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Extra, Extra: Tony Awards Dedicates Tonight's Event To Orlando Victims


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Published Jun 12, 2016

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Published Jun 12, 2016

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  • In the past decade, assault-style rifles have been used in 14 public mass shootings, including this morning's shooting in Orlando.
  • The Times examines how gunmen in 16 recent mass shootings acquired their weapons.
  • Chiara de Blasio graduated from Santa Clara University this weekend.
  • Mets manager Terry Collins was taken to the hospital before the Mets' game against the Brewers today.
  • Eric Clapton opened up about his worsening health problems: "By rights I should have kicked the bucket a long time ago."
  • A 45-year-old man was shot seven times in Brooklyn after he had a scuffle with another man on a party boat.
  • Neil Young clarified his feelings about Trump using his music: "Fuck you Donald Trump."
  • A new study supports what some military researchers has suspected for decades: modern warfare destroys the brain.
  • The Tony Awards tonight will be dedicated to the Orlando shooting victims, and Hamilton will drop its use of muskets during a performance.
  • GOP donors are suffering from Trump-induced depression.
  • Remember that time the Nazis landed in the Hamptons?
  • A man was was wrongly arrested by the ATF finally had his charges dismissed.
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