Turkish police disperse banned LGBT march with tear gas

Activists gathered in Istanbul to promote rights for gay and transgender people.

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3 injured after dock collapses during birthday party

Three people were injured when they fell into a creek after a dock collapsed at a South Carolina restaurant, according to police.

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Small plane crash kills all 10 people on board

Officials said it was the deadliest plane crash in the state since 1991.

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Hong Kong protesters block roads before handover ceremony

A protest march has been called for Monday, the third in three weeks.

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Turkish police disperse banned LGBT march with tear gas

Activists gathered in Istanbul to promote rights for gay and transgender people.

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3 injured after dock collapses during birthday party

Three people were injured when they fell into a creek after a dock collapsed at a South Carolina restaurant, according to police.

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10 dead in plane crash in Texas - NBC News

10 dead in plane crash in Texas  NBC News

A small airplane crashed in Texas on Sunday, killing all 10 people on board, officials said. The Beechcraft BE-350 King Air crashed into a hangar while it was ...

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2019 Home Run Derby field tracker: Christian Yelich, Ronald Acuna, Pete Alonso among confirmed hitters - CBS Sports

2019 Home Run Derby field tracker: Christian Yelich, Ronald Acuna, Pete Alonso among confirmed hitters  CBS Sports

On July 8, the 2019 Home Run Derby will be held at Cleveland's Progressive Field. The Home Run Derby is, basically, a meaningless spectacle, but gosh, it is ...

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What's happening in the news this week?

This week, Bonnie Tyler makes an appearance, alongside some reconstituted meat products.

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Tunisia - the birthplace of the Arab Spring which lost its hope

Tunisia is seen as one of the few success stories of the Arab Spring so have so many of its people lost hope?

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Medicinal cannabis: The family that changed Australia's debate

Their heartrending story shifted perceptions on medical cannabis - but, they argue, not far enough.

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Greek election: Why frustrated young voters are turning conservative

As Greece goes to the polls on 7 July, many young Greeks are turning from the left-wing Syriza.

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Shortfall of 82% specialists in health centres

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Niti reveals why childbirth deaths still high

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N. Korea says Trump's offer to meet Kim 'very interesting'

North Korea said Saturday President Donald Trump's offer to meet leader Kim Jong Un at the Korean Demilitarized Zone is a "very interesting suggestion," brightening prospects for a third face-to-face meeting between the two leaders. Choe still said that North Korea hasn't received an official proposal for the DMZ meeting from the United States.

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Newark Airport reopens after being shut down due to 'airport emergency'

Newark Airport has reopened after it was shut down Saturday morning due to an "airport emergency."

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Booker: Biden is 'causing a lot of frustration and even pain with his words'

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., criticized 2020 presidential rival Joe Biden on Sunday, saying the former vice president was doing a poor job of healing racial divisions in the country.

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Trump: If There Was a Wall, Immigrant Dad and Daughter Who Drowned ‘Would Be Saved’

Kevin Lamarque/ReutersPresident Donald Trump said that if the wall along the southern border with Mexico had been built, the migrant dad and daughter who drowned this week “would be saved.”Speaking at a press conference in Osaka, Japan, where world leaders are gathered at the G20 summit, Trump took a moment to offer his take on the global shock in response to the photo of Salvadorian man Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his daughter, Valeria, who were found face down and clinging to each other in the Rio Grande river. The two were attempting to make it across the river after failing to gain asylum from U.S. authorities.“The father and the beautiful daughter who drowned... if they thought it was hard to get in, they wouldn’t be coming up,” Trump said.Trump then called for tougher border patrol policies, adding that illegal immigration is “very unfair.”“You have millions of people on line for years to get into a country. They take tests, they study... and these people have worked hard, they’ve been on line for seven, eight, nine years, then someone walks in. Honestly it’s very unfair,” he said.Trump’s comments came hours after a U.S. judge’s ruling that blocks his administration from using $2.5 billion in funds intended to be used for anti-drug activities to instead build a wall along the border with Mexico. Trump said that he is planning to immediately appeal the ruling.In February, the Trump administration declared a national emergency to use $6.7 billion in funds that Congress had allocated for other purposes to instead be used for constructing the wall. U.S. District Court Judge Haywood Gilliam in Oakland, California said in a pair of court decisions Friday that the Trump administration’s proposal to transfer the funds was unlawful.“We think we’ll win the appeal,” Trump said during another press conference at the G20 summit. “There was no reason that that should’ve happened.”Read more at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast hereGet our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.

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Eric Swalwell took Joe Biden's 'pass the torch' quote out of context

Joe Biden was quoting President John Kennedy's 1961 inaugural speech and he did not call for older Democrats to step aside.

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Undocumented immigrants should get health care, Julián Castro affirms

“We're not going to let people living in this country die because they can't see a doctor.“

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Governor Cuomo signs legislation banning 'gay and trans panic' legal defense

The defense had been used to justify violent reaction to finding out the person someone is with is gay or transgender.

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GOP senators set to return to Oregon Capitol after prolonged walkout over cap-and-trade bill

Oregon's 11 Republican senators are ending a walkout protest over climate legislation that lasted more than a week and garnered national attention.

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Biden scrambles after slipping in Democrats' debate

A wounded Joe Biden scrambled to defend his frontrunner status Friday after getting pummeled over his record on race relations at a Democratic election debate, throwing the battle for the party's nomination to challenge President Donald Trump wide open. Watching from Japan, where he was attending the G20 summit, Trump licked his chops as the 10 Democrats at the Thursday night debate in Miami veered sharply to the left on immigration, health care, taxes and the ever-emotional subject of gun ownership. Biden, vice president under still highly popular ex-president Barack Obama, came in as the favorite, polling well ahead of Trump and all Democratic rivals.

