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The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe is the central Holocaust memorial in Berlin, Germany, a place of remembrance and commemoration of the up to six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust. (Photo by Luis Calçada) Photo used under CC BY

Holocaust victims’ possessions found

The belongings of Holocaust victims were found after 50 years. More than 16,000 objects — including fragments of shoes, jewelry, watches, and keys — were excavated in 1967 near a gas chamber and crematorium at Auschwitz.

MSN News

In Malawi, albinos are hunted for their bones

Albinos are being hunted like animals in Malawi, a landlocked African country, where their bones are sold in the belief the body parts bring wealth, happiness and good luck.

CNN

New limbs, new hope for hunted albinos

CBS News

Jury can be called back, high court rules

The jurors announce their verdict, and the judge tells them they’re free to go. But the Supreme Court ruled that judges can call those jurors back and tell them to deliberate all over again.

NBCNews.com

Clinton begins vice presidential search

Hillary Clinton said she will consider “the most qualified people” for the Democratic vice presidential nomination -- which would include women.

CNN

Sanders pledges to work with Clinton to defeat Trump

CNN

WHO: Liberia free of active Ebola spreading

The World Health Organization has declared that Liberia has reached the end of active Ebola virus transmission.

Reuters

US-backed fighters to cut ISIS supply line

U.S.-backed fighters closed all major roads leading to the northern Syrian town of Manbij, a stronghold of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and surrounded it from three sides, officials and Syrian opposition activists said.

CBS News

Fallujah fighting escalates humanitarian crisis

Almost 10,000 people have fled escalating violence in the Iraqi region of Anbar in the past 10 days. An estimated 50,000 people remain trapped in the city as the military offensive continues.

Asharq al-Awsat

Battle to take back Fallujah traps 50,000 civilians

CBS News

HUMAN RIGHTS

Philippines president-elect OKs vigilantism

Rodrigo Duterte said he supports vigilantism in a nationally televised speech. Faced with criminals who resist arrest or threaten citizens, the politician suggested that it was fine for citizens to take the law into their own hands.

CNN

Tough-talking Duterte, popular and polarizing

CNN

Israel suspends Palestinian permits

Israel says it has suspended entry permits for 83,000 Palestinians after gunmen killed four people in an attack at a complex in Tel Aviv.

BBC

Police fire on student protesters in PNG

At least nine people were injured when police in Papua New Guinea opened fire on students calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Peter O’Neill amid accusations of corruption.

CNN

ANIMAL RIGHTS

No charges filed in Cincinnati zoo case

No charges will be filed against the parents of a 3-year-old boy who crawled over a barrier at the Cincinnati Zoo and fell into an enclosure with a 450-pound gorilla named Harambe, which led to Harambe’s death.

ABC News

Tiger temple scandal exposes shadowy trade

After a decade of allegations of cruelty, illegal wildlife trafficking and breeding, Thai officials descended on a renowned tiger temple to expose trade in tiger parts that threatens the few remaining tigers in the wild.

Guardian

GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

Trump to switch gears for general election

Having won the Republican nomination in unorthodox style and with a small staff, Trump is scaling up his operation and showing signs of greater discipline.

Guardian

Special section:

The new Republican center of gravity

Guardian

Modi highlights US-India security relations

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a closer security relationship between his country and the US in an address to the US Congress stressing the importance of the warm relationship between the two countries.

CNBC

Austrian challenges election results

In a knife-edge contest that divided the country and captured the attention of the entire continent, the FPÖ candidate, Norbert Hofer, lost to Green-endorsed Alexander Van der Bellen by 30,863 votes.

MSN News

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Israel destroying Palestine aid projects

A surge in Israel‘s destruction of EU-funded projects in Palestine is linked to the EU’s decision in 2015 to label products made in Israeli settlements in the West Bank, according to a new report.

Al Jazeera

US stocks rise with machinery companies

Stocks are rising as machinery and chemicals companies rise. The weaker dollar is giving metals prices a boost and could make U.S. goods more affordable in markets overseas.

ABC News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

First private flight to moon to be approved

Soon, the U.S. government may do something it’s never done before: Approve a private company to go to the moon.

AOL News

Gene editing technique could transform future

Pronounced “crisper,” it is a biological system for altering DNA. The technology has the potential to change the lives of everyone and everything on the planet.

BBC

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (John Cassidy):

The media called the Democratic race a day early

The New Yorker

Column (Josh Voorhees):

Ryan is appalled by Trump’s racist judge comments but supports him anyway

Slate

Blog (Earl Ofari Hutchinson):

Why millions would back a gorilla’s life over Black Lives Matter

Huffington Post

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GOOD NEWS

Studies show low risk of Zika at Olympics

New research attempting to calculate the risk of the Zika virus at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro may reassure many of the more than 500,000 athletes and fans expected to travel to the epicenter of the epidemic.

NBCNews.com

Mom thwarts child’s attempted kidnapper

A Florida man was arrested on charges of kidnapping and child abuse after store surveillance video showed him dragging a 13-year-old girl away from a desperate mother.

CBS News

NGO AND NONPROFIT

Nonprofit connects wealthy to charities

New York–based tech entrepreneur Alexandre Mars started the Epic Foundation, a not-for-profit that connects wealthy business people with youth-focused charities.

Canadian Business

Reform leader opposes NGO bill in Israel

Rabbi Jonah Pesner, director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, came out against the so-called NGO bill currently going through the Knesset, describing it as “troubling” and antithetical to Israel’s democratic foundation.

Times of Isreal

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Gates names new director of K-12 philanthropy

Robert Hughes recently took the helm of the K-12 funding program at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation — at a time when the world’s largest funder looks to be in some rough waters.

Inside Philanthropy

Student-led philanthropy raises $110K

UC Davis student-philanthropy group We Are Aggie Pride today announced it successfully raised $110,000 from and in honor of UC Davis students this academic year.

ucdavis.edu

ENVIRONMENT

Antarctic ice shelf collapse started in ’60s

The biggest ice shelf collapse on record was set in motion years earlier than previously thought. Analyzing declassified images from spy satellites, researchers discovered that the downhill flow of ice was as early as the 60s.

ScienceNews

Foldable huts may transform refugee camps

Thousands of people displaced by war or natural disaster may soon be relying on a foldable hut invented by two South Australian entrepreneurs.

Sydney Morning Herald

Animated demonstration of refugee village erection

Humanihut

Photo of the Day

The Humanihut provides temporary housing for people fleeing natural disaster, violence or persecution. The system provides resources customized to meet the environmental, economic and cultural needs of the community. (Photo by Humanihut) Photo used under CC BY

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