Chicago shooting deaths: Outcry as anti-gun violence mothers shot dead while campaigning

Two women who campaigned against Chicago’s infamous gun violence, have themselves been shot and killed on a street corner where activists frequently stood to keep watch.The anti-gun violence group Mothers Against Senseless Killings (MASK), confirmed Chantell Grant and Andrea Stoudemire were killed after a blue SUV pulled up to the corner, and someone in the vehicle opened fired into the crowd.“People are tired of being afraid. We’re sick of being afraid. We live in these communities and then we somehow are penalised and punished for living here. If you’re poor, you’re poor,” said MASK founder Tamar Manasseh.“But when women are killed, it’s not their fault. It’s not because they made bad decisions. It’s not they’re in the wrong place at the...

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Woodstock 50 Officially Off - Variety

Woodstock 50 Officially Off  Variety Woodstock 50 is officially off, multiple sources tell Variety. Vendors and stakeholders were notified this morning, July 31, that the beleaguered festival was not ... View full coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2YxDL...

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Jussie Smollett: Judge dismisses motions by 'Empire' actor's attorneys - WLS-TV

Jussie Smollett: Judge dismisses motions by 'Empire' actor's attorneys  WLS-TV A Cook County judge dismissed Wednesday motions filed by Jussie Smollett's attorneys. View full coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2MvUP...

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UK PM Johnson faces first electoral test in vote for Welsh parliamentary seat

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson could see his working majority in parliament reduced to just one when voters in a rural Welsh parliamentary seat go to the polls on Thursday in his first electoral test as leader. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Kgjx...

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Trump Allies See Personal Grudge, Not Political Strategy, in Twitter Attacks on Baltimore, Cummings - The Wall Street Journal

Trump Allies See Personal Grudge, Not Political Strategy, in Twitter Attacks on Baltimore, Cummings  The Wall Street Journal Democrats warn of Trump trap | TheHill  The Hill Trump continues racist attacks against majority-black city: "Baltimore is worse than Honduras"  Salon Deroy Murdock: Claims that Trump is a racist are baseless and divisive  Fox News How Long Can Real Conservatives Make Excuses for Trump?  Bloomberg View full coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2ypLX...

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Shelter-in-place issued for areas west of Exxon plant fire in Baytown and south of 330 - 12newsnow.com KBMT-KJAC

Shelter-in-place issued for areas west of Exxon plant fire in Baytown and south of 330  12newsnow.com KBMT-KJAC 6 injured in explosion, fire at Houston-area ExxonMobil refinery, reports say  Fox News Fire contained at ExxonMobil plant in Baytown; 37 injured in blast  KPRC Click2Houston Worker describes moment when fire started at Baytown Exxon Mobil plant  Houston Chronicle 66 injured in ExxonMobil plant fire in Baytown | Shelter-in-place order lifted  KTRK-TV View full coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2Yyo1...

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Gilroy Shooting Raises Anxieties About Security At Outside Lands - SFist

Gilroy Shooting Raises Anxieties About Security At Outside Lands  SFist Clues to Gilroy shooting found in remote Nevada town: Ammo, gas mask, extremist writings  Los Angeles Times Garlic Festival Band Took Cover Under Stage in Shooting  Inside Edition How very American: a mass shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Fesitval  Los Angeles Times Security concerns for big Bay Area events grow amid Gilroy shooting  KRON4 View full coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2YrBy...

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Baltimore murder rate worse than Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, driving asylum surge - Washington Examiner

Baltimore murder rate worse than Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, driving asylum surge  Washington Examiner The Baltimore murder rate is higher than the three Central American nations driving the border surge by migrants seeking to flee crime and murder back home. from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2LT4Q...

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Woodstock 50 festival canceled - CNN

Woodstock 50 festival canceled  CNN Woodstock 50 Has Officially Been Canceled  TMZ Woodstock 50 Officially Canceled  CBS New York Woodstock 50 Officially Off  Variety Woodstock 50 Is Officially Canceled  Pitchfork View full coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2KdOX...

