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• Putin fires back at Elton John over gay rights

  29-06-2019 23:47 via cnn.com
  Russian President Vladimir Putin fired the latest round Satuday in a tiff with Elton John over gay rights.
  
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• Putin fires back at Elton John

  29-06-2019 23:47 via cnn.com
  Russian President Vladimir Putin fired the latest round Satuday in a tiff with Elton John over gay rights.
  
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• The royals go to a baseball game

  29-06-2019 23:43 via cnn.com
  Baseball royalty met real-life royalty Saturday when Prince Harry and Meghan Markle greeted players from the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox.
  
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• Harry and Meghan greeted Yankees and Red Sox players ahead of their London series

  29-06-2019 23:43 via cnn.com
  Baseball royalty met real-life royalty Saturday when Prince Harry and Meghan Markle greeted players from the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox.
  
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• Police don't know how a man escaped federal custody, but they say he soon killed a DJ

  29-06-2019 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Dallas Jones disappeared in April. His name would pop up two months later after a shootout in Indianapolis, Indiana.
  
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• US 2020 election: Who is Democratic candidate Marianne Williamson and what are her policies?

  29-06-2019 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Self-help guru and US presidential candidate Marianne Williamson raised eyebrows at the second Democratic debate on Thursday night, not least for the way in which she bizarrely struck out at New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.Ms Williamson claimed her first act in the Oval Office would be to call Ms Ardern and "tell her, ‘girlfriend you are so wrong’, because the United States of America is going to be the best place in the world for a child to grow up”, taking i
  
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• For companies, LGBTQ-inclusive ads weren't always risk-free

  29-06-2019 23:21 via nbcnews.com
  While rainbow-colored, LGBTQ-inclusive ad campaigns now appear to be omnipresent during Pride Month, that was not always the case.
  
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• These shrimp skewers with chimichurri can be on the table in 10 minutes

  29-06-2019 23:11 via nbcnews.com
  Double the recipe because the leftover grilled shrimp and sauce make excellent next-day shrimp tacos.
  
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• Sweden stuns Germany; Dutch reach semis

  29-06-2019 23:03 via cnn.com
  Sweden hadn't beaten Germany in women's football at a major tournament since 1991. The last time a team lost a World Cup quarterfinal after scoring first came in 1999.
  
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• Sweden stuns Germany at World Cup as Dutch reach maiden semifinal

  29-06-2019 23:03 via cnn.com
  Sweden hadn't beaten Germany in women's football since 1991. The last time a team lost a World Cup quarterfinal after scoring first came in 1999.
  
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• A Vans collection honoring Frida Kahlo and her iconic artwork is here

  29-06-2019 22:57 via cnn.com
  Vans is paying tribute to Mexican artist and activist Frida Kahlo by bringing some of her iconic pieces to life.
  
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• Woman 'who tried to kidnap two children' in Atlanta airport arrested

  29-06-2019 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  A woman who attempted to kidnap two children at the Atlanta Airport has been arrested, police say. Esther Daniels, 26, from Kansas, was detained by police following an incident in which a woman attempted to wrestle a pram containing a baby girl away from her mother. CCTV footage showed a suspect approach a family of five in the terminal building and attempted to grab the stroller, before trying to pick up one of the other children, a 6-year-old boy, and run off. The father was seen tugging the c
  
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• Will Cathcart: To spite Putin, come visit Georgia

  29-06-2019 22:44 via cnn.com
  Dear travelers, wine drinkers, hikers and beachgoers—Dear epicureans, romantics and historians—Dear anybody looking for an adventure or wanting to spite Russian President Vladimir Putin. The country of Georgia needs you. If you've ever considered visiting this small Black Sea nation nestled between Russia and Turkey, now is the time. For those of you who have already been, it is time to return.
  
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• The 'most popular' Joe Biden website is a Republican troll

  29-06-2019 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  Joe Biden has an SEO problem. The former vice president and current Democratic primary competitor hoping to become the party nominee has an official campaign website where he asks for donations and touts his various legislative accomplishments. There's just one problem: that website has, for some time now, been eclipsed by a troll website lightly masquerading as a pro-Biden page. So reports the New York Times, which notes that "the most popular Joseph R. Biden Jr. website" over the cou
  
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• Viral video of a mom DJing shines light on a Filipino American music pioneer

  29-06-2019 21:29 via nbcnews.com
  "She always said she was part of a DJ crew with my ‘aunties’ but I never thought anything of it,” her son said.
  
