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American teens to 'pay dearly' after Italian officer's death, official says |
| An American teenager was "illegally blindfolded" before being questioned about his alleged involvement in an Italian police officer's brutal stabbing death , a national police commander said Sunday after a leaked photo showed the teen handcuffed with his head down. Gabriel Christian Natale Hjorth, 18, and Finnegan Lee Elder, 19, both of San Francisco, were arrested Saturday for the alleged slaying of Carabinieri officer Mario Cerciello Rega, 35, at a hotel in Rome. The Carabinieri police force said the two confessed after being interrogated and facing "overwhelming evidence." The officer's death has sparked outrage in the country: Italy's Deputy Prime Minster Matteo Salvini tweeted that Rega was a "a hero, a boy with all his life ahead." He added that he would make the two Americans "pay dearly." |
Dan Coats, Trump's top intel official, to leave White House |
| Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats is leaving the White House, capping a tumultuous tenure in which President Donald Trump repeatedly questioned U.S. intelligence reports around the globe. President Donald Trump announced the departure Sunday afternoon on Twitter, also confirming reports that Texas Republican Rep. John Ratcliffe would be nominated to take Coats' place. Coats has clashed with Trump over North Korea and Russia, and the former Indiana senator has widely been considered among the most vulnerable members of the president's administration – even as both men have downplayed talk of tension. Coats will leave office Aug. 15, Trump said, with an acting director to "be named shortly." |
Trump's anti-Baltimore tweets denounced as 'racist attacks' |
| The Baltimore Sun responded Saturday to President Donald Trump's comments calling its hometown a "rodent infested mess" in a scathing editorial titled, "Better to have a few rats than to be one." The editorial, which appeared in the Sun's Sunday print edition, describes Trump as " the most dishonest man to ever occupy the Oval Office." On Saturday, Trump's tweets targeted Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., after the congressman decried the administration's treatment of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump slammed Cummings' district, which included much of Baltimore city, as a "rodent infested mess" where "no human being would want to live." The president's tweets attacking an African American congressman and a city that is more than 60% African American were denounced as "racist attacks" by many, including Baltimore native and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. |
| Cummings has been a fierce critic of Trump and, as chairman of the House Oversight Committee, is leading several investigations into the president and his administration. |
 | | Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. | | Alex Brandon , Alex Brandon, AP | |
Russi Taylor, voice of Minnie Mouse, dies at 75 |
| Russi Taylor, best known for voicing the Disney character Minnie Mouse since 1986, died in California at age 75 , Walt Disney Co. announced. "Minnie Mouse lost her voice with the passing of Russi Taylor," Disney CEO Bob Iger said in a statement. Her voice reigned in hundreds of television shows, theme park rides, animated shorts, and films. Taylor, a native of Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1991 married Wayne Allwine, who had voiced Mickey Mouse since 1977. Taylor also provided the voice of Martin Prince and the twins, Sherri and Terri, on more than 100 episodes of "The Simpsons" and "The Simpsons Movie." She also voiced Pebbles Flintstone, and Huey, Dewey and Louie in the "Ducktales." |
 | | FILE - JULY 27: Russi Taylor, best known for voicing the Disney character Minnie Mouse, passed away on July 26, 2019 in Glendale, California. | | Alberto E. Rodriguez, Getty Images | |
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Supreme Court allows Trump $2.5 billion to build border wall |
| The Supreme Court ruled Friday that President Trump can use $2.5 billion in military funding to begin building a portion of his long-sought wall along the nation's southern border . The high court's order temporarily settles just one of several skirmishes over border wall funds between the Trump administration and House Democrats, environmental groups and "blue" states led by California. The five-member majority said in a brief order that the challengers appear to "have no cause of action" to review the Defense Department's authority to move up to $4 billion between accounts. President Trump hailed the action within minutes of the high court's announcement. "Big WIN for Border Security and the Rule of Law!" he tweeted. |
| The Supreme Court hasn't added seats to its bench in 150 years. Left-wing groups are trying, though. |
1 dead, 11 others shot at community event in Brooklyn park |
| Gunfire at a large, outdoor event in Brooklyn killed one man and injured at least 11 others late Saturday night, police said. Twelve people were shot, including a 38-year-old man who died from a bullet wound to the head, according to New York City police. Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted Sunday that the shooting in east Brooklyn's Brownsville neighborhood "shattered a peaceful neighborhood event." No arrests have been made, and police did not offer details about a possible suspect or whether there was more than one gunman at the park where the event took place. Gang activity was among possible motives, police said. |
Rubber bullets meet umbrellas as Hong Kong police fire at protesters |
| Police in Hong Kong fired tear gas and rubber bullets repeatedly Sunday to drive back protesters blocking streets with road signs and umbrellas in another night of pitched battles in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory . It was the second night in a row that tear gas was used in escalating pro-democracy protests. The demonstrations began early last month to voice opposition to an extradition bill that has since been suspended, but the movement has grown to encompass a broader push for full democracy. Protesters occupied two areas at opposite ends of central Hong Kong on Sunday following a midafternoon rally against police use of tear gas at a demonstration the previous weekend. |
| In Moscow, nearly 1,400 people were detained after Russian police jostled Saturday near the mayor's office with demonstrators demanding opposition-backed candidates be allowed to run for city council. |
| This is a compilation of stories from across the USA TODAY Network. Contributing: Associated Press. |
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