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In this Jan. 16, 2007 file photo, Donald Trump, with his wife, Melania Trump, and their son, Barron, pose for a photo after he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles.

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Tiny wall built around Trump's Hollywood Star

(CNN)This probably wasn't the wall Donald Trump had in mind. On Tuesday, the same day Trump was officially nominated as the Republican Party's presidential candidate, a wall sprung up around his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles. The tiny wall, complete with

File - Migrants sit on their boat as they wait to be rescued by Acehnese fishermen on the sea off East Aceh, Indonesia, Wednesday, May 20, 2015.

Aid Group Reports 22 Bodies Found On Migrant Boat In Mediterranean

The bodies of 22 people have been found on a migrant dinghy in the Mediterranean, the aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has said, BBC News reports. The 21 women and one man were found "in a pool of fuel and water" at the bottom of the boat, off the coast of Libya. They had been on the dinghy "for hours", the aid group said. More than 200 survivors who were on the dinghy

A Secret Service Agent stands guard as Vice President Joe Biden, with President Barack Obama and his wife Jill Biden, speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015, to announce he will not run for the presidential nomination.

Trump Adviser Under Investigation For Clinton Threats

An adviser to Donald Trump’s campaign is being investigated by the U.S. Secret Service after the adviser said Hillary Clinton should be "put in the firing line" over the Benghazi attack as well as her personal email server, Fox News reported Wednesday night. The Daily Beast reported Trump campaign adviser Al Baldasero is under investigation, Secret Service spokesman Robert

Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, right, and Myanmar's Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, the military commander-in-chief, shake hands during their meeting Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar.

In Rare Admission, Myanmar Military Says Soldiers Killed 5 Villagers

Five villagers were killed by soldiers during an interrogation in Myanmar's northern Shan State, a senior general said on Wednesday, in a rare admission by Myanmar's still-powerful military which promised to prosecute the perpetrators, Reuters reports. Witnesses have told Reuters soldiers rounded up dozens of men in the remote village of Mong Yaw, in an area riven by a

Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Vincent Soldani, from Albany, N.Y., aims an M-16A2 assault rifle at a target during a live-fire exercise

Massachusetts Bans 'Copycat' Assault Weapons

Attorney General for the state of Massachusetts, Maura Healey, has banned the sale of "copycat" assault-style weapons close to those used in mass shootings according to Reuters. "The gun industry has openly defied our laws here in Massachusetts for nearly two decades. That ends today," said Healey. Healey, a Democrat, said that the rule will apply today and those dealers with

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File-sharing 'mastermind' arrested in Poland

US authorities have charged a Ukrainian man alleged to be the mastermind of the world's biggest online piracy website. Artem Vaulin, who is said to be the owner of the file-sharing site Kickass Torrents (KAT), is accused of money

Senator Ted Cruz speaking at a rally in Phoenix, Arizona

RNC Night Three Kicks Off With Flag Burning Protests And Former Presidential Hopefuls

Outside of the Quicken Loans Arena, police squared off with protesters after some chaos broke out during a flag-burning protest, the most turbulent since the Republican National Convention started on Monday according to The Associated Press. 17 people were arrested including Gregory "Joey" Johnson whose previous demonstrations using a burning flag three decades ago at a GOP

Federal Judge Urges US To Give Gender Neutral Passports

U.S. District Judge R. Brooke Jackson urged the State Department to allow a gender neutral passport to a Colorado Navy veteran who would be the first to receive such a passport in the U.S. according to The Associated Press. Dana Zzyym was denied a passport for refusing to check "male" or "female" on the application as they were born with ambiguous sexual characteristics. Zzyym

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WikiLeaks Blocked in Turkey After Massive Email Leak

WikiLeaks has released a searchable database of nearly 300,000 emails connected to Turkey’s governing party, the AKP. This is part one of the AKP emails, and includes email addresses beginning with the letters “A” through “I.” The site doesn’t mention a timeline on when the rest of the emails will be published, but it will ... The post

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Tesla: Elon Musk reveals latest 'masterplan'

Elon Musk, chief executive of Tesla, has published the second part of his self-titled "masterplan". He said Tesla would be branching out into creating a "solar-roof-with-battery product" that people can have fitted to their homes. He wants the Tesla electric car range to cover all types of ground vehicles, specifically buses and lorries. And once the cars have full autonomous

In this Wednesday, June 22, 2016 photo, Syrians walk through the Ruqban refugee camp in Jordan's northeast border with Syria.