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• Oil spill that began 15 years ago is up to a thousand times worse than first thought, study finds

  29-06-2019 21:28 via cnn.com
  For 15 years, oil from one particular spill has been leaking into the Gulf of Mexico.
  
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• 15 year old oil leak maybe 1,000 times worse than first thought

  29-06-2019 21:28 via cnn.com
  For 15 years, oil from one particular spill has been leaking into the Gulf of Mexico.
  
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• Rapinoe struck epic pose after scoring and internet went wild

  29-06-2019 21:08 via cnn.com
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• Megan Rapinoe strikes an epic pose after scoring against France in the Women's World Cup. The internet goes wild

  29-06-2019 21:08 via cnn.com
  Less than 24 hours have passed since Megan Rapinoe scored the only two goals against France in the Women's World Cup quarter-final match, but her glorious goal celebration has already been hailed as an "iconic" moment in soccer and all sports.
  
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• Soraya Chemaly: What ignoring Trump rape accusers does to all of us

  29-06-2019 20:58 via cnn.com
  Last Friday, E. Jean Carroll, a popular advice columnist, alleged that President Donald Trump (then a businessman) had raped her in a Bergdorf Goodman changing room in 1996. Carroll joins a long list of women to name Trump as a sexual predator. He denies the allegations. On Wednesday, two of Carroll's friends backed up her account to New York Times reporter Megan Twohey.
  
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• Police in Hampton, Va., arrest mom of missing toddler; child believed dead

  29-06-2019 20:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Police have arrested the mother of a missing 2-year-old in Hampton, Va., and charged her with three county of felony child neglect, police said.
  
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• Mother arrested amid dayslong search for Virginia toddler

  29-06-2019 20:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Police in Virginia have arrested the mother of a missing 2-year-old boy who authorities now believe is dead. Hampton Police Chief Terry Sult told news outlets at a Friday night conference that specific charges against 34-year-old Julia L. Tomlin are pending, and the search for Noah Tomlin is intensifying. Sult said the city's Child Protective Services department is working to make sure Julia Tomlin's other children are safe.
  
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• Captain of migrant vessel arrested, accused of trying to sink police boat

  29-06-2019 20:38 via feeds.foxnews.com
  She could face 10 years in prison if convicted of attacking a police boat. The Vessel carrying the migrants was operated by German charity Sea-Watch, which conducts civil search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean. The non profit says they were forced to enter Italian waters because they were out of options to make sure the migrants got to land safely.
  
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• Oregon Republican senators end walkout over climate-change bill

  29-06-2019 20:24 via nbcnews.com
  "Our mission in walking out was to kill cap and trade," Oregon's state senate minority leader said. "And that's what we did."
  
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• Trump dismisses Carter's attacks on his legitimacy

  29-06-2019 20:22 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump on Saturday dismissed Jimmy Carter's swipe at the legitimacy of his election and said the charge was nothing more than a "Democrat talking point," while offering his own digs at the 94-year-old former commander in chief.Trump said he was surprised by Carter's comments alleging that Russian interference in the 2016 election was responsible for putting Trump in the White House.Carter made his comments during a discussion on human rights at a resort in Leesburg, Virginia on F
  
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• Kamala Harris campaign raises $2M in 24 hours following breakout debate performance

  29-06-2019 20:22 via news.yahoo.com
  In total, she received donations from over 63,000 people in the hours after her Thursday night appearance on the debate stage.
  
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• Luis Alvarez, former NYPD cop who advocated for 9/11 responders with Jon Stewart, dies

  29-06-2019 20:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Luis Alvarez, a retired New York Police Department detective and 9/11 first responder died on Saturday after years battling cancer.
  