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'We're in pain': Family remembers Keyla Salazar, teen killed in Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting

Family and friends held a vigil for Keyla Salazar Tuesday evening, lamenting how a mass shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival ended her life at 13. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Yrcwu...

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The 2 Canadian teen fugitives were searched at an alcohol checkpoint the day they were charged with murder, but authorities let them go

Tataskweyak Cree Nation checkpoint guards stopped the pair as they entered an alcohol free county, but let them pass after no contraband was found. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3347tU...

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Ancestry will let you search online for relatives who were displaced by the Holocaust

Ancestry is digitizing millions of Holocaust persecution records and making them searchable online for free. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2KeZEC...

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Escape bids by rebel princesses throw spotlight on UAE rights

Princess Haya, who is battling her husband Dubai's ruler Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashid Al-Maktoum in a UK court, is the third princess who has sought to escape the Gulf emirate in recent years. Activists say the attempts by Haya and two of Sheikh Mohammed's daughters to escape the United Arab Emirates (UAE) throw a harsh spotlight on the country's rights record, even as it tries to present a glitzy and modern image to the West. In 2000, Sheikha Shamsa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum tried to escape the family's entourage during a holiday in England, but was reportedly picked up two months later and forcibly returned to Dubai. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2K9omW...

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Marianne Williamson explains the need for slavery reparations: 'A debt that is owed'

The self-help author helped herself Tuesday with a stirring answer on the question of slavery reparations. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2ZmoMO...

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Israel approves hundreds of Palestinian homes in West Bank amid reports of US peace plan rollout

Israel has made an unusual move to approve hundreds of Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank amid reports the US is preparing to roll out its long-awaited peace plan.  Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, granted permits for 700 Palestinian houses but tried to appease his Right-wing base by also approving 6,000 housing units for Jewish settlers.   Israel rarely grants building permits to Palestinians and the move was seen as a potential concession to the White House, which is trying to convince Palestinians and Arab states to back its peace initiative.   Jared Kushner, Mr Trump’s son-in-law and top aide on Israeli-Palestinian issues, is expected in Jerusalem this week to discuss the plan with Mr Netanyahu.  ...

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Follow the law, get pulled over: Why a police plan to 'ticket' drivers backfired in Arizona

Tempe Police Department started a "Positive Ticketing Campaign" initiative to hand out Circle K drink coupons for following traffic laws. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/32ZCA3...

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House Dems Near 50 Percent Support for Impeachment Inquiry

A group of five Democratic representatives called on leadership to begin an impeachment inquiry against President Trump Tuesday night, bringing the total number of House Democrats in support of impeachment to 116, just two votes short of reaching the 50 percent threshold.Democratic Representatives Jennifer Wexton of Virginia, Grace Meng and Eliot Engel of New York, Jason Crow of Wisconsin, and Judy Chu of California joined a growing cohort of House Democrats clamoring for an impeachment inquiry in the face of a reluctant leadership wary of the move's potential electoral consequences for the more moderate members of their caucus.Engel, a moderate member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, argued that former special counsel Robert Mueller's...

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Virginia black caucus, state Democrats boycott commemorative events over Trump's attendance - CNN

Virginia black caucus, state Democrats boycott commemorative events over Trump's attendance  CNN President Trump Speaks At Ceremony Commemorating 400th Anniversary Of Jamestown Colony  RealClearPolitics Jamestown ceremony marks birth of democracy in America; black Va. legislators skip because of Trump  The Washington Post Celebrating American Democracy  The Wall Street Journal Virginia state lawmaker protests Trump's 'go back' attacks during speech  CNN View full coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2GwZq...

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California woman gives birth to two infants behind local business, resulting in the death of one: police - Fox News

California woman gives birth to two infants behind local business, resulting in the death of one: police  Fox News A California woman is in custody after police say she abandoned two newborns behind a local business after appearing to give birth to them on the sidewalk, ... View full coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/32YVY...

