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January 4, 2017 (San Diego’s East County) -- East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• In response to hacking, Obama orders 35 Russian diplomats kicked out of US (CS Monitor)
• Donald Trump’s call for arms race boggles nuclear experts (NBC)
• New Congress prepares to undo Obamacare, weigh Trump personnel picks (Reuters)
• Trump marks deadly year in Chicago, hints at federal help (The Hill)
• To save books, librarians create fake ‘reader’ to check out titles (Orlando Sentinel)
• Portland, Oregon is taxing taxes on companies with CEOs making 100 times more than employee salaries—and giving the money to the homeless (Business Insider)
• Honda to recall about 650,000 Odyssey minivans in U.S. (Reuters)
• Federal judge halts Obamacare transgender, abortion-related protections nationwide (Buzzflash)
• Police ranks falter amid rise in line-of-duty deaths (CS Monitor)
• Should the Government Track Your Movements? (Reason)
• Actress Debbie Reynolds dies of a stroke, a day after daughter  (Reuters)

WORLD

• Refugees Encounter a Foreign Word: Welcome (New York Times)
• Russia and Turkey announced cease-fire deal in Syria (CS Monitor)
• At least 35 killed in New Year's attack on Istanbul nightclub (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Experts: North Korea’s claim on ICBM tests plausible (Voice of America)
• Blasts in Baghdad Kill at Least 28 at a Busy Market (NPR)
• Could it work? Russia, Turkey, Iran propose splitting Syria into 'zones of influence’ (CS Monitor)
• Report: Netanyahu to be investigated for bribery, fraud  (Times of Israel)

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December 20, 2016 (San Diego’s East County) -- East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Donald Trump Secures Electoral College Win, With Few Surprises (NPR)
• The thousands of U.S. locales where lead poisoning is worse than in Flint (Reuters)
• Bill that protects online reviews becomes law (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Trump picks Dow Chemical chief to head American Manufacturing Council (Eco Watch)
• Congress just quietly handed drug companies a dangerous victory (New Republic)
• IBM promises to hire Americans as tech executives set to meet Trump (Reuters)
• Fed inches up key interest rate for first time in a year, projects three more hikes in 2017 (San Diego Union-Tribune)

WORLD

• Russian Ambassador to Turkey Shot Dead—Gunman Reportedly Yelled ‘Revenge, Aleppo!’ (Reason)
• Thousands evacuated from Aleppo after deal over besieged villages (Reuters)
• Truck rams German Christmas market, killing at least 9 (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Vanishing: The extinction crisis is far worse than you think (CNN)
• U.S. urges Taiwan to increase defense spending given China threat  (Reuters)
• Philippines’ deadly drug war praised by Donald Trump, says Rodrigo Duterte (Guardian)
• IMF chief Christine Lagarde found guilty of negligence (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• U.S. to halt some arms sales to Saudi, citing civilian deaths in Yemen campaign (Reuters)
• 11 arrested in France over Nice massacre (France 24)

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December 13, 2016 (San Diego’s East County) -- East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• CIA reportedly concludes  Russia interference aimed to elect Trump (NPR)
• The Russian Hacking Controversy: What We Do And Don't Know (NPR)
• McConnell, warning of ‘dangerous’ debt, wants tax cut offsets (Bloomberg)
•  Top U.S. spy agency has not embraced CIA assessment on Russia hacking  (Reuters)
• Federal judge nixes Pennsylvania ballot recount. Why? (CS Monitor)
• Who's to blame for fake news? (Los Angeles Times)
• Inspired by Trump, Ohio Legislature passes “heartbeat” bill that would ban most abortions (Washington Post)
• Trump picks Exxon-Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State (CBS)
• Trump Questionnaire Raises Concerns About Retaliation Against Energy Department Staff (NPR)
• DOE won’t provide names of climate change staffers to Trump team (Politico)
• Trump to name Scott Pruitt, Oklahoma Attorney General suing EPA on climate change, to head the EPA(Washington Post)
• Trump: Boeing should lose Air Force One contract over ‘out of control’ cost (Guardian)
• Trump nominates CKE’s Puzder for Labor Secretary (Pacific Business Times)

WORLD

• Aleppo has fallen to Syrian regime control, Russia says (CNN)
• How a 7-year-old Aleppo girl on Twitter became our era’s Anne Frank  (Wash. Post)
• Cease-fire has been reached to evacuate civilians from Aleppo: Syrian rebels (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Palmyra: ‘Chemical gas attack’ hits IS-held Syria area (BBC)
• New Zealand policy makers in the dark after quake upends stats bureau (Reuters)
• Cairo church bombing kills 25, raises fears among Christians (Reuters)

