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10:20 AM ET, July 8, 2016

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David Caplan / ABC News:
Dallas Police Shootings: 5 Officers Dead, 7 Officers Injured After Ambush  —  Twelve police officers were shot ambush-style, including five fatally, in Dallas on Thursday night by at least two snipers, at a protest against the recent police shootings of two black men, Alton Sterling in Louisiana …
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Claire Z. Cardona / Dallas Morning News:
11 officers shot, 4 dead, 1 person in custody after shots fired during downtown Dallas rally  —  This is a developing story and will update throughout the evening.  —  What we know so far  —  * Person of interest turned himself in to Dallas police, another person involved in a shootout with officers was taken into custody
Washington Post:
‘Like a little war’: Snipers shoot 11 police officers during Dallas protest march, killing five  —  At least five Dallas law enforcement officers were killed and seven wounded Thursday evening as a protest over recent police shootings was interrupted by chaos.
CNN:
Dallas sniper attack: 5 officers shot dead during protests against police  —  (CNN)Shooters killed five officers during protests against police in downtown Dallas, marking the deadliest single attack on U.S. law enforcement since September 11, 2001.  —  The gunfire started Thursday night …
Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
Military experts: Dallas police attackers appeared ‘tactically professional’ and ‘focused’  —  Military experts have taken to Twitter to dissect footage captured of one of the Dallas shooters as he ambushed police officers during a protest in the city's center on Thursday night.
New York Times:
5 Dallas Police Officers Killed by Snipers at Protest; 1 Suspect Is Dead  —  DALLAS — Snipers killed five Dallas police officers and wounded seven others, along with two civilians, during a demonstration on Thursday night against police shootings in Minnesota and Louisiana this week, the authorities said.
Claire Z. Cardona / Dallas Morning News:
11 officers shot, 5 dead, SWAT in standoff with 1 person after shooting after Dallas rally  —  A DART (Dallas Area Rapid Transit) police officer receives comfort at Baylor University Hospital emergency room entrance on July 7, 2016 in Dallas, Texas.  Dallas protestors rallied in the aftermath …
Bill Chappell / NPR:
Dallas Police Officers Killed By Snipers: What We Know Friday  —  This is a developing story.  —  A coordinated sniper attack in Dallas killed five police officers Thursday, in a bout of violence that didn't end until the last of at least two snipers who had fired on police died in a parking garage.
CNN:
Obama on Dallas: ‘Vicious, calculated, despicable attack on law enforcement’  —  President Obama reacts to Dallas shootings from Warsaw  —  Warsaw, Poland (CNN)President Barack Obama said Friday that the nation was “horrified” after what he called “a vicious, calculated and despicable attack on law enforcement” in Dallas.
Doug Stanglin / USA Today:
1 suspect dead, 3 in custody after snipers kill 5 police officers in Dallas
Discussion: Common Dreams and Raw Story
Matthew Weaver / Guardian:
Dallas protest shooting: five officers dead, standoff reportedly over - live updates
Discussion: The Week
Rose Troup Buchanan / BuzzFeed:
Black Lives Matter Leaders Condemn Police Shootings In Dallas
Discussion: Daily Kos and Complex
Alex Johnson / NBC News:
The Deadliest Attacks on U.S. Law Enforcement
Discussion: The Daily Caller, Hot Air and Hit & Run
NBC News:
Dallas Police Ambush Suspect ‘Wanted to Kill White People’: Police Chief
Discussion: AOL and ThinkProgress
Annie Potasznik / CBS Dallas:
Dallas Police: Snipers Shoot 12 Officers & 2 Civilians, 5 Dead
CNN:
Shots reported fired at Dallas protest over police killings
Daily Mail:   Four snipers shoot 11 police officers in Dallas …
Tegna / WFAA-TV:
At least 10 officers shot, 3 dead after attack at Dallas protest
Discussion: The Week
Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: State Department Reopens Clinton Emails Probe  —  The State Department is reopening an internal investigation of possible mishandling of classified information by Hillary Clinton and top aides, officials told The Associated Press on Thursday.  —  Although the former secretary …
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Pelosi gives Clinton rare rebuke on emails
Eric Fehrnstrom / BostonGlobe.com:
FBI decision on Clinton may be a blessing in disguise for Republicans
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama: ‘All Americans should be deeply troubled’ by police shootings  —  President Obama said Thursday he shares the “anger, frustration, and grief that so many Americans are feeling” about this week's police shootings in Louisiana and Minnesota.  —  “All Americans should be deeply troubled …
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Liz Kreutz / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Joined by Joe Biden To Address Sterling, Castile Shootings
Discussion: Politico, ThinkProgress, Mediaite and NPR
Seth Abramovitch / Hollywood Reporter:
George Takei Reacts to Gay Sulu News: “I Think It's Really Unfortunate”  —  EMAIL ME  —  Speaking exclusively to THR, the actor and LGBT activist says the ‘Star Trek Beyond’ development for his character is out of step with what creator Gene Roddenberry would have wanted.
Donald J Trump for President:
DONALD J. TRUMP STATEMENT  —  Last night's horrific execution-style shootings of 12 Dallas law enforcement officers - five of whom were killed and seven wounded - is an attack on our country.  It is a coordinated, premeditated assault on the men and women who keep us safe.  —  We must restore law and order.
Kfriendly / Larry Summers:
A Remarkable Financial Moment  —  The US 10 and 30 year interest rates today reached all time low levels of 1.32 percent and 2.10 percent.  Record low 10 year interest rate were also registered in Germany, France, Switzerland and Australia.  Notably Swiss 50 year interest rates are now for the first time negative.
Discussion: Equitable Growth
Tegna / WJXX-TV:
Rep. Corrine Brown returns to Jacksonville, set to face federal charges  —  Heather Crawford anchors.  Ken Amaro, Steven Dial, and Clark Fouraker report.  7/7/2016 … JACKSONVILLE, Fla.—Fifth District Congresswoman Corrine Brown (D-Fla.) has been indicted on charges likely related …
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Orlando Sentinel:
Brown indicted on corruption charges, officials say
Michael Eric Dyson / New York Times:
What White America Fails to See  —  IT is clear that you, white America, will never understand us.  We are a nation of nearly 40 million black souls inside a nation of more than 320 million people.  We don't all think the same, feel the same, love, learn, live or even die the same.
Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
Jobs Roar Back With Gain of 287,000 in June, Easing Worry  —  With the Republican and Democratic national conventions just weeks away, the government reported on Friday that employers added 287,000 workers in June, a vigorous rebound as the presidential nominees get ready to present their economic visions.
Discussion: Daily Kos, Political Wire and NPR
 
 
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Bryce Covert / ThinkProgress:
June Jobs Report Shows Increased Employment, Stagnating Wages
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Dianne Solís / Dallas Morning News:
Organizers of anti-brutality rally say they're devastated police died
Discussion: Raw Story
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Discussion: The Daily Caller
Scott Lemieux / New Republic:
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