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• Copter used in Venezuela court attack found; pilot missing

  28-06-2017 23:55 via cnn.com
  
  A helicopter has attacked Venezuela's Supreme Court in Caracas, President Nicolas Maduro said, in what he termed an "armed terrorist attack."
  
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• Starbucks Worker Mysteriously Vanishes While Taking a Break

  28-06-2017 23:40 via yahoo.com
  
  Allison Cope, 24, a Starbucks supervisor, took her scheduled break at about 3 p.m. She hasn't been seen or heard from since.
  
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• Sarah Palin sues New York Times for defamation

  28-06-2017 23:36 via yahoo.com
  
  Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has sued the New York Times for defamation because of an editorial that linked her rhetoric to a 2011 shooting that killed six people and seriously wounded a U.S. congresswoman.The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on Tuesday said the Times deliberately "acted with actual malice" toward Palin and that the editorial was "false and defamatory." It claims the Times violated its policies and procedures.
  
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• Oscar Perez: Venezuela action man in chopper 'coup'

  28-06-2017 23:24 via yahoo.com
  
  An elite cop-turned-film star became the man of the hour Wednesday in the disaster movie that is Venezuela's political crisis.With his tan and muscles, 36-year-old Oscar Perez may seem to have more in common with action fantasy idols like Vin Diesel than with your average Venezuelan cop.Now Venezuela is wondering whether his alleged "coup" attempt in a stolen helicopter in the skies over Caracas on Tuesday night was scripted or real.
  
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• Israeli troops kill Palestinian gunman who shot at them during raid

  28-06-2017 23:14 via yahoo.com
  
  Israeli troops on Wednesday shot and killed a Palestinian gunman who fired at them during a raid to uncover an arms cache in the occupied West Bank town of Hebron, the Israeli military said.The Israeli military frequently carries out patrols and searches in Palestinian areas looking for suspects and munitions and arrests suspects.Israel says at least 172 of those killed were carrying out attacks while others died during clashes and protests.
  
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• Man cracks ransomware code

  28-06-2017 23:13 via cnn.com
  
  A cyber security researcher found a "temporary vaccine" to ransomware after hearing about an attack in the news. CNN's Oren Liebermann reports
  
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• The Latest: ACLU condemns destruction of Arkansas monument

  28-06-2017 23:03 via yahoo.com
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Latest on the destruction of Arkansas' Ten Commandments monument outside the state Capitol (all times local):
  
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• Chicago charges show challenge of police code of silence

  28-06-2017 23:02 via yahoo.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Since late 2015, the public has known that police who witnessed the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald described a scene starkly different than the one that later emerged on video of a white officer pumping 16 bullets into the black teenager.
  
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• President Trump Called Out for Singling Out Irish Reporter in Oval Office: 'Just Creepy'

  28-06-2017 22:58 via yahoo.com
  
  Caitriona Perry was told by the commander in chief that she has a "nice smile."
  
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• The Latest: FBI agent charged with lying pleads not guilty

  28-06-2017 22:57 via yahoo.com
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Latest on an FBI agent charged with lying about shooting at a key figure in the armed standoff at a national wildlife refuge in Oregon (all times local):
  
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• New video shows off every angle of the rumored iPhone 8 design

  28-06-2017 22:50 via yahoo.com
  
  We've spent a majority of 2017 poring over dozens and dozens of iPhone 8 leaks. Some have looked surprisingly legitimate while others have been blatant fakes, but something interesting has happened over the past several weeks -- a unified vision of the iPhone 8 has begun to take shape. Unsurprisingly, not all of the leaks line up with one another, but enough do that we've been able to form a relatively complete picture in our heads of what the flagship device will look like.
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• WATCH: Massive explosion on the sun

  28-06-2017 22:42 via abcnews.go.com
  
  NOAA satellite captured a massive solar explosion.
  
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• Sharks Caught On Video Swimming Up To Florida Tourists

  28-06-2017 22:41 via yahoo.com
  
  The woman who took the video said there were at least seven sharks in the shallow water.
  