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Your pictures on the theme of 'pathway'

Each week, we publish a gallery of readers' pictures on a set theme. This week it is "pathway".

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Who won the Democrats' second debate? Our panelists' verdicts

A combative Democratic debate saw clashes on race and healthcare policy – and many more attacks on Trump. Our experts weigh in Kate Aronoff: Democrats – and America – need better than BidenJoe Biden has been running for president on the idea that he’s the best equipped to beat Donald Trump. Tonight’s debate shed considerable doubt on that premise. If this is how he performs against his opponents on the same side of the aisle – clinging desperately to the legacy of an administration he didn’t lead – then how do we think he’ll fare against the most talented bully in American politics?Other candidates performed impressively. Bernie Sanders had the clearest ideas on how to improve the lives of people in this country and take on vested interests hoarding wealth and power. But Kamala Harris delivered the night’s and possibly the cycle’s most powerful moment when she challenged Biden on his history of supporting racist policies and politicians. In response, he got as defensive as a grandfather going up against his kids at a Thanksgiving table, taking pains to clarify precisely which type of desegregation he opposed in the 1970s. America deserves better. * Kate Aronoff is a writing fellow at In These Times. She covers elections and the politics of climate change Art Cullen: One of the real winners was actually Elizabeth WarrenKamala Harris wowed early when, during shouting chaos among the 10 candidates, she reminded the other candidates that Americans “don’t want a food fight; they want to know how to put food on the table”. She was powerful, precise and put her formidable legal skills to work on camera attacking Joe Biden’s record on race and bussing.Biden worked hard to tie himself to President Obama and aggressively defend his civil rights record, but he struggled under Harris’s withering prosecutor-style cross-examination.One of the debate’s other winners wasn’t even present: Elizabeth Warren – who, along with Harris, has clearly taken Bernie Sanders’ mantle as flag-bearer for the progressive base. Sanders started the revolution, but Warren and Harris seem poised to execute it. * Art Cullen is editor of the Storm Lake Times in Iowa and won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing. He is the author of Storm Lake: A Chronicle of Change, Resilience, and Hope Moira Donegan: Harris was the only real standoutAt once more scripted, less policy-oriented, and more emptily contentious than Wednesday’s debate, the second Democratic presidential debate was mostly a competition to outshine the current frontrunner, Joe Biden.Kamala Harris succeeded; few of the other candidates managed to convey their message as effectively. Harris emphasized economic justice and conveyed her policy agenda through a series of morally charged anecdotes about struggling families, including her own: she adeptly attacked Biden’s record on race by invoking her own childhood as a beneficiary of school bussing. She also had one of the best sound bites of the night, when the debate devolved into one of several shouting matches: “America does not want to witness a food fight; they want to know how we’re going to put food on the table.”Biden tried to continue coasting on leftover goodwill from his time in the Obama administration, delivering answers thin on details and thick with platitudes. His vague and non-committal description of the country he would build as president seemed to accomplish little aside from reifying the message he gave rich donors at a recent fundraiser: “Nothing would fundamentally change.” * Moira Donegan is a Guardian US columnist Malaika Jabali: No one really wonIn a Democratic debate that was obnoxious, contentious, and spent the first 30 minutes largely setting up socialism and progressive policies – like free healthcare, free education, and taxing the wealthy – as impracticable and not the popular positions that they are, no one really won.Nevertheless, within these confines Kamala Harris succeeded. She was assertive but composed, she forcefully addressed racism, and she pushed Biden on his anti-bussing record. Her prosecutorial record will be scrutinized as the race draws on, but tonight she has much to celebrate. * Malaika Jabali is a public policy attorney, writer, and activist whose writing has appeared in Essence, Jacobin, the Intercept, Glamour and elsewhere Geoffrey Kabaservice: Biden was out of step with his own partyKamala Harris was the standout in tonight’s debate, bringing a force, focus, and fire that had been missing since her campaign rollout.Her gains came directly at Joe Biden’s expense and punctured the image he’d cultivated of an above-the-fray front runner. Their viral clash on bussing as a means of achieving racial balance in schools hammered home not only how out of step Biden is with the Democratic left’s evolving stance on identity issues but also his age – since Harris was a schoolchild when Biden was cutting deals with former segregationists.Harris’s victory may be pyrrhic, however, since bussing is an unpopular subject with a long history of widening divisions between Democrats. * Geoffrey Kabaservice is the director of political studies at the Niskanen Center in Washington DC as well as the author of Rule and Ruin: The Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republican Party Doug Pagitt: Harris won the roomThree candidates clearly had the energy in the room tonight: Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, and Kamala Harris. While the other candidates had their moments, there was no doubt that the applause and focused interest in the room was behind those three.As someone who organizes religious people to vote for Democratic candidates, I found it interesting to hear the enthusiastic and prolonged applause for Pete Buttigieg when he said that the Christian faith calls us to care for kids and not put them in cages and he called out the hypocrisy of the Trump administration. It seemed like an indicator that there is interest and enthusiasm for Democratic candidates who talk about faith.Of all the candidates, Biden issued the most forceful denunciations of Trump, and the crowd ate it up. But by the end of the debate it became clear how much passion there is for Harris. I’m not sure how it came across on television, but to those of us inside the room she projected powerful charisma and confidence. * Doug Pagitt is the founding pastor of Solomon’s Porch, a holistic missional Christian community in Minneapolis, Minnesota

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UK PM May tells Putin to stop destabilizing activities: spokeswoman

Prime Minister Theresa May told President Vladimir Putin on Friday that their countries can only have a different relationship if Russia stops the behavior that threatens to undermine international security, her spokeswoman said. May also Putin to hand over the Russia suspects Britain blames for poisoning a former double agent and his daughter with a nerve agent in Salisbury, southern England last year. "She told the president that there cannot be a normalization of our bilateral relationship until Russia stops the irresponsible and destabilizing activity that threatens the UK and its allies," the spokeswoman said.

