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Christopher Dickey | Donald Trump Upstaged at G7 by Foreign Minister of... Iran 

Christopher Dickey, The Daily Beast
Dickey writes: "It looked like President Donald Trump was set up for a diplomatic ambush at the Group of Seven summit on Sunday when Iran's foreign minister suddenly flew into town."
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A nurse in Atlanta prepares a flu shot during the 2018 flu season. (photo: David Goldman/AP)

Withholding Flu Shots From Detained Migrants Isn't Just Cruel. It's Dangerous.
Saad B. Omer, The Washington Post
Omer writes: "The influenza virus can spread quickly in - or from - institutions such as detention centers."
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A Trump rally. (photo: Jim Mone/AP)

Team Trump Employs Smear Tactics Against Journalists Ahead of 2020 Elections
David Boddiger, Splinter
Boddiger writes: "Donald Trump apparently has at his disposal a 'loose network of conservative operatives' who are collecting and compiling damaging personal information on journalists deemed unsympathetic to the regime, as well as their families."
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Sister Helen Prejean attends the press conference for the Dead Man Walking play in Madrid in 2018. (photo: Eduardo Parra/Getty Images)

Sister Helen Prejean: The Woman Who Helped Change How America Thinks About the Death Penalty Is Not Done Yet
Hope Reese, Vox
Reese writes: "Sister Helen Prejean's Dead Man Walking was a milestone. Now she's talking about the justice system, sexism in the church, and more."
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Nestlé Plan to Take 1.1 Million Gallons of Water a Day From Natural Springs Sparks Outcry
Richard Luscombe, Guardian UK
Luscombe writes: "The crystal blue waters of Ginnie Springs have long been treasured among the string of pearls that line Florida's picturesque Santa Fe River, a playground for water sports enthusiasts and an ecologically critical haven for the numerous species of turtles that nest on its banks."
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Rohingya refugees gather to mark the second anniversary of the exodus at the Kutupalong camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, August 25, 2019. (photo: Reuters)

100,000 Rohingyas Rally in Bangladesh to Mark Genocide Day
teleSUR
Excerpt: "At least 100,000 Rohingya refugees rallied in camps in Bangladesh Sunday, marking two years since the start of a brutal military crackdown in Myanmar that forced more than 730,000 to flee across the border."
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A weather-worn sign protesting the Keystone XL pipeline stands in Fullerton, Nebraska. On Friday the state's Supreme Court dealt the pipeline's protesters a significant defeat, approving an alternate route that runs through Nebraska. (photo: Nati Harnik/AP)

Keystone Pipeline's Alternate Route Gets the Go-Ahead From Nebraska Court
Colin Dwyer, NPR
Dwyer writes: "The company behind the controversial Keystone XL pipeline has won a major victory in Nebraska, where environmental activists, two Native American tribes and some local landowners had sought to derail its construction. The state's Supreme Court on Friday ruled unanimously in favor of an alternate route proposed by TC Energy, formerly known as TransCanada."
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Andy Borowitz | Trump Says White House Is No Place for Lying Lowlife From Reality Show

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Andy Borowitz | Trump Says White House Is No Place for Lying Lowlife From Reality Show 

Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "Blasting his former colleague Omarosa Manigault, Donald J. Trump said on Monday that 'the White House is no place for a lying lowlife from a reality show.'"
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Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. (photo: AP)

A Plea to Stop, or Slow, Brett Kavanaugh
Daniel Ramos, The Advocate
Ramos writes: "In a few short weeks, the nation will be watching closely as the U.S. Senate begins its confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, who has been tapped by President Trump as the replacement for Justice Anthony Kennedy."
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In February, Lilian Calderon (middle), alongside her husband, described her experience of being detained by ICE. (photo: Michelle R. Smith/AP)

Under Trump, Federal Agencies Set 'Trap' for Immigrants Seeking Legal Status, ACLU Says
Maria Cramer, The Boston Globe
Cramer writes: "Two federal immigration agencies coordinated a campaign to bring unauthorized immigrants who were seeking legal residency in for interviews at government offices, where they were then arrested and in some cases deported, according to internal agency communications."
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Incumbent governor Scott Walker and Senator Tammy Baldwin are loathed by members of the opposite party, and the August 14 primary will shape challenges to them. (photo: Scott Olson/Getty)

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Wisconsin Prepares for a November Slugfest
Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine
Kilgore writes: "In one respect, Wisconsin is one of the upper midwestern states with a progressive tradition that Donald Trump improbably swept into the GOP column in 2016 (by just over 21,000 votes out of nearly 3 million cast)."
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Nebraska Carries Out 1st Execution Using Fentanyl
Merrit Kennedy, NPR
Kennedy writes: "Nebraska has executed its first prisoner since 1997, after a federal three-judge panel denied a drug company's request to halt the lethal injection over concerns about whether the drugs were obtained improperly by the state."
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Palestinians ride a boat as they take part in a rally to show solidarity with Gaza-bound flotilla, October 5, 2016. (photo: Reuters)

