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Brazil’s first female president, Dilma Rousseff, shown in a March 2015 photo, has been suspended from office and is to stand trial. (Photo by Senado Federal) Photo used under CC BY

Rousseff impeachment: How did it go so wrong?

A year and a half ago, 54.5 million Brazilians went to the polls to re-elect Dilma Rousseff in one of the world’s largest democratic elections. Now she has been suspended from office and is to stand trial. She may be removed from office.

BBC

FBI to continue Clinton email probe

FBI Director James Comey provided no details about the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private server and reiterated to reporters during there is no external deadline to finish the probe, despite the upcoming convention.

BBC

Obama directs schools to honor gender ID

The Obama administration has instructed schools to allow transgender students to use bathrooms matching their gender identity. The departments of Education and Justice require educators to “ensure an environment free from discrimination based on sex.”

CNN

Judge rules for House on Obamacare funding

A federal judge ruled against the Obama administration in a challenge to a portion of the Affordable Care Act brought by the House of Representatives.

CNN

For some, Trump presents moral dilemma

Donald Trump is seeking unity with Republican leaders. But for some GOP lawmakers, backing the brash billionaire is about more than tax cuts or trade, immigration or national security. It’s about morality and character.

Christian Science Monitor

Trump makes nice to GOP power brokers

Reuters

Sanders campaign: Dems ‘court disaster’ in Clinton

CNN

RIGHTS

Girl barred from prom after not wearing dress

Dress codes took another beating as a Pennsylvania teenager was barred from attending her school prom because she refused to wear a dress.

The Rakyat Post

Citadel won’t let Muslim wear headscarf

The Citadel military school in South Carolina has denied a request by a newly admitted student to wear a traditional Muslim headscarf.

MSN News

Harvard students protest leadership restriction

Harvard announced that students — starting with the class of 2017 — who belong to sororities, fraternities, or single-sex final clubs won’t be able to lead athletic teams or other student organizations.

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GOVERNMENT & POLITICS

N. Korea denies executing former military chief

A former North Korean military chief who Seoul had said was executed is actually alive and in possession of new senior-level posts.

MSN News

North Korean general turns up at party congress

CNN

London mayor slams Trump’s view of Islam

London Mayor slammed Donald Trump’s “ignorant” view of Islam, after the Republican presidential contender suggested Khan could be exempted from a proposed temporary ban on Muslims entering the US.

MSN News

Queen says Chinese officials were ‘rude’

Queen Elizabeth II has been overheard on video calling Chinese officials “very rude” in a conversation with a senior police officer at a Buckingham Palace event.

Times of India

David Cameron calls Afghanistan, Nigeria ‘fantastically corrupt’

CNN

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Supermarket operator Kroger to hire 14,000

Kroger is holding a nationwide hiring event to fill 14,000 open jobs across all its supermarket chains, including Ralphs, Fred Meyer and Food 4 Less.

MSN Money

Wal-Mart sues Visa over chip cards

Walmart is suing Visa, saying the payments network is preventing it from requiring shoppers to punch in personal identification numbers as an extra security measure when they pay with a chip-enabled debit card.

MSN Money

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

DNA from humans, rats in veggie burgers

In a sample of 89 veggie burgers collected from a range of brands, Clear Labs identified several problems with “substitution, hygienic issues, and pathogenic contamination.”

FOX News

First alien earth still elusive to researchers

Astronomers announced the discovery of 1,284 exoplanets by NASA‘s Kepler space telescope, bringing the prolific observatory’s total haul to 2,325 confirmed alien worlds. However, none of these appears to be a true Earth twin.

NBCNews.com

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GOOD NEWS

Five lost languages rediscovered in MA

Previously, experts had believed that the Native Americans of central Massachusetts spoke a single language: Loup. However, new research shows that they spoke at least five different languages.

Smithsonian Magazine

Man wins beats EPA in battle over pond

A Wyoming man threatened with $16 million in fines over the building of a stock pond reached a settlement with the Environment Protection Agency, allowing him to keep the pond without a federal permit or hefty fine.

FOX News

NGO AND NONPROFIT

China tightens its grip on foreign NGOs

China has passed a controversial law imposing new regulations on foreign nongovernmental organizations and charitable groups, forcing them to submit to police supervision and declare their sources of funding.

CNN

What China’s foreign NGO restrictions mean for US businesses

Fortune

NGO: US poultry workers wear diapers on job

Workers in plants run by the largest U.S. poultry producers are regularly being denied bathroom breaks, and as a result, some are reduced to wearing diapers while working on the processing line, Oxfam America has said.

Bloomberg

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Obama urged to rescind discriminatory memo

A group of constitutional lawyers has called on Obama to revoke a legal memo that purportedly allows religious groups to refuse to provide services, including emergency contraception for human trafficking victims.

ProPublica

Rihanna launches scholarship program

The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter announced that she’s officially launching a global scholarship program through her nonprofit, the Clara Lionel Foundation, to help students pay for college.

MSN Entertainment

ENVIRONMENT

Global CO2 concentration causes concern

The world is hurtling towards an era when global concentrations of carbon dioxide never again dip below the 400 parts per million (ppm) milestone, as two important measuring stations sit on the point of no return.

Guardian

Thailand to shut largest gold mine

Thailand will shutter its largest gold mine by the end of the year after the government said concern the project was damaging the environment and sickening workers outweighed its economic benefit.

Bloomberg

Photo of the Day

Hundreds of environmental activists invaded the UK’s largest opencast coalmine and halted operations across the vast site. The action in Wales marked the start of a global wave of direct action coordinated by the group Reclaim the Power supporting a transition away from fossil fuels. (Photo by Break Free) Photo used under CC BY

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