacy will forever find itself.
  
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• Americans Still Awaiting Trump's Personal Taxes

  17-06-2017 21:23 via yahoo.com
  
  Trump's disclosure leaves many of the questions surrounding his finances unanswered.  
  
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• Philando Castile: Protesters clash with police after officer who killed black man on Facebook Live acquitted

  17-06-2017 21:22 via yahoo.com
  
  Hundreds of protesters took to Minnesota’s streets after police officer Jeronimo Yanez was acquitted of manslaughter for shooting Philando Castile dead.Officer Yanez killed Mr Castile during a traffic stop last July.Mr Castile had informed Officer Yanez just seconds before he was shot that he was carrying a gun.
  
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• 9/11 Memorial designer to create church shooting memorial

  17-06-2017 21:16 via yahoo.com
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The architect who designed the 9/11 Memorial in New York has been chosen to create a memorial to honor the nine worshippers gunned down in a racist shooting attack on a South Carolina church.
  
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• US ambassador to Qatar steps down after posting critical tweets about Donald Trump

  17-06-2017 21:10 via yahoo.com
  
  The US ambassador to Qatar has stepped down after posting critical tweets about Donald Trump's administration after he fired FBI Director James Comey.Dana Shell Smith announced the move a week after several Gulf states cut diplomatic ties with the monarchy in Doha, citing concerns over their financial ties to Islamist groups including the Muslim Brotherhood.Saudi Arabia, Egypt, The Maldives, United Arab Emirates, Libya, and Bahrain won praise from Mr Trump for coordinating the anti-Qatari effort
  
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• Former Employee Says Uber's Apology To NYC Riders Is "All A Show"

  17-06-2017 21:01 via yahoo.com
  
  Uber recently sent an apology email to former New York City riders, but an ex-employee says the company's move is "all a show."
  
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• 'Trooping the color' in London for queen's official birthday

  17-06-2017 20:56 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Queen Elizabeth II and senior royals have marked her official birthday in the annual Trooping the Color celebration.
  
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• Paris agreement: US states and mayors fight climate change after Donald Trump pulls US out of deal

  17-06-2017 20:51 via yahoo.com
  
  American governors and mayors are stepping up to fill a leadership void on climate change after Donald Trump announced that the US will pull out of the Paris climate change accord.From coast to coast and beyond, American politicians say that the President has left them with little choice in facing the devastating consequences climate changes seems to pose.Hundreds of American jurisdictions say they are prepared to work together — and individually — to honour the now defunct US commit
  
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• Opinion: What the Constitution says about Trump's businesses

  17-06-2017 20:44 via cnn.com
  
  Is it OK for a business executive who wins the presidency to continue to run his business? Legal scholars and critics of President Donald Trump argue that it's a violation of the Constitution's Foreign Emoluments Clause. But it's not that simple.
  
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• Prince George was not impressed at the Queen's birthday parade

  17-06-2017 20:32 via yahoo.com
  
  London celebrated Queen Elizabeth II's 91st birthday with Trooping the Colour, her annual birthday parade, on Saturday.  The Queen's great-grandson, however, was not impressed. Three-year-old Prince George watched the parade from a balcony (and behind a window) at Buckingham Palace with his family. Looks like a boring parade.Image: David Hartley/REX/Shutterstock Same.Image: Tim Rooke/REX/ShutterstockPrince George's 4th birthday is next week, and the Queen's real birthday was back in Ap
  
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• Lowry: We lost Cliff Huxtable long ago

  17-06-2017 20:24 via cnn.com
  
  For those who grew up with Bill Cosby's comedy, feelings of sadness shouldn't be confused with sympathy in appraising a legacy that -- whatever the eventual outcome of the criminal case against him, in which a jury on Saturday failed to reach a verdict -- has already been forever tarnished.
  
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• Spain: 5 migrants found dead in drifting boat, 92 more saved

  17-06-2017 20:23 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Spain's maritime rescue service has recovered the bodies of five migrants who died attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea in a small boat.
  
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• Albania: Parliament elects bodies to vet judges, prosecutors

  17-06-2017 20:12 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The Albanian parliament has voted upon members of the vetting bodies that will check the personal and professional backgrounds of judges and prosecutors, a key to judicial reforms needed to convince the European Union to launch membership negotiations.
  
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• Civil Rights commission probing Trump cuts

  17-06-2017 19:59 via cnn.com
  
  The US Commission on Civil Rights announced Friday that it will investigate the Trump administration's enforcement of civil rights, saying it has concerns about the impact of proposed budget and staff cuts across the federal government.
  
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• Brazil's Temer running 'criminal organization,' tycoon accuser says

  17-06-2017 19:51 via yahoo.com
  
  JBS chairman Joesley Batista caused a major political uproar last month when he handed to authorities, in connection with a wide-reaching corruption scandal, an audio recording in which Temer appeared to condone the payment of hush money to a former lawmaker now in prison.Batista's remarks were made in his first interview since he clinched a plea bargain deal with authorities as the nationwide anti-graft operation codenamed "Car Wash" began targeting his business dealings.Batista agreed to coope
  
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• Seven US soldiers wounded after Afghan fighter opens fire in base: military officials

  17-06-2017 19:46 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Seven American soldiers were wounded when an Afghan army solider opened fire at a military base in northern Afghanistan, US military officials said Saturday.
  
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• Palestinians dispute IS claim for deadly attack on Israel

  17-06-2017 19:40 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Palestinian militants are denying an Islamic State claim that it was behind a deadly attack against Israel, saying it was them who killed a female police officer on duty near Jerusalem's Old City.
  
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• Putin: Former German leader Helmut Kohl molded his worldview

  17-06-2017 19:32 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin says former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl played a key role forming his outlook on the world.
  
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• No retirement talk from Dianne Feinstein, oldest US senator

  17-06-2017 19:28 via yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The nation's oldest U.S. senator looks like she's sticking around.
  
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• Saudi coast guard kills local fisherman, says Iran TV

  17-06-2017 19:07 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Iran's state TV is reporting that an Iranian fisherman has been killed by Saudi Arabia's coast guard last night.
  
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• Polls show tight race ahead of Georgia special election

  17-06-2017 19:05 via yahoo.com
  
  Insight on 'America's News HQ' from Atlanta Journal writer
  
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• The Latest: Afghan soldier wounds 7 American soldiers

  17-06-2017 19:02 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The Latest on the shooting of several U.S soldiers by an Afghan army soldier (all times local): 9:30 p.m.
  
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• Rwanda's ruling party picks Kagame as August candidate

  17-06-2017 18:48 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Rwanda's ruling party has chosen longtime President Paul Kagame as its candidate for the August election.
  
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• Saudi detains Turkey media reporters 'on FM's visit'

  17-06-2017 18:42 via yahoo.com
  
  Saudi Arabia detained two Pakistani reporters for Turkey's state-run English language channel TRT World for some 10 hours during a visit by the Turkish foreign minister, before releasing them, reports said Saturday.Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu late Friday held talks with Saudi King Salman in Mecca aimed at easing the crisis over the diplomatic and economic isolation of Ankara's ally Qatar.Correspondent Hasan Abdullah and cameraman Nihat Yayman, who were covering the talks, were detained by
  
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• UK police: 58 dead and presumed dead in London blaze

  17-06-2017 18:37 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Fifty-eight people who were in Grenfell Tower are still missing and are presumed to be dead, London police announced Saturday, raising the death toll in the horrific inferno that turned the public housing block into a charred hulk.
  
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• New Zealanders attempt world's largest haka in Rotorua

  17-06-2017 18:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Around 7,800 New Zealanders join forces to attempt the world's largest haka
  
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