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    World Health Organization Dismisses Calls To Move Or Postpone Rio Olympics
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    The World Health Organization is trying to ease concerns about spreading Zika as a result of this summer's Olympics in Rio de Janiero. "Based on current assessment, cancelling or changing the location of the 2016 Olympics will not significantly alter ...
    Why drugmakers are not racing to create a Zika vaccineColumbus Dispatch
    Zika crisis: WHO seeks to allay fears over Rio OlympicsBBC News
    UN health agency rejects Rio Olympics postponement call over ZikaUSA TODAY
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    How Serena sparked Serena to a grind-it-out win
    ESPN
    After the match was suspended for over two hours, Serena Williams defeats Kristina Mladenovic 6-4, 7-6 (10) to reach the fourth round. PARIS -- When Serena Williams is winning, there's nary a peep from her on the court. But when she is losing or even ...
    Serena Williams is asked about former rival who's now a coachUSA TODAY
    Serena fends off inspired effort from Mladenovic to advance on Day 7Sports Illustrated
    Serena and Venus Williams Advance to French Open's 4th RoundNew York Times
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    Mets trade for James Loney to fill in for Lucas Duda at first base
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    NEW YORK -- The New York Mets have acted swiftly to offset the loss of first baseman Lucas Duda, acquiring veteran James Loney in a trade with the San Diego Padres on Saturday. The Padres will receive cash considerations. The Rays released Loney on ...
    The Mets know who will replace Duda at first base, and it's not Michael ConfortoCBSSports.com
    Mets acquire first baseman James Loney from PadresNJ.com
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    NorthJersey.com

    Man Convicted on Terrorism Charge in Synagogue Firebombings
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    A New Jersey man convicted of terrorism for vandalizing and firebombing Jewish temples and a rabbi's home is now facing a possible life sentence. Anthony Graziano was found guilty Friday on 20 counts overall by a Bergen County jury. But the panel ...
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  5. BRENHAM, Texas (AP) — At least two people are dead and five people are missing after this week’s torrential rains in Texas and Kansas, officials said Saturday. The same areas face the possibility of more rain over the long Memorial Day weekend.

    “It’s not going to take very much rain to get us in those flood stages again,” said John Brieden, a judge in Washington County, Texas, where more than 16.5 inches of rain fell in places Thursday.

    Ricardo B. Brazziell/Austin American-Statesman via AP

    Ricardo B. Brazziell/Austin American-Statesman via AP

    The forecasts through the holiday weekend called for scattered or isolated thunderstorms in Central and southeast Texas. But officials say they will be monitoring local rivers and waterways, which could rise out of their banks in the coming days due to the heavy rains.

    Other parts of the U.S. got drenched Friday as well, especially in central Kansas, where the Wichita Fire Department says it is thoroughly searching for an 11-year-old boy went missing after he was swept away by a swollen creek Friday night. The department said on its Facebook page that two cadaver police dogs are taking part in the search.

    In the southeast Texas county of Washington, located between Austin and Houston, two people have died and two are missing due to swollen rivers that have overrun communities, washing away mobile homes and causing water to flow into other structures. More than 50 water rescues had taken place since the rains began Thursday morning.

    Michael Ciaglo/Houston Chronicle via AP

    Michael Ciaglo/Houston Chronicle via AP

    Brieden said Saturday that one person was found dead in a mobile home that was swamped by floodwaters and a second person was found in a vehicle that had gone off a road and into a submerged ditch.

    Brieden also said two motorists are missing in separate parts of the rural county: One vehicle was located without its driver, and the other vehicle can’t be found. Brieden says the fear is that it may be submerged and won’t be located until floodwaters recede.

    The Washington County seat, Brenham, received 16.62 inches of rain Thursday, breaking the city’s daily rainfall record, said National Weather Service meteorologist Wendy Long.

    Near Austin in Travis County, which saw up to 9 inches of rain this week, officials are searching for two missing people whose vehicle was swept off a flooded roadway, according to emergency services spokeswoman Lisa Block.

    The National Weather Service said an EF1 tornado hit Thursday in Bryan, about 100 miles northwest of Houston. Bryan officials said 153 homes were damaged, including 53 with major damage.

    In Wisconsin, another EF1 tornado damaged about 25 homes and knocked out power to the village of Brandon on Friday, but no one was injured.

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  6. WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic officials have rejected Bernie Sanders’ request to remove two high-profile Hillary Clinton supporters from leadership positions at the party’s summer convention.

    Sanders’ presidential campaign said in a letter Friday to the Democratic National Committee that Dannel Malloy, Connecticut’s governor, and Barney Frank, a former Massachusetts congressman, couldn’t be relied upon to perform their roles “fairly and capably while laboring under such deeply held bias.”

