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• Canada tweets support for transgender troops after Trump announcement

  26-07-2017 23:51 via theguardian.com
  Military Twitter account features band members with rainbow flags above message: ‘We welcome Canadians of all gender identities’Canada’s military has welcomed recruits of all gender identities, hours after Donald Trump said he would ban transgender people from the US military. A tweet from the Canadian armed forces’ official Twitter account included a photo of military band members marching in a parade with rainbow flags fluttering from their instruments. Continue reading
  
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• Russia, EU bristle at proposed new U.S. sanctions on Moscow, warn of action

  26-07-2017 23:50 via yahoo.com
  By Andrew Osborn and Philip BlenkinsopMOSCOW/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Russia warned it was edging closer to retaliation against Washington after the House of Representatives backed new U.S. sanctions on Moscow, while the European Union said the movemight affect its energy security and it stood ready to act too.The lower house of the U.S. Congress overwhelmingly voted to impose new sanctions on Moscow on Tuesday and to force President Donald Trump to obtain lawmakers' permission before easing any pun
  
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• Bundy follower gets 68 years for role in armed Nevada standoff

  26-07-2017 23:46 via yahoo.com
  One of two men convicted in the first of several trials stemming from a 2014 standoff led by renegade rancher Cliven Bundy against federal authorities in Nevada was sentenced on Wednesday to 68 years in prison for his role in the armed confrontation.Gregory Burleson, 53, of Phoenix, was found guilty in April of eight felony counts, including charges of threatening and assaulting federal officers, obstruction of justice, interstate travel in aid of extortion and firearms offenses related to a cri
  
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• Father, Sister of 11-Year-Old AbbieGail Smith Denied Visas to Attend Her Funeral

  26-07-2017 23:45 via yahoo.com
  Abbie was buried Monday, nearly two weeks after her body was discovered on a roof at the Hancock Arms Apartments in Keansburg, N.J.
  
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• President Trump Announces $10 Billion Foxconn Factory in Wisconsin That Will Create 3,000 Jobs

  26-07-2017 23:22 via yahoo.com
  Seven states had competed for the Foxconn plant
  
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• Man shot dead by police at Sydney's Central station

  26-07-2017 23:22 via theguardian.com
  The man was shot and killed outside a florist’s shop after a confrontation with police responding to an armed robberyA man has been shot dead at Sydney’s Central station following a confrontation with police responding to reports of an armed robbery.The man, who witnesses say was armed with a pair of scissors, was shot outside a florist’s shop on Eddy Avenue just before 6.45pm. Continue reading...
  
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• US: N. Korea may have nuclear-capable ICBM by next year

  26-07-2017 23:16 via cnn.com
  The US believes that North Korea will be able to launch a reliable nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) by early 2018, a US official familiar with the latest intelligence assessment confirmed to CNN Wednesday.
  
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• US-backed Syria force ousts IS from half of Raqa

  26-07-2017 23:16 via yahoo.com
  A US-backed alliance has ousted Islamic State group jihadists from half of their Syrian bastion Raqa, a monitor said Wednesday, as the escalating fighting drove up the civilian death toll.The SDF "are now in control of 50 percent of Raqa city despite the fierce resistance mounted by IS", Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, told AFP.The SDF assault has been backed by air strikes, special forces advisers, equipment and weapons from the US-led coalition fighting IS i
  
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• Minneapolis police chief tightens officer body camera policy

  26-07-2017 23:10 via yahoo.com
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis police officers will be required to have their body cameras on when they respond to calls and make traffic stops, the acting police chief announced Wednesday, following widespread criticism that two officers involved in the fatal shooting of a 911 caller had not activated their cameras.
  
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• 'Don't fight Assad,' US tells Syrian allies

  26-07-2017 23:10 via cnn.com
  The US-led coalition fighting ISIS has told its local Syrian allies that they must be exclusively focused on fighting ISIS and not fight the Syrian regime, a directive that prompted one rebel group to depart a joint coalition base in Southern Syria, several coalition and US defense officials told CNN.
  
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• Outdoor industry flexes political muscle in US land fight

  26-07-2017 23:08 via yahoo.com
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Outdoor recreation industry leaders aren't going quietly as they stage their last trade show in Utah before moving it to Colorado.
  
