2015-06-30 U.S. U.S.

Los Angeles Times   

California now under pressure to propose lethal injection method   
Los Angeles Times
The Supreme Court's decision Monday giving a green light to an execution drug triggered a renewed attempt in California to create a single-drug method of lethal injection for inmates on America's largest death row. Under a legal settlement reached ...
A Divided Court on Three Big Rulings   New York Times
Supreme Court upholds lethal injection procedure   Washington Post
Supreme Court Ruling Won't Stop Search for Execution Drugs   TIME
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Los Angeles Times   

Supreme Court blocks Texas abortion law from taking effect   
Los Angeles Times
The Supreme Court by a 5-4 vote blocked the state of Texas, at least for now, from enforcing a strict new abortion law that was likely to close most of the state's remaining abortion clinics. The measure would require these clinics to have doctors on ...
Supreme Court temporarily blocks Texas abortion law   Washington Post
The Supreme Court Might Destroy Affirmative Action Because a White Woman's ...   Slate Magazine
Supreme Court will re-hear Texas affirmative action case   Your Houston News
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Washington Post   

A Look at Wildfire Hotspots Around the West   
ABC News
Wildfires chased residents from neighborhoods in Washington state, where 24 structures burned, and in California, where flames raged uncomfortably close to a historic mission. In Alaska, rain helped suppress fire activity. Here's a look at hotspots ...
'Mind blowing' flames destroy homes in Washington state   Miami Herald
Kitsap sends support to Wenatchee   Kitsap Sun
Washington 'Sleepy Hollow' wildfire destroys at least 23 homes, three ...   ABC Online
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New York Daily News   

Supreme Court blocks top Obama environmental effort on emissions from coal ...   
New York Daily News
The Supreme Court on Monday blocked a top Obama administration environmental effort. The court, in a 5-to-4 ruling, said EPA restrictions on emissions of mercury and other pollutants by coal-fired power plants improperly ignored the cost the rules ...
Supreme Court: EPA erred in rule on toxic emissions from power plants   Washington Post
For US power firms, EPA ruling barely a bump on road to natgas   Reuters
Supreme Court Blocks Obama's Limits on Power Plants   New York Times
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Christian Science Monitor   

Obama plans to extend overtime to more salaried workers   
Washington Post
President Obama said Monday that he wants to require overtime pay for salaried workers who make up to $50,400 a year, a proposal that the White House estimates will cover nearly 5 million workers. The changes would go into effect in 2016 and would ...

2015-06-30 U.S. World

Reuters   

Anti-austerity protests in Greece as bank shutdown bites   
Reuters
ATHENS Tens of thousands of Greeks rallied on Monday to back their leftwing government's rejection of a tough international bailout after a clash with foreign lenders pushed Greece close to financial chaos and forced a shutdown of its banking system.
Greece to default on IMF payment   The Australian
Greek Referendum Plan by Alexis Tsipras Tests His Power and Conviction   New York Times
Greek PM Alexis Tsipras issues defiant call to reject 'insulting' bailout in ...   Sydney Morning Herald
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CNN   

Quick succession of terrorist attacks has officials worried   
CNN
(CNN) The scenes were horrific: Vacationers snapped from their naps by the sound of gunfire. The screams of the injured. Blood on the beach. The attack Friday at a Tunisian beach resort killed at least 18 Britons, but officials said Monday the actual ...
Tunisian gunman ... Seifeddine Rezgui who killed tourists in the Tunisian ...   NEWS.com.au
David Cameron Vows a 'Full' Response to Tunisia Attack   New York Times
Brits injured in Tunisia hotel attack are flown back to the UK   Daily Mail
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Firstpost   

Egypt's top public prosecutor Hisham Barakat killed in car bomb attack   
Firstpost
Cairo: Egypt's top public prosecutor died of wounds sustained in a car bomb attack on his convoy as it was leaving his home on Monday, the most senior state official killed in militant violence since the toppling of an Islamist president two years ago.
Hisham Barakat, Prosecutor Assassinated in Egypt, Is Most Senior Official to ...   New York Times
Car bomb attack kills Egypt's top public prosecutor   Reuters
Egypt's top prosecutor survives bomb attack in east Cairo   Irish Independent
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Hindustan Times   

Israeli navy peacefully gains possession of Gaza-bound vessel   
Hindustan Times
Israel's navy took over a Swedish vessel attempting to breach a naval blockade of the Gaza Strip early on Monday and brought it to an Israeli port. It said the foreign activists would be questioned before they are sent back to their home countries. The ...
Netanyahu, MKs praise IDF for takeover of flotilla   Jerusalem Post Israel News
Israeli detains Gaza-bound aid vessel   The Hindu
Watch what these passengers have to say about Gaza Freedom Flotilla's social ...   Al-Bawaba
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CBS News   

A year of the self-declared Islamic Caliphate   
CBS News
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) first formed during the Iraq war as a fledgling terrorist group aligned with al Qaeda, and has since struck out on its own to control vast swaths of territory straddling Iraq and Syria. A major turning point ...
Congress Voted Against Directly Arming Iraq's Kurds. Here's What That Means ...   Huffington Post
Islamic State seen as potent force a year after caliphate declaration - Pentagon   The Star Online
US and allies intensify anti-ISIS strikes in Syria   ARA News

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ABC Online   

Two Uber executives detained for questioning by French police as part of probe ...   
ABC Online
French police have detained two executives from Uber for questioning as a government clampdown intensifies on the US based taxi and ride-sharing service. Uber France manager Thibaud Simphal and western Europe general manager Pierre-Dimitri ...

2015-06-29 U.S. Spotlight

New York Observer   

Israel-Hating Professor Hired to Teach Class on Israel at U of Missouri   
New York Observer
Would you let David Duke teach a class on African-American history? How about Anita Bryant starting an LGBTQ studies program? Beyond incomprehensible—the makings of a Saturday Night Live skit. But this is no laughing matter. This insanity is a reality, ...

2015-06-29 U.S. Health

Business Insider   

New data fuel hopes for broad use of Novartis psoriasis drug   
GlobalPost
BASEL, Switzerland (Reuters) - Novartis is increasingly confident about the potential of its new injectable drug Cosentyx, as fresh clinical data confirms its long-term benefits in treating psoriatic arthritis. Cosentyx was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug ...

2015-06-29 U.S. Science

MarketWatch   

US space assumptions explode along with cargo   
Financial Times
It was a puff of smoke 139 seconds into the Falcon 9 rocket's voyage towards the International Space Station that indicated something had gone wrong. Moments later, with the rocket operated by SpaceX nearly 45km above the Atlantic Ocean, smoke began ...

2015-06-29 U.S. Sports

New York Times   

LeBron James to Opt Out of Contract, Reports Say   
New York Times
LeBron James will become an unrestricted free agent, choosing not to exercise a $21.6 million option on his contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers for next season, multiple news outlets reported Sunday. The outlets cited anonymous sources because neither ...

2015-06-29 U.S. Entertainment

TIME   

You Can See Where She Gets It! Nicki Minaj Brings Mom Carol Onstage at the ...   
TIME
Nicki Minaj may have had Meek Mill as her date at the 2015 BET Awards on Sunday, but she brought her mom onstage to accept her big award. The 32-year-old rapper was joined onstage by her look-alike mom when she won the award for best female ...