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U.S. will extend sanctions waivers for Iran nuclear programs: Bolton

The United States will renew sanctions waivers for Iranian nuclear programs that allow Russia, China and European countries to continue their civilian nuclear cooperation with Tehran, White House national security adviser John Bolton said on Wednesday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2OuzO...

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North Korean missile tests didn't violate Kim pledge to Trump: Bolton

U.S. national security adviser John Bolton said on Wednesday that Pyongyang's recent missile tests do not violate a pledge that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made to President Donald Trump, but he questioned when working-level talks on denuclearization would begin. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2YnZo...

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South Korea detains North Korean man crossing the DMZ

The South Korean military detained a North Korean man who crossed the heavily fortified demilitarized zone (DMZ) that separates the two countries, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JSC) said on Thursday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2ZnWD...

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Taking Nasa's space buggies for a spin

BBC Click's Spencer Kelly takes a ride in some in some of Nasa's latest vehicles. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2STBh...

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Inmates behind Brazil deadly prison riot transferred: official

Forty-six inmates involved in one of Brazil's deadliest prison riots were being transferred to other jails Tuesday, an official said. At least 57 people were killed on Monday when fighting broke out between rival drug gang factions in the Altamira Regional Recovery Centre in the northern state of Para. Sixteen were decapitated in the hours-long battle, but most died in a fire that engulfed part of the overcrowded facility that used converted shipping containers to house some of the inmates. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/32TmYh...

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How to Stop Iran’s Maritime Misadventures

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- European nations, alarmed by Iran’s capture of a British oil tanker, are mounting a response to protect their commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and Persian Gulf. The Royal Navy has started to escort British ships, and a plan for a European naval mission has been endorsed by Denmark, France and Italy.It’s a promising start. But effectively curbing Iran’s misbehavior and safeguarding ships in the region will require a more ambitious —and truly international — effort. Most important, it needs to involve the U.S. Navy.The Europeans are wary of combining their fleets with a nearby American operation for fear of being identified with President Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran. France’s foreign...

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'Passive aggression. It's a lifestyle': Ocasio-Cortez responds to a GOP congressional critic

Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga., accused Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of having "deliberately misled the American people" about the treatment of migrants in detention. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2K7xF9...

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Motive for slayings at California festival still unclear two days later

California police on Tuesday were still trying to determine why a teenager went on a shooting rampage over the weekend at a popular food festival south of San Jose, killing a 6-year-old boy, a 13-year-old girl and a man in his 20s. The police have since obtained search warrants for a home in Gilroy associated with the suspect and the car they believe he drove to the festival, a decades-old annual event celebrating the produce farmed in the countryside of California's Santa Clara Valley. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2YeJV0...

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Pelosi, Schumer Stand Firm in Opposing Impeachment

Senator Chuck Schumer said Tuesday that he stands with House speaker Nancy Pelosi in opposition to impeachment proceedings despite pressure from the caucus to move forward.“I believe that . . . Speaker Pelosi is handling this appropriately,” Schumer said in reference to Pelosi's strategy of encouraging Democratic House committee chairmen to continue their probes into President Trump and his campaign but hold off on impeachment.After former special counsel Robert Mueller's testimony to Congress last week, Pelosi stated that the House does not yet have the evidence necessary to open an impeachment inquiry. “We will proceed when we have what we need to proceed,” she said. “Not one day sooner.”Meanwhile, two members of Senate Democratic leadership...

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Water meant for Puerto Rican hurricane victims dumped on farmland

Tens of thousands of water bottles destined for desperate Puerto Ricans after devastating back-to-back hurricanes slammed into the US island territory remain unopened on farmland almost two years later, emergency aid officials confirmed Monday. Aerial images captured by AFP show a sea of water bottles, packaged into massive bundles, heaped on what appears to be a private estate in the Higuillar neighborhood in Dorado, 25 miles (40 kilometers) west of San Juan. A spokesman for the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) confirmed it had provided the water bottles as part of relief efforts for Hurricane Maria, which occurred in September 2017. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2KgPyR...

