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Dallas sniper attack: 5 officers killed, suspect identified

CNN - ‎1 hour 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
Dallas police shooting live updates: Gunman appears to have acted alone
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Mother of Alton Sterling's son speaks out about emotional week

CBS News - ‎3 hours ago‎
Alton Sterling, a black man from Baton Rouge, was killed by police there this week in a case that reignited tensions over police violence toward the African-American community.
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Corrine Brown defiant after pleading not guilty to 22 federal...

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The Latest: Military: Tennessee gunman had served in Army

Washington Post - ‎28 minutes ago‎
BRISTOL, Tenn. - The Latest on the shootings in Tennessee that left one dead and wounded three others, including a police officer (all times local): 6:30 p.m.. The man accused of killing one person and wounding three others in an attack in Tennessee ...
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Flags to be flown half-staff and Capitol will turn blue in wake of Dallas attack

kfor.com - ‎37 minutes ago‎
To honor the four Marines and one sailor killed in Chattanooga, Tennessee on Thursday, July 16, 2015, President Obama ordered flags to be flown at half-staff.
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Dallas Policeman Michael Krol, Killed in Sniper Attack, 'Was a Big Guy with a Big Heart'

People Magazine - ‎1 hour 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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Pakistan mourns Abdul Sattar Edhi, legendary social worker

CBS News - ‎1 hour 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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Troop reductions no impact on mission against 'resurgent' Taliban, US general says

Fox News - ‎14 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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Police group: Minn. governor 'exploited what was already a horrible and tragic situation'

Washington Post - ‎3 hours ago‎
ST. PAUL, Minn. - The morning after Minnesota's governor said Philando Castile ended up dead during a traffic stop in part because he was black - and after five police officers were killed during a shooting attack in downtown Dallas - the head of a ...
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More police officers die on the job in states with more guns

Washington Post - ‎1 hour ago‎
Five police officers were killed and seven others were wounded this week by sniper fire in Dallas, in what has become the deadliest day for the nation's law enforcement officers since 9/11.
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Lockdown lifted at US Capitol

Washington Post - ‎6 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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Trump, Clinton run on opposite sides of a fractured America

Politico - ‎1 hour ago‎
Three shootings in three days. Two candidates and two Americas. This week's outbreak of violence - two shootings of black men by police, followed by the killing of five police officers by a man wanting to “kill white people” - laid bare a country ...
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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 - ‎4 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 - ‎8 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 brushes record high after blowout jobs report

Reuters - ‎2 hours ago‎
NEW YORK The benchmark S&P 500 stock index brushed against its record closing high on Friday as Wall Street rallied after a much-larger-than-expected jump in jobs growth confirmed the U.S.
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This Week In Credit Card News: Wendy's Data Breach Affects 1000+ Stores; Card Fraud Dropping

Forbes - ‎2 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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US STOCKS-Wall St opens higher as investors cheer jobs data

Reuters - ‎7 hours ago‎
... * 287,000 jobs added in June; unemployment rises 4.9 pct. * Bank stocks lead S&P 500. * Indexes up: Dow 0.69 pct, S&P 0.68 pct, Nasdaq 0.66 pct (Updates to open).
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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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Dallas sniper attack thrusts Facebook Live back into the spotlight

Fox News - ‎4 hours ago‎
Facebook Live, which lets users broadcast live video across the social network, has been thrust further into the spotlight following Thursday's sniper attack in Dallas that killed five police officers.
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With acquisition, Google can get more video into its cloud

CNET - ‎1 hour ago‎
Steamy noodles, streamy content. Zhang Peng/Getty Images. As video continues its conquest of our smartphones and other gadgets, Google has scooped up a firm that will let it offer content companies like NBC Universal tools for creating and publishing ...
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George Takei Calls Star Trek Beyond's Gay Sulu 'Really Unfortunate'

People Magazine - ‎8 hours ago‎
John Cho, who plays Hikaru Sulu in the current film franchise, told Australia's Herald Sun this week that the iconic character will be revealed to be in a same-sex relationship in the upcoming installment, Star Trek Beyond.
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'Respect is key': The Game, Snoop Dogg lead march to LAPD headquarters, meet with Chief Charlie Beck

Los Angeles Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
Rappers and Los Angeles-area natives the Game and Snoop Dogg led a unification march for men of color Friday morning to the LAPD's graduation of its newest officers, hours after five Dallas police officers were shot and killed and seven others were ...
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Heat reaches agreement with forward Derrick Williams, works toward one with Udonis Haslem

Miami Herald - ‎16 minutes 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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Step aside, Tatooine, astronomers have discovered a planet with three suns

TechCrunch - ‎3 hours ago‎
Move over, Tatooine, astronomers have discovered a planet with not one, not two, but three suns. Known as HD 131399Ab, the newly discovered planet is located 320 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Centaurus.
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Stingray Robot Uses Light-Activated Rat Cells to Swim

Live Science - ‎5 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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A Vast Underwater Forest Is Roasting to Death

Gizmodo - ‎8 hours ago‎
Rocky reefs off Australia's western coast before (left) and after (right) a 2011 marine heatwave. Image: T. Wernberg. One of the largest kelp forests on Earth is dying because of climate change.
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Utah woman is 1st confirmed Zika-related death in continental US

Fox News - ‎3 hours ago‎
A Utah woman has died after becoming infected with the Zika virus, the Salt Lake County Health Department announced Friday. The elderly woman had an underlying health condition and had traveled to areas with mosquitoes known to spread the Zika virus.
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FDA halts cancer immunotherapy trial after 3 patient deaths

CNN - ‎7 hours ago‎
(CNN) Following two patient deaths last week and another earlier this year, Juno Therapeutics announced Thursday that it is putting its "ROCKET" trial on clinical hold, at the direction of the U.S.
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Theranos Dealt Sharp Blow as Elizabeth Holmes Is Banned From Operating Labs

Wall Street Journal - ‎1 hour ago‎
Federal health regulators dealt a major blow to Theranos Inc., banning founder Elizabeth Holmes from operating a blood-testing laboratory for at least two years and yanking regulatory approval for its California lab.
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West Nile activity yet to be documented this year in historical hot spot

Chicago Tribune - ‎1 hour ago‎
A mosquito briquette rests in a catch basin near the corner of W 89th and Troy streets in Evergreen Park. Every spring, the village drops the tablets into every covered catch basin in town to kill mosquito larvae before they hatch.
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