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An NYPD vehicle with a cracked window sits on the scene where a police officer was fatally shot in the Bronx section of New York early Wednesday

NYPD officer dies after being 'assassinated' during July 4 celebrations

In what New York City's police commissioner described as an assassination, a police officer was killed as she sat in her car early Wednesday morning.

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Woman, 18, says she was held by prostitution ring
The woman said she was held for about a week when she escaped from pimps in Des Moines.

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An M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System fires an MGM-140 Army Tacticle Missile into the East Sea on Wednesday, July 5, 2017. The launch by South Korea and the U.S. Army was in response to the North Korean launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile

Responding to N. Korea launch, U.S. Army fires strike missile in demonstration
Missile launch by U.S. Army demonstrates attack capability, military says.

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Joey Chestnut wins the Nathan's Annual Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest, marking his 10th victory in the event.

Joey Chestnut claims 10th Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest title
The 33-year-old claimed his 10th title in historic fashion on Tuesday, devouring 72 hot dogs and setting a new record.

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Longtime Prince drummer John Blackwell Jr. dies at 43
He played with Prince for 15 years after the superstar hired him for New Power Generation.

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Gordon Hayward in the second quarter of a game against the Denver Nuggets.

Gordon Hayward announces intention to sign with Boston Celtics
Hayward to Boston mixes things up at the top of the Eastern Conference.

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Auschwitz officials chastise Rep. Clay Higgins for gas chamber video
"Inside a former gas chamber, there should be mournful silence. It's not a stage," the museum tweeted.

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This photo distributed by the North Korean government shows what was is said to be the launch of a Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile, ICBM, on July 4, 2017. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this

Analysis: North Korea missile launch raises the stakes in a big way. What now?
The timing of the missile launch -- on July 4th and 3 days before G-20 summit -- is not coincidental.

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects the test-fire of an intercontinental ballistic missile at an undisclosed location on July 4.

After missile test, North Korea vows more 'gift packages' for 'Yankees'
North Korea believes it needs to develop a nuclear-tipped missile to prevent a U.S. attack aimed at regime-change.