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Western liberalism is obsolete, warns Putin, ahead of May meeting

Russian president says the Salisbury poisonings are not worth ‘all this fuss’ and that liberals can no longer ‘dictate’ to anyone‘The average person listens and says “who are these Skripals?”’ Vladimir Putin said in an interview with the Financial Times. Photograph: SPUTNIK/ReutersVladimir Putin has said ahead of his meeting with Theresa May at the G20 summit in Japan that relations between Britain and Russia should not suffer because of last year’s nerve agent attack on the former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia.The Russian president also used the interview with the Financial Times to claim that the election of Donald Trump as US president and the rise of nationalist-populist movements in Europe signaled the death of liberal policies in the west.“[Liberals] cannot simply dictate anything to anyone just like they have been attempting to do over the recent decades,” he said. “The liberal idea has become obsolete. It has come into conflict with the interests of the overwhelming majority of the population.”The claims brought a short response from European council president Donald Tusk at the G20 summit in Osaka on Friday.“I strongly disagree with the main argument that liberalism is obsolete. Whoever claims that liberal democracy is obsolete, also claims that freedoms are obsolete, that the rule of law is obsolete and that human rights are obsolete,” he said. “For us in Europe, these are and will remain essential and vibrant values. What I find really obsolete are: authoritarianism, personality cults, the rule of oligarchs. Even if sometimes they may seem effective.”On the Skripals, Putin told the FT in an interview at the Kremlin that: “All this fuss about spies and counterspies is not worth interstate relations. This spy story, as we say here, is not worth 5 kopecks.“I think Russia and UK are both interested in fully restoring our relations – at least I hope a few preliminary steps will be taken.”Bilateral ties between Britain and Russia plummeted to a post-Cold War low last year when London accused Moscow of the poisoning of the Skripals in Salisbury.The Kremlin denies sending GRU military intelligence agents to Britain to carry out the attack, which triggered scores of diplomatic expulsions between Moscow and western countries.“The average person listens and says ‘who are these Skripals?’” Putin said. “Treason is the gravest crime possible and traitors must be punished. I am not saying that the Salisbury incident is the way to do it … but traitors must be punished.” Putin has previously called Skripal a “scumbag.”The G20 summit takes place in Osaka on Friday and Saturday. May’s spokesman has said she will use the meeting with Putin to ensure that Britain’s stance on “Russia’s wider pattern of malign behaviour” has been fully grasped by the Kremlin.Putin described German chancellor Angela Merkel’s decision to allow more than a million refugees – most of whom were fleeing the war in Syria – into Germany as a “cardinal mistake”.In contrast, he was full of praise for Trump’s attempts to prevent migrants from entering the US from Mexico. “This liberal idea presupposes that nothing needs to be done. That migrants can kill, plunder and rape with impunity because their rights as migrants have to be protected.”Putin also tried to defend Russia’s record on LGBT+ rights. “I am not trying to insult anyone because we have been condemned for our alleged homophobia. But we have no problem with LGBT persons. God forbid, let them live as they wish,” Putin said. “But some things do appear excessive to us. They claim now that children can play five or six gender roles.”Moscow has been criticised internationally for its so-called anti-gay propaganda law, which bars the promotion of “non-traditional sexual relations” to children. Human rights groups say the law, which Putin approved in 2013, has sparked a spike in homophobic violence. A UN panel ruled last year that the law was in violation of a legally binding international treaty on human rights.

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US sanctions Maduro's son as it raises pressure on Venezuela

The Trump administration on Friday announced sanctions on the son of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in a move to increase pressure on family members of top officials backing the socialist leader and suspected of corruption. The action by the U.S. Treasury Department freezes any U.S. assets belonging to Nicolas Maduro Jr. and prohibits American from doing business with him. "Maduro's regime was built on fraudulent elections, and his inner circle lives in luxury off the proceeds of corruption while the Venezuelan people suffer," said Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.

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With Little to Celebrate, Mets Honor a Title-Winning Team

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Trump's two Supreme Court justices Kavanaugh and Gorsuch split in first term together - CNBC

1. Trump's two Supreme Court justices Kavanaugh and Gorsuch split in first term together  CNBC
2. What the Supreme Court did in Brett Kavanaugh’s first year  Vox.com
3. A Supreme Court Term Marked by Shifting Alliances and Surprise Votes  The New York Times
4. John Roberts pulls out the thesaurus for one of Trump’s nearly 11,000 lies  The Washington Post
5. The Court Mitch McConnell Built  The New York Times
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Body partially eaten by alligator found floating in Florida canal - NBCNews.com

1. Body partially eaten by alligator found floating in Florida canal  NBCNews.com
2. An alligator ate a man's hand and foot in Polk County  WZVN-TV
3. Body parts found in gator after Florida man discovered dead  WEAR
4. Investigators confirm body found in Polk County had been eaten by alligator  FOX 13 News, Tampa Bay
5. Man found dead in canal was partially eaten by 11-foot gator, deputies confirm  WTSP.com
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Iran vows to ‘soon’ breach uranium stockpile limits, as European efforts fall short - The Washington Post

1. Iran vows to ‘soon’ breach uranium stockpile limits, as European efforts fall short  The Washington Post
2. Iran to soon exceed enriched uranium limit under nuclear pact: Fars news agency  Reuters
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FDA warns certain dry dog foods may be linked to canine heart disease - WTOP

FDA warns certain dry dog foods may be linked to canine heart disease  WTOP

(NEW YORK) — Dog owners are getting a new warning about concerns over pet food that may be linked to deadly congestive heart failure. The Food and Drug ...

