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Jury finds officer who shot Philando Castile not guilty

Court releases dash cam video of Castile shooting
The latest video corroborates Castile's girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds' original report to police and media, stating that Castile alerted Yanez of his firearm possession and was willingly cooperating with authorities. Before Castile finishes that sentence, Yanez has his hand on his own gun and is pulling it out of the holster. The Facebook video was shared widely, and included Reynolds' ... [Full Article...]
American Student Released by North Korea

UK: Pressure on May as Grenfell Tower death toll rises

N Ireland party leader 'delighted' with UK deal
May and Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Arlene Foster presided at the signing of a three-page so called "confidence and supply" deal at Downing Street that is some way short of a more formal coalition agreement. It also provides 200 million pounds ($255 million) over two years to transform Northern Ireland's health service, 100 million pounds ($127 million) for immediate needs health and ... [Full Article...]
Trump announces $200M apprenticeship initiative
The NRA says the US foodservice industry employs more than 14.7 million people. Trump's speech was light on details, but according to the Associated Press , about $200 million will be used for the new program. The president wants students to be able to use federal student aid for a wide variety of " earn while you learn " programs, including apprenticeships, the White House officials said... [Full Article...]
Portugal is close to containing wildfire that killed 64
But in a freakish sequence of events, officials with the Portuguese government and the Civil Protection Agency said they could not confirm a crash had taken place. A spokesman for Spain's Ministry of Defense said it had not lost a plane, denying earlier reports that a Spanish water-dropping plane had crashed. [Full Article...]
Controversy arises at Chicago Dyke March

Olympics: N Korea dismiss Moon call for united Pyeongchang team

Ivanka Trump says she tries to stay out of politics

India's Modi in Washington to Meet Trump for Bilateral Talks

Qatar demands 'blockade' be lifted for talks to begin

Republican Senator Dean Heller opposes health care bill
But more important, like Collins, Heller set out conditions for getting his support that it's unlikely Mitch McConnell could meet without blowing up his entire coalition. "I don't have the feedback from constituencies who will not have had enough time to review the Senate bill ", Johnson said. The state has added 200,000 more people to its program under the Obama overhaul. [Full Article...]
Nation to celebrate Eid today

President to welcome India's prime minister Monday

Over 100 people feared buried by southwest China landslide

Cladding On 27 Tower Blocks Fails Safety Checks
At the weekend, the United Kingdom government reported that cladding on 34 tower blocks in 17 council areas in England had failed fire safety tests. In another area of north London, Tottenham, residents at the Rivers Apartments came home to notices advising them that experts were "carrying out an immediate review of the exterior cladding". [Full Article...]
Israel starts work on first new West Bank settlement in 20 years

Sergey Kislyak Reportedly Heading Back to Russia Amid Election Interference Controversy

Defense, military officials authorized to act on Marawi, seek foreign help
