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• Trump and Putin: The men behind the meeting

  06-07-2017 23:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The two leaders will go face to face for the first time. But how different are they?
  
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• Illinois House enacts FY 2018 budget, ending record impasse

  06-07-2017 23:58 via yahoo.com
  
  By Karen Pierog and Dave McKinneyCHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois' first full-year budget since 2015 became law on Thursday after the House of Representatives overrode the governor's vetoes of a $36 billion fiscal 2018 spending plan and $5 billion tax hike.The Democratic-controlled House was able to muster enough bipartisan votes to enact a trio of budget and revenue bills into law over Republican Governor Bruce Rauner's objection.The House's action, which was delayed by a hazardous material situati
  
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• The Latest: Closing arguments at Arpaio's trial completed

  06-07-2017 23:51 via yahoo.com
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Latest on former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio's criminal trial (all times local):
  
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• North Korea missile test: Are Alaskans scared of Kim Jong-un?

  06-07-2017 23:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some believe the intercontinental ballistic missile tested on Tuesday could reach Alaska.
  
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• IS on 'last legs' in Mosul: Canadian general

  06-07-2017 23:30 via yahoo.com
  
  The Islamic State group is on the verge of defeat in its former Iraqi stronghold of Mosul, where the jihadists will be fully ousted by next week, a coalition general said Thursday.Canadian Brigadier General Dave Anderson, who oversees the training of local forces for the US-led coalition, said Iraqi security forces have pushed IS into a final, small pocket of Mosul's Old City by the Tigris River."Iraq forces are within sight of the Tigris River from the west, and are facing an enemy on its absol
  
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• United Apologizes After Toddler Bumped From Flight Has to Sit on Mom's Lap for 3-Hour Journey

  06-07-2017 23:26 via yahoo.com
  
  She didn't want to speak out in fear of getting knocked out like Dr. David Dao on a flight in April.
  
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• Trump weighs 'severe' response to N. Korea ICBM test

  06-07-2017 23:24 via yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump said Thursday he was considering a "pretty severe" response to North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile test, even as his defense secretary said the United States is still seeking a diplomatic solution to the standoff.International divisions on how to contain the North Korean threat continued to sharpen, meanwhile, as Russia blocked a UN Security Council statement calling for fresh sanctions and China appealed for a scaling down of rhetoric.Washington has led the p
  
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• Activists challenge 'unsafe' US-Canada pact that prompts refugees to flee by foot

  06-07-2017 23:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Refugee advocates aim to strike down Safe Third Country Agreement, which they say encourages migrants to take long, risky routes to enter CanadaRefugee advocates are taking legal action in the hope of striking down a longstanding pact between Canada and the US that has prompted thousands of asylum seekers to brave freezing temperatures, fields of waist-deep snow and icy rivers to cross into Canada by foot.Related: US immigrants make sub-zero trek for slim chance at asylum in CanadaContinue readi
  
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• Trump administration sued by 18 U.S. states over student loan relief

  06-07-2017 23:22 via yahoo.com
  
  By Lisa LambertWASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than one-third of U.S. states on Thursday sued the U.S. Education Department and Secretary Betsy DeVos over the recent suspension of rules that would have swiftly canceled the student-loan debt of people defrauded by Corinthian Colleges Inc and other for-profit schools.Last month DeVos pressed pause on the rules, due to take effect on July 1, saying they needed to be reset.Massachusetts, 17 other states and the District of Columbia said in a filing in U
  
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• Twitter schools Rick Perry on basic economics after he speaks at a coal plant

  06-07-2017 23:15 via yahoo.com
  
  If Econ 101 taught us anything, it's that supply follows demand. But U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry interpreted the basic principle a little differently while at a coal plant in West Virginia Thursday. SEE ALSO: Rick Perry denies the reality that CO2 is the main climate change driver, and here we go again According toMarket Intelligence energy reporter Taylor Kuykendall, Perry offered up some wisdom at a tour of the Longview Power Plant. "Here's a little economics lesson: supply and demand.
  
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• Trump, Putin jab each other on eve of meeting

  06-07-2017 23:15 via cnn.com
  
  President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet after Trump included harsh rhetoric toward Russia in a speech and Putin criticized US policy in a German newspaper. CNN's Elise Labott reports.
  