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Disgraced Tech CEO Plans Unusual Legal Strategy - Newser

1. Disgraced Tech CEO Plans Unusual Legal Strategy  Newser
2. Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Has Trial Date Set for Summer 2020  Gizmodo
3. Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, top deputy ordered to stand trial in 2020  Yahoo News
4. Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes to Face Trial Next Year on Fraud Charges  Wall Street Journal
5. Elizabeth Holmes: Theranos founder's fraud trial set to start in summer 2020  CBS News
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How Much Money Endgame, Yesterday, And Annabelle Comes Home Should Make This Weekend - Cinema Blend

1. How Much Money Endgame, Yesterday, And Annabelle Comes Home Should Make This Weekend  Cinema Blend
2. We love Pizza Guy from 'Annabelle Comes Home' (even if he should've been sliced)  USA TODAY
3. Friday Box Office: 'Annabelle' Sequel Disappoints As 'Yesterday' Overperforms  Forbes
4. The Conjuring has artfully brought a cinematic universe to the horror genre  The Week Magazine
5. All The Horror Movies Heading Our Way In Summer 2019  Cinema Blend
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Sudan: Dying for the revolution

Meet the young protesters in Sudan prepared to die to keep the country's revolution alive.

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Debate takeaways: Biden slips, Harris soars, Dems tilt left

The first TV debates of the 2020 White House primaries have underlined Joe Biden's vulnerability to a younger generation in a Democratic Party that is leaning increasingly to the left. The two-night event -- sometimes tense, often compelling -- that concluded Thursday in Miami introduced American voters to the top 20 Democrats aiming to challenge Republican incumbent Donald Trump next year. The most experienced, best-known candidate in the campaign came under repeated assault Thursday, notably from Senator Kamala Harris on race.

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Iraqi general, U.S. Marine dispute murder charge against Navy SEAL

An Iraqi general and a U.S. Marine testifying in the murder trial of a U.S. Navy SEAL said on Thursday they never saw the platoon leader stab a wounded detainee in the neck, disputing the central allegation in the prosecution's war crimes case. A sworn deposition of Major General Abbas al-Jubouri, videotaped in San Diego earlier this month, was played for the seven-member jury on the second day of defense testimony in the court-martial of Navy Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher. Contrary to prior testimony that Gallagher, or a medic on his team, had acted deliberately to cause the death of a helpless Islamic State fighter in their custody, Jubouri said the Navy SEALs did all they could to save the teenager's life.

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Wide-eyed Joe Biden dodges Bernie Sanders' hand in viral debate moment

In a brief, yet viral, moment during the Democratic debates Thursday, Joe Biden had a wide-eyed response and a slight dodge from Bernie Sanders' hand.

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Landfill Investigated Amid Search for Missing Virginia 2-Year-Old

The search is still on for a Hampton toddler who went missing Monday morning. Hampton Police focused on the city landfill on Thursday four days days after 2-year-old Noah Tomlin went missing.

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Trump Supreme Court pick Kavanaugh delivered the goods for conservatives

President Donald Trump's appointee Brett Kavanaugh consistently delivered during his first term as a justice for conservatives who had hoped he would move the U.S. Supreme Court further to the right while still managing to keep a low profile following his acrimonious Senate confirmation process. As the top U.S. judicial body wrapped up nine months of work on Thursday, Kavanaugh's record showed he was in lockstep with the court's four other conservative members. At least based on his first term, Kavanaugh showed himself to be more reliably conservative than the justice who Trump appointed him to replace, Anthony Kennedy, who sometimes sided with the court's liberal bloc on issues including abortion and gay rights.

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Israel and Hamas Reach Truce to Restore Quiet, Army Radio Says

(Bloomberg) -- Israel and Hamas reached a truce on Friday that would halt attacks against Israeli farmland in return for measures to ease the economic blockade on Gaza, according to a report by Israeli Army Radio.Hamas, the Islamist group that rules the Gaza Strip, would stop launching incendiary balloons that for the past year have torched thousands of acres of forest and agricultural land, and in exchange Israel would expand the enclave’s fishing zone, and return 60 confiscated boats and diesel supplies for the area’s main power plant, according to the radio station.Though the concessions made by Israel are small, they would provide some relief for Gaza and its roughly 2 million residents, who are cut off from other economies by their immediate neighbors, Israel and Egypt.To contact the reporter on this story: Yaacov Benmeleh in Tel Aviv at ybenmeleh@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Alaa Shahine at asalha@bloomberg.net, Constantine Courcoulas, Taylan BilgicFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.

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This Is the Battle That Decided World War II (Not What You Think)

While the tactical result of the battle was stunning – the U.S. sunk four Japanese fleet carriers Hiryu, Soryu, Kaga and Akagi, a heavy cruiser and destroyed 248 enemy aircraft – it is the perilous backdrop of America’s war fortunes in 1942 that make Midway’s tide-turning outcomes all the more significant.  Thursday, June 6th saw the 75th anniversary of the Allied invasion at Normandy, the amphibious assault phase of Operation Neptune, or what we commonly remember as D-Day.  U.S. troops who landed at Normandy – particularly at Omaha Beach – waded ashore amidst a storm of chaos, a blizzard of machine gun fire, and a hail of plunging mortars.  Despite great confusion and casualties, at the squad level and below, the men at Omaha rallied and pressed forth with tenacity and nerve to breach sand-berms and barricades, neutralize enemy positions, and salvage their sectors.  Losses at Omaha were immense – but American resolve helped establish a foothold on the coast of France – and “the rest,” they say, “is history.”(This appeared earlier in June 2019.)Without doubt, the enormous importance of D-Day as a logistical and operational undertaking – and the gallantry of Allied forces that June morning is unquestioned.  It rightfully exemplifies American character, courage, and commitment. However, it is important to note that as far as the battle’s strategic significance is concerned, a strong case can be made that other battles of World War II are more critical than D-Day.The Battle of Midway in 1942 is one.

