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President Obama pauses as he makes a statement on the fatal police shootings of two black men in Louisiana and Minnesota after arriving in Warsaw Friday.(Photo: Susan Walsh, AP)
[h=2]Obama to meet with activists, law enforcement[/h]President<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Obama will<span style="color: Red;">*</span>host a meeting at the White House on<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Wednesday with law enforcement officials, activists and civil rights leaders to discuss how to mend the broken relationships between communities and police.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Tensions between people of color and law enforcement are as palpable as ever<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in the wake of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile's officer-involved shooting deaths and the subsequent deadly attacks on Dallas officers.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The meeting comes a day after<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Obama visited Dallas and spoke at an interfaith memorial service, hailing the city police officers as heroes.
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[h=2]Britain says goodbye<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to Cameron[/h]David Cameron will resign as Britain’s prime minister Wednesday as Home Secretary Theresa May takes the post. Cameron had announced he would step down by October after Britain voted to leave the European Union, but that process was expedited Monday when May's sole Conservative Party opponent, Andrea Leadsom, suddenly pulled out of the leadership race. May will be the second woman to lead the U.K.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The first was Margaret Thatcher.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>“Brexit means Brexit, and we’re going to make a success of it,” May said Monday, though she supported staying in the EU.
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[h=2]Most expensive luxury ship ever built to set sail[/h]The Seven Seas Explorer will be christened Wednesday by Princess Charlene of Monaco before setting sail on<span style="color: Red;">*</span>its maiden voyage. At $450 million, Regent’s all-suite Explorer is the most expensive luxury ship ever built<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and one of the most spacious. Designed to carry 750 passengers, Explorer has<span style="color: Red;">*</span>one of the highest ratios of space to passengers in the history of cruising. The ship<span style="color: Red;">*</span>initially will work<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the Mediterranean, offering eight- to 14-night cruises starting at $6,799 per person. It will reposition to the Caribbean for the winter.
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[h=2]ESPYs honor Craig Sager, slain high school football player[/h]The fastest, strongest and most inspirational in sports will take a break from the playing fields Wednesday night for<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the 2016 ESPY Awards<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in Los Angeles<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(8<span style="color: Red;">*</span>p.m. ET<span style="color: Red;">*</span>, ABC). NBA broadcaster Craig Sager, who is fighting<span style="color: Red;">*</span>acute myeloid leukemia, will<span style="color: Red;">*</span>be presented with the Jimmy V Perseverance Award by Vice President<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Biden. The Arthur Ashe Courage Award will go<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to the family<span style="color: Red;">*</span>of Zaevion Dobson, a 15-year-old<span style="color: Red;">*</span>high school football player who was killed after shielding friends from gunfire. Former WWE heavyweight champion John Cena will host the show.
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Cancer survivor Craig Sager will be honored with this year’s Jimmy V Award at the 2016 ESPY's. Time_Sports
[h=2]'Mr. Robot' returns in grittier<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Season 2[/h]The smashing psycho-thrillerMr. Robot<span style="color: Red;">*</span>returns to USA on Wednesday (10 p.m. ET)<span style="color: Red;">*</span>hoping to answer fans' many<span style="color: Red;">*</span>questions in Season 2.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The series, which averaged 1.4 million viewers in its first season and won Golden Globes for best drama and supporting actor (Christian Slater),<span style="color: Red;">*</span>picks up after vigilante hacker<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Elliot Alderson (Rami Malek)<span style="color: Red;">*</span>sent the global economy into chaos by<span style="color: Red;">*</span>orchestrating a high-scale hack of a major corporation that erased people's debts.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>For its second season, directed entirely by show creator Sam Esmail,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>USA bumped up its episode order from 10 to 12 and added<span style="color: Red;">*</span>an after-show featuring clips and interviews with cast members.
Elliott before fsociety.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Sarah Shatz, USA Network)
And the essentials:
Weather:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Severe storms will rattle portions of the north-central U.S. on Wednesday.
Stocks:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Asian stocks were higher<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Wednesday, as the confirmation of Theresa May as Britain’s new prime minister eased investor uncertainties.
TV Tonight: Wondering what to watch tonight? TV critic Robert Bianco looks at the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>ESPY Awards<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Mr. Robot.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>
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