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Ex-Police Commissioner Ray Martinez asks court to slash recommended sentence; supporters write judge

Tom Eader

Martinez argues presentence report miscalculates actual harm, wrongly applies sentencing enhancements, and has produced an unprecedented guidelines range.
BOE keeps single ballot despite requirement for separate federal ballot; motion to fire Fawkes fails

Tom Eader

Election contractor says separate federal and local ballots could be produced before June 17 mailing deadline, but board votes 6-3 to maintain current system.
Ida Smith files complaint with Elections Board over request from Fawkes to prove St. John residency

Tom Eader

Ida Smith, an aspirant for delegate to Congress, argues Supervisor of Elections Caroline Fawkes unlawfully demanded documents proving her St. John residency.

Korean Central News Agency

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North Korea unveils a new plant to produce fuel for nuclear weapons

The Associated Press

State media photos on the place showed it is likely a plant to produce weapons-grade uranium.
Russell Gossett

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NPR

Embedded: "We Keep Us Safe" from NPR, KUOW and The Seattle Times

In the summer of 2020, sixteen-year-old Antonio Mays Jr. traveled a thousand miles to join the racial justice movement of his generation. He arrived in Seattle during the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest, known as CHOP. Less than a week later, he was shot and killed there. The case remains unsolved.

CArol Valade/AFP

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What will it take to get a vaccine for the Ebola strain driving the current outbreak?

Jonathan Lambert

There is an effective vaccine for Ebola — but not for the variety spreading rapidly in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Trials are going on for several candidates. How long will it take?
Charly Triballeau

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AFP via Getty Images

Gun control group sues ATF over records release

Jaclyn Diaz

Brady, a nonprofit gun control advocacy group, is suing the ATF and the DOJ over their refusals to release documents and other information about who the largest sellers of crime guns in the U.S. are.

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BBC News World Service

Hezbollah rejects renewed ceasefire agreed by Israel and Lebanon

The United States announced the ceasefire agreement on Wednesday night following a fresh round of talks.
Trump hits back at 'unpatriotic' vote after House rebukes him over Iran

The lower chamber of Congress passed a measure that seeks to halt further military action, in a vote seen as largely symbolic.
'Crazy' phone call between Trump and Netanyahu complicates Iran talks

Israel's PM laughed off reports of friction, but he has tested the patience of other US presidents.
Israeli strikes kill 11 people in Gaza City, medics say

Women and children were among those killed when Israeli aircraft struck at least four residential buildings in several areas.

Architecture firm Harrison Design presented this plan for the arch at the May 21st U.S. Commission for Fine Arts meeting.

Critics say adding Trump's arch to D.C. would take something away: the view

Rachel Treisman

President Trump's proposed arch, planned to sit between the Lincoln Memorial and the home of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, would block the symbolic view between the two and the message of unity it represents.