Brazil faces impeachment vote as Rousseff battle looms
As Rio prepares for the Olympics, President Dilma Rousseff confronts an imminent impeachment vote in the Senate over public spending accounting. If approved, she would be suspended and a trial would start within 180 days with Vice President Michel Temer assuming the presidency.
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Brazil
Dilma Rousseff
Senate
Rousseff
Michel Temer
Democratic Movement Party
Associated Press
Lula
Petrobras
Sen
Humberto Costa
Worker’s Party
Costa
Temer
Arson blamed for 2013 West Texas fertilizer plant blast
Federal investigators say arson caused the 2013 West Texas fertilizer plant explosion that killed 15 people including 12 first responders and injured 160. The blast occurred about 20 minutes after a fire was reported at the West Fertilizer Company facility, leveling homes and prompting a major response.
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Texas
West
West Fertilizer Company
Doug Stanglin
Obama Signs Bill Defending Trade Secrets
President Obama signed the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 allowing companies to sue to protect trade secrets. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Orrin Hatch, adds a civil component to federal law and makes theft of intellectual property a crime. Lawmakers say criminal penalties remain a key deterrent while FBI resources are limited.
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Sen
Orrin Hatch
Utah
FBI
Gregory Korte
ISIL trial offers glimpse into Minneapolis conspirators
Federal prosecutors began outlining the case against Abdirahman Daud Mohamed Farah and Guled Omar, three Somali American men charged with plotting to join ISIL. The 2014-2015 Minneapolis conspiracy involved six others who pleaded guilty and a tenth man believed to be fighting with ISIS.
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Abdirahman Yasin Daud
Mohamed Abdihamid Farah
Guled Ali Omar
Minnesota
Syria
Iraq
Minneapolis-area
ISIL
Abdi Nur
ISIS
Nur
FBI
Daud
Farah
San Diego
Omar
Turkey
New York
Istanbul
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Lula” da Silva
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S.C
Kevin Johnson
House
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White House
Congress
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Walter Scott
Michael Slager
Scott
North Charleston
Slager
Wau
International Organization For Migration
The
World Food Program
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