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• Qualcomm goes nuclear, seeks total ban on iPhone imports

  06-07-2017 23:14 via yahoo.com
  
  Qualcomm has ratcheted its legal war with Apple up way past 11. The chipmaker has asked the US International Trade Commission to ban imports of some iPhone and iPad models from the US, on the grounds that they violate six Qualcomm patents.
  A related lawsuit was also filed in a California court Thursday seeking monetary damages, in addition to the import ban.Qualcomm is specifically seeking a ban on an Apple products that use baseband modems -- the chips that connect to cell networks -- that are
  
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• Pentagon: A War Against North Korea Would Be 'Catastrophic'

  06-07-2017 23:08 via yahoo.com
  
  Even a so-called surgical strike
  
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• Trump says US mulling 'very severe' response to North Korea missile test

  06-07-2017 22:50 via theguardian.com
  
  US president says he is determined to confront threat from Pyongyang, after his ambassador to UN raises prospect of military action if diplomacy failsDonald Trump has said he is considering some “very severe things” in response to North Korea’s successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) this week, as he called on other nations to exert pressure on Pyongyang over its “very bad behaviour”.Trump said the US would confront the North Korean threat, b
  
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• Race a factor in Tupac, Madonna break

  06-07-2017 22:48 via cnn.com
  
  Tupac Shakur lived much of his life in the limelight, but a letter that has surfaced from his past seems to offer rare insight into one of the late rapper's relationships.
  
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• Puppy Found With Heartbreaking Letter in Airport Bathroom: 'My Ex-Boyfriend Kicked My Dog'

  06-07-2017 22:41 via yahoo.com
  
  3-month-old Chewy was found in a bag with a handwritten note about the owner's domestic abuse in a women's restroom in a Las Vegas Airport.
  
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• 'I Didn't Expect Donald Trump to Win.' Republican Senator Explains the Struggle Over Health Care Bill

  06-07-2017 22:41 via yahoo.com
  
  "We didn’t expect to be in this situation"
  
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• Casket switch behind discovery of infant's partial remains

  06-07-2017 22:38 via yahoo.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police have solved part of the mystery of the child's casket found on a Philadelphia sidewalk: A funeral home worker dumped it there, apparently unaware it contained some of the remains of an infant who had been transferred to another coffin for a funeral in New Jersey.
  
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• 'Pierced' baby picture sparks outrage among parents

  06-07-2017 22:37 via cnn.com
  
  Enedina Vance was fed up. She felt like other parents didn't understand her message. She felt like they weren't listening to her.
  
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• Summer's here: Time for people to get weird about sleeveless dresses in Congress

  06-07-2017 22:22 via yahoo.com
  
  In the brutal throes of the Washington, D.C. summer, female reporters are reportedly getting barred from the Speaker's lobby for — wait for it — wearing sleeveless dresses. According to a CBS News report, one "young, female" reporter even tried to craft makeshift sleeves out of notebook paper to avoid being ejected. (It didn't work.) On Twitter, CQ Roll Call reporter Kellie Mejdrich said she was told she'd be removed from the Speaker's lobby if she wore a sleeveless dress again. SEE
  
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• Virginia governor will not halt inmate's execution

  06-07-2017 22:21 via yahoo.com
  
  Morva's death sentence, for killing an unarmed security guard and a sheriff's deputy in a 2006 escape from custody, hastriggered renewed debate about capital punishment for the mentally ill.Governor Terry McAuliffe said examinations by prison doctors since Morva's 2008 conviction had shown no sign that hesuffered from severe mental illness or delusional disorder, an ailment akin to schizophrenia, as his lawyers have argued.
  
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• Woman Arrested After Leaving Kids in Hot Car as Temperatures Reached Above 100 Degrees: Cops

  06-07-2017 22:19 via yahoo.com
  
  The children - a 3-year-old girl, two 2-year-old girls and a 1-year-old boy - were in the back seat of the car, police said.
  
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• Trump just defined 'modern day presidential'

  06-07-2017 22:17 via cnn.com
  
  Every past US president, when they traveled abroad, has served as a sort of brand ambassador for America -- touting the country's greatness and working to advance its priorities on the world stage.
  
