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Dallas sniper attack: 5 officers killed, suspect identified

CNN - ‎2 hours ago‎
(CNN) The ambush began with gunshots that killed five officers and sent screaming crowds scrambling for cover. It ended when a Dallas police bomb squad robot killed a gunman after negotiations failed.
Five Dallas police officers were killed by a lone attacker, authorities say
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Gunmen Targeted Police in Tennessee, Missouri and Georgia, Authorities Say

Wall Street Journal - ‎1 hour ago‎
In a week of rising tensions following police shootings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota, cops in Tennessee, Missouri and Georgia were targeted in a string of separate attacks against police, law-enforcement authorities said.
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Authorities: Highway gunman motivated by police shootings

STLtoday.com - ‎2 hours ago‎
A law enforcement agent photographs the scene of a multiple shooting in Bristol, Tenn., on Thursday, July 7, 2016. Police say multiple people have been injured and one person was taken into custody after a man opened fire on motorists traveling along a ...
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Dallas Policeman Michael Krol, Killed in Sniper Attack, 'Was a Big Guy with a Big Heart'

People Magazine - ‎2 hours ago‎
According to Michael Krol's brother-in-law, the 40-year-old officer - one of the five Dallas police officers fatally wounded by a sniper Thursday evening - was a kindhearted, quiet man who moved more than 1,000 miles to fulfill a lifelong goal of being ...
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Another 10 states sue Obama administration over bathroom guidance for transgender students

Washington Post - ‎5 hours ago‎
Ten additional states are suing the Obama administration to stop a directive that requires schools to allow transgender students to use bathrooms aligned with their gender identity under the threat of losing federal funding, bringing the total number ...
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Troop reductions no impact on mission against 'resurgent' Taliban, US general says

Fox News - ‎15 hours ago‎
KABUL - Gen. Joseph Votel, head of U.S. Central Command, arrived in Kabul Friday to meet with his commanders to discuss a “resurgent” Taliban two days after President Obama announced he would keep thousands of additional troops in Afghanistan ...
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Pakistan mourns Abdul Sattar Edhi, legendary social worker

CBS News - ‎2 hours ago‎
ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's legendary philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi, who devoted his life to the poor and the destitute, died on Friday at a hospital in Karachi following a prolonged illness.
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Tearful Democrats make emotional plea for gun control after Dallas

CNN - ‎6 hours ago‎
Washington (CNN) Black lawmakers delivered an emotional and sometimes searing plea for gun control Friday in response to the Dallas killings, calling the suspected gunman a "terrorist" and openly weeping at times as they railed against gun violence.
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Lockdown lifted at US Capitol

Washington Post - ‎7 hours ago‎
Authorities ordered the U.S. Capitol Building and Visitor Center into lockdown Friday morning after police spotted what they thought was a weapon inside an employee's backpack, according to the U.S.
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SLC firefighters headed to 'huge fire' involving pallets, buildings

Salt Lake Tribune - ‎1 hour ago‎
(Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune) Emergency crews respond to a 5-alarm fire at a commercial scrap yard in Salt Lake City on Friday, July 8, 2016.
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Delta flight mistakenly lands at wrong Douth Dakota airport

USA TODAY - ‎24 minutes ago‎
A Delta Air Lines flight mistakenly landed at the wrong South Dakota airport Thursday night, prompting an investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board.
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Clinton pleads for an end to hateful rhetoric

Politico - ‎7 minutes ago‎
PHILADELPHIA - As the nation mourned another week of wrenching violence, Hillary Clinton stood Friday evening before a collection of flags in a cavernous, cold convention hall and pleaded with Americans to abandon hateful words and consider their ...
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Eric Trump: My father gives 'millions' to charity — but I won't say more

Washington Post - ‎Jul 6, 2016‎
Eric Trump, the son of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, said in an interview Wednesday that his father gives "millions and millions and millions" of his own money to charity - including hundreds of thousands to Eric Trump's ...
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If Pence joins Trump, Indiana might not have a Republican candidate for governor until August

Indianapolis Star - ‎2 hours ago‎
We might not know who's running for governor in Indiana until more than a month from now. If Gov. Mike Pence becomes Donald Trump's running mate in the presidential race, the state Republican Party could take up to 30 days to select a replacement to ...
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Democrats Must Fight To Defeat The Trans-Pacific Partnership

Huffington Post - ‎5 hours ago‎
The Democratic National Committee is meeting this weekend in Orlando to mark up a platform laying out the views and aspirations of the party.
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US Job Growth Rebound Calms Fears of Economic Swoon

Wall Street Journal - ‎9 hours ago‎
A powerful rebound in hiring last month eased fears about an economic downturn as the U.S. expansion enters its eighth year, putting the nation on solid footing to absorb global shocks and market turbulence.
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S&P 500 at Record's Door as Rally With Bonds Rewrites History

Bloomberg - ‎2 hours ago‎
That U.S. stocks were able to erase their Brexit trauma and pull within inches of a record Friday was impressive enough. That they did it on a day bonds yields were flirting with all-time lows was unprecedented.
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This Week In Credit Card News: Wendy's Data Breach Affects 1000+ Stores; Card Fraud Dropping