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'Get rid of them': Trump unites with Putin over disdain for journalists who write stories they don't like

Donald Trump has reportedly joked with Vladimir Putin during a meeting at the G20 in Japan over their shared disdain for journalists who write stories they do not approve of.As well as jokingly telling Mr Putin not to “meddle” in America’s 2020 election, Mr Trump bonded with the Russian president in Osaka over their scorn for mainstream media, according to Bloomberg’s White House reporter Jennifer Jacobs. “Get rid of them. Fake news is a great term, isn't it? You don’t have this problem in Russia, but we do,” Mr Trump was quoted as telling Mr Putin. “We also have. It’s the same,” Mr Putin reportedly responded in English, before both allegedly laughed. Mr Trump has consistently and repeatedly branded as “fake news” reporting – often demonstrably accurate reporting – which casts him in negative light. In recent months, the US president has escalated his attacks on media outlets by referring to them as the “enemy of the people”, a move critics say could endanger journalists around the world. According to Reporters without Borders, Mr Putin has overseen an increasingly “oppressive” climate for those who question mainstream political discourse in Russia, with more journalists in prison now than at any time since the fall of the Soviet Union. At least 25 journalists have been murdered in the country since Mr Putin first inherited the presidency in 1999, according to rights organisation the Committee to Protect Journalists. “This is disgusting. Putin’s regime has murdered many, many journalists,” said Brian Klaas, a US political scientist at UCL. “And the President of the United States is joking about abusing the press with Russia’s despot, who likely ordered some of those killings.” Video footage of the meeting also picked up Mr Trump telling his Russian counterpart their meeting was “like the Academy Awards used to be”, as media jostled into the room to question and take photos of the pair. It was the latest remarkable meeting between the two leaders, and comes nearly a year after Helsinki, when Mr Trump pointedly did not admonish Mr Putin over election interference and did not side with US intelligence agencies over the Russian president.

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Iran complains to UN over US spy drone

Iran said Friday it had formally lodged a complaint to the UN Security Council over a US drone it says violated its airspace, Tasnim news agency reported. Iran "filed a complaint to the UN Security Council and the organisation's Secretary General after a US spy drone violated Iran's airspace and was shot down," Tasnim quoted deputy foreign minister Gholamhossein Dehghani as saying.

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Bernie Sanders open to new busing policies - Washington Examiner

1. Bernie Sanders open to new busing policies  Washington Examiner
2. Harris dropped a bomb on Biden that's bigger than politics  CNN
3. LISTEN: Biden Supported A Constitutional Amendment To End Mandated Busing In 1975  NPR
4. President Donald Trump Suggests Busing Is Just a Way "To Get People to Schools"  Newsweek
5. Biden draws more flak on busing opposition, as rivals question his views on states’ rights  The Washington Post
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Saffron Cupcakes With Orange Buttercream

This time I made cupcakes and baked some extra so that the half of the cupcakes can be frozen. If you do not want to freeze: use half of the recipe for cupcakes. If you do not want to freeze but want to make them all 16, then double the recipe for the buttercream. Soak the saffron threads in some ...
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KING Vegeta TrAsH Art

“I do not fear this new challenge. Rather like a true warrior I will rise to meet it.” – Vegeta Waste isn't waste until we waste it. Hence a dedication from a Boozed Dragon Ball Z Fan. Transforming my BEER CAN into an art.Fallen Prince Saiyan Vegeta#METAL ART#Table Stand Find a suitable sketch of ...
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How to Prepare Specialty Coffee

The other day I ran into some coffee roasters while walking around town. After chatting it up with the two hard at work there (Kim and Adam), they were nice enough to send me off with a couple serving’s worth of freshly roasted beans to sample. I have been wanting to do an Instructables on coffee fo...
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Solar Powered Crystal Spinner - Simple, Brilliant Customisable LDR System, Custom Gearbox. Just Add Crystals (and Sun)

The more astute among you may have caught on already that rainbows are usually solar powered. Solar Powered RainbowsIn this case solar powered rainbows is as simple as crystals + sun = Rainbows.Ta daaaaah!The rest of this Instructables will cover building...A Solar Powered Crystal SpinnerGet your cr...
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How to Do the Perfect Manicure at Home

Hello friends! Today i'm gonna be showing you how to do the perfect manicure at home, first i wanna say that it's really important to take care of your hands and nails and keep them in perfect health especially in summer, an unhealthy lifestyle can have a negative effect on our hands and nails so do...
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Leather Spiderman Inspired Mask - Original and Symbiote (black Suit)

My husband is a huge Spiderman fan and wanted a me to design and create a simple mask to wear for conventions without having to wear a full costume. This mask is so comfortable that you won't even notice it's on! Check out the video for any extra tips! Supplies for cutting and engraving Water dish a...
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2020 Election Meddling by China, Iran, N. Korea Likely, Administration Officials Warn

China’s government finances English-language media outlets in the United States to influence U.S. perceptions on various issues, such as trade, the senior intelligence official told reporters during a briefing on election security. Russia isn’t the only threat to election security going into 2020, as Trump administration officials say they are preparing for meddling from Iran, China, and North Korea. The federal government anticipates that Russia will again meddle in the U.S. election in 2020 through “Russian-controlled or influenced English-language media, false-flag operations, or sympathetic spokespersons,” a senior intelligence official said. China’s government finances English-language media outlets in the United States to influence U.S. perceptions on various issues, such as trade, the senior intelligence official told reporters during a briefing on election security. “No surprise to you: Iran is increasing their use of social media to promote strategic goals and perspectives to the American public,” the official continued. “Its influence campaigns have included denigrating U.S. decisions to leave [the Iran nuclear deal], downplaying the effectiveness of sanctions, and promoting pro-Iranian interests.”Administration officials asked reporters that the conference participants’ names not be used.