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November 30, 2016 (San Diego's East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

General news

• Students have ‘dismaying’ inability to tell fake news from real, study finds  (NPR)
• Great Smoky Mountains fires leaves scenes of great destruction(Reuters)
• Largest bank in Norway sells its assets in Dakota Access pipeline (Eco Watch)
• Oklahoma town sues energy companies over earthquakes (CS Monitor)
• Blue Feed, Red Feed (Wall Street Journal)

Politics

• U.S. government officially accuses Russia of hacking campaign to interfere with election (Washington Post)
• Libertarian Party Breaks Half a Million Registered Voters (Reason)
• Will Trump go after marijuana laws? (Healthline – Jamie Reno)
• Sanctuary city mayors prepare for clash with Trump administration over immigration (Fox)
• Trump supporter:  Japanese internment `precedent’ for  Muslim  registry to ‘protect America’(NBC)
• Senate Democrats just went nuclear and changed the filibuster. Here’s why. (Mother Jones)
• Trump will not pursue Clinton investigation, campaign manager says(SD Union-Tribune)
• Donald Trump’s potential conflicts of interest continue to mount (Huffington Post)

WORLD

•  Fidel Castro, Cuban Revolutionary Who Defied U.S, Dies at 90 (New York Times)
• Fukushima nuclear decommission, compensation costs to almost double: media (Reuters)
• Wildfire roars through Israeli city,  forcing thousands to evacuate (AP)
• Mexico mass grave:  Severed heads and 32 bodies found (BBC)
• Thwarted French attack was slated for December 1 at key Paris sites(Reuters)
• New quake tests resilience and faith in Japan’s nuclear facilities(New York Times)
• Russia Withdraws Support For International Criminal Court (NPR)
• Prosecutors To Investigate South Korean President In Corruption Scandal(NPR)
• Virtual reality to aid Auschwitz war trials of concentration camp guards(BBC)
• Gigantic Shield Moves Into Place To Cover Exploded Chernobyl Reactor(NPR)

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November 9, 2016 (San Diego's East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Trump’s victory assures a conservative majority on the Supreme Court (L.A. Times)
• Clinton, Obama pledge unity behind Trump presidency (Washington Post)
• Bernie Sanders offers warning to Trump post-election (New York Daily News)
• Trump will soon have names, addresses of those here illegally. Will he use them?  (Sac. Bee)
• What it will take for President Trump to deport millions and build the wall (Washington Post)
• Donald Trump’s election is making this stock soar (Fortune)
• Thousands take to streets to protest Trump win (CNN)
•  It’s happening—these cops left Standing Rock and are refusing to return (Indigenous Americans)
• By the Numbers (Reason)
• Maine's solution to toxic politics is as easy as 1, 2, 3 (Christian Science Monitor)
• Arizona 'jihadist' gets eight years in prison for terror bomb plot (Reuters)
• UVA administrator awarded $3 million over Rolling Stone assault story (CS Monitor)
• Out of Options, This School Got Uber to Pick Up Its Students (NPR)

WORLD

• Is A Shifting Political Climate Slowing Global Trade? (NPR)
• Iraqi military: Mass grave with 100 decapitated bodies found south of Mosul (USA Today)
• In Pakistan, Illegal Kidney Trade Flourishes as Victims Await Justice (NPR)
• Missing 'nuke' found? Underwater find could unlock a cold war mystery.  (CS Monitor)
• Islamic State abducts more than 200 near Mosul, retreats with thousands: U.N. (Reuters)
• The Nightmarish Conditions for Drug Suspects in Philippine Jails (NPR)
• German military investigates 60 potential Islamists in Bundeswehr (Reuters)
• Iran commands 25,000 Shi'ite fighters in Syria: Israeli official (Reuters)
• Italy Becomes a Leading Destination for Migrants, Matching Greece (NPR)
• China Steps in to Bar 2 Newly Elected Hong Kong Legislators from Office (NPR)

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October 26, 2016 (San Diego's East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

