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Essential News from The Associated Press
Latest Headlines  5 GOP senators now oppose health bill _ enough to sink itJune 23, 20176:13 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) — Nevada Republican Dean Heller became the fifth GOP senator to declare his opposition to the party's banner legislation to scuttle much of Barack Obama's health care overhaul on Friday, more than enough to sink the measure and deliver a stinging rebuke to President Donald Trump unless some of them can be brought aboard.  Suicide bomber blows himself up as Saudis foil Mecca plotJune 24, 201712:53 AM ET RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — A suicide bomber blew himself up near the Grand Mosque at Mecca as police disrupted a plot to target the holiest site in Islam just as the fasting month of Ramadan ends, Saudi security forces said Saturday.  Senators ask military to clarify US role in Yemen tortureJune 23, 20176:30 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) — Pressure mounted on the U.S. Defense Department Friday after multiple U.S. senators called for investigations into reports that U.S. military interrogators worked with forces from the United Arab Emirates who are accused of torturing detainees in Yemen.  London council evacuates residents amid fire safety concernsJune 23, 20176:35 PM ET LONDON (AP) — One London community is evacuating some 800 households from five publicly owned apartment towers because of safety concerns following the devastating fire that killed 79 people in a west London high-rise last week.
Latest Headlines  Parade of forwards at top of NHL draftJune 23, 201710:47 PM ET CHICAGO (AP) — Cody Glass played in a youth hockey tournament in Las Vegas when he was 10. His Junior Steelers team finished a disappointing second.  Butler trade sets the stage for looming free agencyJune 23, 20176:12 PM ET As draft night approached, some of the heavy hitters in the NBA — Cleveland, San Antonio, Houston, Boston, the Clippers among them — were jockeying, making calls and looking for deals to try to position themselves to make a run at the Golden State juggernaut.
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