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Story highlights — (CNN)U.S. Special Operations forces killed a senior ISIS commander during a daring raid intended to capture him in eastern Syria overnight Friday to Saturday, U.S. government officials said. — The ISIS commander, Abu Sayyaf, was killed after he fought capture in the raid at al-Omar …
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Sarah El Deeb / Associated Press:
US COMMANDOS KILL SENIOR IS COMMANDER IN SYRIA RAID — BEIRUT (AP) — U.S. commandos mounted a rare raid into eastern Syria overnight, killing a senior Islamic State commander in a firefight, capturing his wife and rescuing a Yazidi woman held as a slave, the Pentagon said Saturday.
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The White House:
Statement by NSC Spokesperson Bernadette Meehan on Counter-ISIL Operation in Syria — Last night, at the President's direction, U.S. personnel based out of Iraq conducted an operation in al-Amr in eastern Syria to capture an ISIL senior leader known as Abu Sayyaf and his wife Umm Sayyaf.
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New York Times:
ISIS Official Killed in U.S. Raid in Syria, Pentagon Says — WASHINGTON — American Special Operations forces mounted a rare raid into eastern Syria early Saturday, killing a leader of the Islamic State and about a dozen militant fighters, as well as capturing his wife and freeing …
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The Moderate Voice
Washington Post:
Clinton Foundation donors include dozens of media organizations, individuals — NBC Universal, News Corporation, Turner Broadcasting and Thomson Reuters are among more than a dozen media organizations that have made charitable contributions to the Clinton Foundation in recent years, the foundation's records show.
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New York Times:
Clintons Earned $30 Million in 16 Months, Report Shows — Hillary Rodham Clinton and her husband made at least $30 million over the last 16 months, mainly from giving paid speeches to corporations, banks and other organizations, according to financial disclosure forms filed with federal elections officials on Friday.
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Outside the Beltway
Jorge Barrera / APTN National News:
Hacker told F.B.I. he made plane fly sideways after cracking entertainment system — (Screen grab from One World Labs founder and prominent hacker Chris Roberts during an appearance on Fox News) — APTN National News — A well-known U.S. hacker told F.B.I. agents he took momentary control …
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Business Insider, The Verge and Engadget
Todd Starnes / Fox News:
Call it ‘gender fluidity’: Schools to teach kids there's no such thing as boys or girls — One of the nation's largest public school systems is preparing to include gender identity to its classroom curriculum, including lessons on sexual fluidity and spectrum - the idea that there's no such thing …
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New York Times:
Amtrak Train Possibly Hit Before Wreck — PHILADELPHIA — The Amtrak train that derailed Tuesday, killing eight people and injuring more than 200, may have been struck by an object before it careened off the tracks, an assistant conductor on the train told investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board.
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Benjamin Elgin / Bloomberg Business:
Oil CEO Wanted University Quake Scientists Dismissed: Dean's E-Mail — The billionaire CEO of Continental Resources told a dean at the University of Oklahoma that he wanted earthquake researchers dismissed — Oil tycoon Harold Hamm told a University of Oklahoma dean last year …
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ThinkProgress, Raw Story and Fuel Fix
Doug Hughes / Washington Post:
I flew a gyrocopter onto the Capitol Lawn to save our democracy — When I return to Washington for my arraignment in federal court this week, it will be by car, not gyrocopter. My flying days are over, perhaps forever. Accepting responsibility for my actions means I accept their consequences, which I always took seriously.
New York Times:
President Obama and the Gulf Arabs — Saudi Arabia is so angry at the emerging nuclear agreement between Iran and the major powers that it is threatening to develop its own nuclear capability — one more indication of the deep differences between the United States and the Persian Gulf Arab states …
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Charles V. Bagli / New York Times:
F. A. O. Schwarz to Close Its Doors on Fifth Avenue — F. A. O. Schwarz, the legendary toy store on Fifth Avenue, will close its doors July 15, a victim of rising rents and ultraluxury retailing in New York City's hottest shopping district. — New Yorkers will have to make do with the F …
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Fox News Insider and Gothamist