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Air Force One transported President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump on their recent trip to the Caen-Carpiquet Airport in Carpiquet, Normandy, France earlier this month.
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Trump Designs On Revamped Air Force One May Not Take Off

Jun 16, 2019
Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Conn., has attached an amendment to the annual defense policy plan to keep Trump's designs on the next presidential plane within budget.

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Air Date: Friday, June 14, 2019

Nevada, Area 51 and UFOs: Myth No More?

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  • At one time, military members who reported seeing unidentified flying objects risked ridicule and lost seniority. Now, the U.S. Navy has a new policy about UFO sightings that doesn't stigmatize reporting. Does that mean the days of calling UFOs a myth is over?  

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Natalie Lynch at home with her youngest child, Maycen. In 2014, when Lynch was pregnant with her older child, she spent two weeks before giving birth in<strong> </strong>a prison cell, mostly alone.

Pregnant, Locked Up, And Alone

Jun 16, 2019
Natalie Lynch spent the last two weeks of her pregnancy in a prison cell, mostly alone. As female incarceration rates rise, some states are banning solitary confinement of pregnant women.
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Book Reviews

'Angola Janga' Tells The Story Of Brazil's Runaway Slave Communities

Jun 16, 2019
Marcelo D'Salete's powerful graphic novel chronicles the mocambos, communities of runaway slaves that flourished in the jungles of 17th century Brazil, and all the lives they touched, slave and free.
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Business
Customers abandoned their carts after the cash registers failed at a Target location in Washington, D.C.

Target Cash Registers Back Online After Chaotic Nationwide Tech Failure

Jun 15, 2019
They were reopened after the company resolved a computer problem, but for two hours, shopping carts across the country were stopped in their tracks and Twitter had a field day.
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Business
Workers produce vehicles at Volkswagen's U.S. plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. Some 1,600 workers have narrowly voted against unionizing the plant, the second time an effort to unionize the plant has failed in recent years.

Tennessee Workers Reject Union At Volkswagen Plant — Again

Jun 15, 2019
The outcome at the Chattanooga plant is the latest blow against organized labor in the South, where union advocates have tried for years to strengthen representation in auto facilities.
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Energy
Mariners from the MT Front Altair arrive at Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Saturday.

Crew Of Norwegian-Owned Oil Tanker Arrives In Dubai After 'Hostile Attack'

Jun 15, 2019
The 10-member crew of Front Altair reached Dubai two days after explosions rocked two oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz. Backed by video evidence, the U.S. is blaming Iran.
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Goats and Soda
In Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta, oil bunkering — the practice of siphoning oil from pipelines — has transformed parts of the once-thriving delta ecosystem into an ecological dead zone, <a href="https://postconflict.unep.ch/publications/OEA/UNEP_OEA

Oh Dear: Photos Show What Humans Have Done To The Planet

Jun 15, 2019
Some scientists say we've entered a new geological epoch — the anthropocene era — defined by the human impact on the global landscape. Three artists traveled to 22 countries to see what we've wrought.
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Africa
Kenyan army soldiers ride in a vehicle at their base in 2012. On Saturday, authorities in Kenya blamed Somali militant group al-Shabab for a blast that reportedly left 10 police officers dead.

Kenyan Police Blame Al-Shabab For Blast Near Somalia That Left Officers Dead

Jun 15, 2019
At least 10 officers were reportedly killed in the explosion Saturday morning local time. The officers were said to be pursuing extremists who had kidnapped police reservists.
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Latin America
Adélio Bispo de Oliveira, who confessed to stabbing Jair Bolsonaro, sits after being detained following the attack in September 2018.

Brazilian Judge Acquits Man Who Stabbed Jair Bolsonaro

Jun 15, 2019
The judge says Adélio Bispo de Oliveira was mentally ill when he almost killed the then-presidential candidate during a campaign stop. Bolsonaro, now president, vows to overturn the ruling.
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