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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National Guard troops from across the country descend on Washington DC amid tightened security.

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The execution of Dustin Higgs, 48, is the 13th federal death sentence carried out since July.

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But his main rival Bobi Wine cries foul, alleging vote-rigging and saying he's fearful for his safety.

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A critical engine test for Nasa's new "megarocket" - the Space Launch System (SLS) - ends early.

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In 1898 a white mob stormed Wilmington, North Carolina and forced locally elected leaders to resign.

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During starling season in winter, up to four million of the birds descend on Rome, covering streets and vehicles with their droppings.

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Till now, K2 was the only mountain higher than 8,000m not to be conquered in winter.

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People listened to the likes of Bach and Handel as they waited for their jab at Salisbury Cathedral.

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Centrist Armin Laschet is now in a good position to succeed Angela Merkel as Germany's chancellor.

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After the storming of the US Capitol, Donald Trump is facing "a very different set of calculations".

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Idiot faces up to a year in the cooler after FBI tracks him down from SD card found in prang wreckage

A man in California faces up to a year behind bars and a fine for crashing his drone into a police helicopter, forcing an emergency landing.?

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While the Touch Bar is to be banished

Renowned Apple soothsayer Ming-Chi Kuo reckons the iGiant is bringing back its beloved MagSafe charging standard with the next generation of MacBook Pro machines.?

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We'll drink to that

The compatibility layer for Windows applications, Wine, has celebrated the start of 2021 in the traditional manner ? with a substantial update.?

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Parting shot by Trump ? but 'bi-partisan' push against China will continue, says analyst

With five days left before the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, the Trump administration has delivered a parting blow to China's tech industry by designating Xiaomi as a "Communist Chinese military company" and placing it on a financial ban list.?

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A blue day on the Red Planet

Hot on the heels of a mission extension comes news that scientists have now given up on attempts to persuade the NASA InSight lander's "mole" to burrow more than a few centimetres beneath the Martian surface.?

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Install base explodes following WhatsApp 'privacy' update, Musk endorsement

Updated Signal is experiencing a partial outage as tens of millions of netizens flood the free secure messaging service.?

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Commercial involvement in open source is essential, says CMS boss

Interview Content management system Drupal is 20 years old, prompting its founder to talk to about its evolving role, why it shifted from a policy of breaking compatibility with each release, and concerns about JavaScript bloat causing issues for those with poor connectivity.?

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Epic by name, epic (lawsuit) by nature

Epic Games intends to file a competition lawsuit against Google in the UK as part of the ongoing Fortnite-kicked-off-platforms saga, according to documents lodged with the Competition Appeal Tribunal.?

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Uphill battle shifting business applications to the cloud laid bare

SAP today reported preliminary results for 2020, showing the German enterprise software vendor serving up flat revenue and slightly improving profits, along with a worryingly notable drop in licence sales.?

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Spoiler: It's quantum. And who knew? 5G isn't for the peasants

Dell's global chief technology officer, John Roese, shared his thoughts on where technology will go in 2021 at a roundtable event this week. Short version? Anywhere it likes ? so long as it's on Dell kit.?

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New study suggests a desire to see society focus on men helps drive support.

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Traumatized residents, city officials fear a repeat of January 6 insurrection.

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Post titled ?Astonishing fraud! Evil Pfffizer! Fake vaccines!? found on the dark Web.

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"We will manage the hell out of this operation," Biden vowed.

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Disney+ take on Marvel TV is a massive zag from Netflix's zig?and we're intrigued.

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NRDC: Series S/X option will result in 3 million tons of CO2 in five years.

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?Science will always be at the forefront of my administration."

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It's ?a full-frontal assault on public health," one official said.

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Robocaller's fake caller ID numbers were allegedly chosen as neo-Nazi symbols.

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It's a far cry from the maximum $35B Facebook might have owed, but not nothing.

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