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Woman streams aftermath of fatal officer-involved shooting

CNN - ‎31 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.
Philando Castile Shooting Fits a Pattern of Violence Toward Blacks, Governor Says
Flurry of graphic police shooting videos reignite debate
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Trump, seeking GOP unity, has tense meeting with Senate Republicans

Washington Post - ‎4 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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NKorea: US Sanctions Tantamount to Act of War

New York Times - ‎3 hours ago‎
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea said Thursday that U.S. sanctions on leader Kim Jong Un and other top officials for human rights abuses are tantamount to declaring war.
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Bill Cosby loses bid to get criminal case dismissed

USA TODAY - ‎1 hour ago‎
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - Bill Cosby lost another bid to get criminal sexual-assault charges tossed, after a judge ruled Thursday that there is enough evidence to try Cosby even though he was unable to cross-examine his accuser at a preliminary hearing.
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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 commuter train injures 24, report says

CNN - ‎2 hours ago‎
(CNN) A firecracker apparently caused an explosion on a commuter train that injured at least 24 people Thursday evening in Taiwan, according to the nation's official Central News Agency.
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Italian arrested in suspected racist killing of Nigerian migrant

Reuters - ‎2 hours 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 - ‎44 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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The Latest: IT director says officer got seatbelt policy

Washington Post - ‎37 minutes ago‎
BALTIMORE - The Latest on the trial of the highest-ranking officer charged in the death of an arrestee whose broken neck in police custody caused civil unrest in Baltimore (all times local): 5:45 p.m.. The Baltimore Police information technology ...
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VA Puts Latest Estimate of Veteran Suicides at 20 Per Day

NBCNews.com - ‎57 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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Family Seeks Answers in Asheville Police Shooting Death

ABC News - ‎3 hours ago‎
Relatives of a black man shot and killed by a white Asheville police officer are calling the man's death unjustified. The family of 35-year-old Jai Williams spoke at a news conference Wednesday outside the Buncombe County courthouse, demanding more ...
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Growing chorus of support backing Ivanka Trump as father's VP pick

AOL News - ‎4 hours ago‎
An unconventional vice presidential pick, who happens to be rather close to presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, has started to pick up steam.
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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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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 sued Facebook Inc. to force the company to hand over documents related a transfer of assets to Ireland in 2010, part of a yearslong investigation into whether some of those assets were undervalued “by billions of dollars.
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US awards direct flights to Havana; American Air gets most

Reuters - ‎46 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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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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Lessons From Aviation For Tesla And Self-Driving Cars

Forbes - ‎1 hour ago‎
For more than a year, my friend Adam Cogan, a Tesla owner from Sydney, Australia, has been a regular user of the beta software that allows hands-free operation of his Model S. In April, he accompanied me on an assignment to the town of Tumbarumba, in a ...
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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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Feds Open Civil Rights Investigation In Louisiana Shooting

CBS Local - ‎1 hour ago‎
Protesters gather in front of the convenience store where Alton Sterling was shot and killed, July 6, 2016 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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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 - ‎2 hours 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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The FluMist mystery: Why was it effective one year but not now?

Washington Post - ‎7 hours ago‎
What led to the abrupt fall of FluMist, until recently the preferred alternative to the injectable influenza vaccine for younger children?
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Does The Private Health Care Marketplace Provide Effiency And Value?

Huffington Post - ‎6 hours ago‎
Conservatives have long held that U. S. health care should be based on the “free market,” that the role of government should be minimal, and that a deregulated marketplace can resolve issues of access, costs, affordability and quality of care.
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