Mission Accomplished: Why Solidarity Boats to Gaza Succeed Despite Failing to Break Siege
Ramzy Baroud, teleSUR
Baroud writes: "When Mike Treen, the National Director of the 'Unite Union' in New Zealand arrived at the airport in the capital, Auckland, on August 1, a group of people were anxiously waiting for him at the terminal with Palestinian flags and flowers. They hugged him, chanted for Palestinian freedom and performed the customary native Haka dance."
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Participants in the hajj pilgrimage in Mecca walk down a road with a water spray cooling system, part of an increasingly sophisticated support system required to cope with the heat. (photo: Getty)

Halfway to Boiling: 50C Temperatures Are Becoming a Reality for Cities Around the World
Jonathan Watts and Elle Hunt, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "Imagine a city at 50C (122F). The pavements are empty, the parks quiet, entire neighborhoods appear uninhabited. Nobody with a choice ventures outside during daylight hours."
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25-year-old Daniel Weston: Stolen dog reunited with rightful owner thanks to new technology

Stolen dog reunited with rightful owner thanks to new technology

A Nebraska man has been charged with breaking into his ex-girlfriend, Deborah Wilson’s home and stealing the dog they once shared.

25-year-old Daniel Weston (pictured), had broken into the house and stole Deborah’s precious dog as a way to get back at her for dumping him two months earlier.

Police officer Kate Denby, says the ex-girlfriend returned home to find her sliding glass door had been forced open, and her blind and deaf Pointer named Ellie was missing. Convinced it was the doing of her ex, Deborah immediately called the police. However, the police told her that without proof of there would not be much they could do.

Unknown to Daniel though, Deborah had recently fitted Ellie’s collar with a TrackrBravo – a small, coin-sized device which uses GPS technology to track the exact location of valuable items.

“When we confronted Dainel at his parent’s home he denied all knowledge of taking the dog at first,” said Officer Denby.

“However, Ms Wilson had loaned us her iPhone to prove the dog’s whereabouts, and when we showed him the screen which pinpointed the dogs exact location in his parent’s house, he owned up and told the truth.”

Speaking to reporters, Deborah said, “I had purchased a couple of the TrackrBravo devices to attach to my keys and handbag, which I am always misplacing.”

When her ex telephoned her one night and threatened he would take something he loved to ‘hurt her the way she had hurt him’, she attached a spare device to Ellie’s collar as insurance. “I split up with Daniel because he was drinking too much, and when he drank, his behavior became erratic and violent, so I knew what he was capable of.”

“Ellie was a little traumatised by the whole ordeal, but was back to her normal self within a few days”, she said, “I’m just relieved I had the idea to fit a TrackrBravo to her collar, as there was no way I could afford any of the other pet GPS tracking devices, which can cost hundreds of dollars.”

Mr Weston is currently on bail, has been charged with theft and breaking and entering.

RELATED: Learn more about the TrackRBravo GPS device here

http://truefacts.news/2015/11/28/stolen-dog-reuinted-with-owner-thanks-to-new-technology/

RSN: Battle Over Grassland Electrical Lines Looms in Nebraska, Kalief Browder Protest at Rikers Draws Dozens of Police Officers, Prison Reform Advocates

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Chelsea Manning | Same-Sex Marriage Isn't Equality for All LGBT People. Our Movement Can't End 
 
Chelsea Manning, Guardian UK 
Manning writes: "I worry that, with full marriage equality, much of the queer community will be left wondering how else to engage with a society that still wants to define who we are - and who in our community will be left to push for full equality for all transgender and queer people, now that this one fight has been won." 
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Long Taught to Use Force, Police Warily Learn to De-escalate 
Timothy Williams, The New York Times 
Williams reports: "Across the country, police departments from Seattle to New York and Dallas to Salt Lake City are rethinking notions of policing that have held sway for 40 years, making major changes to how officers are trained in even the most quotidian parts of their work." 
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Greece's Tsipras Wants a 'No' in Referendum 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "Tsipras argued that some people saw the Greek situation as a 'game,' but 'the dignity of our people is not a game, 1.5 million unemployed people is not a game. Three million living in poverty is not a game.'" 
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CIA Photos of 'Black Sites' Could Complicate Guantanamo Trials 
Adam Goldman, The Washington Post 
Goldman writes: "Military prosecutors this year learned about a massive cache of CIA photographs of its former overseas 'black sites' while reviewing material collected for the Senate investigation of the agency's interrogation program, U.S. officials said." 
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Kalief Browder Protest at Rikers Draws Dozens of Police Officers, Prison Reform Advocates 
Julia Glum, International Business Times 
Glum writes: "Protesters on Rikers Island, New York, reportedly were met by officers and police dogs Saturday as they gathered in the rain to demand justice for the late Kalief Browder." 
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Honduran Democracy Still in Crisis 6 Years After Coup 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "According to a recent report, 15 assaults per month are perpetrated against journalists, human rights defenders, and political opposition. Meanwhile, gender-based violence is out of control with the femicide rate surpassing epidemic levels." 
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Battle Over Grassland Electrical Lines Looms in Nebraska 
Ryan Schuessler, Al Jazeera America 
Schuessler writes: "Spanning nearly 25,000 square miles, the Sandhills cover more than one-quarter of the state and are one of the largest intact native grasslands in North America." 
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