Forbes - ‎3 hours ago‎
Over 1,000 Wendy's Restaurants Infected with Malware. Wendy's admitted that 1,025 restaurant point-of-sale systems were infected with malware during a five-month-long data breach.
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Strong US payrolls give stock markets a boost

CNBC - ‎10 hours ago‎
NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks surged Friday, finishing just short of record highs, as investors responded enthusiastically to a strong June job market report.
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Microsoft's Minecraft-Themed AI Tool, 'Malmo', Now Open Source

PC Magazine - ‎1 hour ago‎
You might be a pretty savvy Minecraft player, but are you as good at playing Minecraft as a computer? It sounds like a silly question to ask—who really cares about AI Minecraft skills, anyway—but you'd be surprised by the answer.
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'Pokémon GO' Is A Terrible Pokémon Game, But An Augmented Reality Home Run

Forbes - ‎9 hours ago‎
The launch of Pokémon GO has been more than a little rocky, with regions left out for hours or days and servers crashing left and right when they finally have been turned online.
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Roads That Work for Self-Driving Cars

Wall Street Journal - ‎8 hours ago‎
In May, a Tesla TSLA 0.39 % “autopilot” enthusiast in Florida became the first known fatality in a self-driving car. But this was no ordinary accident.
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'Star Trek' Gets Its First LGBTQ Character: Sulu Is Revealed to Be Gay

Hollywood Reporter - ‎8 minutes ago‎
John Cho's helmsman will come out of the closet in this month's 'Star Trek Beyond.' With the release of the upcoming Star Trek Beyond, the long-lived sci-fi franchise is going to boldly go where it's never gone before with the revelation that Hikaru ...
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The Secret Life of Pets Is Redeemed by Good Dogs

The Atlantic - ‎3 hours ago‎
Great art has occasionally had the acuity to recognize that dogs are superior to humans. When Odysseus returned to Ithaca and disguised himself as a beggar, Argos recognized his owner even when his best friend, Eumaeus, couldn't.
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Alanis Morissette Gives Birth to a Baby Girl—See Her Adorable Debut

E! Online - ‎1 hour ago‎
The singer welcomed an adorable baby girl in late June and announced the happy news this afternoon on Twitter. Taking to the social media website, Morissette tweeted, "she's here!
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NBA stars Carmelo Anthony, LeBron James share outrage over recent shootings

USA TODAY - ‎4 hours ago‎
In the wake of the recent police shooting deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, and the ambush of police officers in Dallas, many NBA players took to social media to voice their outrage and frustration.
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AP Source: Broncos boost offer to Von Miller (Jul 8, 2016)

FOXSports.com - ‎11 minutes ago‎
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) A person with knowledge of the proposal has told The Associated Press that the Denver Broncos have boosted their offer to Super Bowl MVP Von Miller, who has threatened to sit out the 2016 season without a long-term deal.
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Heat reaches agreement with forward Derrick Williams, works toward one with Udonis Haslem

Miami Herald - ‎1 hour ago‎
With Dwyane Wade headed home to play for the Chicago Bulls, the Miami Heat on Friday continued working to fill out the rest of its roster, agreeing to a one-year, $5 million deal with former Knicks forward Derrick Williams.
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Three's Company: Newly Discovered Planet Orbits a Trio of Stars

Space.com - ‎Jul 7, 2016‎
A new planet, HD 131399Ab, in a triple star system was recently discovered about 340 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Centaurus.
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Stingray Robot Uses Light-Activated Rat Cells to Swim

Live Science - ‎6 hours ago‎
A new robot stingray can swim with help from an unexpected source: muscle cells that were taken from rat hearts, a new study finds.
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2016 Needs a 'Leap Second' to Sync With Earth's Rotation

PC Magazine - ‎1 hour ago‎
The people responsible for measuring the world's time have got very good at determining just how long a second is supposed to last—the most accurate clock in the world uses cesium atoms to determine the exact length of a second, and it won't get out ...
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First Zika-related death in continental US reported in Utah

Washington Post - ‎43 minutes ago‎
U.S. health officials confirmed Friday that a Utah resident's death late last month was the first Zika-related death in the continental United States.
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Leukemia drug study halted over deaths

CBS News - ‎3 hours ago‎
A study of an experimental treatment for leukemia was abruptly halted this week following two patient deaths, raising questions about a closely-watched approach to cancer that involves reprogramming cells to seek and destroy the disease.
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Theranos Dealt Sharp Blow as Elizabeth Holmes Is Banned From Operating Labs

Wall Street Journal - ‎2 hours ago‎
Silicon Valley startup Theranos Inc. is fighting for its life after regulators decided to revoke its license to operate a lab in California because of unsafe practices and to ban founder Elizabeth Holmes from the blood-testing business for at least two ...
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West Nile activity yet to be documented this year in historical hot spot

Chicago Tribune - ‎2 hours ago‎
An Evergreen Park water department employee drops a mosquito briquette into a catch basin near the corner of W 89th and Troy streets in preparation for mosquito season.
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