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Three officers are dead and three wounded after shootings yesterday in Louisiana's capital, where a July 5 police shooting of a subdued Black man preceded two weeks of protest, violence and the July 7 killings of five policemen in Dallas. Authorities say Baton Rouge police responded yesterday to a report of a "suspicious person" walking down a highway with an assault rifle. They've identified the shooter, who was also killed, as former Marine Gavin Long, and are investigating his history of posting videos urging people to "fight back" against police. |
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Funerals have begun for the hundreds killed in this weekend's attempted coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who told mourners that Turkey must "cleanse the virus from all state institutions." That appears to include arresting 6,000 people and possibly reinstating the death penalty, despite the EU urging restraint. Erdogan's blaming the failed mutiny on cleric Fethullah Gulen, a former ally who now lives in exile in Pennsylvania, and is calling for Gulen to be returned to Turkey - putting pressure on the U.S., which depends on Turkish military bases. |
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He's not used to sharing the stage. Trump's first few days with his VP have been bumpy: The billionaire left the Indiana governor alone onstage at their debut, and in their first joint interview, Trump, who's excoriated Hillary Clinton over voting for the Iraq War, said he didn't care that Pence voted for it too. Topping it off, the campaign's already changed its logo after being ridiculed about the 'T' in Trump penetrating the 'P' in Pence. The GOP convention begins today, with Pence to speak Wednesday and Trump Thursday. |
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This could be a shot in the arm. The Japanese bank picked the right time to buy a British company: Sterling has fallen nearly 30 percent against the yen in the past year, offsetting ARM's rising share prices. It's the largest ever Asian investment in Britain, and some are taking this as an optimistic sign for post-Brexit business prospects. But others warn that buying ARM, a chip designer, is a big bet on the Internet of Things rather than a vote of confidence for Britain's economy. |
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Baltimore awaits verdict for another officer in Freddie Gray case. (AP)
Morocco wants to rejoin the African Union after 32 years. (BBC)
Irish opposition leader calls for Ireland "reunification referendum." (The Guardian)
Several detained over truck attack in Nice. (France 24)
Karl Rove joins will.i.am on NY festival line-up. (OZY) |
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He's not the only one making waves in the GOP. Right-leaning women, half of this week's Cleveland convention delegates, are some of the loudest - and most effective - voices in the Republican Party. Some conservative congresswomen are translating traditional party lines for the 21st century, while others are pushing back against the Christian right and challenging the party's future direction. And though many are concerned about Donald Trump's statements on women, some worry more about Hillary Clinton, emphasizing that policy is more important than gender.
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They're not just another pretty face. Emojis, the modern equivalent of painting a buffalo on a cave wall, have only been around since the late '90s. Today, the pictographic language has nearly 2,000 officially recognized symbols. An emoji movie will hit theaters in 2017, and last year the Oxford English Dictionary named the kissy-face symbol its word of the year. Now Unicode has promised to roll out 11 new emojis focused on racial and gender diversity, adding female chefs, scientists and rock stars to the keyboard later this year. |
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The future's getting shortchanged. A new paper finds that Americans tend to carry two biases that prevent them from saving money well. First, there's "present bias" toward spending money now rather than hoarding it for an unknown future. Second, there's "exponential growth bias," which leads Americans to underestimate the value of compound interest in retirement savings. Consumers are also nudged in the wrong direction by credit card companies and lax rules on 401(k)s, meaning it could take strong government action to right the ship. |
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There's no honor here. Qandeel Baloch, 26, the so-called Kim Kardashian of Pakistan, pushed boundaries in the mostly conservative nation with provocative social media posts. Her brother, Waseem Azeem, told the press after his arrest that he strangled his sister, whose modeling income supported the family, because "money matters, but family honor is more important." The perpetrators of "honor killings" can escape prosecution if the victim's family pardons the killer - a law many Pakistanis are pushing to change in light of the shocking murder. |
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It was an unprecedented shootout. Henrik Stenson notched a 20 under par for the lowest aggregate total in a major championship after a thrilling Sunday. The Swede and Phil Mickelson watched the lead change hands seven times in the first 14 holes, the rest of the field far behind. But with a spectacular 51-foot putt on the 15th hole Stenson took control and ended up winning by three - finally breaking through for his first major after finishing in the top five seven times and enduring career-rattling slumps. |
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