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CNN:
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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DoD:
Carter: Special Operations Troops Conduct Raid in Syria — Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced in a statement today that U.S. special operations forces yesterday conducted an operation in Syria to capture a senior leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorist organization.
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The Moderate Voice, New York Times and The Long War Journal
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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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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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 …
Politico:
Bill and Hillary Clinton made roughly $25 million in speeches since 2014 — Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton made more than $25 million delivering 104 speeches since the beginning of last year, according to a mandatory financial disclosure form filed Friday.
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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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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.
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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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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James Alan Fox / USA Today:
Tsarnaev death expensive justice: James Fox — We don't need to kill to make a point. — After 10 grueling weeks of testimony, with over 100 witnesses taking the stand and over 700 exhibits being entered into the record, the long-anticipated verdict is finally in: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev …
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Bobby Blanchard / The Texas Tribune:
In Gay Marriage Battle, the Clock Beats Cecil Bell … When the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the federal Defense of Marriage Act in 2013, ruling it unconstitutional to deny federal benefits to legally married same-sex couples, Rep. Cecil Bell Jr., R-Magnolia, found himself agreeing with Justice Anthony Kennedy's majority opinion.
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