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• FBI encourages US universities to monitor Chinese students, report says

  29-06-2019 20:18 via news.yahoo.com
  The FBI has reportedly urged at least 10 US universities to actively monitor Chinese students and visiting scholars.The institutions, all members of the Association of American Universities, have been asked to closely monitor any students or fellows linked to several Chinese companies and research organisations, according to NPR.“We are being asked what processes are in place to know what labs they are working at or what information they are being exposed to,” said Fred Cate, vice pr
  
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• Pete Buttigieg returns to South Bend amid tension over police shooting

  29-06-2019 19:46 via news.yahoo.com
  * Mayor will attend peace walk and event for Eric Logan* Democratic candidate faces questions over race relationsPete Buttigieg speaks to Shirley Newbill, mother of Eric Logan, in South Bend on 19 June. Photograph: Michael Caterina/APPete Buttigieg returned to South Bend on Saturday to attend events in memory of Eric Logan, an African American man shot dead by a white police officer in the small Indiana city.It was the Democratic presidential candidate’s first visit to the city he runs as
  
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• Can Boeing recover from 737 Max crisis?

  29-06-2019 19:43 via cnn.com
  Boeing's very bad year just got worse. It is now facing the very real possibility that the 737 Max crisis will stretch into next year.
  
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• Boeing's 737 Max crisis will stretch into next year

  29-06-2019 19:43 via cnn.com
  Boeing's very bad year just got worse. It is now facing the very real possibility that the 737 Max crisis will stretch into next year.
  
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• Palestinian forces arrest participant in US Mideast workshop

  29-06-2019 19:33 via news.yahoo.com
  The Palestinian Authority on Saturday arrested one of the few Palestinian participants in the White House-led Mideast peace conference after he returned to the West Bank.A Palestinian security official said intelligence forces detained businessman Saleh Abu Mayala in the city of Hebron for interrogation, without elaborating on the reason for the arrest.Abu Mayala attended this week's conference in Bahrain with a small group of Palestinian colleagues, led by businessman Ashraf Jabari, who is view
  
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• UPDATE 1-Ball in Europe's court on nuclear deal's future - Iranian state TV

  29-06-2019 19:30 via news.yahoo.com
  It is up to Europe to shield Iran from U.S. sanctions and prevent it from further scaling back its compliance with its 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers, Iranian state TV said on Saturday, with only days left on Tehran's ultimatum.Iran's envoy to a meeting of the remaining signatories to the nuclear accord said on Friday that European countries had offered too little at last-ditch talks to persuade Tehran to drop its plan to breach limits imposed by the deal.The United States unilaterally
  
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• Harvey Weinstein's new lawyer says women need to take responsibility for their actions

  29-06-2019 19:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Harvey Weinstein's new lawyer has said women need to take responsibility for their actions, as she argued the  MeToo movement had done a disservice to the sex.  Donna Rotunno, who specialises in representing men accused of sex crimes, was hired by the disgraced producer along with Damon Cheronis to represent him at his upcoming trial on sexual assault charges. Ms Rotunno has critcised the MeToo movement which began after a string of celebrities came forward to make allegations against
  
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• Riven with tensions, Europe is in for a stormy and fractious autumn

  29-06-2019 19:03 via theguardian.com
  As the bloc struggles to agree its future strategy, leaders remain unelected, and its budget and emissions targets are up in the airAngela Merkel has the shakes. Emmanuel Macron has the collywobbles. And still Europe has no idea who will be in charge as it contemplates a stormy autumn strewn with political booby traps. In Britain, the Brexit deadline of 31 October is the only date that matters. But the EU, fragmented, disputatious and wounded to an extent unusual even by its fractious standards,
  
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• Truce in US-China trade war as 2 rivals seek breakthrough

  29-06-2019 18:38 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump and China's Xi Jinping agreed to a cease-fire Saturday in their nations' yearlong trade war, averting for now an escalation feared by financial markets, businesses and farmers. Trump said U.S. tariffs will remain in place against Chinese imports while negotiations continue. "We're going to work with China where we left off," Trump said after a lengthy meeting with Xi while the leaders attended the Group of 20 summit in Osaka.
  
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• Meet the 'don't ask, don't tell' veteran who became Stonewall's first park ranger

  29-06-2019 18:37 via nbcnews.com
  Jamie Adams served in the military under the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. Now, she's the out and proud park ranger for the Stonewall National Monument.
  
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• 9/11 first responder dies at 53

  29-06-2019 18:37 via cnn.com
  Luis Alvarez, a retired NYPD bomb squad detective who described for Congress his 9/11-related medical issues during an impassioned appeal for an extension of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, died Saturday in a hospice in New York. He was 53.
  
