Saturday, June 30, 2018

#Familiesbelongtogether: Thousands to protest over migrant separations

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Tens of thousands are expected to join rallies nationwide calling for family reunifications.

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U.S. judge bars Kentucky from requiring Medicaid recipients to work

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BOSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge on Friday blocked Kentucky from implementing work requirements in its Medicaid program, potentially dealing a blow to the Trump administration's effort to scale back the 50-year-old health insurance program for the poor and disabled.


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U.S. unveils 'streamlined' tax form to warnings from Democrats

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sticking to a pledge that Americans will be able to file tax returns on a postcard under President Donald Trump's tax code overhaul, the U.S. Treasury Department released a new Form 1040 for individuals on Friday, but met swift Democratic criticism about its potential complexity.


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Italy shuts out another migrant rescue ship

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ROME (Reuters) - Italy's new government barred a migrant rescue ship from docking at its ports on Friday, in its third such refusal this month, hours after a tense meeting of European leaders over migration ended.


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Japanese fishermen fear confrontation with North Korea boats as season peaks

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SAKATA, Japan (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has declared North Korea is no longer a threat, but that doesn't make the Japanese fishermen of Sakata feel any easier as they leave port for the peak fishing season.


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Syrian army gains in southwest, rebels talk peace terms

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AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Syrian army seized more towns in the southwest on Saturday, as air strikes pounded others that still held out against the rapid offensive and rebels said they had begun negotiating peace terms through the government's ally Russia.


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'Mansplaining' advert for University of Adelaide draws criticism

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An Australian university advert is mocked for showing a man holding forth to five silent women.

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As Thai search enters seventh day, divers cling to hope of finding lost boys

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CHIANG RAI, Thailand (Reuters) - Having failed to find any sign of 12 boys and their soccer coach during a week-long search of flooded cave complex in northern Thailand, rescuers held out hope on Saturday that the group could have found safety on a rocky mound in one of the chambers.


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U.S. sanctions aim to turn Iranians against government: Khamenei

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DUBAI (Reuters) - U.S. economic pressure on Iran is intended to turn Iranians against their government, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was quoted as saying on Saturday by his website, as Iran faces a likely reimposition of U.S. sanctions.


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Egyptian court delays verdict in mass trial, cites security concerns

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CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court on Saturday delayed a final ruling in a case against 739 people, including top leaders of the banned Muslim Brotherhood, who were involved in a 2013 sit-in that was broken up by security forces.


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First confirmed sighting of a great white shark off Majorca in 40 years

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The last time a great white shark was spotted near Spain's Balearic Islands was in 1976.

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Maryland shooting: 'I have to live life without my mother'

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The daughter of a journalist killed in a shooting at a Maryland newspaper calls it a "senseless tragedy".

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New best story on Hacker News: I'm Scott Aaronson, quantum computing/computational complexity researcher. AMA

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Syrian rebels say in talks with Russia for southwest deal

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AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian rebels are negotiating with Russia to return state sovereignty in areas they control in the southwestern Deraa province, where the army has made rapid advances this month, insurgents said on Saturday.


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Put back on terror-financing watch list, Pakistan vows to improve

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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Placed back on a terror financing watch list this week, Pakistan vowed on Saturday to tighten regulations and follow an action plan to curb money laundering and terror financing.


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California mother, boyfriend charged with murder of her son - KCRA Sacramento

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California mother, boyfriend charged with murder of her son
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A California woman and her boyfriend were charged Friday in the death of the woman's 10-year-old son who had previously reported being beaten, locked up and not fed, prosecutors said. Heather Maxine Barron and Kareem Ernesto Leiva were each ...

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California mother, boyfriend charged with murder of her son - Fox News

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California mother, boyfriend charged with murder of her son
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LOS ANGELES – A California woman and her boyfriend were charged Friday in the death of the woman's 10-year-old son who had previously reported being beaten, locked up and not fed, prosecutors said. Heather Maxine Barron and Kareem Ernesto Leiva ...

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U.S. government says it will detain migrant children with parents

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government said in a court filing on Friday that it has the right to detain children and parents caught crossing the U.S. border illegally for the duration of their immigration proceedings.


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Hundreds gather in Annapolis to remember shooting victims

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Reuters) - Hundreds of people gathered on Friday evening to remember the five people gunned down at a community newspaper office in Annapolis, Maryland, one of the deadliest attacks on journalists in U.S. history.


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