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• Canadian military after Trump announcement: We welcome transgender people

  26-07-2017 23:04 via yahoo.com
  After President Trump announced Wednesday that transgender people would be barred from serving in the military, the Canadian Armed Forces took a different tack.In an apparent jab at its southern neighbor, the Canadian military invited individuals “of all sexual orientations and gender identities” to join the ranks.
  
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• It's the End of Coke Zero as We Know It and the Internet Is Shocked

  26-07-2017 23:02 via yahoo.com
  Coca-Cola Zero Sugar will be sold in August
  
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• Is Breitbart about to turn on Donald Trump? | Jason Wilson

  26-07-2017 22:53 via theguardian.com
  The ‘alt-right’ website is not happy with the president’s recent attacks on Jeff Sessions – perhaps a sign that it senses a betrayal of its nationalist agendaIf anything has been predictable in the chaos of the early Trump presidency, it’s the unstinting support he has received from Breitbart News.Until now. Continue reading...
  
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• Arizona man gets 68 years in prison in Nevada standoff case

  26-07-2017 22:45 via yahoo.com
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A federal judge sentenced a Phoenix man Wednesday to 68 years in prison for his role as a gunman in a standoff that stopped federal agents from rounding up cattle near the Nevada ranch of anti-government activist Cliven Bundy three years ago.
  
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• Who's in charge of the Justice Department if Sessions goes?

  26-07-2017 22:40 via cnn.com
  For three days in a row, President Donald Trump has tweeted out his grievances against Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
  
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• Now hiring at Amazon: Thousands of people in 1 day

  26-07-2017 22:40 via yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon plans to make thousands of job offers in just one day as it holds a giant job fair next week at nearly a dozen warehouses across the U.S.
  
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• Charter increases already-ridiculous fee because there’s nothing you can do to stop it

  26-07-2017 22:36 via yahoo.com
  For the last two years, big cable TV companies have been charging a "Broadcast TV Fee" which, in every way, is already a bunch of bullshit. It's not a regulatory fee: it's just the cable companies charging extra for the cost of delivering channels to your TV, which is exactly what you're paying for with your monthly fees anyway.
  Anyway, in case that didn't already hurt enough, Spectrum (which is also Charter, Time Warner Cable and Bright House) has raised its bullshit fee that little bit more.Us
  
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• Appeals court lets suit by Michael Brown's friend press on

  26-07-2017 22:34 via yahoo.com
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld a judge's refusal to throw out a lawsuit questioning a Ferguson police officer's use of force against the man who was with Michael Brown when that officer shot Brown to death three years ago.
  
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• 5 Things That Cost More Than Military Transgender Health Care

  26-07-2017 22:32 via yahoo.com
  Calling it a money issue seems disingenuous.
  
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• Senate Rejects GOP Proposal to Repeal Obamacare

  26-07-2017 22:27 via yahoo.com
  Seven Republicans joined Democrats in a 45-55 vote defeating the plan
  
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• White House defends transgender military ban – video

  26-07-2017 22:25 via theguardian.com
  The White House press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, defended Donald Trump’s decision, announced via Twitter on Wednesday morning, to ban transgender people from serving in the US military. “This was a decision based on what was best for the military and military cohesion and on the counsel of his national security team,” Sanders told reporters in her first briefing as press secretaryDonald Trump says US military will not allow transgender people to serve
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• Transgender veteran fears witch-hunt following Trump ban – video

  26-07-2017 22:25 via theguardian.com
  Vanessa Sheridan, a transgender air force veteran – who is now director of transgender relations and community engagement at the Center on Halsted in Chicago – says she is disappointed with Donald Trump’s ban on transgender people in the US military. Sheridan said she was concerned that the move would lead to the persecution of transgender people in the US military Donald Trump says US military will not allow transgender people to serve
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• The murder investigation that made the FBI

  26-07-2017 22:23 via bbc.co.uk
  Author David Grann recounts the macabre murder investigation that was one of the FBI's first.
  
