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• Obama to announce U.S., Cuba deal to reopen embassies
• IMF: Greece misses $1.8 billion loan payment
• Chris Christie launches 2016 presidential bid
• Obama's approval rating hits two-year high
• Candidate Jeb Bush bares 33 years of tax returns in show of transparency
• KKK plans South Carolina rally as Confederate flag debate continues
• Oklahoma to quickly resume executions after Supreme Court decision
• Little hope of survivors in Indonesian military plane crash
• Official: Prison chief, 11 others put on leave after escape
• Crunch time for Greece as IMF debt looms and bailout ends
• Why Chris Christie has to run for president to stay afloat in New Jersey
• How state fights against same-sex marriage may backfire
• In Supreme Court loss, death penalty foes see an opening
• Survey shows enough votes to remove Confederate flag in SC
• At end of contentious term, justices go out with a bang on lethal injection case
• Supreme Court justice wonders whether death penalty violates Constitution

Obama to announce U.S., Cuba deal to reopen embassies Posted: The shift is part of the president's drive to wipe away Cold War-era tensions with Havana.

IMF: Greece misses $1.8 billion loan payment Posted: 30 Jun 2015 03:22 PM PDT ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The latest news on Greece's financial woes (all times local):

Chris Christie launches 2016 presidential bid Posted: 30 Jun 2015 06:51 AM PDT Yahoo's Bianna Golodryga and guests look at the N.J. governor's chances in a crowded GOP field.

Obama's approval rating hits two-year high Posted: 30 Jun 2015 07:41 AM PDT According to a new CNN/ORC poll released Tuesday, 50 percent of Americans approve of the way Obama is handling his presidency — up 5 points over the most recent survey and his highest approval rating since May 2013.

Candidate Jeb Bush bares 33 years of tax returns in show of transparency Posted: 30 Jun 2015 02:05 PM PDT By Steve Holland and Linda Stern WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush released 33 years of tax records on Tuesday showing that his net worth of between $19 million and $22 million has been amassed largely through investments and speaking fees that have been as high as $75,000 per engagement. In a show of transparency expected to pressure his rivals to bare their tax records, Bush revealed that since the end of his tenure as Florida governor in 2007, his annual income has risen sharply to nearly $7.4 million in 2013 from $260,580 in 2006. Talking to a handful of reporters in Washington about the 1,150 pages of returns made public, Bush, 62, said his hope was to "give people a sense of who I am." He said, "It's not a life that has been scripted to run for president.

KKK plans South Carolina rally as Confederate flag debate continues Posted: 30 Jun 2015 02:51 PM PDT The Ku Klux Klan plans to hold a pro-Confederate flag rally at South Carolina's capitol, where a statue of a former state governor who championed white supremacy was vandalized on Tuesday amid scrutiny of symbols associated with slavery. The Civil War-era flag and related monuments have become flashpoints after nine black men and women were gunned down at a historic church in Charleston, South Carolina. The suspected shooter, Dylann Roof, a 21-year-old white man, had posed with a Confederate battle flag in photos posted on a website that displayed a racist manifesto attributed to him.

Oklahoma to quickly resume executions after Supreme Court decision Posted: 30 Jun 2015 12:43 PM PDT (Reuters) - Oklahoma is looking to resume executions as soon as August after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled this week that a drug used in the state's lethal injection mix was appropriate and legal, officials said on Tuesday.

Little hope of survivors in Indonesian military plane crash Posted: 30 Jun 2015 09:04 AM PDT An aircraft crashes into a residential neighborhood in Indonesia's third-largest city.

Official: Prison chief, 11 others put on leave after escape Posted: 30 Jun 2015 02:38 PM PDT ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The superintendent at the prison where two killers broke out has been placed on leave along with his security chief and 10 other staff members amid an internal investigation into how the inmates pulled it off, a state official said Tuesday.

Crunch time for Greece as IMF debt looms and bailout ends Posted: 30 Jun 2015 04:15 PM PDT ATHENS, Greece (AP) — It's crunch time for Greece, with the European part of its international bailout expiring Tuesday and with it any possible access to the remaining rescue loans that it needs to pay its debts.

Why Chris Christie has to run for president to stay afloat in New Jersey Posted: The only thing keeping him politically afloat at home is the prospect of a presidential campaign.

How state fights against same-sex marriage may backfire Posted: Efforts by some states to challenge the Supreme Court ruling will likely prove futile.

In Supreme Court loss, death penalty foes see an opening Posted: 30 Jun 2015 02:35 PM PDT ATLANTA (AP) — A strongly worded dissent in the U.S. Supreme Court's narrow decision this week upholding the use of an execution drug offered a glimmer of hope to death penalty opponents in what they considered otherwise a gloomy ruling. One advocate went so far Tuesday as to call it a blueprint for a fresh attack on the legality of capital punishment itself.

Survey shows enough votes to remove Confederate flag in SC Posted: 29 Jun 2015 05:05 PM PDT COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A survey of South Carolina legislators shows there is enough support to remove the Confederate flag from Statehouse grounds if all supporters cast a vote.

At end of contentious term, justices go out with a bang on lethal injection case Posted: The justices will most likely need to cool off before the term begins again in October.

Supreme Court justice wonders whether death penalty violates Constitution Posted:

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