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A 33-year-old woman who used to work for Amazon is the suspect in the massive Capital One hack — meet Paige Thompson

Thompson is accused of stealing data from millions of Capital One customers, including Social Security numbers and linked bank accounts. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2GFsfj...

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Whither Evangelical Purity Culture? Thoughts on the Legacy of a Lost Pastor

If you don’t live in Evangelical-world, you probably missed this news. An influential Evangelical author and pastor named Joshua Harris announced on Saturday that he was in the process of “deconstruction.” His statement was clear. “By all the measurements I have for defining a Christian,” he said, “I am not a Christian.” He apologized to the LGBT community for not affirming gay marriage and for the ways that his writing and speaking “contributed to a culture of exclusion and bigotry.”For Christians, it’s a sad statement, but it’s also full of real integrity. Rather than try to jam Christianity into his evolving worldview, he respects orthodoxy by opting out.Harris burst into prominence as a young Christian with every author’s dream: a giant,...

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North Korean projectiles were ballistic missiles, flew about 250 km: South Korea

The unidentified projectiles launched by North Korea early on Wednesday were ballistic missiles that flew about 250 km (155 miles), South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2MlUj...

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California has strict gun laws. Here's how the Gilroy gunman evaded them

US lawmakers renew calls for federal gun reform after shooter purchased weapon legally in NevadaPolice officers escort people from Christmas Hill Park following the shooting. Photograph: Noah Berger/APCalifornia has some of the most stringent gun laws in the country, including a ban on the type of rifle that a shooter used to kill three and wound 15 at the garlic food festival in Gilroy on Sunday.But the gunman had legally purchased the “assault-type rifle”, in the style of an AK-47, from the neighboring state Nevada on 9 July before carrying it illegally over state lines into California, highlighting what some gun control advocates say is a loophole in the way laws operate, state by state.The suspect, 19, opened fire in the last hours of the...

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Death toll in Brazil prison massacre rises to 57 with over a dozen decapitated

SAO PAULO/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A bloody clash between two prison gangs on Monday left at least 57 inmates dead with 16 of them decapitated, authorities in the state of Para said, the latest deadly clash as Brazil's government struggles to control the country's overcrowded jails. Prisoners belonging to the Comando Classe A gang set fire to a cell containing inmates from the rival Comando Vermelho, or Red Command, gang, Para's state government said in a statement. "It was a targeted act," state prison director Jarbas Vasconcelos said in the statement, adding there was no prior intelligence that suggested an attack would take place. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Ms373...

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Police investigate after man says he found baby in freezer

A St. Louis man says a box that had been in his mother's freezer for decades contained the mummified remains of a newborn baby, which he discovered while cleaning out her home after she died. Adam Smith told St. Louis media outlets that he opened the cardboard box Sunday expecting to find something like the top of his mother's first wedding cake or money because she never had a bank account. St. Louis police confirmed that they are investigating a "suspicious death" involving an "unknown infant" found inside the home and that autopsy results were pending. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Khg65...

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Andrew Yang's campaign blasted the DNC for not allowing him to use 2 polls from same source for fall Democratic debates

The Yang campaign was unhappy the DNC only let them use either an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll or an NBC/SurveyMonkey poll but not both. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2yB0O6...

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'Stay inside and lock your doors': Tiny Canadian village on lockdown as teenage murder spree suspects spotted scavenging for food

A massive police manhunt has been launched in a remote part of northern Canada for a pair of teenager double murder suspects.The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has been chasing Kam McLeod, 19, and Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, for weeks since the pair were connected to two separate killings in British Columbia earlier this month.The teenagers have been tracked in a series of stolen cars as they have travelled thousands of miles across Canada, from its Pacific coast in the west all to the way east to rural Manitoba.Police helicopters, a plane, drones, dog units and armed officers have flooded the area around York Landing, a small village in remote northern Manitoba, where a local indigenous neighbourhood watch group had spotted the duo.Officers...