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• Israel forces hit Syria army after new stray fire

  28-06-2017 22:41 via yahoo.com
  
  Israel hit a Syrian regime position on Wednesday night after stray mortar fire from the war-torn country struck the occupied Golan Heights, in the third such exchange within a week.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been visiting the Israeli settlement of Katzrin, further south in the Golan, at the time of the exchange of fire."During my speech, shells from the Syrian side landed in our territory and the Israel Defence Forces have already struck back," the Israeli premier said in an English-l
  
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• US unveils new airline security measures to avoid laptop ban

  28-06-2017 22:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Homeland security proposes enhanced screening of personal devicesCurrent restrictions to be removed if airports meet new requirementsUS Homeland Security secretary John Kelly on Wednesday unveiled enhanced security measures for foreign flights arriving in the United States in what officials said was a move to prevent an expansion of an in-cabin ban on laptops and other large electronic devices.“Inaction is not an option,” Kelly said, saying he believed airlines will comply with the n
  
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• The Latest: Syrian fire hits Golan during Netanyahu visit

  28-06-2017 22:38 via yahoo.com
  
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Latest on the conflict in Syria (all times local):
  
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• Google: We can't live with it or without it

  28-06-2017 22:34 via cnn.com
  
  The Internet promised us a perfect market--that is, one where there are many buyers and sellers with full information who freely and effortlessly strike deals unfettered by rules and regulations. But did it also give us a perfect monopoly?
  
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• US to toughen airline security; no laptop ban expansion

  28-06-2017 22:28 via yahoo.com
  
  The United States announced Wednesday it would implement tough new security rules for all airlines flying into the country, but held off from a threatened expansion of its carry-on laptop ban.Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly said evolving terror threats made it imperative to raise overall security standards, rather than take a piecemeal approach on personal electronics.The move put off for the moment an extension of the ban on laptops and other carry-on personal electronics to flights f
  
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• New security measures (and massive lines) announced for all flights to the US

  28-06-2017 22:26 via yahoo.com
  
  180 airlines flying over 300,000 people a day into the US will have to comply with new "enhanced security measures" for electronic devices, the Department for Homeland Security announced on Wednesday.
  The new security measures, which have not been described in detail, will need to be implemented at speed by the airlines. Passengers flying on any airline that does not implement the new security measures will not be able to bring anything bigger than a cellphone under the new regulations.The new m
  
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• Russia says will respond 'with dignity' if U.S. mounts Syria strike

  28-06-2017 22:22 via yahoo.com
  
  Russia will respond "in proportion" if the United States takes military action to prevent what it says could be a chemical attack by Syrian government forces, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday."We will react with dignity, in proportion to the real situation that may take place, Lavrov said.
  
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• Owner of Giant 20-Pound Lobster 'Beyond Ticked Off' Over TSA's Handling of Crustacean

  28-06-2017 22:19 via yahoo.com
  
  Chris Stracuzza was unnerved as he saw images of the huge lobster on social media.
  
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• Academy invites record 744 new members amid effort to increase diversity

  28-06-2017 22:09 via theguardian.com
  
  The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 2017 class includes Gal Gadot and Barry Jenkins, attempting to make good on a promise to diversify The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday that it had invited a record 744 new members to its governing body, surpassing the 683 invitations issued in 2016. The Academy has been under pressure to diversify its membership for several years, reaching a crescendo in 2015, when all 20 acting nominees were white, prompting
  
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• US claims warning over possible Syria chemical attack averted strike

  28-06-2017 21:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Russia warns US of proportional response to any preemptive measures against Syrian forces as US official calls intelligence behind warning ‘far from conclusive’US defence secretary James Mattis has said that Syria appears to have heeded a warning from Washington not to carry out a chemical weapons attack. Meanwhile Russia, the main backer of President Bashar al-Assad, warned that it would respond proportionately if the US took preemptive measures against Syrian forces. Continue readi
  
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• Paddington Bear creator dies

  28-06-2017 21:58 via cnn.com
  
  Michael Bond, the British children's book author and creator of the Paddington Bear character, has died in London.
  
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• As Iraqi troops near, ISIS leaves death and destruction in Mosul

  28-06-2017 21:50 via cnn.com
  
  What stands out most when you enter the Old City of Mosul is the smell.
  
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• Sniper's record kill shot in Iraq 'should be celebrated', Trudeau says

  28-06-2017 21:49 via theguardian.com
  
  PM says lethal shot from 3,540m within Canada’s advise-and-assist missionOpponents say Canadians deserve truth about Canada’s true role in IraqA record-shattering lethal shot fired by a Canadian sniper in Iraq has reignited a longstanding debate over Canada’s role in the region, with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau telling reporters it was “entirely consistent” with the country’s non-combat mission and should be celebrated. Last week, the defence department conf
  
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• Throwing Coins Into a Plane Engine Delays Plane

  28-06-2017 21:42 via yahoo.com
  
  They got lucky it was just a 5 hour delay.
  