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Sparks fly as Kamala Harris challenges Joe Biden's record on race

The California senator sharply criticized the former vice president for his fond recollection of serving with two segregationist senators, and for opposing integration through busing in the 1970s.

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Family of Slain University of Utah Student Lauren McCluskey Files $56 Million Lawsuit Against School

Jill McCluskey/University of UtahUniversity of Utah track star Lauren McCluskey was gunned down on campus in October, and—according to her parents—nobody has been held accountable.Now, McCluskey’s family filed a $56 million federal civil-rights lawsuit against the school on Thursday over its “repeated failure” to respond to the student-athlete’s “multiple and continuing pleas for help” in the days leading up to her death.The 21-year-old was on the phone with her mother, walking home from a Monday night class, when she was “hunted down” and shot seven times by her ex-boyfriend, the lawsuit states.“Suddenly, I heard her yell, ‘No, no, no!’ I thought she might have been in a car accident,” Jill McCluskey said at the time, reported The Salt Lake Tribune. “That was the last I heard from her.” Police later discovered her body in a parked car.The shooter, 37-year-old Melvin Rowland, killed himself hours after Lauren’s death. Her family has said that McCluskey dated Rowland—a convicted sex offender—for about a month before discovering that he had lied about his name, age, and criminal history.Shortly after the two began dating, the relationship “began to sour,” and Rowland became “possessive, controlling, and manipulative,” according to the lawsuit. McCluskey’s friends said at the time that she had stopped paying attention to her studies, “seemed defeated,” and had developed several bruises, the complaint states.When Lauren discovered Rowland’s deception, she ended the relationship, the lawsuit claims.“He attempted to blackmail Lauren,” the McCluskey family said in a press release. “He tried to intimidate Lauren when she contacted the police in an attempt to scare her into withholding information regarding his criminal behavior. And he impersonated a police officer in an attempt to lure Lauren away from her dormitory. Lauren reported this all to the police, but her reports, in practicality, were ignored.”McCluskey and her friends reported Rowland’s “abusive,” “dangerous,” and “threatening” behavior more than 20 times before the shooting, according to the 51-page complaint filed on Thursday in U.S. District Court for the Central District of Utah.Despite those reports, “no investigation occurred, no plans were developed or implemented and no effort was made to take any meaningful action reasonably calculated to end the harassment or to otherwise prohibit Melvin Rowland from having ongoing access to the university’s campus,” the complaint claims.The McCluskeys contend in their lawsuit that the University Department of Public Safety “acted with deliberate indifference and conscious disregard of the deadly situation” and “failed to use any reasonable means to protect Lauren.”“Rather than investigating the allegations [made by] Lauren and treating them with the urgency that they deserved, the detective in charge of Lauren’s case went on vacation and returned to find that Lauren had been murdered,” the lawsuit states.In December, a scathing independent review of the case pointed out multiple missteps in the course of the university’s response to McCluskey—and outlined 30 recommendations to improve safety at the school, including hiring more officers, bringing on a victim advocate, improving domestic violence training, better communication between departments on campus, training from outside law enforcement agencies, improved background checks, and more.University President Ruth Watkins said at the time that the review “does not offer any reason to believe” that McCluskey’s death could have been prevented but that it “offers weaknesses, identifies issues and provides us with a road map for strengthening security on our campus.”The university also noted that no one would be disciplined or fired over the case.In June, the university released an update to the campus safety improvements in which it acknowledged that there were “gaps and mistakes” in the case and noted that the university is now “acting on its commitment to take steps to reduce the likelihood of such a terrible tragedy happening again on campus.”Watkins said in a statement released on Thursday afternoon that, although there are “differences” in how the university would characterize the events leading to McCluskey’s murder, “let me say again that we share the McCluskey family’s commitment to improving campus safety.”“We continue to address the recommendations identified by the independent review of the university’s safety policies, procedures and resources, and we are making ongoing improvements designed to protect our students and our entire campus community,” she added.McCluskey’s mother said on Wednesday that any money collected from the case will go toward a foundation the family set up in her daughter’s name.“Lauren’s death was preventable,” said Jim McConkie, an attorney for the family. “The university repeatedly ignored multiple concerning reports of stalking, physical abuse, emotional abuse, intimidation, dating violence, domestic violence, sexual harassment, gender based discrimination and other dangerous and abusive behaviors.”The lawsuit is “a last resort to affect positive change,” her mother said on Thursday. “Women must be believed and taken seriously when they ask for help.”Read more at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? 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Supreme Court declines Alabama bid to revive abortion restriction

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday sidestepped a major new challenge to abortion rights by declining to hear Alabama's bid to revive a Republican-backed state law that would have effectively banned the procedure after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The justices left in place a lower court ruling that struck down the 2016 law, which would have criminalized a method called dilation and evacuation that is the most common type of abortion performed during the second trimester of a pregnancy. The law in question is different than an even more strict Alabama measure signed by Republican Governor Kay Ivey in May. The new law, also facing a legal challenge, would ban nearly all abortions in the state, even in cases of rape and incest.

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Trump’s hawks ramp up campaign to shred last part of Iran nuclear deal

The administration is consumed by a debate over how hard to go after Tehran amid heightened tensions.

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Did Biden’s debate performance help narrow polling gap between front-runner and the rest of 2020 Democratic field?

Reaction and analysis from Republican strategist Ned Ryun and University of Maryland lecturer Jason Nichols.

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Report: Apple to shift assembly of Mac Pro from US to China

Apple will manufacture its new Mac Pro computer in China, shifting away from a U.S. assembly line it had been using for that product in recent years, according to a report published Friday. The company intends to assemble the new Mac Pro in a factory near Shanghai, according to The Wall Street Journal , which cited unidentified people familiar with the plan. Apple issued a statement saying the new Mac Pro will be designed and engineered in California, but wouldn't say where it will be assembled.

