Intelligence trove from Manbij fuels ISIS battle learning curve
The Pentagon disclosed that Syrian rebels recovered over four terabytes of ISIS data from Manbij, offering new insight into the group’s use of the city as a hub for training and dispatching foreign fighters. The U.S. widens adviser access to lower Iraqi army headquarters with Obama approval.
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Washington
U.S
Manbij
Baghdad
Christopher Garver
Pentagon
Garver
West
Barack Obama
Obama
Biker taunts police after high speed chase Facebook post
Lake Orion Michigan police say Michael Brown of Rochester Hills turned himself in three weeks after a chase. He boasted on Facebook that he was going 140 in a 35 mph zone and said no jail this weekend. Brown faces fleeing police and reckless driving charges.
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Lake Orion
Mich
Facebook
Michael Brown
Rochester Hills
Brown
Zika cases spark concern of local mosquito spread
Two new travel unrelated Zika cases in Florida raise concern of local transmission in Miami Dade and Broward. Officials note pattern akin to past dengue and chikungunya clusters while CDC stresses mounting evidence of mosquito spread.
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New York
Florida
U.S
Miami-Dade
Broward
Tom Skinner
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Latin America
Caribbean
Cdc-Zika
Cdc.gov
Zika
Baltimore prosecutors drop charges in Freddie Gray case
In a morning hearing, prosecutors drop all remaining charges against Officers Garrett Miller, William Porter, and Sgt Alicia White. The decision follows prior acquittals and would end criminal proceedings after a year of high profile litigation.
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Baltimore
Freddie Gray
Barry G. Williams
Marilyn J. Mosby
Gray
William Porter
Williams
Edward Nero
Caesar Goodson
Brian Rice
Garrett Miller
Michael Schatzow
Miller
Porter
Alicia White
White
Catherine Flynn
ASEAN Unity Frays as China Presses South China Sea Claims
In Vientiane, Laos, ASEAN nations face Beijing's coercive diplomacy amid a failed joint communique on the Hague arbitration. Cambodia and Laos block consensus while China expands influence with aid. US Japan and Australia issue a counterstatement opposing unilateral actions. Wang Yi criticizes those three nations as flame fanners.
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Laos
China
South China Sea
Philippines
International Tribunal For Justice
Beijing
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ASEAN
Ian Storey
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Philippine
Perfecto Yasay Jr
Manila
Southeast Asia
Cambodia
John Ciorciani
University of Michigan
Vietnam
Malaysia
Brunei
Taiwan
United States
Japan
Australia
Wang Yi
Hinckley nears freedom after Reagan assassination bid
John Hinckley Jr. moves toward permanent release from St. Elizabeths Hospital to live with his mother in Williamsburg Virginia. A federal judge ruled inpatient treatment no longer clinically warranted and set conditions including therapy, media ban, 30 mile driving limit, monthly checkups, and periodic Secret Service monitoring.
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Ronald Reagan
Williamsburg
John Hinckley Jr
Hinckley
Paul Friedman
St. Elizabeths Hospital
Jodie Foster
Reagan
Friedman
St. Elizabeths
Secret Service
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