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July 17, 2015
(
2015-07-17
)
(Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
Arts and culture
Business and economy
Disasters and accidents
International relations
Law and crime
- Protests are held, and social media amasses over 200,000 #SandraBland tweets after the
Death of Sandra Bland
, an activist against police brutality, while she is imprisoned in
Waller County, Texas
.
(
The New York Times
)
,
(WSWS)
- The
Pakistan Rangers
, a paramilitary group, raid the
Karachi
headquarters of the
Muttahida Qaumi Movement
(MQM) party on the grounds that it had allegedly been producing hate speech, and arrest two people.
(Reuters via Business Insider)
- A man goes on a shooting spree in
Maine
,
U.S.
, killing two people and wounding three others in the towns of
Lee
and
Benedicta
. A manhunt is executed, and the suspect is arrested in
Houlton
.
(CBC)
Sport
Science and technology
- University marine scientists observe that a shipwreck discovered off the North Carolina Coast on July 12 may date back to the
American Revolution
.
(NBC News)