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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The former officer who shot Daunte Wright in Minneapolis faces a charge of second-degree manslaughter.

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The Biden administration may place sanctions on more than 30 Russian entities as soon as Thursday.

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Protests have been continuing over the death of Daunte Wright, who police say was shot in error.

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When a DNA test revealed a decades-old family secret, Maia?s life was turned upside down.

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An expert called by the defence says drugs and heart problems contributed to George Floyd's death.

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A BBC team meets the Taliban, a group that clearly sees itself as Afghanistan's government-in-waiting.

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As MPs announce another inquiry into the Greensill row, David Cameron suggests he will co-operate.

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The group claim Australia has breached their human rights by failing to act on climate change.

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Some users said they were offered "appetite suppressants" and "fasting" by the search feature.

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"It is time for American troops to come home," says Joe Biden, the fourth president to oversee the war.

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Meanwhile, ESXi on Arm spotted booting Windows

Two new Windows-on-Arm options have come into view.?

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One day you too can experience a few minutes of free fall with great visuals... if you can afford it

Video Blue Origin has successfully completed a test launch and landing of its reuseable New Shepard rocket with an advanced capsule design, bringing the outfit one step closer to eventually sending up paying passengers.?

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?Market does not appreciate hardware/software combo? says Big Mike. So virty giant gets freedom, customers are promised no change

+Analysis Dell will spin out its stake in VMware, and the two companies will continue to operate without major changes for at least five years. Indeed, they said they plan to deepen their collaboration.?

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Firefox 'fully compromised' in 15 minutes via SMASH attack

Boffins from Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam and ETH in Zurich have bypassed memory chip defenses to execute a successful browser-based Rowhammer side-channel attack dubbed SMASH.?

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Among the victims: the United Nations

A Nigerian email scammer based in New York was on Tuesday sentenced to 40 months in prison, and ordered to pay back $2.7m in stolen money.?

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Mozilla-authored code in iOS exploited, since patched, it is claimed

Australian security firm Azimuth has been identified as the experts who managed to crack a mass shooter's iPhone that was at the center of an encryption standoff between the FBI and Apple.?

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Firm's Griffin lander to do the honours

Astrobotic has provided an explanation for another of SpaceX boss Elon Musk's tweets with news that its Griffin lander lander will be riding a Falcon Heavy to the Moon in 2023.?

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'Federated Learning of Cohorts' groups users together and is already being tested in Chrome

Updated Google's FLoC (Federated Learning of Cohorts) mechanism for ad personalisation, currently being trialled in the Chrome browser, has been rejected as privacy-invasive tracking by other browser makers including Vivaldi and Brave.?

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We're sure the comms watchdog will take that on board

Huawei has argued that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) cannot force US carriers to remove its equipment from their networks, and can only reimburse those that voluntarily choose to do so.?

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JS component seems to be focus of researchers and miscreants alike

Google has announced new updates to Chrome 89 following the discovery of yet another live exploit for a vulnerability in the V8 JavaScript engine.?

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This event is mysterious, but we're confident iPads will figure prominently.

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Demand and carbon emissions are way down, renewables far more common than expected.

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"Three decades of of industry-driven deregulation have failed us," union says.

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Adenoviruses are an obvious link, but a puzzling suspect in the dangerous cases.

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The Q4 e-tron and Q4 Sportback e-tron share a platform with VW's ID.4 crossover.

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First flying cars. Then an endless runway. Then a submarine. Now magnets.

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Carriers reveal they've wasted the last 18 months pretending to do an RCS rollout.

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Vague dates, stern warnings, and Facebook's aspiration to VR-ize your home office.

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Name:Wreck flaws in TCP/IP have global implications.

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The battery EV MX-30 will be joined in time by a range-extended rotary hybrid.

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