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    AP Photo/John Minchillo

    Malloy is Platform Committee co-chairman. Frank is co-chairman of the Rules Committee.

    Democratic officials responded to Sanders’ request on Saturday, saying in a letter that Malloy and Frank were elected under party rules and that Sanders wasn’t alleging any violations of that process.

    The DNC says it reviewed the challenge, found it failed to meet the criteria and “we are compelled to dismiss it.”

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  7. A Wisconsin high school has called on the U.S. Department of Justice to help teach its students how to combat racial tension, USA Today reported.

    Westosha Central High School administrators announced Friday that beginning next year, Justice Department officials will conduct training seminars for students, families, staff and administrators through its SPIRIT program.

    Image source: WITI-TV

    Image source: WITI-TV

    The decision comes after a student recently wore a Ku Klux Klan costume for a class presentation and a 15-year-old freshman reported months of racially charged bullying.

    “We are moving forward with specific actions for developing greater understandings regarding racial sensitivity on top of understanding and acceptance for all,” Principal Lisa Albrecht told USA Today in an email, offering no further comment.

    Niccole Simmons, a parent who complained to the DOJ about the school, celebrated the initiative as a positive move forward.

    “That’s great. That was the goal — to get somebody in there who could help,” Simmons said. Simmons’ 15-year-old biracial daughter, Mykah, claims that she was bullied for months on social media after arriving at Westosha last fall.

    Mykah told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel earlier this month that she has been physically accosted, harassed on social media and threatened with lynching at the predominantly white school. She also claimed that at one point, she found a racial slur carved into a desk.

    Image source: WITI-TV

    Image source: WITI-TV

    Just last month, a male student wore a KKK costume in his English class. He reportedly did so during a presentation on crime in the 1920s. Some have argued, however, that the incident was blown way out of proportion.

    Principal Albrecht told TheBlaze last month that the student who first posted the photo of the student in the KKK outfit “cannot believe the firestorm it started.”

    “If this student acted in a malicious manner, with a purpose to degrade one based on race, I would definitely have responded in a different way,” Albrecht said in an email. “However, for this incident, where the student feels as bad as those he unintentionally offended, the key is to help those understand they need to accept responsibility, apologize and move forward.”

    Veronica King, president of the Kenosha County branch of the NAACP, told USA Today that Westosha Superintendent Scott Pierce had reached out to the DOJ’s Community Relations Service after the Journal Sentinel published the article about Mykah’s experience with racial bullying.

    King said the Journal Sentinel piece “opened the dialogue so not only students but parents could come forward.”

    “I think, before that, people were afraid to speak up,” she added.

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    ABC News

    The Latest: Search for Kansas Boy Considered Recovery Effort
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    Conroe firefighters evacuate Jim Treadway via boat after Treadway was stranded when Pecan Bend Road was washed out near the San Jacinto River on Friday, May 27, 2016, in Conroe, Texas. ( Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP) MANDATORY ...
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    ESPN

    Jo-Wilfried Tsonga retires from French Open with leg injury
    ESPN
    PARIS -- Sixth-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France retired from his third-round match Saturday at Roland Garros with a leg injury while leading Ernests Gulbis 5-2 in the first set. The Frenchman, twice a semifinalist at Roland Garros and the runner-up ...
    Jo-Wilfried Tsonga forced to quit French OpenKCCI Des Moines
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    LIVE Ernests Gulbis - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga - French Open men Tennis - 28 May 2016Eurosport.com
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    Mirror.co.uk

    Lightning hits children's soccer match in Germany, 35 hurt
    Washington Post
    BERLIN — Police in Germany say 35 people have been taken to the hospital after lightning struck a children's soccer match in western Germany. Three adults were seriously injured in the incident Saturday afternoon in Hoppstaetten, including the referee.
    Dozens Struck By Lightning, Including Children, As Storms Cross EuropeBreitbart News
    Thirty-five people including referee injured after lightning strikes football pitch in GermanyMirror.co.uk
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    USA TODAY

    Serena Williams advances at French Open
    USA TODAY
    PARIS – Serena Williams survived the rain – and a pesky opponent – Saturday at the French Open, needing five match points in a dramatic finish to advance to the fourth round. Williams, the world No. 1 and defending champion, overcame Frenchwoman ...
    Serena fends off inspired effort from Mladenovic to advance on Day 7Sports Illustrated
    Serena Williams Holds Back Mladenovic at French OpenNew York Times
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    Australia's Scott Hend in driving seat at BMW PGA Championship
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    Australia's Scott Hend will take a one-shot lead into the final round of the BMW PGA Championship after Masters champion Danny Willett stumbled for the second Saturday in succession. Hend, Willett and Y.E. Yang shared the halfway lead at Wentworth but ...
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  13. FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump told California voters Friday that he can solve their water crisis, declaring, “There is no drought.”

