Chicago police fatally shoot man on South Side
Officers on foot confronted a man in the South Shore neighborhood who was described as exhibiting armed characteristics. He was taken to Jackson Park Hospital where he died. A weapon was recovered. no officers injured. Protests flared with minor scuffles and brief detentions.
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Chicago Police Department
Anthony Guglielmi
South Shore
Larry Merritt
Fire Department
Jackson Park Hospital
Guglielmi
Chicago Sun-Times
Russia seen using social media to sow U.S. discord
U S homeland security secretary says no signs Russia aims at this year's midterms on a scale like 2016. Intelligence notes persistent Russian efforts via social media and sympathetic voices to divide Americans, while officials prepare for cyber threats and election security.
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Philadelphia
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Democratic Party
Donald Trump
Vladimir Putin
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Jay Ashcroft
Missouri
U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee
Hillary Clinton
Israel launches largest Gaza airstrike since 2014 amid rocket fire
Israel conducted its broadest air campaign in Gaza since 2014 as Hamas and Islamic Jihad fired dozens of rockets. Two Palestinian teenagers were killed in Gaza City, three Israelis wounded as a rocket hit a southern home. The flare up followed weeks of border tensions with a brief cease-fire brokered by Egypt.
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Judge questions plan to reunify border families
U S District Judge Dana Sabraw told officials he doubts the credibility of HHS plans to reunify more than 2,500 children by July 26 using truncated parentage checks and no DNA testing. He ordered a parent list and background checks by specified deadlines and scheduled four hearings to monitor progress.
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Justice Department
Chris Meekins
Health and Human Services
HHS
U.S
Dana Sabraw
Meekins
Firefighter Killed Battling Mariposa Wildfire Near Yosemite
Heavy Fire Equipment Operator Braden Varney, 36, died while driving a bulldozer to create a firebreak as a wildfire spread in Mariposa County near Yosemite National Park. The blaze burned about 150 acres. Varney had 10 years with CalFire. His death prompted half staff flags and numerous tributes from officials and the community.
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Los Angeles
California
Braden Varney
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Mariposa County
Sierra National Forest
Varney
Nancy Koerperich
Koerperich
CalFire
Braden
Jerry Brown
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