General news

• Should we see everything a cop sees? (New York Times Magazine)
• An outsider takes charge of the Border Patrol (Los Angeles Times)
• Will The New Era of Limited Federal Monitoring Still Protect Voter Rights? (NPR)
• Will Maine Be the First State Where Voters May Rank Their Choices?  (Reason)
• AARP sues U.S. agency over employee wellness programs (Reuters)
• US warns its citizens of possible kidnappings, terror attacks in Turkey (JPost)
• NSA contractor faces spying charges (BBC)
• Sempra owned leaking gas well in Alabama, too (Los Angeles Times)

Presidential campaign

• Inside Donald Trump’s one-stop parties: attendees recall cocaine and very young models(Daily Beast)
• Fact check: The final fiery debate between Clinton and Trump (CNN)
• Clinton might be moving toward privatizing Social Security (Forbes)
• The stunningly long list of women who have accused Donald Trump of sexual assault (Mother Jones)
• Top 10 Things We Learned from Hillary Clinton Campaign's Emails (Reason)
• Did FBI barter with Hillary Clinton over email classification? (CS Monitor)

WORLD

• Hundreds near Mosul sent to hospital after sulfur plant set alight (JPost)
• UK to pardon thousands convicted under past anti-gay laws (CS Monitor)
• Mexico's Demand for Potent Calif. Marijuana Creates Southbound Smuggling (KPBS)
• Did Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro stage a coup? (CS Monitor)
• Another North Korea intermediate range missile fails after launch (Reuters)
• Bennett suspends Israeli cooperation with UNESCO after Temple Mount vote (JPost)
• Police Van Rams Protesters at Anti-U.S. Demonstration in Philippines (NPR)
• Two American citizens sentenced by Iran to 10 years in jail (JPost)
• Exclusive: Iran steps up weapons supply to Yemen's Houthis via Oman - officials  (Reuters)

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October 12, 2016 (San Diego's East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Russia says U.S. actions threaten its national security (Reuters)
• Poll: Clinton leads Trump by 8 points after debate (Time)
• What's Driving Up the Number of Deaths by Car Accidents? (NPR)
• Arizona 'jihadist' agrees to plead guilty to terrorism, conspiracy (Reuters)
• Postal service offering discounted shipping for military families (KNSD-7)
• Putin cancels US plutonium disposal program, reflecting widening rift (CSMonitor)
• Comcast Fined $2.3 Million for Improperly Charging Customers (NPR)
• US takeover of Puerto Rico's finances: A nudge toward statehood? (CS Monitor)
• Millennials aren't big spenders or risk-takers, and that's going to reshape the economy (San Diego Union-Tribune)

WORLD

• Warming Russia-Turkey relations send a chill through Ukraine (CS Monitor)
• U.S., other countries issue declaration on export, use of armed drones (Reuters)
• Iranian Revolutionary Guard unveils new attack drones (JerusalemPost)
• China Imposes Restrictions to Try to Cool Real Estate Bubble (NPR)
• He Did It Again: Philippine President Keeps Insulting the U.S. (And Obama) (NPR)
• Central banks rush to gold (Marketplace)
• India arrests 70 call-center workers accused of duping U.S. citizens (Reuters)
• Sweden Proposes Tax Breaks for Repairs (NPR)
• The United Nations Is Launching a Space Mission (NPR)
• Russia builds up forces in Syria, Reuters data analysis shows  (Reuter)
• US Navy ship targeted in failed missile attack from Yemen (JerusalemPost)
• Russia suspends nuclear agreement, ends uranium research pact with United States  (Reuters)
• Israeli aircraft attack Hamas in Gaza after rocket hits Israeli town (Reuters)

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September 27, 2016 (San Diego's East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

Presidential race

• Six key moments of the first presidential debate between Trump and Clinton (NBC)
• The first Clinton-Trump debate, annotated (Washington Post)
• From Russia with Love (ABC)
• The 2016 election fact-checker (Washington Post)
• 75 retired senior diplomats sign letter opposing Trump for president (Washington Post)

General news

• ISIS suspected of mustard gas attack against U.S.and Iraqi troops (CNN)
• White Tulsa police officer charged with manslaughter in death of unarmed black man (Washington Post)
• Family releases video of Keith Lamont Scott’s shooting (CNN)
• Obama kept military out of the loop on Iran payments   (Jewish World Review)
• Feds Finalize Rule on a Native Hawaiian Government (Hawaii Public Radio)
• U.S. to pay 17 Indian tribes $492 million to settle long-standing disputes (Wash. Post)
• Dozens Of U.S., Canadian Tribes Unite Against Proposed Oil Pipelines (NPR)
• Wells Fargo's Unauthorized Accounts Likely Hurt Customers' Credit Scores (NPR)

