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Flag-burning Illinois protester, 22, will not face charges after posting a photo to Facebook holding a burning American flag

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Bryton Mellott, 22, posted pictures to his Facebook page holding a burning American flag over the weekend Alongside the photo, he wrote that he's 'not proud to be American' Police were alerted to the post and say officers noticed commenters threatening Mellott and his employer, Wal-Mart

NO PRESIDENT, NO COACH, NO MESSI: ARGENTINE FOOTBALL IS IN MELTDOWN

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Getty Images The captain's decision to walk away was the first in a string of exits that have left the giants in chaos, as Luis Segura and Gerardo Martino followed to leave them rudderless The resignation of Gerardo Martino was not such a great surprise to those who pay close attention to the comings and going of the Argentine national team. The real shock was that Tata had made such a game effort to carry on as everything around him collapsed. The 

Ex-U.S. National Guardsman charged with trying to aid Islamic State

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 A former member of the Army National Guard has been charged with trying to aid Islamic State militants by buying weapons for an attack on U.S. soil, authorities said on Tuesday. The suspect, Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, 26, of Sterling, Virginia, was arrested by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents on Sunday, the Justice Department said in a statement. The previous day, Jalloh had bought and test-fired a 5.56mm Stag Arms assault rifle at a Virginia gun store. The weapon was rendered inoperable before he left the dealership with it, the statement said.

FBI calls Clinton's handling of email 'extremely careless,' but recommends no prosecution

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FBI Director James Comey discusses the Hillary Clinton email investigation during a news conference in Washington on Tuesday. (Cliff Owen / Associated Press) Del Quentin Wilber and David Lauter FBI Director James B. Comey delivered a stinging public rebuke of Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, saying that even though the former secretary of State should not face criminal charges for using a private email account, she and her aides had been “extremely careless” in handling highly classified information.

Welcome to hell': Violence rocks Rio a month before Olympics - Chicago Tribune

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A month before Rio de Janeiro hosts South America's first Olympic Games, two cellphone videos have brought home the grim reality of rising violence in the city's teeming favelas -- the poor communities that are home to almost a quarter of its population.

Saraki ‘does not have a dime’ in Heritage Bank

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Heritage Bank says Senate President Bukola Saraki does not have a dime in the bank, denying allegations that the bank is co-owned by the senator. Its leading shareholders said on Tuesday that all insinuations and reports about the bank’s health are false, saying it is “one of the healthiest and fastest growing banks in the country”. “We are thoroughly miffed by the attempt by certain persons or groups, who do not mean well for the economy of our great country and indeed the economic agenda of our dear President,” Musa Ibrahim Misau, a leading shareholder, said in Abuja.

Attack on holy city of Medina appalls Muslims amid Ramadan violence

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Ramadan draws to a close Tuesday, following weeks of bloodshed throughout the world as Islamist extremists have sought to sow terror during the Muslim holy month. The scale of the carnage inflicted by extremists over the past week alone has been staggering. Just some of the more bloody attacks: more than 200 killed by a truck bomb in a crowded Baghdad market; 44 killed at an airport in Istanbul, Turkey; 23 killed in a siege of a café in Dhaka, Bangladesh. 'God wants you to die': Dhaka's long night of terror But among the most horrifying in its symbolism for many of the world's Muslims was the attack in the Saudi city of Medina -- the resting place of the Prophet Mohammed and the second holiest site in Islam. Suicide attackers launch wave of strikes in Saudi Arabia The attack -- the deadliest of three that occurred in Saudi Arabia during in a 24-hour span -- killed four security staff in a parking lot outside the Prophet's Mosque, the grand place of worship ...