Devin Brosnan, one of the two Atlanta police officers charged in the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks, has not agreed to be a witness for the prosecution, his lawyer said on Thursday, contradicting an assertion by the lead prosecutor on the case.

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Facebook Inc said on Thursday it took down posts and ads run by the re-election campaign of U.S. President Donald Trump for violating its policy against organized hate.

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday dealt President Donald Trump a major setback on his hardline immigration policies, blocking his bid to end a program that protects from deportation hundreds of thousands of immigrants - often called "Dreamers" - who entered the United States illegally as children.

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Mexico's foreign ministry said on Thursday it would monitor the continuity of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) immigration program in the United States after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked President Donald Trump's bid to abolish it.

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The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to confirm a federal judge who is a protege of Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell to an influential appeals court in Washington.

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Former top White House aide John Bolton delivered a damning indictment of his former boss, saying Donald Trump's behavior in office and dealings with foreign leaders showed he was unfit to be president of the United States.

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U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday revelations in a book by a former top White House aide show President Donald Trump is unfit and unprepared to be president and Democrats will continue oversight of the Republican president's behavior.

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Juneteenth, an annual U.S. holiday on June 19, has taken on greater significance this year following nationwide protests over police brutality and the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Rayshard Brooks and other African Americans.

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled 5-4 against President Donald Trump's move to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that offers work permits and deportation relief to certain immigrants who came to the country illegally as children.

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Electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc wants to start building a large vehicle assembly plant in the southwestern United States as early as the third quarter of this year, the company told Texas officials in documents made public this week.

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Director of photography Halyna Hutchins was killed by a prop gun fired by the actor in New Mexico.

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An incident involving US actor Alec Baldwin puts the spotlight on an item often used on film sets.

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Chris Storey is waiving his right to anonymity in the hope of helping other people.

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Officials destroyed dams so salmon could swim upstream. It helped preserve the livelihoods of the Hupa tribe.

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The controversial law will be tested next month when the court holds an expedited hearing.

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The health workers say security forces injured 30 colleagues when they opened fire at a protest.

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As Microsoft closes down the main version of LinkedIn, Apple looks more alone in China than ever.

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The jailed real estate heir is facing a new second-degree murder charge, authorities say.

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The walls of three-year-old Sachu's house collapsed when it was hit by heavy rain and flooding in Kerala.

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It may be more contagious than Delta, but there is no evidence yet that it causes worse illness, experts say.

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Golf enthusiast given 30 days to cough up code

A Florida man has been accused of breaking the copyleft license of Mastodon by running an online instance of the software without providing its source code as required.?

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Amended Texas complaint alleges backroom efforts to maintain ad dominance and more

Several years ago, to deal with the competitive threat of header bidding ? a way for multiple ad exchanges to get a fair shot at winning an automated auction for ad space ? Google allegedly hatched a plan called "Jedi" to ensure that its ad exchange always won.?

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Windows giant has a funny way of 'loving' Free software

Microsoft has enraged the open-source .NET community by removing flagship functionality from open-source .NET to bolster the appeal of Visual Studio, not least against its cross-platform cousin Visual Studio Code.?

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Watchdog finds dubious data gathering, illusory solicitations for consent

The US Federal Trade Commission on Thursday said many internet service providers are sharing data about their customers, in defiance of expectations, and are failing to give subscribers adequate choices about whether or how their data is shared.?

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Component swaps still a thing ? for now

Apple's seventh-gen Watch has managed to maintain its iFixit repairability rating on a par with the last model ? unlike its smartphone sibling.?

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Learn how to take the broad view by tuning into this webcast early next month

Sponsored We?re used to talking about the disruption AI will inevitably cause. But that disruption is predicated on AI moving into production, and that requires integration into the broader corporate infrastructure.?

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Only for one-to-one voice and video, mind

Microsoft has finally kicked off the rollout of end-to-end-encryption (E2EE) in its Teams collaboration platform with a public preview of E2EE for one-to-one calls.?

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Researcher spots RSA tell-tale lurking in plain sight on VirusTotal

Around 1,500 Cobalt Strike beacons uploaded to VirusTotal were reusing the same RSA keys from a cracked version of the software, according to a security researcher who pored through the malware repository.?

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More transparency and reporting needed, says Arunja Capital

Updated Accusations of harassment and concerns over pay gaps continue to dog Microsoft as shareholders were urged by investor Arunja Capital to vote for the software giant to release transparency reports.?

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15% tax minimum to hit tech firms

The US government and administrations in Europe have come to an agreement that will drop the threat of tariffs in response to policies on digital services taxes (DSTs).?

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Two new papers highlight promising methods for making shapeshifting structures.

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Scientists ask the public for help in figuring out which signals are real.

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Supply challenges related to the screen may have delayed the launch.

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The veteran of 420 F1 races tells us about his job.

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Transition from PS2 era means top-to-bottom update?plus teases on Xbox Game Pass, PS Now.

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Multi-nation operation succeeds as gang member makes critical mistake.

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Greater variety in SoCs may give products more control over things like battery life.

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And just in time for the holiday shopping frenzy.

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So why don't all rocket engines have giant nozzles?

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Future-proofed update will let coders "repurpose the hardware for more things."

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