Thousands of police in uniform honor slain officer at wake New Haven Register
• 1 hour ago A bagpiper plays as police officers file through the wake for slain Weymouth police officer Michael Chesna at St. Mary of the Sacred Heart in Hanover, Mass., Thursday, July 19, 2018.
The Patriot Ledger reports several thousand officers solemnly processed into the wake for Sgt.
Trump criticizes Fed rate hikes, breaking a 25-year precedent USA TODAY
• 3 hours ago In a CNBC interview scheduled to air Friday morning, Trump said, “I'm not thrilled” with the Fed's rate hikes.
The Fed boosts rates to tamp down economic activity and head off a spike in inflation.
Republicans withdraw 9th Circuit nominee amid criticism over his college writings Los Angeles Times
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• 4 hours ago His writings could amount to as many as a million pages.
Senate Republican leaders on Thursday abruptly withdrew the nomination of Ryan Bounds for the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, a reminder of how a single GOP senator's objection can derail a judicial confirmation when all Democrats unite against it.
State governors delve into foreign diplomacy on trade war seattlepi.com
• 1 hour ago SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - State governors discussed ways Thursday to court foreign investment in the wake of President Donald Trump's trade disputes with countries including China, Canada and Mexico.
Several of the more than 20 governors attending the annual meeting of the National Governors Association said shifting U.S. trade policies are rattling markets for agricultural commodities and complicating decisions by foreign investors.
Mashable reviews Apple's new 15-inch MacBook Pro: 'An insanely powerful machine' MacDailyNews
• 4 hours ago “Apple loaned us a 15-inch MacBook Pro, with an 8th-generation Intel Core i9 processor and 32GB of DDR4 RAM (top of the line for both), to try out for this review, and I've been using it pretty much exclusively since last Friday,” Pete Pachal writes for Mashable.
“Other than the keyboard, there is absolutely no discernable physical difference between the current 15-inch MacBook Pro and the previous generation.
Lawsuit against University of Colorado officials dismissed bnd.com
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• 1 hour ago A federal Judge has dismissed part of a lawsuit by a woman who has accused a former University of Colorado assistant football coach of domestic violence, claiming the head coach and other university officials knew of the abuse and tried to cover it up.
The Daily Camera reports the lawsuit against former coach Joe Tumpkin remains in place, but U.S. District Judge William Martinez dismissed the other defendants, including head coach Mike MacIntyre and athletic director Rick George.
Chance the Rapper, Chicagoist Website Deal Announced in Single Newsmax.com
• 5 hours ago Chance the Rapper bought Chicagoist, a local news site covering the Windy City, in a deal announced on one of his four new tracks released at midnight ET Wednesday.
Terms of the deal for Chicagoist weren't disclosed.
American flag burned outside LA office of congresswoman NewsTimes
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• 1 hour ago LOS ANGELES (AP) - A small crowd that gathered Thursday outside the Los Angeles office of U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters to counter an expected protest by a self-styled militia group burned an American flag taken from the back of a pickup truck.
The flag was stepped on and lit on fire as someone stoked the flames.
Trump aims to end automatic protections for some species San Antonio Express-News
• 2 hours ago DENVER (AP) - The Trump administration on Thursday proposed ending automatic protections for threatened animals and plants and limiting habitat safeguards meant to shield recovering species from harm.
and streamlining inter-agency consultations when federal government actions could jeopardize a species.
McConnell withdraws Trump judicial pick minutes before vote detroitnews.com
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• 2 hours ago McConnell indicated that the administration would be withdrawing the nomination of Ryan Bounds, an assistant U.S. attorney in Oregon, to serve on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
The two senators from Bounds' home state, Democrats Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, had objected to the nomination, saying the Trump administration hadn't consulted them about it.
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