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Dashcam footage and audio recordings showing a police officer allegedly shooting a man three times from point blank range, and then planting a knife on his body, have been put to a Melbourne court. (smh.com.au)
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Rio Water holds viral levels 1.7m times what would be considered alarming in the United States and Europe just five days before the Games get underway (independent.co.uk)
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The Department of Justice is suing four major health insurance companies in an attempt to block two proposed mergers. The mergers are a "convenient shortcut to increase profit for these two companies," and that the DOJ had "zero confidence" that they would benefit consumers. (money.cnn.com)
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A state toxicologist says North Carolina's top public health official acted unethically and possibly illegally by telling residents living near Duke Energy coal ash pits that their well water is safe to drink when it's contaminated with a chemical known to cause cancer. (abcnews.go.com)
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Syrian children burn tyres to create no-fly zones: By creating a "smoke curtain" they hope to impede visibility from warplanes that have been carrying out bombing raids (bbc.com)
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Health officials in northern Mexico have refused to authorize an abortion for a 13-year-old girl who was raped by a family acquaintance after a judge downgraded the crime to a charge of sexual coercion. (theguardian.com)
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Climate Change Is Hell on Alaska's Formerly Frozen Highways - A critical artery is threatened by thawing permafrost (bloomberg.com)
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