"As hero died protecting teens in Portland, his wedding ring and backpack were stolen"

"Police posted images of the suspect on YouTube and Twitter late Thursday, along with a plea for the public’s help in locating him."

"ABC News Braces for $5.7 Billion 'Pink Slime' Trial in the Heart of Trump Country"

"Just how much money is on the line? BPI is claiming actual damages as high as $1.9 billion, and under South Dakota’s Agricultural Food Products Disparagement Act, there's the possibility of trebled statutory damages, bringing the potential verdict to $5.7 billion (which doesn't even include the possibility of punitive damages)."

"A massive privacy breach at an exclusive Rodeo Drive plastic surgery clinic has put thousands of patients at risk, including some of L.A.’s most rich and famous"

CBS:

A spokesperson for Dr. Kadri says some of his clients are celebrities whose medical records may now be in jeopardy. That’s because the records of 15,000 patients were stolen — they say by a disgruntled former staffer fired for allegedly stealing from the practice.

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A spokesperson says the staffer not only stole financial information from the practice and the patients but also took photos of patients during surgeries while they were unconscious and posted the pictures on social media.

"Russia escalates spy games"

Politico:

In the throes of the 2016 campaign, the FBI found itself with an escalating problem: Russian diplomats, whose travel was supposed to be tracked by the State Department, were going missing.

The diplomats, widely assumed to be intelligence operatives, would eventually turn up in odd places, often in middle-of-nowhere USA. One was found on a beach, nowhere near where he was supposed to be. In one particularly bizarre case, relayed by a U.S. intelligence official, another turned up wandering around in the middle of the desert. Interestingly, both seemed to be lingering where underground fiber-optic cables tend to run.

"You might recall, for example, the story of Lake Peigneur, an inland body of water that was almost entirely drained from below when a Texaco drilling rig accidentally punctured a salt dome beneath the lake"

"This led to the sight of a rapid, Edgar Allan Poe-like maelström of swirling water disappearing into the abyss, pulling no fewer than eleven barges into the terrestrial deep."

"By the end of the 2017 season, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is going to be the best prospect in baseball"

Yahoo:

This is fascinating for any number of reasons. First is Guerrero’s age: He is barely 18 years old

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Guerrero isn’t even the best-performing second-generation player on his team. While older brother Dante [Bichette] Jr. has stalled out in Double-A with the Yankees, the 19-year-old Bo is hitting .372/.452/.598 and drawing raves from scouts.

"According to Donald Trump Jr., Donald Trump Jr. Is a World-Class CrossFit Athlete"

Deadspin: "He noted that Trump Jr.‘s reported Memorial Day time was faster than the winning time in the Murph event at the 2015 CrossFit Games"