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Woman streams aftermath of fatal officer-involved shooting

CNN - ‎13 minutes ago‎
(CNN) As Philando Castile's head slumps backward while he lies dying next to her, Diamond Reynolds looks into the camera and explains a Minnesota police officer just shot her fiancé four times.
Minnesota governor: Unlikely driver would have been shot if he was white
Woman streams aftermath of fatal officer-involved shooting in Falcon Heights
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Trump, seeking GOP unity, has tense meeting with Senate Republicans

Washington Post - ‎3 hours ago‎
Donald Trump's private meeting Thursday with Senate Republicans - designed to foster greater party unity ahead of the national convention in Cleveland - grew combative as the presumptive presidential nominee admonished three senators who have ...
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Flurry of graphic police shooting videos reignite debate

USA TODAY - ‎1 hour ago‎
In less than 48 hours, the publication of disturbing video from three incidents around the country in which bystanders captured footage of police officers fatally shooting suspects has rekindled the long-running national debate on U.S.
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Syrian army fire cuts only road into rebel-held Aleppo

Reuters - ‎2 hours ago‎
BEIRUT Syrian government forces took a step toward completely encircling rebel-held parts of Aleppo on Thursday, capturing ground overlooking the only road into the opposition half of the city and effectively putting those areas under siege.
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Explosion on Taiwan train injures 21 people

WJLA - ‎2 hours ago‎
Injured people are helped by emergency rescue workers outside a station after an explosion on a passenger train in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, July 7, 2016.
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Italian arrested in suspected racist killing of Nigerian migrant

Reuters - ‎1 hour ago‎
ROME Italian police arrested a man on Thursday suspected of killing a Nigerian refugee in a racist attack that has shocked Italy, further fuelling political debate on the long-running immigration crisis.
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Your chance of winning the Mega Millions jackpot is .0000000039% Still feel lucky?

Los Angeles Times - ‎25 minutes ago‎
The odds of winning the $540-million Mega Millions jackpot on Friday are roughly 1 in 259 million. Powerball players stand an even worse chance of winning Saturday's $288-million jackpot, where odds are stacked against them at 1 in 293 million.
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VA Puts Latest Estimate of Veteran Suicides at 20 Per Day

NBCNews.com - ‎38 minutes ago‎
WASHINGTON - On average, 20 veterans a day committed suicide in 2014, a slight decrease from the previous government estimate, but federal health officials are cautious about concluding the suicide problem is getting better.
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Chief addresses community concerns in wake of shooting

Asheville Citizen-Times - ‎2 hours ago‎
ASHEVILLE - Police Chief Tammy Hooper responded to community concerns Thursday in the wake of an officer involved shooting that left a black man dead.
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McAuliffe unveils electronic voter registration at Va. DMV

Washington Post - ‎3 hours ago‎
RICHMOND - Gov. Terry McAuliffe on Thursday unveiled a new voter-registration initiative that managed not to rankle Republicans - quite a feat for a swing-state governor with a buddy on the ballot in a presidential election year.
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Dolly Parton says America is suffering from PMS -- 'presidential mood swings'

Washington Times - ‎4 hours ago‎
Even megastars are confused by the 2016 presidential race. Country music icon Dolly Parton became concerned when unsubstantiated press accounts reported that she had endorsed likely Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
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US awards direct flights to Havana; American Air gets most

Reuters - ‎27 minutes ago‎
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK The United States has tentatively approved flights on eight U.S. airlines to Havana as early as this autumn, with American Airlines Group Inc (AAL.
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The real reasons why Amazon's bringing back 'Prime Day,' its biggest sales day of the year

Business Insider - ‎2 hours ago‎
Amazon is bringing back "Prime Day," its annual Black Friday-like sales event where hundreds of thousands of special discount offers are made exclusively to its Prime members.
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IRS Wants Facebook's Records on Transfer of Assets to Ireland

Wall Street Journal - ‎1 hour ago‎
U.S. tax officials are investigating Facebook Inc.'s transfer of assets to Ireland in 2010, saying the value of some assets may have been “understated by billions of dollars.
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Energy weighs on Wall St. but Costco shines