WORLD

• Aleppo Under The Most Intense Air Bombardment Since Syrian War Began, U.N. Says(NPR)
• Colombia, Marxist rebels sign accord ending 52-year war  (Reuters)
• Two Palestinians and a Jordanian killed after attacking Israelis, officials say (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• After Aiding Injured Israelis, A Palestinian Is Targeted For Abuse (NPR)
• Christian writer who 'insulted Islam' murdered in Jordan (JPost)
• Suicide bombing in northwest Pakistan mosque leaves at least 23 people dead, many injured (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Street clashes and election protests in Congo kill more than 44, Human Rights Watch says (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Japan scrambles fighter jets as China gets too close (CS Monitor)

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September 13, 2016 (San Diego's East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Think Wells Fargo ripped you off? Here’s what to do (Los Angeles Times)
• U.S. strategic bombers fly over S. Korea in show of force after N. Korea nuclear test  (Reuters)
• Feds lose billions on stadiums, study says (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Jill Stein faces charges in North Dakota: What's next in pipeline protest? (CS Monitor)
• U.S. Attorney General launches inquiry into Trump Foundation (Politico) 
• Scrutiny of Hillary Clinton’s health puts new scrutiny on Tim Kaine (New York Times)
• 911 tapes reveal raw and emotional Hillary Clinton (Guardian)
• Dallas Morning News: 'Trump Is No Republican.’  (Dallas Morning News editorial)

WORLD

• Syria cease-fire plan reached, U.S. and Russia announce (KPBS)
• Iran vessel 'harasses,' sails close to U.S. Navy ship in Gulf: U.S. officials (Reuters)
• Suspected Aleppo chlorine attack chokes dozens, rescue workers, monitors say  (Reuters)
• UK radical Choudary jailed for encouraging support for Islamic State  (Reuters)
• Bye bye burka: ISIS bans burka in Iraqi city after killings by veiled women (Jerusalem Post)
• Two Dozen Dead, More Than 90 Wounded in Twin Bombings in Kabul (NPR)
• Report: PA President Mahmoud Abbas worked as KGB agent in Damascus during 80’s (JPost)
• Turkey replaces elected Kurdish officials with appointees, sparking protests (CS Monitor)
• Russian jet intercepts US aircraft with 'unsafe’ maneuvers (CS Monitor)

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August 30, 2016 (San Diego's East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• FBI detects breaches in two state voter systems (Reuters)
• Obama declares land from Burt’s Bees co-founder a national monument (Sacramento Bee)
• 'The Travel Detective' Explains How Airlines Became A ‘Mafia' (NPR)
• The question no one’s asking about the Clinton Foundation (Mother Jones)
• Clinton hasn’t had a news conference since last year (Washington Post)
• New Trump campaign chief faces scrutiny over anti-Semitism, voter registration (Washington Post)
• Clinton-Trump race heats up over racial relations (CBS)
• Donald Trump’s response to his shoddy doctor’s letter? A call for Clinton to disclose more (Washington Post)

WORLD

• U.S., Russia say they are close to cooperation deal on Syria war (Washington Post)
• Columbian peace deal: FARC to announce cease fire (BBC)
• Court overturns burkini ban in French town (New York Times)
• Under New Philippine President, Hundreds Have Died In Extrajudicial Killings (NPR)

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August 17, 2016 (San Diego's East County) -- East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

General news

• National media fiddle as Louisana drowns (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
• U.S. seeks Mexico’s help in controlling immigration from Mideast (Times of San Diego)
• House Minority Leader Pelosi calls hack an “electronic Watergate”(AP)
• This Republican mayor has an incredibly simple idea to help the homeless—and it seems to be working (Washington Post)
• Buildings burn during violent night in Milwaukee (10News)
• AT&T to pay customers $775 million for scam (10 News)
• 15 Guantanamo Bay Detainees Transferred To United Arab Emirates (NPR)
• American Jewish leaders grapple with anti-Israel Black Lives Matter (Jerusalem Post)

Presidential election

• Secret ledger in Ukraine lists cash for Donald Trump’s campaign chief (NY Times)
• Report: Ukraine official designated millions in cash for Manafort (CNN)
• Trump campaign illegally soliciting donations from foreign nationals (Washington Times)
• DNC sued by up to 2 million Sanders supporters in class action lawsuit(Embol)
• Hillary Clinton puts White House transition team in place (New York Times)
• Gary Johnson "$15 for 15" (Percent in the Polls) on August 15 Fundraising Promotion Breaks $1.5 Million (Reason)