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• Doctors: Banning Transgender People From Military Service Is Not 'Medically Valid'

  26-07-2017 22:15 via yahoo.com
  The American Medical Association said that transgender people should be allowed to serve in the military
  
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• Trans healthcare costs are actually a tiny proportion of the US military budget

  26-07-2017 22:14 via theguardian.com
  Trump has argued the Pentagon cannot be ‘burdened’ with the ‘tremendous medical costs’ of covering trans military members – but a closer look at the numbers reveals a different reality On Wednesday, when Donald Trump tweeted that the US armed forces would not “allow or accept” transgender people into military service, he argued the Pentagon “cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs” of covering transgender-related healthcare.That&
  
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• Police Seek Charges Against Teens Who Allegedly Taunted Man on Video as He Drowned

  26-07-2017 22:10 via yahoo.com
  Cocoa, Fla., police want misdemeanor charges pursued against the kids.
  
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• Pentagon 'worried Trump was going to declare war on North Korea' during today's tweets about military

  26-07-2017 22:09 via yahoo.com
  Some officials at the Pentagon where reportedly concerned Donald Trump was set to declare war on North Korea when he started tweeting about his plans for the military.There were nine long minutes between Mr Trump’s first tweet - announcing he had been consulting with his generals - and the second, in which he said he had decided transgender people could not serve in the military.During that time, some people were apparently worried Mr Trump had Pyongyang in his sights, rather than the righ
  
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• White House threatens to shut down briefing over questions on transgender policy shift

  26-07-2017 22:06 via yahoo.com
  WH press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders threatened to shut down Wednesday’s briefing after several reporters asked for details on President Trump’s new policy
  
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• Transgender Navy SEAL to Trump: You’re taking liberty away from people who defend yours

  26-07-2017 22:05 via yahoo.com
  Transgender Navy SEAL Kristin Beck says that President Trump’s announcement barring transgender people from the military is robbing thousands of liberty.
  
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• WATCH: Cop wrestles gator before trapper arrives

  26-07-2017 22:00
  This bodycam footage shows a police officer taking matters into his own hands and wrestling an alligator because he did not want a trapper to put it down.
  
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• Switzerland's Lavertezzo overrun with tourists after video goes viral

  26-07-2017 22:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Village dubbed the "Maldives of Milan" is being turned into an "open air toilet", residents say.
  
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• The Latest: Man slain at protest in western Venezuela

  26-07-2017 21:59 via yahoo.com
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The latest on Venezuela, where a two-day national strike has been called beginning Wednesday to protest President Nicolas Maduro's plans to rewrite the country's constitution (all times local):
  
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• Coca-Cola launches revamped diet cola in US as earnings drop

  26-07-2017 21:44 via yahoo.com
  Coca-Cola announced plans Wednesday to launch a revamped "Coke Zero" in the United States as it expands offerings of low-sugar and non-carbonated beverages amid flagging demand for sweet sodas.The soda, "Coke-Cola Zero Sugar," which is already on the market in much of Europe and Latin America, will be available in the US starting in August.The launch comes at a time when more cities around the US have enacted, or are weighing, soda taxes.
  
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• Senate GOP’s endgame on health care: the lowest common denominator

  26-07-2017 21:42 via yahoo.com
  Republicans are abandoning their ambitions to repeal and replace the ACA, instead hoping they can get 50 votes for a so-called skinny repeal of aspects of current law.
  
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• Mammoth Antarctic iceberg is on the move, while the ice shelf it left behind grieves its loss

  26-07-2017 21:21 via yahoo.com
  The Delaware-sized iceberg that calved off the Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica sometime between July 10 and July 12 is drifting farther from its former home, while breaking into smaller pieces.  More importantly, new cracks are appearing in the ice shelf that could portend the creation of additional icebergs and the possible destabilization of larger parts of the ice sheet, which holds back land-based ice from flowing into the sea and raising sea levels.  Satellite imagery from the La
  
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• Donald Trump announces that transgender individuals will not be allowed to serve in the military

  26-07-2017 21:17 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump has announced on Twitter that transgender citizens will not be allowed to serve in the US military, saying that the armed forces "cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption" of transgender people. After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow......— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 26, 2017 ....Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in th
  
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• Hurricane, tropical storm prowl Pacific Ocean far off Mexico

  26-07-2017 21:05 via feeds.foxnews.com
  Hurricane Irwin lost force and was downgraded to a tropical storm Wednesday in the Pacific Ocean far west of Mexico, while Hurricane Hilary maintained a steady course out to sea with no threat to land expected.
  
