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Thursday, July 16, 2015

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Bill Clinton says he made mass incarceration issue worse
Bill Clinton said Wednesday that the crime bill he signed into law as President in 1994 worsened the nation's criminal justice system by increasing prison sentences.

Amber Heard, wife of Johnny Depp, faces charges over Australia dog scandal
Johnny Depp's pet dogs dodged the threat of being put down by Australian authorities earlier this year, but his wife, actress Amber Heard, is now facing criminal charges over the canine controversy.

U.S.
Mind-blowing Pluto has ice mountains and water
It had been downgraded to a dwarf planet. It looked like a fuzzy blob in our best telescopes. And it was often referred to as just an icy orb. Even scientists working on the first mission to Pluto expected to find an old, pockmarked world.

'Cosby Show' co-star Joseph C. Phillips: 'Of course Bill Cosby is guilty'
Joseph C. Phillips played Lt. Martin Kendall on "The Cosby Show" and says he loves and has long admired Bill Cosby.

Man accused of abducting, killing Maryland sisters missing since 1975
Katherine and Sheila Lyon went to a Maryland mall 40 years ago and never came back.

Police: Armed men burst into Chris Brown's house, lock his aunt in closet
After years of his own legal troubles, Chris Brown finds himself as an apparent victim -- after armed intruders burst into his Southern California home and locked his aunt in a closet, police said.

WORLD
Video shows moment of 'El Chapo's' escape from Mexican prison
First he ducks into the shower of his prison cell, fully clothed. Then he leans down, but it's not clear what the infamous drug lord is doing; the short shower wall blocks him from the surveillance camera.

Former Auschwitz Nazi officer Oskar Groening gets 4-year sentence
A court in Germany sentenced former Nazi officer Oskar Groening, known as "the bookkeeper of Auschwitz," to four years in prison Wednesday in what may be one of the last such trials, given the decades that have passed.

Sources: Baghdadi may have been in Raqqa
Over the last several weeks, U.S. officials have monitored a stream of intelligence indicating that the leader of ISIS, Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, was in the Raqqa area. The information wasn't specific or timely enough for the U.S. to launch an airstrike to kill him, and then that stream of intelligence dried up about three weeks ago.

How historic handshake in space brought superpowers closer
On July 17, 1975 two men shook hands. One was American Brigadier General Thomas Stafford. The other was Russian cosmonaut and national hero, Alexey Leonov.

BUSINESS
Greece votes 'Yes' on bailout bill
Greece's parliament has voted to accept substantial economic reforms needed before the country can receive a fresh bailout worth as much as $96 billion.

Caitlyn Jenner accepts ESPY award, urges respect for transgender people
Caitlyn Jenner, in her first speech since identifying as transgender, said Wednesday that she wants to "reshape the landscape of how trans issued are viewed," and invited her peers in the sports world to join her in "making this one of your issues."

HEALTH
One year later, your ALS Ice Bucket money goes to ...
To raise awareness for ALS, Chris Kennedy poured a bucket of ice water over his head. A year ago Wednesday, he posted the video to his social network.

Can your smartphone tell you if you have depression?
Getting a diagnosis of depression usually involves filling out questionnaires about your mood and undergoing lengthy interviews with a psychiatrist. But smartphone apps might be able to handle some of that work, and at least tell you if you are at risk of depression, simply by collecting GPS and other data, according to a new study.

TECHNOLOGY
USA vs. Japan Part II: Giant robots set to duel
"Suidobashi, you have a giant robot, we have a giant robot. You know what needs to happen."

Car assembly line robot kills worker in Germany
An automotive assembly line robot killed a worker at a car factory in Germany this week, a prosecutor's office said.

ENTERTAINMENT
Rocker Nick Cave's son dies after fall from cliff
Rocker Nick Cave's 15-year-old son died Tuesday after tumbling off a 60-foot seaside cliff in Brighton, England, authorities said.

Joan Sebastian, Mexican music icon, dies at 64
Mexican singer Joan Sebastian, a beloved performer on the airwaves and in Mexican rodeos, died Monday at 64, son Jose Manuel Figueroa told CNN en Español.

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