    (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

    (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

    California is, in fact, in midst of a drought. Last year capped the state’s driest four-year period in its history, with record low rainfall and snow.

    Speaking at a rally in Fresno, Calif., Trump accused state officials of denying water to Central Valley farmers so they can send it out to sea “to protect a certain kind of three-inch fish.”

    “We’re going to solve your water problem. You have a water problem that is so insane. It is so ridiculous where they’re taking the water and shoving it out to sea,” Trump said at a rally that drew thousands.

    The comments came a day after Trump outlined an energy policy plan that relies heavily on expanding U.S. fossil fuel exploration and reducing environmental regulations.

    He held a pair of rallies Friday in Fresno and San Diego as he closed a campaign swing through the west, drawing vocal crowds of protesters, many carrying signs critical of Trump’s plan to wall off the U.S. border with Mexico.

    About a thousand Trump foes demonstrated outside San Diego’s convention center as Trump spoke inside to an enthusiastic crowd of supporters packed in tight. Police said they made about a dozen arrests, including one man who climbed a railing separating protesters from officers. His arrest led protesters to spray water and throw empty plastic bottles at police.

    In another tense exchange, police shoved back demonstrators to separate them from Trump supporters when they left the center after the rally.

    Officers in riot gear declared the gathering outside the convention center unlawful after shouting matches erupted and people began hurling trash at each other.

    Inside, the mood was far less charged, as Trump took repeated jabs at Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton. He also went on defense against negative media stories and an ongoing lawsuit against his now-defunct Trump University.

    “I’m getting railroaded by a legal system,” Trump complained.

    In Fresno, Trump said he’d spent 30 minutes before his rally meeting with more than 50 farmers who complained to him about their struggles.

    “They don’t understand – nobody understands it,” he said, declaring at one point: “There is no drought. They turn the water out into the ocean.”

    Trump appeared to be referring to disputes over water that runs from the Sacramento River to the San Francisco Bay and then to the ocean. Some farmers want more of that flow captured and diverted to them.

    Politically influential rural water districts and well-off corporate farmers in and around California’s Central Valley have been pushing back against longstanding federal laws protecting endangered fish and other species, saying federal efforts to make sure endangered native fish have enough water is short-changing farmers of the water they want and need for crops.

    Water authorities say they can’t do it because of the water rights of those upstream of the farmers, and because of the minimum-water allowances needed by endangered species in the bay and by wildlife in general.

    The three-inch Delta smelt is a native California fish on the brink of extinction. The smelt has become an emblem in the state’s battles over environmental laws and water distribution.

    The farm lobby, a heavyweight player in California’s water wars, also is seeking federal and state approval for billions of dollars in new water tunnels, dams and other projects.

    Trump promised that, if he’s elected, he would put their interests first. “If I win, believe me, we’re going to start opening up the water so that you can have your farmers survive,” he said.

    California is the country’s No. 1 agriculture producer. The state’s drought is raising the stakes in water disputes among farmers, cities and towns, and environmental interests.

    A count by The Associated Press found Thursday that Trump has reached the required number of delegates to officially clinch the Republican nomination.

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    World War II vet recovering after oxygen tank beating
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    Iran-Led Push to Retake Falluja From ISIS Worries US
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  16. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio took to Twitter Friday night to defend himself amid accusations that he had backtracked on his firmly held “#NeverTrump” stance. The criticism came after columnist Phillip Klein wrote a piece for the Washington Examiner claiming that Trump has “exposed” Rubio.

    Just a few months ago, Rubio was calling Donald Trump a “con artist” and vowing to “never” vote for the billionaire businessman. But this week, the former GOP presidential candidate expressed a change in tone, saying he’s willing to be “helpful” to Trump.

    Rubio got into multiple arguments on Twitter Friday with people who couldn’t accept his modified position. He asserted that he tried his hardest to stop Trump from becoming the nominee, but at this point, Rubio contended, the GOP’s biggest threat is Hillary Clinton, not Trump.

    Rubio’s comments drew harsh responses from followers seeking to hold the senator accountable for the statements and accusations he voiced while still running against Trump.

    Notably, the tweets triggered this critique from Weekly Standard Editor, Bill Kristol.

    The Washington Post’s Juliet Eilperin even compared the confusion Rubio supporters experienced after his sudden turnaround to the feeling of whiplash.

    Rubio noted twice that he tried to beat Trump, but voters chose otherwise.

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