Thursday, June 16, 2016
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By Lauren Weber
DEMOCRATS FILIBUSTER FOR 15 HOURS FOR GUN CONTROL Led by Chris Murphy -- the senator who represents Newtown -- the Democrats held the floor for nearly 15 hours until claiming victory, saying "leaders had agreed to votes on two measures to close gun-buying loopholes." President Barack Obama is heading to Orlando today to pay his respects to the victims' families. Reports have surfaced that a gun store refused to sell Omar Mateen ammunition and body armor, and what his wife knew remains a big question as the investigation moves forward. [Michael McAuliffe, HuffPost]
WRECKAGE OF MISSING EGYPTAIR FLIGHT FOUND The hunt for the plane's black boxes is on, as they will stop emitting signals June 24. [CNN]
HOW THE OLYMPIC ANTI-DOPING AGENCY IGNORED A CONFESSION "The athlete, a discus thrower named Darya Pishchalnikova, had won a silver medal four months earlier at the London Olympics. She said that she had taken banned drugs at the direction of Russian sports and antidoping authorities and that she had information on systematic doping in her country." [NYT]
'THE EPIDEMIC AT AMERICA'S DOOR' Rolling Stone goes to Puerto Rico to investigate the explosion of Zika. [Rolling Stone]
TODDLER'S BODY RECOVERED AFTER ALLIGATOR ATTACK Authorities found the body of the two-year-old who was snatched by an alligator as he played in the water near a Disney World hotel. Disney has faced a week of horrors -- between the alligator attack and reports that the Orlando shooter may have scouted its park -- despite the success its park opening in Shanghai was supposed to bring. [Dominique Mosbergen, Ron Dicker and Nina Golgowski, HuffPost]
NEW REPORTS DETAIL CIA TORTURE The declassified transcripts contain testimony from prisoners. [NYT]
'COMING OF AGE IN A CITY COMING APART' "In a year of record violence, one of Baltimore’s most troubled high schools had seen too many black boys derailed or killed by the mayhem around them. If he could help it, Khalil Bridges would not be one of them.'" [WaPo]
For more video news from The Huffington Post, check out this morning’s newsbrief.
IS FACEBOOK 'PREDICTING THE END OF THE WRITTEN WORD?' "In five years time Facebook 'will be definitely mobile, it will be probably all video,' said Nicola Mendelsohn, who heads up Facebook’s operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, at a conference in London this morning ... Mendelsohn went further, suggesting that stats showed the written word becoming all but obsolete, replaced by moving images and speech." [Quartz]
PEOPLE REALLY NEED TO CUT JENNIFER ANISTON SOME SLACK Most people would love to have her bikini body, but she can't have lunch without starting pregnancy rumors. [Daily Mail]
THE OSCAR ISN'T ENOUGH FOR LEO DiCaprio just invested in a company that will help predict who to cast and what to produce for Hollywood. [Vanity Fair]
THE FIRST BROADWAY SHOW WILL BE LIVE-STREAMED Leading to the question on everyone's minds -- is this a possibility for "Hamilton?" [Vulture]
'CAN NETFLIX SURVIVE IN THE WORLD IT CREATED?' "At the moment, Netflix has a negative cash flow of almost $1 billion; it regularly needs to go to the debt market to replenish its coffers. Its $6.8 billion in revenue last year pales in comparison to the $28 billion or so at media giants like Time Warner and 21st Century Fox." [NYT]
OF COURSE HELEN MIRREN WILL STAR IN 'FAST AND FURIOUS 8' She's apparently always loved driving. [Vanity Fair]
~ Check out the full transcript of HuffPost's interview with Hillary Clinton.
~ Video released two years later shows Seattle Pacific University hero's takedown of a shooter.
~ We're still freaking out over these photos of Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston's budding relationship.
~ Siri on your Mac is actually pretty great.
~ Everybody can relate to this socially awkward dog at the pool.
~ Kim Kardashian wants everyone to know she's back -- thus the nude cover on GQ.
~ Is this the DNC's leaked file of Donald Trump oppo research?
~ What creativity means around the world.
~ Prince William is the first royal to pose on the cover of a gay magazine.
~ Painting a version of "Starry Night" in water.
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