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Afghan soldier killed two US troops: official

An Afghan soldier was responsible for the killing of two American troops a day earlier, an official told AFP Tuesday, in what appears to be the latest example of an insider attack. The US military on Monday said two of its troops had been killed in action in Afghanistan, but did not provide any additional details, pending notification of next of kin. Mohammad Qasam, a deputy police chief in Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan, said the attack took place at an Afghan army base during a visit by US forces. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Ors6G...

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Joint Chiefs nominee denies assault allegations, enlists key support

Sen. Martha McSally — a retired Air Force pilot who revealed this year that she was raped by a superior officer — came out with a staunch defense of Air Force Gen. John Hyten. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Yve2z...

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The president is right about Baltimore. Are Democrats really prepared to defend failure?

Baltimore is one of the least livable, most dangerous cities in America. It's not racist to point that out. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Ooyv5...

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3 dead, including 2 children, and at least 12 hurt: What we know about Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting

A gunman opened fire at the annual Gilroy Garlic Festival on Sunday killing three people and injuring at least 12 others. Here's what we know. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/32ZySX...

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Ben Carson says President Trump would be happy to work with Elijah Cummings to bring relief to Baltimore

HUD Secretary Ben Carson praises Trump administration efforts to rehabilitate America's distressed areas. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/315Ouq...

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Huawei-Google device that was going to be sold in the U.S. is said to be canceled - PhoneArena

Huawei-Google device that was going to be sold in the U.S. is said to be canceled  PhoneArena Huawei planned to sell a Google Assistant smart speaker in the US before getting banned  BGR Huawei was working on a Google Assistant smart speaker before Trump ban  The Verge Huawei and Google were reportedly building a (now suspended) smart speaker  TechCrunch Report: Google Partnered with Huawei on Smart Speaker Before U.S. Ban  Breitbart View full coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2LPN3...

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Jameela Jamil Slams Piers Morgan, Calls Him the 'Thirstiest Bitch Alive' - TooFab

Jameela Jamil Slams Piers Morgan, Calls Him the 'Thirstiest Bitch Alive'  TooFab "The Good Place" star fired back at the British journalist after he slammed her inclusion in the latest issue of British Vogue, which was guest-edited by Duchess ... from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2ynqs...

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Coroner Rules Cameron Boyce's Cause of Death Was Epilepsy - TMZ

Coroner Rules Cameron Boyce's Cause of Death Was Epilepsy  TMZ Cameron Boyce suffered a sudden, unexpected death due to epilepsy. View full coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2Zhiu...

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Jason Whitlock rips LeBron James, compares fame-chasing to cocaine - New York Post

Jason Whitlock rips LeBron James, compares fame-chasing to cocaine  New York Post Many defend LeBron's parenting after criticism of his courtside enthusiasm at son's tournament  Yahoo Sports Fox Sports' Jason Whitlock blasts LeBron James' parenting, compares fame thirst to cocaine  USA TODAY LeBron James dunking at Bronny's AAU game: Cool move, or doing too much? | Jalen & Jacoby  ESPN LeBron James dunks in layup line, loses shoe in court-storming celebration at AAU games (video)  ProBasketballTalk View full coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2YqTz...

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MLB trade deadline rumors: Dodgers, Pirates haggling over Felipe Vazquez; Mets expected to trade Edwin Diaz - CBS Sports

MLB trade deadline rumors: Dodgers, Pirates haggling over Felipe Vazquez; Mets expected to trade Edwin Diaz  CBS Sports Opinion: Marcus Stroman trade is a stroke of genius by the Mets  USA TODAY Phillips calls Stroman trade to Mets 'an odd move'  TSN Rieber: Stroman brings attitude that Mets need  Newsday Report: Marcus Stroman wasn't happy he was traded to a team out of the race  Yahoo Sports View full coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/314Ru...

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Chaos and fear in Libya's Mitiga airport after missiles halt air traffic

Missiles on Monday hit Tripoli's only functioning Mitiga airport which remained closed to air traffic, causing chaos and fear among passengers, witnesses said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/310QH...

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