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• North Korea calls for execution of ex-South Korea leader over 'assassination' plot

  28-06-2017 21:42 via yahoo.com
  
  North Korea calls for execution of ex-South Korea leader over 'assassination' plot.
  
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• Germans Cut Off Commerce Secretary in Mid-Speech

  28-06-2017 21:34 via yahoo.com
  
  Video of Wilbur Ross speaking at a conference in Germany went black after he went over time.
  
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• Does Trump Scare GOP Senators?

  28-06-2017 21:30 via yahoo.com
  
  A Republican insider says a president with a 35% approval rating and who is under FBI investigation "doesn't have a hammer" to make GOP senators vote for controversial health care legislation. John Heilemann and Liz Mair join Lawrence O'Donnell.
  
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• Trump: approval for Senate health bill ‘very tough’ to attain – video

  28-06-2017 21:26 via theguardian.com
  
  Donald Trump said getting approval of the Republican healthcare bill would be ‘very tough’ but predicted lawmakers would at least be close to passing the bill and might ‘get it over the line’. Speaking at the White House on Wednesday, Trump said his meeting with most of the Republican senators Tuesday was positive. The Senate delayed its vote until after the Fourth of July holidayIf Republicans lose the healthcare fight, it’s the beginning of the end
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• W.Va. Sen. Capito’s difficult journey to ‘no’

  28-06-2017 21:25 via yahoo.com
  
  Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., announced Tuesday she was against the current version of the Senate GOP health care bill.In an exchange that was filmed by someone else in the room andlater posted on Facebook, where it has been viewed more than 5 million times, Hill showed the senator photos of Amy before and after her diagnoses, when she was in the hospital undergoing treatment.
  
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• Iraqis fight house to house for costly victory in Mosul

  28-06-2017 21:21 via yahoo.com
  
  MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — Gunfire echoes through the pockmarked streets as Maj. Ihab Jalil al-Aboudi's soldiers fight block by block for the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, occasionally pausing to help terrified families flee to safety across the rubble.
  
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• 7 couples from same town charged with public benefits fraud

  28-06-2017 21:10 via yahoo.com
  
  LAKEWOOD, N.J. (AP) — Seven married couples from the same New Jersey shore town, including a rabbi and his wife, now face charges that they misrepresented their income to get a combined $2 million in public welfare benefits they weren't entitled to.
  
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• Dead heads: Turkish site reveals more evidence of neolithic 'skull cult'

  28-06-2017 21:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Fragments of three skulls found at Göbekli Tepe have hallmarks of being carved with flint after being scalped and defleshed firstFragments of carved bone unearthed at an ancient site on a Turkish hillside are evidence that the people who spent time there belonged to a neolithic “skull cult” – a group that embraces rituals around the heads of the dead.The remains were uncovered during field work at Göbekli Tepe, an 11,000-year-old site in the south-east of the country,
  
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• Mississippi man takes Confederate flag fight to high court

  28-06-2017 21:03 via yahoo.com
  
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A black Mississippi citizen is taking his case against the state's Confederate-themed flag to the U.S. Supreme Court.
  
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• An ancient 'skull cult' might've carved up bones to shame their enemies

  28-06-2017 21:03 via yahoo.com
  
  An ancient "skull cult" might've existed thousands of years ago in present-day Turkey. Three deeply carved skulls found at the Göbekli Tepe archaeological site suggest that humans disfigured the bones as part of a ritual, perhaps to venerate the dead or absorb the powers of fallen enemies, a team of German anthropologists reported this week in a new study. SEE ALSO: Cats have been getting humans to do their bidding for 9,000 years Skull cults were common during the Neolithic period, which b
  
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• 2017 Ford Mustang

  28-06-2017 21:00 via yahoo.com
  
  Lying low before the new face arrives for 2018.
  
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• Patriot, or government plant? Rumors fly over Venezuela helicopter attack

  28-06-2017 20:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Some speculate that Oscar Perez’s actions were an orchestrated distraction from the Maduro regime’s further consolidation of powerIt seemed like a scene from an action movie: the extraordinary tale of a stolen aircraft, a rogue intelligence agent and a daring attack on the symbols of state power in a beleaguered tropical nation.Related: What do we know about the Venezuela helicopter attack?Continue reading...
  