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World Leaders Gather For Family Photo at G20 Meeting in Osaka

As the leaders of the world’s largest economies convene on Friday in Osaka, Japan, for the 14th G20 Summit, headlines are likely to focus on meetings between world leaders.

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Section 1325 of U.S. Immigration Law Was a Hot Topic in Wednesday's Debate. Here's Why It's a Big Deal

Section 1325 is the part of U.S. immigration code that made the Trump Administration's "zero tolerance" family separation policy possible.

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Here's the one thing Democratic candidates want you to remember about them after tonight's debate

On Thursday, people will set summer relaxation aside and turn their attention to politics, since this is the debate at which most top-tier candidates will appear.

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Senate defeats measure to restrain Trump on Iran

The U.S. Senate on Friday defeated legislation that would have barred President Donald Trump from launching an attack on Iran without first obtaining the approval of Congress, except in self-defense. The measure was defeated 50 to 40, ensuring that the measure would not get the 60 needed to pass the Republican-majority Senate as an amendment to an annual defense policy bill. Ten senators did not vote.

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Alabama prosecutors may not pursue charges against mother whose unborn baby was shot

Jones was arrested Wednesday after a local grand jury indicted her on manslaughter charges after her unborn child was shot and killed.

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Boeing aims to finish software fix to 737 Max in September

Boeing says it expects to finish work on updated flight-control software for the 737 Max in September, a sign that the troubled jet likely won't be flying until late this year. A Boeing official said Thursday that the company expects to submit the software update to the Federal Aviation Administration for approval "in the September timeframe." The official spoke on condition of anonymity because Boeing has not publicly discussed timing of the update. Once Boeing submits its changes, the FAA is expected to take several weeks to analyze them, and airlines would need additional time to take their grounded Max jets out of storage and prepare them to fly again.

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Trump tweets Kim Jong Un an invitation to 'shake his hand' at DMZ - CNN

1. Trump tweets Kim Jong Un an invitation to 'shake his hand' at DMZ  CNN
2. Trump proposes meeting with Kim Jong-un after G-20 summit – live  The Guardian
3. Trump offers to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in DMZ | TheHill  The Hill
4. In a tweet, Trump appears to invite Kim Jong Un to meet him at the Korean demilitarized zone  The Washington Post
5. Donald Trump invites Kim Jong Un to meet him at Korea border  USA TODAY
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ASN: USWNT down France 2-1 in a hard-fought match to advance to the semifinals - AmericanSoccerNow.com

1. ASN: USWNT down France 2-1 in a hard-fought match to advance to the semifinals  AmericanSoccerNow.com
2. American Original: How Megan Rapinoe stole the show at the World Cup  Yahoo Sports
3. Megan Rapinoe Cannot Make This Any Clearer  Deadspin
4. U.S. beats France 2-1 to set up semifinal date with England  New York Daily News
5. The Infectious Idealism of the U.S. Women’s National Team  The Atlantic
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Nike Official Unveils Giannis Antetokounmpo's Zoom Freak 1 - HYPEBEAST

1. Nike Official Unveils Giannis Antetokounmpo's Zoom Freak 1  HYPEBEAST
2. Pass or fail? Giannis Antetokounmpo unveils new Nike signature sneakers  Yahoo Sports
3. Antetokounmpo to play for Greece at World Cup  ESPN
4. Giannis Antetokounmpo's Top 10 Defensive Plays of the Regular Season  NBA
5. NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo’s Nike Zoom Freak 1 Debuts In Three Colorways  Sneaker News
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Prosthetic limbs: An invention for amputees in the developing world

It's high-tech, it's cheap, and it's been designed for amputees in the developing world.

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Africa's top shots: 21-27 June 2019

A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond.

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Reservations for Taco Bell's hotel sell out in 2 minutes - NBCNews.com

Reservations for Taco Bell's hotel sell out in 2 minutes  NBCNews.com

If you're a Taco Bell super fan looking to stay at the Mexican fast food chain's limited-time hotel, you're already too late.

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64 JEE(A) top rankers opt for IIT-Bombay

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Quiz of the Week: Which Pink song induced childbirth?

Have you been paying attention to what's been going on over the past seven days?

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The Latest: Envoy says Iran could soon exceed uranium limits

Majid Takht Ravanchi told a U.N. Security Council meeting Wednesday that the three European countries and the United States, which pulled out of the deal, will have to "accept the full responsibility for any possible consequences" if serious steps aren't taken. Iran said on June 17 that it would surpass the deal's 300-kilogram (600-pound) limit on low-enriched uranium by Thursday, and has recently quadrupled its production.

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Police: 3 dead in shooting at California Ford dealership

Three people are dead after a man who was fired from his job at a Ford dealership in the San Francisco Bay Area fatally shot two employees.

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U.S. regulator cites new flaw on grounded Boeing 737 MAX

WASHINGTON/SEATTLE (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has identified a new risk that Boeing Co must address on its 737 MAX before the grounded jet can return to service, the agency said on Wednesday. The risk was discovered during a simulator test last week and it is not yet clear if the issue can be addressed with a software upgrade or will require a more complex hardware fix, sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The FAA did not elaborate on the latest setback for Boeing, which has been working to get its best-selling airplane back in the air following a worldwide grounding in March in the wake of two deadly crashes within five months.