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• Blood in the Water: Drone Video Films Whale-Hunting Orcas

  06-07-2017 22:15 via yahoo.com
  
  A pod of orcas recently pursued and killed a minke whale off the coast of Kamchatka, Russia, and a member of a marine expedition captured the bloody scene on video from above, using a drone.Researchers with the Far East Russia Orca Project (FEROP) spotted the whale-hunting orcas while on a scientific expedition in Avacha Gulf, southeast of Kamchatka.The scientists spied a group of orcas in pursuit of a minke whale — an unusual sight, because orcas that hunt mammals are few in number and ar
  
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• 2016 Nissan Titan XD Diesel

  06-07-2017 22:15 via yahoo.com
  
  The big rig shakes our confidence.
  
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• WATCH: Traffic stop ends with police officer delivering baby

  06-07-2017 21:53 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Letoya and Kevin Williams of Douglasville, Georgia, flagged down Officer Candace Tongate to help deliver their baby roadside.
  
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• WATCH: Good Samaritans rescue truck driver

  06-07-2017 21:34 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Some Good Samaritans rescued a truck driver after the truck flipped over on a highway in Pennsylvania. The driver was sent to the hospital for non-life threatening injuries.
  
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• The World Is on the Brink of an Electric Car Revolution

  06-07-2017 21:04 via yahoo.com
  
  The internal combustion engine had a good run.A quick recap: On Monday, Tesla announced that the Model 3, its mass-market electric car, would start rolling off production lines this week with the first handful delivered to customers later this month.All this news dropped just in time for Bloomberg New Energy Finance's latest electric car report, which lays out why electric cars are the way of the future and when they’re projected to take over the market.
  
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• Trump’s history of Putin statements: Lots of praise and one clear contradiction

  06-07-2017 21:03 via yahoo.com
  
  Ahead of their high-stakes encounter at the G-20 summit, a look back at the many comments President Trump has made about Russian President Vladimir Putin.
  
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• The Guardian view on Trump and Putin: mind games and the risk of a misstep | Editorial

  06-07-2017 21:02 via theguardian.com
  
  The US and Russian presidents are expected to hold their first meeting as leaders on Friday. Vladimir Putin is a master of detail and adept in manoeuvres. Donald Trump had better read his briefing notesDonald Trump is expected to hold his first meeting as US president with Vladimir Putin on Friday, at the G20 summit in Hamburg. On Thursday, visiting Poland, he expressed support for Nato’s collective security guarantees and urged Russia to “cease its destabilising activities in Ukrain
  
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• Egypt blames Qatar for 'human suffering' in Syria, Libya

  06-07-2017 21:02 via cnn.com
  
  Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has blamed Qatar for "human suffering" in Syria and Libya in an exclusive interview with CNN.
  
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• Egypt blames Qatar for 'human suffering' in Syria

  06-07-2017 21:02 via cnn.com
  
  Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has blamed Qatar for "human suffering" in Syria and Libya in an exclusive interview with CNN.
  
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• DoJ Pushes States On Voter Roll Purge

  06-07-2017 20:58 via yahoo.com
  
  Rachel Maddow reports on a letter from the Department of Justice to states about a review of voter registration maintenance procedures, which many are seeing as a precursor to a nationwide voter purge.
  
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• Alaskans may hold key to health care bill, and they have … issues

  06-07-2017 20:58 via yahoo.com
  
  Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan of Alaska leave the chamber after a vote on Capitol Hill on May 10.ANCHORAGE — After a bruising and tiring fight in D.C. over health care legislation, both of Alaska’s Republican senators returned to the land of the midnight sun to celebrate Independence Day with parades and other activities, including a chainsawing competition.Both of Alaska’s senators have played pivotal roles in the debate and could be deciding votes if the bill finally reache
  
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• 4 children, father stabbed to death; mother in custody

  06-07-2017 20:57 via yahoo.com
  
  4 children, father stabbed to death; mother in custody.
  
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• Iraqi commanders say IS families have joined Mosul fight

  06-07-2017 20:41 via yahoo.com
  
  MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi commanders say female Islamic State militants are firing on their forces and using children as human shields as the extremist group defends its last sliver of Mosul's Old City.
  
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• Trump Uses Natural Gas to Challenge Putin on European Trip

  06-07-2017 20:33 via yahoo.com
  
  'We are committed to securing your access to alternate sources of energy'
  
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• Another 'Oops' Moment? Rick Perry Quote on Supply and Demand Mocked

  06-07-2017 20:33 via yahoo.com
  
  "You put the supply out there and the demand will follow"
  
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• Dad Charged After Baby Found With Hypodermic Needle in Leg Suffers Near-Fatal Overdose: Cops

  06-07-2017 20:28 via yahoo.com
  
  The baby got a life-saving dose of Narcan.
  