Reuters - ‎1 hour ago‎
The S&P 500 and Dow industrials slipped on Thursday, weighed by energy shares, but gains in Costco and tech shares lifted the Nasdaq Composite.
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Siri takes control as Apple's macOS Sierra beta arrives

Computerworld - ‎2 hours ago‎
Less than a month after its unveiling at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in June, macOS Sierra arrived today for beta testers who have signed up to try Apple's new desktop operating system.
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Google is working to safeguard Chrome from quantum computers

The Verge - ‎4 hours ago‎
Google is working on safeguarding Chrome against the potential threat of quantum computers, the company announced today. It's doing so by implementing post-quantum cryptography in an experimental version of the browser.
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Bumble Has a Bold Plan to Take on LinkedIn

TIME - ‎6 hours ago‎
Noam Galai—Getty Images for TechCrunch Co-founder and CEO of Bumble Whitney Wolfe speaks onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2016 at Brooklyn Cruise Terminal on May 11, 2016 in New York City.
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John Cho: Sulu is gay in Star Trek Beyond

Entertainment Weekly - ‎3 hours ago‎
The first openly gay Star Trek characters appeared in 1991, during the fifth season of The Next Generation. At least, that's what series creator Gene Roddenberry wanted.
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Who Should Kill Cersei On Game Of Thrones, According To Lena Headey

Cinema Blend - ‎48 minutes ago‎
Cersei Lannister has had one of the craziest journeys of any of the characters on Game of Thrones, and it's hard to imagine the show without her shady shenanigans in King's Landing.
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Jon Jones' biggest opponent is himself

ESPN - ‎3 hours ago‎
LAS VEGAS -- I wanted to believe Jon Jones. When we sat down in Los Angeles last week to talk about his life and career heading into UFC 200, he was like a movie producer scripting out his improbable comeback story and the happy ending that was ...
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Kevin Durant: 'As comfortable as I've ever felt' with Warriors

ESPN - ‎1 hour ago‎
Kevin Durant didn't take long to make himself at home with the Golden State Warriors. "It's been hectic. A lot of attention comes with being in this position," Durant said of the free-agency process.
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Three's Company: Newly Discovered Planet Orbits a Trio of Stars

Space.com - ‎3 hours ago‎
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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Synthetic Stingray May Lead To A Better Artificial Heart

NPR - ‎4 hours ago‎
Scientists have created a synthetic stingray that's propelled by living muscle cells and controlled by light, a team reports Thursday in the journal Science.
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Hubble captures the beating heart of the Crab Nebula

Phys.Org - ‎5 hours ago‎
Crab Nebula. Credit: NASA and ESA, Acknowledgment: J. Hester (ASU) and M. Weisskopf (NASA/MSFC). Peering deep into the core of the Crab Nebula, this close-up image reveals the beating heart of one of the most historic and intensively studied ...
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Juno Therapeutics Stops Trial Of Cancer-Killing Cells After 3 Patient Deaths

Forbes - ‎1 hour ago‎
Three patients have died in a closely watched study of using genetically engineered white blood cells to treat adult leukemia patients, forcing the trial to be put on hold.
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VUMC gets its largest grant to lead precision medicine initiative

The Tennessean - ‎3 hours ago‎
Vanderbilt University Medical Center will receive a $71.6 million grant - the largest in its history - from the federal government to establish a data research center under an initiative to bring tailored treatment into everyday medicine.
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Zika Virus Prompts Spraying for Mosquitoes July 7 in Anne Arundel County

Patch.com - ‎1 hour ago‎
Health officials say an increased mosquito count means crews will spray in the Cypress Pointe community in Severna Park tonight, July 7. Annapolis, MD.
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Heartwarming photo of devoted dad goes viral

CNN - ‎5 hours ago‎
(CNN) A picture says a thousands words. Especially in the case of Andre Palmer, a dad in York, Pennsylvania, who has inadvertently warmed the hearts of thousands.
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