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Some 3,000 people gathered in Loring Park in Minneapolis for a vigil in the wake of the massacre at an Orlando, Florida, gay nightclub. Speakers called for facing violence against the LGBT community with solidarity and love. (Photo by Fibonacci Blue) Photo used under CC BY

‘I’m gay, Muslim - shooter doesn’t reflect my faith’

After the Muslim gunman killed 50 people at a nightclub, people sympathized with the victims and the LGBT community voiced solidarity at vigils and social media. Many asserted that the killer does not represent Muslims.

BBC

Gunman described as racist, belligerent and toxic

NBCNews.com

Killer attempted to buy body armor

CNN

Sentence appalls juror in Stanford sex assault

A juror who helped convict a former Stanford student of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman complained to the judge about his “ridiculously lenient” six-month jail sentence.

MSN News

Muslims despaired over massacre

Florida Muslims are condemning the attack that left at least 50 people dead at an Orlando nightclub. They say the killer’s actions have further tainted the reputation of their faith.

ABC News

Trump says massacre proves he’s right on Islamist threat

Reuters

Clinton calls for ‘commonsense gun safety reform’

Talking Points Memo

Stanford students protest assault sentence

Stanford graduating students and women’s rights advocates used the school’s commencement ceremony to express their anger over the jail sentence given to a former student for raping an unconscious woman.

Yahoo! News

Qatar court convicts rape victim of sex crime

A Qatar court has convicted a Dutch woman of adultery and handed her a one-year suspended sentence after she reported being raped while vacationing in the Middle Eastern nation.

The Journal.ie

Scientists calculate size of the universe

The scale of the cosmos is hard to imagine, and even harder to put an accurate figure on, but thanks to some creative physics, we now know approximately how big it is.

BBC

HUMAN RIGHTS

Are gay men banned from giving blood?

After the massacre at Pulse’s nightclub in Orlando, many have taken to social media to express outrage over restrictions on blood donations by sexually active men who have sex with men.

NBCNews.com

Bosnian children with ISIS are “time bomb”

More than 80 Bosnian children are in Islamic State-held territory in Syria and Iraq and represent a “time bomb” that could pose a major security risk when they return.

Reuters

Calls for rifle ban after Orlando massacre

In his first show since the mass shooting in Orlando, Conan O‘Brien somberly address ed Sunday’s tragedy -- and weigh in the highly divisive issue of gun control in America.

MSN News

ANIMAL RIGHTS

Experts: Organic food is not better for you

Scientific studies do not show that organic products are more nutritious and safer than conventional foods.

Telegraph.co.uk

Dogs to be slaughtered for Yulin festival

Animal rights activists calling for an end to the slaughter and eating of dogs at a Chinese festival on June 21 delivered a petition with 11 million signatures to authorities in Beijing.

CNBC

GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

Trump plans to bank on free publicity

Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump distanced himself from his fundraising estimate of $1 billion, saying his campaign didn’t need much money to win the presidency because he gets so much free publicity.

Bloomberg

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

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

BP and Det norske will merge

Oil companies BP and Det norske have agreed to merge their Norwegian businesses in a $1.3 billion all-share deal to cut costs, challenge Statoil’s dominance of the local industry and look for more acquisitions.

Yahoo Finance

World Bank changing country classifications

The World Bank is switching to more precise, though unvarnished, descriptions of countries’ economies, removing the terms “developed” and “developing” as classifications.

Economic Times

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Scientists turn CO2 into harmless rock

Scientists have a found a quick way to turn heat-trapping carbon dioxide gas into harmless rock. Experts say the results of a experiment conducted in Iceland offer hope for a weapon to help fight man-made global warming.

CBS News

Video: turning carbon emissions into stone

Scientific American

Emirates may help NASA reach Mars

NASA signed an agreement with the UAE’s space agency in Abu Dhabi, as it faces questions about the feasibility of a mission to Mars by the 2030s.

Christian Science Monitor

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Editorial:

Anti-gay community has blood on its hands

USA TODAY

Column (Clare Foran):

Sanders promised a revolution that may never happen. What’s next?

The Atlantic

Column (Atul Gawande):

Why we tend to mistrust science

The New Yorker

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GOOD NEWS

3-D printed prosthesis lets girl play music

Born without her right hand, Cassie Stewart was unable to play certain instruments like her peers. Now she doesn’t have to worry, thanks to an invention by a high school student.

NBCNews.com

JetBlue offers free flights to Orlando victims’ families

JetBlue is offering free flights to the families of the victims of the mass shooting at in Orlando.

USA TODAY

NGO AND NONPROFIT

Indian working for NGO abducted in Kabul

An Indian woman has been abducted in Kabul by suspected militants right outside her office with Ministry of External Affairs saying that officials are in touch with Afghan authorities to seek her early release.

IndiaTV News

India puts 3 US NGOs on watch list

Days before PM Narendra Modi left for a visit to the US, his government put three US-based non-governmental organizations on the watch list. This includes an NGO patronised by billionaire global investor George Soros.

Economic Times

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

Organization aims to bring in more POC

Philanthropy Northwest has launched the Momentum Fellowship. The program aims to prepare professionals from underrepresented communities for careers in the philanthropic sector.

Seattle Times

ENVIRONMENT

Challenge to mercury air pollution rule rejected

The Supreme Court turned aside the latest effort by a group of states led by Michigan to block Obama administration environmental regulations limiting power plant emissions of mercury and other toxic pollutants.

Reuters

Experts: Brexit would worsen UK pollution

The UK’s air pollution crisis would get worse if the country votes to leave the European Union, according to a new poll of environment professionals.

Guardian

EU dilutes proposal to halve air pollution deaths after UK lobbying

Guardian

Photo of the Day

Omar Sadiq Mateen, the man who killed 50 people at an Orlando nightclub, was racist, belligerent and toxic, a former co-worker says. (Photo by Yahoo!) Photo used under CC BY

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