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• Bangladesh must act on its ‘disappeared’ | Letters

  28-06-2017 20:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Lawyer Michael James Polak calls for justice for a client he says is among more than 200 people seized by the security services in BangladeshBangladesh high commissioner Nazmul Quaunine defends his government’s human rights record and claims the Guardian is wrongly reporting the situation in Bangladesh (Letters, 27 June). I disagree.Over 200 people have been disappeared by the security services under the current government since 2009. One of the more high-profile disappeared people is my c
  
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• 2020 deadline to avert climate catastrophe: experts

  28-06-2017 20:54 via yahoo.com
  
  Humanity must put carbon dioxide emissions on a downward slope by 2020 to have a realistic shot at capping global warming at well under two degrees Celsius, the bedrock goal of the Paris climate accord, experts said Wednesday.With 1.0 degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) of warming so far, ice sheets that could lift oceans by a dozen metres are melting more quickly, coral reefs are dying from heat stress, and ever more damaging storm surges are hammering coastal communities.The transition to
  
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• Maximum human lifespan could far exceed 115 years – new research

  28-06-2017 20:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Five research teams say there is no compelling evidence there is an upper limit on mortality, disputing claim in NatureThe maximum human lifespan could far exceed previous predictions, according to work that challenges the idea that humans are approaching a hard limit on longevity.The latest research comes in response to a recent high-profile paper that concluded “maximum longevity has hit a ceiling of 114.9 years” – a claim that prompted extraordinary levels of criticism from
  
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• Parents Of Teen Whose Murderer Took A ‘Selfie’ With Victim Break Silence

  28-06-2017 20:33 via yahoo.com
  
  The parents of a Pennsylvania teen who had his murder captured in a ‘selfie’ spoke out for the first time since their son’s death Wednesday.
  
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• Nikki Haley stuns Democrats by saying she has not discussed Russia's election meddling with Trump

  28-06-2017 20:33 via yahoo.com
  
  Nikki Haley, US ambassador to the United Nations, stunned Democrats when she told a congressional committee that she and Donald Trump haven't discussed Russia’s meddling in the 2016 US election, currently one of the most prominent issues facing the US.Ms Haley testified that she has told the President she thinks Russia interfered in the presidential race last year, but that their discussion has not gone much further beyond that.“It's not something that's on my radar,” Ms Haley
  
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• A winning smile avoids showing too many teeth, researchers say

  28-06-2017 20:24 via theguardian.com
  
  US scientists have investigated the makeup of the perfect smile, saying the findings could be useful for clinicians working to restore facial movementIf you want your smile to appear pleasant, you might want to avoid a dazzling beam, research suggests. A study by scientists in the US has found that wide smiles with a high angle and showing a lot of teeth are not the best at creating a positive impression.“A lot of people don’t understand how important their smiles are and how importa
  
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• British police officer tells how he took on London Bridge attackers

  28-06-2017 20:22 via yahoo.com
  
  A police officer who tried to stop three militants as they attacked people on London Bridge earlier this month described on Wednesday how he took on the men armed with just his baton despite being repeatedly stabbed and temporarily blinded.The three attackers rammed a hired van into pedestrians on the bridge late on June 3 before going on the rampage through the bustling Borough Market area, where they slit throats and stabbed people, killing eight.Police Constable Wayne Marques said he had hear
  
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• GOP Already Working to Discredit Russia Probe

  28-06-2017 20:21 via yahoo.com
  
  Rachel Maddow reports on how a letter from two Senate Judiciary Republicans to the FBI appears to be trying to set up a case to discredit the Trump Russia investigation, a familiar political tactic by those feeling the head of an investigation.
  
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• Authorities to investigate Jay Sekulow nonprofit after 'troubling' revelations

  28-06-2017 20:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Attorney generals of North Carolina and New York to examine Case’s filings‘The reports I’ve read are troubling. My office is looking into this matter’Trump lawyer’s firm steered millions in donations to relatives, files showAuthorities in two states are looking into a nonprofit led by an attorney to Donald Trump, after the Guardian reported it had steered tens of millions of dollars to the attorney, his family and their businesses.Josh Stein, the attorney general of
  
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• Russia says Putin and Trump should probably talk at G20

  28-06-2017 20:20 via yahoo.com
  
  Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday it would "probably not be right" if Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump did not talk at next month's G20 summit in Germany.Speaking at a news conference with his German counterpart in the southern Russian city of Krasnodar, Lavrov said he had nothing to add to media speculation about plans for a formal bilateral meeting at the summit."Probably it won't be right if they could not have a talk ... on many issues,"
  
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• Pope gives prestigious red hats to 5 new cardinals

  28-06-2017 20:16 via yahoo.com
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis gave the Catholic church five new cardinals Wednesday, somberly instructing them to act as servants and not "princes" in a world where innocents are dying from wars and terrorism, slavery persists and refugee camps often are living hells.
  
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