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Syrian refugees suffering on Jordan's border

Rows of empty caravans line the dusty roads of Jordan's newest refugee camp. There is no shortage of desperate refugees at the border who would be happy to fill them, but after five years of taking in Syrian refugees, Jordan - increasingly concerned about security - has slammed its last border post shut. After a suicide car bomb at the remote Rukban border crossing in

The cruise-ship pier at Ocean Terminal is also a port of entry to Hong Kong, in China

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China eyes eight cruise ships to serve South China Sea

BEIJING, July 21 (Reuters) - Up to eight Chinese ships will offer cruises to the South China Sea over the next five years, a state-run newspaper said on Thursday, as Beijing continues to promote tourism to the disputed waters.

No Endorsement From Ted Cruz , Mike Pence Accepts VP Nomination

One main highlight from the latter half of the Republican National Convention was the lack of an endorsement for Donald Trump from Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. Instead, Cruz implored the crowd to vote with their conscience. "Vote for candidates up and down the ticket who you trust to defend our freedom and to be faithful to the Constitution," said Cruz. Cruz also supported some

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Military that will make the security forces during the Olympics arrive in Rio de Janeiro

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Rio Olympics: Brazil weighs jihadi threats

(CNN)Brazil's intelligence agency said it was reviewing all threats against the Rio 2016 Games after a jihadi messaging channel called for its followers to target the Olympics. "Many [threats] are discarded and the ones that deserve attention are investigated exhaustively," the agency said. Earlier this week, a jihadi channel on the messaging app Telegram called for attacks

Chicago Police officer yells at reporters and photographers to get back as officers take into custody a protester during a scuffle at a bicycle barricade on Chicago's Magnificent Mile Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015, in Chicago.

Officer shoots caretaker of autistic man playing outside

When a 23-year-old autistic man carrying a toy truck wandered from a mental health center out into the street Monday, a worker there named Charles Kinsey went to retrieve him. A few minutes later the autistic man was still sitting cross-legged blocking the roadway while playing with the small, rectangular white toy. And Kinsey was prone on the ground next to him — a bullet

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at the 107th National Association for the Advancement of Colored People annual convention at the Duke Energy Convention Center in Cincinatti, Monday, July 18, 2016.

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Hillary Clinton tweet: 'Vote your conscience'

It didn’t take long for Ted Cruz’s fatal turn-of-phrase to become a Hillary Clinton campaign bonanza. At 11:26 p.m., close to an hour and a half after the end of Cruz’s convention speech on Wednesday, Clinton tweeted, “Vote your conscience” with a link to a voter registration page. ...

Turkey’s Erdogan declares state of emergency after coup bid

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan declared a state of emergency on Wednesday as he widened a crackdown against thousands of members of the security forces, judiciary, civil service and academia after a failed military coup. Erdogan said the state of emergency, lasting three months, would allow his government to take swift and decisive measures against supporters of the

About 1000 refugees and migrants, mostly from Eritrea but also from Somalia, Ghana, Libia, Syria and other countries are rescued by the Italian army helped by the Spanish Proactiva's team, 17 miles north of Sabratha, Lybia, on Tuesday July 19, 2016.

Bodies of 21 women, one man found on migrant boat in Mediterranean: MSF

ROME: The bodies of 21 women and one man were found on a rubber dinghy adrift near the Libyan coast on Wednesday, just hours after they had set sail for Italy, humanitarian group Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said. An MSF ship patrolling the central Mediterranean came to the rescue of two dinghies that were sailing close together and managed to pull 209 people, including 50

Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at a campaign rally Friday, April 15, 2016, in Syracuse, N.Y.

Ted Cruz knows exactly what he’s doing

CLEVELAND — Ted Cruz is a provocateur — a divider, not a uniter, someone whose political career is characterized by the challenges he poses to the leaders of his own party. On Wednesday night, in a jaw-dropping speech that led to the longest and loudest set of boos I’ve ever heard for a speaker at any convention, Cruz sought to do to Donald Trump what he has done to Mitch

Melania Trump, wife of Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump walks to the stage as Donald Trump introduces her during the opening day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Monday, July 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump Campaign Trying To Move Past Drama

Donald Trump's campaign sought to turn the page Tuesday on the plagiarism controversy over his wife Melania's keynote speech and a rocky first day in Cleveland to get the Republican National Convention back on track, CNN reported. The billionaire aims to capitalize on his official coronation as the party's presidential nominee in a roll-call vote — a rite of passage that must

Prosecutor Says French Truck Attacker Had Accomplices, Planned For Months

Democratic Convention Speakers List Fuels Clinton Running Mate Speculation

NBA Pulls Plug On 2017 Charlotte, N.C. All-Star Game Citing Transgender Law

Fox News Chairman, CEO Roger Ailes Out, Murdoch Takes Reins

Now One Direction’s Liam Payne Is Going Solo, Too

U.S. Government Files Lawsuits To Block Health Insurance Company Mergers

Prince Harry Continues Princess Diana's Fight Against HIV And AIDS

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