WORLD

• Jubilation in Syria’s Manbij as ISIS loses control of key city (CNN)
• Kurdish forces in fresh push to close in on ISIS-held Mosul (Reuters)
• Official: ISIS leader killed by U.S.drone strike in Afghanistan (CBS)
• Russia deploys bombers to Iranian air base (Jerusalem Post)
• Anti-Semitism at the Olympics is completely out of control (Federalist)
• Egyptian judoka sent home from Olympics after refusing to shake Israeli  opponent’s hand (Washington Post)
• Turkish police raid Istanbul courthouses, more officers detained (Christian Science Monitor)

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August 3, 2016 (San Diego's East County) -- East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Flint water scandal: more state officials charged (BBC)
• Lava from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano reaches the sea (CNN)
• To some in military, Trump disqualified as commander in chief (Christian Science Monitor)
• VFW slams Trump, Gold Star families demand apology (CNN)
• House GOP chairs call for Hillary Clinton perjury investigation (CBS)
• Donald Trump says he’d tap Sarah Palin for a cabinet post (Politico)
• Mike Pence declares that Roe vs. Wade will be overturned under President Trump (Latest)
• Hillary Clinton, the adult in the room (Zengers News Magazine)
• Thinking of voting for Jill Stein or Gary Johnston? Here are their positions (Seattle Times)

WORLD

• Olympics “dirty bomb” fear (The Sun)
• U.S. warplanes launch bombing campaign on Islamic state in Syria (Reuters)
• Paris accomplice killed in Syria as U.S. strikes at ISIS ‘head of snake’(Christian Science Monitor)
• Normandy mosque refuses to hold funeral for terrorist who killed priest (Times of Israel)
• Rescuers say toxic gas dropped on Syrian town where Russian helicopter flew (Reuters)

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By Liz Alper

July 22, 2016 (Munich) - Six people are dead in a shooting that occurred at a mall in Munich, Germany.

UPDATES AS OF 9:35 PM PT:  80 dead, 16 critical condition, one police officer dead.  Terrorist investigation HAS been opened. 

Updates:  French police now saying there are at least 70 dead.   

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Photo courtesy Eric Gaillard, Reuters

July 14, 2016 (Nice, Fra.) - Today is Bastille Day, the French Fourth of July.  But the celebration was cut short tonight in the city of Nice, a popular tourist destination in France, as a truck accelerated into a crowd of revelers, killing at least 70 and injuring at least 100 people and French authorities say the death toll is rising.  The incident IS being treated as a terrorist attack. 

July 6, 2016 (San Diego's East County) -- East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Veep auditions in overdrive (The Hill)
• Even without charges, FBI rebuke leaves a heavy political cloud over Clinton (Washington Post)
• I’m a lawyer specializing in security clearance. Hillary Clinton got off easy (Washington Post)
• Dallas shooting leaves 5 police officers dead, suspect is killed (New York Times)
• Beyond Dallas, police come under fire in three states (Reuters)
• After Philando Castile’s shooting, Obama calls police shootings ‘an American issue’(New York Times)
• Why the case against Mississippi's religious freedom law was different (CS Monitor)
• Document spells out FBI rules to get journalists' phone records: article (Reuters)
• Traffic deaths jump 7.7 percent in 2015 to 35,200 (Reuters)
• Americans’ taste for  Mexican beer sucking up groundwater supply, mayor says (Guardian)

WORLD

• Car bombs target Baghdad shopping districts, 126 dead (CNN)
• Supplies run out in southern Mexico amid teachers' protests(San Diego Union-Tribune)
• World reacts to death of Elie Wiesel, ‘conscience of the world’(NBC)
• A Personal Retrospective: Was Elie Wiesel Happy? (Jerusalem Post)
• Suspected IS attack kills dozens at Istanbul airport (AP)
• EU referendum petition hijacked by bots(BBC)
• CIA weapons for Syrian rebels sold to arms black market: NYT(Reuters)
• Iraqi Military Video Shows Massive Attack On ISIS (NPR)
• Palestinian kills Israeli girl, 13, sleeping in her bedroom (CS Monitor)
• Why Beijing (and 45 other cities in China) are sinking(CS Monitor)

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