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Fast Forward Anton Yelchin, Chekhov of ‘Star Trek’ Films, Crushed in Bizarre Car Accident in Driveway
Anton Yelchin, a 27-year-old actor best known for playing the character Chekov in two “Star Trek” movies, was killed early on Sunday when his car rolled and pinned him against a wall in his driveway, police said. Russian-born Yelchin died shortly after 1 a.m. when he apparently stepped out of his car in the steep…
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Fast Forward ‘Justice Finally Done’ as 94-Year-Old Auschwitz Guard Gets Prison
A 94-year-old former Auschwitz guard was sentenced to jail in Germany on Friday by a judge who branded him a “willing and efficient henchman” in the Holocaust. In what is likely to be one of Germany’s last trials for World War Two-era atrocities, Reinhold Hanning was convicted of being an accessory to the murder of…
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Fast Forward Mark Zuckerberg Foundation Pours Cash Into African Software Training Firm
Facebook Inc founder Mark Zuckerberg’s philanthropy venture has made its first major investment, leading a funding round in a startup that trains and recruits software developers in Africa. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative LLC, created by Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan, led a $24 million Series B funding in Andela, the startup said on Thursday….
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Fast Forward Orlando Gunman’s Palestinian-American Wife Eyed by Authorities
The wife of the gunman who killed 49 people at an Orlando gay nightclub could face criminal charges as early as Wednesday after a federal grand jury was convened to study possible wrongdoing by her, a law enforcement source said. Omar Mateen’s wife, Noor Salman, knew of his plans for what became the deadliest mass…
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Fast Forward Hillary Clinton Holds ‘Positive’ 90-Minute Unity Meeting With Bernie Sanders
Hillary Clinton formally concluded the U.S. Democratic presidential race on Tuesday with a win in the District of Columbia primary, then turned her focus to uniting the party during a 90-minute private meeting with defeated rival Bernie Sanders. Clinton, who secured enough delegates to clinch the nomination last week, met with Sanders in a downtown…
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Fast Forward President Obama and Hillary Clinton Lash Out at Donald Trump for Anti-Muslim Rhetoric
Democratic President Barack Obama lambasted Donald Trump’s proposed ban on Muslim immigrants on Tuesday in an angry denunciation of the Republican presidential candidate’s response to the Orlando nightclub massacre. Obama and Hillary Clinton, the Democrat he has endorsed to succeed him in the Nov. 8 general election, made nearly simultaneous speeches responding to Trump, the…
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Fast Forward Israel Detente With Turkey Could Bring Closer Ties to NATO
Israel’s efforts to reconcile with NATO member Turkey will help enhance Israeli intelligence sharing and other security cooperation with the alliance, a NATO diplomat said on Tuesday. The once-strong Israeli-Turkish partnership was shattered by Israel’s killing of 10 pro-Palestinian Turkish activists who sailed against its Gaza blockade in 2010, and Ankara had chafed at Israeli…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Will Meet Hillary Clinton After Washington D.C. Votes in Final Primary
Democratic presidential rivals Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are set to meet on Tuesday evening after voting concludes in Washington, D.C.’s primary nominating contest, marking the end of a fierce battle for the party’s mantle. Clinton has all but wrapped up the Democratic nomination for the White House already after a string of wins since…
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