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Turkey: Erdogan May Restore Death Penalty With Parliament Approval

Erdogan is wasting no time to “cleanse” the country’s security forces of “viruses,” as he put it, vowing that those behind the attempt to overthrow his government “will pay a very heavy price for this act of treason.”
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Police Tighten Security After 3 Officers Killed In Baton Rouge

It has been an emotionally charged few days across the country because of protests stemming from Sterling’s death and the shooting by police of Philando Castile in Minnesota, plus the ambush on police officers in Dallas.
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QUIZ: Can you name every US President?

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Widow Continues Fight For Purple Heart She Says Her Husband Deserves

“I’m very sad that he didn’t get the honor to receive it while he was alive,” said Nicole, “but I will fight all I have to get it presented to at least my children in his name.”
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Republican Convention Speakers: Ivanka Trump, Gingrich, Lt. Gen. Flynn

Trump himself will speak on the fourth and final night. RNC Chair Reince Priebus will speak that night, as will business leaders such as Thiel, a co-founder of PayPal, who caused a stir in May when he revealed that he financed several lawsuits, including the one brought by Hulk Hogan, against Gawker.
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Trump Campaign Chairman: Ohio Governor ‘Hurting His State’ For Not Showing Up At RNC

Ohio Gov. John Kasich will not attend the Republican National Convention in Cleveland this week, and Donald Trump’s campaign manager Paul Manafort think that’s a shame.
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Nice Attack: Ties To ISIS Not Yet Established, Official Says

“What we want to know now is what were the links between the man who was behind this dreadful attack and the terrorist networks,” Cazeneuve said.
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Russian Doping: ‘An Unprecedented Attack On The Integrity Of Sport & The Olympic Games’

The investigation came off the back of claims made by former Russian anti-doping laboratory director Grigory Rodchenkov last year to the New York Times that he was ordered to cover up the drug use of at least 15 Sochi 2014 medal winners.
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