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Supreme Court Blocks Arkansas From Flurry of Executions 
Activists rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. (photo: Getty Images) 
Ed Pilkington, Guardian UK 
Pilkington writes: "The US supreme court has ended a dramatic day of legal tussles over Arkansas' unprecedented plan to execute eight prisoners in 11 days, declining to allow the state to go ahead with Monday night's scheduled killings in what amounted to a major victory for the condemned inmates' lawyers and anti-death penalty campaigners." 
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In Lawsuit, White Nationalist Claims Trump Directed Rally Violence 
Kenneth P. Vogel, Politico 
Vogel writes: "A white nationalist leader accused of assaulting a young African-American woman at a Donald Trump campaign rally filed a countersuit on Monday claiming the president directed him and other supporters to remove protesters." 
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Five Things to Watch in the Georgia Special Election 
Lisa Hagen, The Hill 
Hagen writes: "The highly anticipated Georgia special election is coming down to the wire Tuesday as Democrats look to deliver a major upset and turn the House race into a referendum on President Trump." 
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Alex Jones Lawyer: 'He's Playing a Character' 
Jonathan Tilove, American-Statesman 
Tilove writes: "In emotional testimony at the [custody] hearing, Kelly Jones, who is seeking to gain sole or joint custody of her three children with Alex Jones, portrayed the volcanic public figure as the real Alex Jones." 
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Trump Has Spent 1 out of Every 5 Minutes of His Presidency in Palm Beach 
Philip Bump, The Washington Post 
Bump writes: "Trump's taken to calling Mar-a-Lago the 'winter White House' or 'southern White House,' clearly in part to give the impression that his time at the facility is spent on presidential business." 
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UK Prime Minister Theresa May Calls for Early Election 
Merrit Kennedy, NPR 
Kennedy writes: "British Prime Minister Theresa May has announced that she is calling for an early election on June 8, describing it as the 'only way to guarantee certainty and stability for the years ahead' as the U.K. prepares to negotiate its exit from the European Union." 
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2 Billion People Drink Contaminated Water, Says WHO 
Cassie Kelly, EcoWatch 
Kelly writes: "The World Health Organization urges cleaner sanitation practices after new data reveals that at least two billion people do not have access to clean water. The drinking water that is causing nearly 500,000 deaths a year is contaminated with feces, causing cholera, dysentery, intestinal worms, schistosomiasis and trachoma, typhoid and polio." 
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