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White House press secretary Katie Zacharia leaving her role a week after starting it: official

U.S. President Donald Trump's press secretary Katie Zacharia is leaving her role a mere week after he put her in it, a White House official confirmed to CBC News.
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Israeli settlers attack Palestinians, American journalist during West Bank olive harvest

Dozens of masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians and injured an American journalist during olive harvesting in the occupied West Bank, according to witnesses and video footage. The Israeli army says the incident "will be examined."
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Teacher threw cellphone, tackled shooter who killed 4 at Oregon school, police say

A teacher threw her phone at the teenage gunman who killed four people at an Oregon elementary school , then tackled and fought with him — likely saving lives before he was shot by a father who followed him into the building, police said Friday.
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U.S. Coast Guard rescues 16 people floating in the Pacific, including one with a suspected shark bite

Sixteen people were rescued from the Pacific Ocean off Mexico's Baja California coast on Friday after the U.S. Coast Guard responded to a May Day call reporting the vessel was sinking. Another 11 people were believed to be missing.
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See the Amazon rainforest wildfires that have politicians pointing fingers amid Brazil presidential elections

Brazilian authorities are investigating whether a recent surge in wildfires in the Amazon rainforest have been set on purpose for political motives ahead of the second round of presidential elections later this months.