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Demonstrators call for independent review of shooting death

«La Crosse Tribune» (lacrossetribune.com) 

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Demonstrators are calling for an independent special prosecutor to review the shooting death of a black motorist by a police officer in suburban St. Paul last month.

Miss Teen USA to Keep Her Crown Despite Racism Scandals

Sputnik International 

The Miss Teen USA pageant made some waves over the weekend, first when it was revealed that all the contestants in the top five looked nearly identical, and then when Twitter users dug up multiple tweets in which the contest’s winner used the “n-word” in 2013 and 2014.

'Confidence to trust'

BBC 

An HIV-preventative drug is the subject of a legal battle over which organisation should pay for it. As campaigners await the outcome, one man tells how taking the medication has changed his life.

Can We Mix the Debates and the NFL?

WSJ.com 

Two of the three scheduled presidential debates this fall will clash with prime-time NFL games. The solution? Hold the debates during the games.

Business News Roundup, Aug. 2

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

Virgin Galactic says it has received an operating license for its space tourism rocket from the Federal Aviation Administration. Virgin Galactic says the operating license awarded by the FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation will ultimately permit commercial operations. The company said Monday the licensing process involved a review of the system’s design, safety analysis and flight trajectory analysis. The taxi test evaluated and calibrated navigation and communications telemetry systems... Читать дальше...

Dunford seeks to cool anti-American sentiment in Turkey

Stars and Stripes 

The Chairman of the Joint Chief's of Staff visit with top Turkish officials here Monday was, for the most part, conciliatory, despite growing anti-American sentiment following last month's coup attempt and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's recent public scolding of U.S. Army Gen. Joseph Votel.

U.S. slavery reparations sought in first Black Lives Matter agenda

Yahoo Autos 

The groups aim to halt the "increasingly visible violence against Black communities," the Movement for Black Lives said in a statement. The agenda was released days before the second anniversary of the slaying of unarmed black teen Michael Brown by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown's death, along with other fatal police shootings of unarmed black men over the past two years, fueled a national debate about racial discrimination in the U.S. criminal justice system.

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Deal ’em up! 18 trades – Beltran, Lucroy, Bruce, Moore move

TheRepublic.com 

Jonathan Lucroy got a deal he liked, Carlos Beltran joined him in Texas and Jay Bruce and Rich Hill also moved Monday during an 18-swap frenzy at the trade deadline. Matt Moore, Francisco Liriano and Joe Smith found new homes, too, as playoff contenders stocked up for the stretch. “That’s what we play for. Those





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