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How lifeless body of toddler came to be slumped by dead father in river on US-Mexico border

The city of Matamoros sits tantalisingly close to the US border, with Brownville, Texas in clear view over the Gateway International Bridge.  It was here that the Salvadoran refugee Oscar Alberto Martinez Ramirez, 25, and his 23-month-old daughter, Valeria, arrived to claim asylum in the United States two months ago.  But on Monday, their drowned bodies were found locked in a final embrace, Valeria tangled up in her father’s black t-shirt, on the banks of the Rio Grande river, which runs under the bridge.  The shocking photograph of their corpses, now broadcast around the world, illustrates the plight of migrants and refugees who are making increasingly perilous attempts to reach the United States.  But the story of what drove them to attempt the fatal river crossing also raises questions about the Trump administration’s border regime, which is turning refugees away from the border or cramming them into purgatorial reception centres.   From the scorching Sonoran Desert to the fast-moving Rio Grande, the 2,000-mile border has long been a deadly crossing between ports of entry. A total of 283 migrant deaths were recorded last year; the toll so far this year has already reached 170.   Mexican Migrants Journey According to local media reports, Mr Ramirez had grown frustrated with the processing system at the Puerta México migrant camp, and felt there was little hope of his request for asylum ever being processed.  The US government claims the applications are delayed as it does not have the capacity to process them, with families of asylum seekers sleeping in makeshift camps where they risk being split up by border guards.  Tania Vanessa Avalos, Mr Ramirez’s wife, says the family had been kept for two months in the Puerta México camp, waiting for an appointment to discuss their asylum claim.  They came from El Salvador, where decades of civil war and gang violence has transformed the Central American country into one of the most dangerous in the world.  Thousands of Salvadorans have joined migrant caravans headed towards the US border in search of refuge, but the images of them walking en masse towards America have been portrayed by President Donald Trump as an “invasion.”  Mr Martinez reportedly worked at Papa Johns in El Salvador, according to relatives, where he earned $350 (£275) per month, while his wife had given up her job at a Chinese restaurant to look after their daughter.  “They went for the American dream,” Mr Ramierz's sister, Wendy Joanna Martínez de Romero, told the New York Times. Mexican authorities walk along the Rio Grande bank where the bodies of Salvadoran migrant Oscar Alberto Marti­nez Rami­rez and his nearly 2-year-old daughter Valeria Credit: Julie Le Duc   Other Mexican media reports say she begged the family not to leave, but they had been completely seduced by the hope of a prosperous life in America.  The family lived with Mr Ramirez’s mother, Rosa, in Altavista, sprawling complex of small, concrete houses east of San Salvador.  The area is under the control of gangs, but in an interview with the New York Times, Ms Ramirez said it was economic hardship of living on just $10 (£7) per day, rather than violence, which pushed her son and his family to flee El Salvador.  Nevertheless, Mr Ramirez managed to obtain a political asylum visa from the Mexican government during the long journey to the Mexican border, which would have strengthened his family’s case when they presented themselves to the US authorities.  Instead, the family was left in limbo for weeks, sweltering in temperatures of up to 45 degrees with little food, which according to local newspaper La Jornada left them in a state of “despair.” On Sunday, Mr Ramirez and his wife decided they had had enough; they would abandon the asylum process and attempt an illegal crossing into the United States by swimming the Rio Grande river.  At 1.38pm, Mr Ramirez logged into Facebook and informed his sister of the plan.   Oscar Martinez Ramirez and his daughter reportedly left their home in El Salvador for economic reasons but then received a political asylum visa from the Mexican government  Credit: AFP Three hours later, his mother would receive a phone call from his wife, Tania, screaming incoherently and saying “Oscar died, Oscar and the girl drowned.” Mr Ramirez took Valeria in his arms and swam across the river, setting her safely on the other side before returning to his wife.  But as he started swimming back, his daughter fell into the water. He turned back and grabbed his daughter, but the pair was then swallowed by a strong current as Valeria’s mother looked on in horror.  She called the authorities, who launched a twelve hour search to retrieve Mr Ramirez and his daughter. As darkness fell they suspended the search due to poor visibility.  Then, the following morning, the search ended in the discovery of the bodies, 500 metres from the spot where the current took hold.  Later, Ms Avalos gave a full account of the ordeal to police punctuated with “tears and screams.” “When the girl jumped in is when he tried to reach her, but when he tried to grab the girl, he went in further ... and he couldn’t get out,” Ms Avalos told the Associated Press.  Handout photograph of the Ramirez family “He put her in his shirt, and I imagine he told himself, ‘I’ve come this far’ and decided to go with her.” Valeria’s right arm was still curled around her father’s neck, as if she had clung to him for safety in her last moments.  Mr Ramirez’s family initially faced immense financial costs of up to $7,500 to repatriate their relatives’ bodies, but the Mexican government has said it will pay for the funeral arrangements.  The case has already drawn comparisons with that of Alan Kurdi, the three-year-old Syrian refugee whose body was photographed off the coast of the Greek island of Kos.  Even so, it remains unclear whether the photograph of Mr Ramirez and his daughter will spur the Trump administration to address criticism of its border policies.

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Millions of people are traveling to New York for WorldPride. Why are some opting to skip?

WorldPride, the annual LGBTQ celebration, is in New York this year — and LGBTQ people of all stripes are making the global trek.

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In rambling interview, Trump pronounces Biden 'a lost soul'

Trump hurled a new insult at former Vice President Joe Biden Wednesday morning in a phone interview on Fox Business.

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Company in fatal biker crash has history of violations

The company that employed a Ukrainian-born truck driver whose collision with motorcyclists in New Hampshire left seven dead has a history of violations including mechanical problems and drug-related infractions. Volodymyr Zhukovskyy, 23, is being held without bail in Coos County jail. Since the crash, it has emerged that Zhukovskyy had multiple run-ins with the law.

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Is There a 5G Cellular Network Near You?

The age of 5G network service is finally here. Sprint and Verizon—two of the country's four biggest wireless carriers—have officially turned on their (admittedly very small) 5G networks for consu...

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