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Olivia Messer / Waco Tribune-Herald:
UPDATES: Police believe five motorcyle gangs involved in deadly Twin Peaks shootout — UPDATE, 7:45 p.m.: Police now believe there were five gangs involved in Sunday's deadly shootout at Twin Peaks in Central Texas Marketplace, and some were allied with one another.
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Dallas Morning News:
9 bikers killed in rival gang shootout outside Waco restaurant — WACO — A shootout among rival motorcycle gangs at a crowded Waco restaurant Sunday afternoon killed nine bikers and injured at least 18, police said. — No bystanders were injured in what police said was the culmination …
KWTX-TV:
Sunday Biker Gang Shooting Leaves Nine Dead, Several Injured
Sunday Biker Gang Shooting Leaves Nine Dead, Several Injured
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New York Times:
9 Are Killed in Biker Gang Shootout in Waco
9 Are Killed in Biker Gang Shootout in Waco
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Dana Ford / CNN:
Reports: 9 dead in Waco, Texas, shooting
Reports: 9 dead in Waco, Texas, shooting
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Sarah Kaplan / Washington Post:
Dean Potter, extreme climber, dies in Yosemite base jumping accident — Yet again, Dean Potter was hurtling through the air. A dead tree stood on the ground below him, a strange tug at the space between his shoulders came from above. — Potter, already a famous rock climber, had been having this dream night after night.
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Grayson Schaffer / Outside Online:
Dean Potter Killed in BASE-Jumping Accident — The climbing great died Saturday while attempting a wingsuit flight from Yosemite's Taft Point — On Saturday evening, May 16, BASE jumpers Dean Potter and Graham Hunt died after attempting a wingsuit flight from Taft Point …
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
ABC Colleague: George Stephanopoulos 'Really Isn't a Journalist' — If ABC's chief anchor thought two apologies over his undeclared Clinton Foundation donations would be enough to pacify his critics, he was wrong. — It has been a rough weekend for ABC News's embattled chief anchor, George Stephanopoulos, and an even worse Sunday.
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John Fund / National Review:
Stephanopoulos's Long, Long Record of Loyal Service to the Clintons
Stephanopoulos's Long, Long Record of Loyal Service to the Clintons
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Daniel J. McGraw / Politico:
The GOP is dying off. Literally. — Lead image by Getty. — It turns out that one of the Grand Old Party's biggest—and least discussed—challenges going into 2016 is lying in plain sight, written right into the party's own nickname. The Republican Party voter is old—and getting older …
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The Hill:
Washington's new odd couple: McConnell and Obama — Washington's new odd couple is President Obama and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. — The longtime adversaries — McConnell memorably said his top priority was to make Obama a one-term president — are suddenly cooperating …
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The Note: Trouble In Mason City, Feat. Hillary Clinton and Rick Santorum … NOTABLES —YOU REALLY OUGHT TO GIVE IOWA A TRY: Broadway this is not. But if Rick Santorum has anything to do with it, there's going to be trouble today in Mason City, Iowa — the town famous for inspiring “The Music Man.”
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Obama to Limit Military-Style Equipment for Police Forces — WASHINGTON — President Obama on Monday will ban the federal provision of some types of military-style equipment to local police departments and sharply restrict the availability of others, administration officials said …
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Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:
Shape Of Greek Endgame Emerges: IMF Discussed “Cyprus-Like” Plan After Tsipras Warned Of Looming Default — As we said over the weekend, it's all about Riga again for Greece. EU leaders will meet on Thursday and Friday in Latvia where PM Alexis Tsipras will try to secure a more favorable outcome …
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Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Democrats sic identity politics on their own — The left has handicapped its ability to debate policy, even among themselves. — They told me if I voted for Mitt Romney, we'd have a condescending president who looked down on his female critics as “little ladies” who didn't understand how the world works.
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ABC News:
Exclusive Interview: Elian Gonzalez Wants to Come to the US … Elian Gonzalez would like to return to the United States, he tells ABC News in an exclusive interview. — “To the American people, first I say thank you for the love they give me,” Gonzalez said. “I want the time to give my love to American people.”
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Washington Post:
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) to announce 2016 presidential decision June 1 — Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.), who in recent months has moved closer to running for president, said Monday that he will announce if he will make a White House bid on June 1 from South Carolina. — “I will make an announcement on June 1st.
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Jessica Taylor / NPR:
GOP Presidential Hopefuls Serve Up Ice Cream, Cheese And Red Meat To Iowans
GOP Presidential Hopefuls Serve Up Ice Cream, Cheese And Red Meat To Iowans
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Rachana Pradhan / Politico:
Skyrocketing Medicaid signups stir Obamacare fights — Some GOP governors are saying: “I told you so.” — Medicaid enrollment under Obamacare is skyrocketing past expectations, giving some GOP governors who oppose the program's expansion under the health law an “I told you so” moment.
Michael Finnegan / Los Angeles Times:
Democratic convention: Loretta Sanchez apologizes for Native American ‘war cry’ — A day after Loretta Sanchez made a stereotypical Native American “war cry” gesture that is now dogging her nascent U.S. Senate campaign, the Orange County congresswoman apologized, saying she had made a mistake.
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Peter Jamison / Los Angeles Times:
Kamala Harris calls Loretta Sanchez's Native American ‘war cry’ shocking
Kamala Harris calls Loretta Sanchez's Native American ‘war cry’ shocking
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