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• Transgender military ban: White House admits it doesn't know what will happen to serving personnel after Donald Trump's announcement

  26-07-2017 21:02 via yahoo.com
  The White House has said it does not know what will happen to transgender service members currently serving in the US military, following President Donald Trump's sudden announcement that the government "will not accept or allow Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military".The President announced his decision in a stream of tweets on Tuesday morning, writing: "Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous me
  
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• Angelina Jolie talks divorce, health in new interview

  26-07-2017 20:57 via cnn.com
  Angelina Jolie has a new house and new outlook on her family's new normal following a difficult year.
  
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• Four migrants die trying to cross Rio Grande, days after Texas truck deaths

  26-07-2017 20:48 via theguardian.com
  Three Guatemalans, including two children, and woman of unconfirmed nationality die in effort to reach Texas after torrential rain swelled riverAt least four people including two children have died trying to cross the swollen Rio Grande, the latest fatal incident involving Central American migrants attempting to reach the United States.Three of the victims – a 37-year-old woman, a 15-year-old girl and a 16-year old boy – were Guatemalan nationals, according to the country’s for
  
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• Fatal Ride Malfunction

  26-07-2017 20:46 via yahoo.com
  At least one person was killed and five critically injured after a ride malfunctioned at the Ohio State Fair.
  
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• U.S. to impose stricter electronic carry-on airport screening

  26-07-2017 20:44 via yahoo.com
  The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said Wednesday it will impose new stricter security rules requiring airline travelers to remove all electronic items larger than mobile phones like tablets, e-readers and video game consoles from carry-on baggage for screening.The new rules significantly expand the number of electronic devices that will need to be removed for screening and help government employees get a clearer view during X-ray screening.TSA said the new rules have been in
  
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• 'New kind of stroke' powers Peaty to second gold

  26-07-2017 20:40 via cnn.com
  There's just no stopping Briton Adam Peaty, who won the men's 50 meter breaststroke Wednesday to claim his second gold medal at the FINA World Aquatics Championships in Budapest.
  
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• Face veils and respect for British culture | Letters

  26-07-2017 20:36 via theguardian.com
  We all need to respect the culture in which we live, says Fatima Mirza, while Jenny Bushell argues that the face veil is a 12th-century custom that discriminates against womenAs a Muslim woman, the case of Rachida Serroukh (Mother sues daughter’s school over face veil ban, 21 July) fills me with dismay. It has been widely documented that there is no religious obligation, in the Qur’an, for a woman to wear a face veil, burqa or niqab, but simply to dress modestly.I wonder if she thoug
  
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• Bisexual people should count for more in the LGBT team | Letters

  26-07-2017 20:30 via theguardian.com
  Edward Lord and Ria Hopkinson regret Philip Hensher’s lack of solidarity with bisexual people in BritainPhilip Hensher’s article about LGBT Pride (How the straight majority still silences gay people, 22 July) could have been a thoughtful discourse on how queer voices are so often unheard because of the dominance of heteronormativity.Instead, he attacked not just straight people but others whose experience of gender and sexuality is different from the cultural ideal. Continue reading.
  
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• A better test of fitting in to Swiss society | Letter

  26-07-2017 20:28 via theguardian.com
  The mayor of the Swiss town of Crans-près-Céligny, Robert Middleton, explains how his canton conducts its citizenship testsYour article (Sports, shopping and how to be Swiss, 19 July) reported on calls to change citizenship tests in Switzerland after Funda Yilmaz, a lifelong resident of the country, was rejected by the municipality of Buchs. I would not like your readers to think that the events described are typical of the whole of Switzerland. Related: Switzerland puzzles over ci
  
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• Fake Brazilian butt implant surgeon gunned down in suspected revenge attack

  26-07-2017 20:08 via feeds.foxnews.com
  A fake doctor who reportedly had carried out a string of botched butt implants in Brazil has been killed in a suspected revenge attack.
  
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• Teen Dad Charged With Abandoning Baby In Strip Mall Parking Lot

  26-07-2017 20:05 via yahoo.com
  The baby was 16 days old.
  
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• Mexican truckers' group protests rise in highway robberies

  26-07-2017 20:04 via feeds.foxnews.com
  The Mexican national truckers' association says highway robberies of freight trucks are "out of control" and calls the nation's roads "a no-man's land."
  
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