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• Only Tillerson to Join Trump at Putin Meeting

  06-07-2017 20:25 via yahoo.com
  
  Rachel Maddow reports on the protests in Hamburg, Germany on the first day of the G20 summit and points out that Donald Trump's only chaperone for his Friday meeting with Vladimir Putin will be former Exxon CEO, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
  
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• German police disperse G20 protest with water cannon before summit

  06-07-2017 20:25 via yahoo.com
  
  German police used water cannon to disperse around 500 anti-capitalist protesters overnight in the port city of Hamburg where Chancellor Angela Merkel will host leaders of the G20 leading economies in a two-day summit starting on Friday.Tens of thousands of protesters are expected to march in the city this week against globalization and what they say is corporate greed and a failure to tackle climate change.German authorities believe around 8,000 demonstrators were prepared to use violence, the
  
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• 6 more New Jersey couples charged in benefits fraud probe

  06-07-2017 20:25 via yahoo.com
  
  LAKEWOOD, N.J. (AP) — Six more couples were charged with theft Thursday as part of an investigation that has uncovered more than $2 million in public welfare benefits going to New Jersey families that made too much to receive them.
  
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• WATCH: Police fire water cannons at G-20 protesters in Germany

  06-07-2017 20:19 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Protesters clashed with police in the streets of Hamburg, Germany, Thursday, where this week's G-20 summit is set to take place.
  
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• US government ethics chief resigns, with parting shot at Trump

  06-07-2017 20:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Walter Shaub, head of the independent Office of Government Ethics, pens resignation letter with reminder: ‘Public service is a public trust’The top ethics watchdog in the federal government announced his resignation on Thursday, taking a parting shot at Donald Trump as he did so.
  Walter Shaub, head of the independent Office of Government Ethics (OGE), said in his resignation letter to Trump that he would step down in mid-July, six months before the end of his term, in order to take a
  
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• Dog Rescued From Hot Car in Florida as Cop Breaks Window: 'It Was Easily 110 Degrees'

  06-07-2017 20:13 via yahoo.com
  
  A dog was rescued in a Florida parking lot after it was locked in a car that had the windows up with no air conditioning.
  
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• Magnitude 5.8 earthquake rouses slumbering Montana residents

  06-07-2017 20:09 via yahoo.com
  
  LINCOLN, Mont. (AP) — The strongest earthquake to hit Montana in more than half a century sent bartenders jumping over bars, food falling off grocery store shelves and awakened residents and dogs more than 30 miles (48 kilometers) from its epicenter.
  
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• Torrential rains cause severe flooding in Japan

  06-07-2017 20:06 via yahoo.com
  
  Troops worked to rescue hundreds of people stranded by flooding in southern Japan. Several death and nearly 20 people were still unaccounted for in flooding that wrecked homes, roads and rice terraces.
  
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• Maddow to News Orgs: Heads up for Hoaxes!

  06-07-2017 20:01 via yahoo.com
  
  Rachel Maddow explains how an ostensible top secret NSA document submitted through the show's inbox is likely a fake, and points out the perils of such forgeries to news organizations trying to report out important stories like the Trump Russia story.
  
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• US isolated over climate: G20 host Merkel

  06-07-2017 20:00 via yahoo.com
  
  US President Donald Trump faces isolation at Friday's G20 summit over his climate sceptic stance, Chancellor Angela Merkel said, noting that many countries are determined to honour the landmark Paris accord.Trump may have vowed to pull the US out of the 2015 climate protection deal, but "many many other countries want to go on implementing" it, Merkel told journalists.Efforts to halt climate change is a key issue that world leaders gathering from Friday in the German port city of Hamburg are str
  
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• Pacific Bauxite accused of tricking Solomon Islanders over mining rights

  06-07-2017 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Australian mining company denies any impropriety and says landowners are keen to find out if there are mineral resources on their landAn Australian mining company is embroiled in a standoff with landowners in the Solomon Islands over allegations it coerced, bullied and tricked communities into signing over prospecting rights to their land.A government has been overthrown and local landowners have taken to blocking the roads with stones, and even reportedly confronting miners with bows and ar
  
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