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The officer who shoved a kneeling protester has been charged with misdemeanor battery

CNN – By: CNN – Jul 1, 2:38 PM

(CNN) The Fort Lauderdale Police officer seen on video shoving a kneeling protester and then being scolded by a fellow officer has been charged with misdemeanor battery, according to court records. Officer Steven Pohorence, who has been suspended…

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Iran sentences journalist to death

CNN – By Nada AlTaher, Ramin Mostaghim and Amy Woodyatt, CNN – Jul 1, 1:12 PM

Tehran(CNN) Iranian dissident and journalist Rouhollah Zam has been sentenced to death, months after he was apprehended by Iranian forces in mysterious circumstances. Zam was found guilty of 'corruption on earth,' a judiciary spokesman…

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Russian voters overwhelmingly back a ploy by President Vladimir Putin to rule until 2036

CNN – By Nathan Hodge and Mary Ilyushina, CNN – Jul 1, 10:38 AM

Moscow(CNN) Russians went to the polls Wednesday to cast ballots in a nationwide referendum on constitutional amendments. Or more precisely, Russians were given a chance to endorse the country's political status quo. The vote paves the way for…

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UK will honor passport promise to eligible Hong Kong residents

CNN – By Sarah Dean, CNN – Jul 1, 5:01 AM

London(CNN) The United Kingdom said Wednesday it would offer a path to citizenship for eligible Hong Kong residents and condemned China's new security law as a threat to the city's freedom. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Wednesday his government…

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Man Falls Through the Floor and Into a Well Beneath a Connecticut House

The New York Times – Allyson Waller – Jul 1, 2:00 AM

Chris Town was assembling a bed frame for a friend's son in a 19th-century house in Guilford, Conn., on Sunday afternoon when the floor gave out beneath him. “I could hear a crackling noise,” Mr. Town, 67, said. “And I looked…

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