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• Officer accused of raping 16-year-old homeless girl in city's outreach program

  29-06-2019 18:26 via news.yahoo.com
  The teen says the officer told her she had warrants, but said he would not arrest her in exchange for sexual favors.
  
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• After deadly collapse, Congo vows to remove illegal miners from Glencore concession

  29-06-2019 18:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Congo's interior minister vowed to remove all illegal miners by Sunday from a copper and cobalt mine run by Glencore following a landslide this week that killed at least 43 of them.Thursday's accident at the Kamoto Copper Company (KCC) concession near Democratic Republic of Congo's southern border with Zambia has focused attention on the dangers run by informal miners, who burrow dozens of meters below ground in search of ore using rudimentary tools.Glencore estimates that some 2,000 diggers ent
  
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• Captain of rescue ship carrying 42 migrants arrested in Italy – video

  29-06-2019 18:24 via theguardian.com
  The captain of an NGO rescue ship carrying 42 migrants has been arrested after more than two weeks in a standoff with Italian authorities. Carola Rackete reached Sicily on Saturday in defiance of a ban by the country’s far-right deputy prime minister, Matteo Salvini. She was greeted by lengthy applause from hundreds of people who arrived on the quay to support herRescue ship captain arrested for breaking Italian blockadeMigrant rescue ship defies Salvini's ban to enter Italian port Continu
  
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• Why the Duchess of Sussex could be barred from entering the US if she wants to cut her tax bill

  29-06-2019 18:23 via news.yahoo.com
  The Duchess of Sussex could be barred from re-entering the US in the future if she chooses to renounce her citizenship. The US government has started enforcing provisions of 1986 legislation allowing the country to exclude tax “refugees”. The rule targets Americans who drop their citizenship to avoid paying US tax on earnings they make overseas. According to figures released by the State Department, a small number of former Americans have already been barred from re-entering the US.
  
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• Atlanta airport to expand security checkpoint

  29-06-2019 18:16 via news.yahoo.com
  The Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport plans to expand a security checkpoint within the next year to help alleviate a crowded waiting area, officials said.Officials expect to open five additional lanes at the South Security Checkpoint within the next year, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution .This would provide nine lanes for TSA screening near Delta Air Lines' check-in counters.
  
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• Megan Rapinoe: 'You can't win a championship without gays'

  29-06-2019 18:15 via cnn.com
  You just can't keep Megan Rapinoe out of the news at the Women's World Cup.
  
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• Netherlands beats Italy -- and the heat -- to reach first ever Women's World Cup semifinal

  29-06-2019 18:10 via cnn.com
  The Netherlands beat Italy 2-0 to reach a first ever semifinal at the Women's World Cup.
  
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• Crater of Doom: Union Soldiers Tried to Tunnel Beneath Confederate Positions (Bad Idea)

  29-06-2019 18:00 via news.yahoo.com
  The fresh Crater, which would soon become a horrendous death trap for thousands of Union soldiers, first entombed half of Pegram’s guns and crews and entire companies of Elliot’s command, as well as damaging part of the cavalier trench. A total of 278 Confederates were sent to their graves by the huge blast. Great clods of dirt, some as large as houses, littered the floor of the Crater along with the torn bodies of its erstwhile defenders. Some defenders were seen running from the tr
  
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• Europe sizzles in scorching temperatures as heat wave spreads across continent

  29-06-2019 17:55 via cnn.com
  Europe's scorching heat wave expanded across the continent on Saturday, with people from Britain to the Balkans sweltering under abnormally high temperatures after a record-breaking week.
  
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• Europe sizzles in scorching temperatures as heat wave spreads

  29-06-2019 17:55 via cnn.com
  Europe's scorching heat wave expanded across the continent on Saturday, with people from Britain to the Balkans sweltering under abnormally high temperatures after a record-breaking week.
  
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• Europe sizzles in scorching temperatures

  29-06-2019 17:55 via cnn.com
  Europe's scorching heat wave expanded across the continent on Saturday, with people from Britain to the Balkans sweltering under abnormally high temperatures after a record-breaking week.
  
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• 'Yesterday's' actors are mostly upstaged by the rom-com's real stars: The Beatles

  29-06-2019 17:53 via nbcnews.com
  “Yesterday” is at times a witty, clever film. But as the story progresses, it begins to feel more like a series of scenes designed to set up John, Paul and George.
  
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