Here"s a roundup of news trending across the nation and world today.
What to know now:
1. Dallas gunman: The gunman who killed five police officers in Dallas on Thursday had planned an even larger attack, officials said Sunday. Micah Johnson had enough explosive material to create significant damage in the city, Dallas Police Chief David Brown said. "We"re convinced that this suspect had other plans and thought that what he was doing was righteous and believed that he was going to target law enforcement - make us pay for what he sees as law enforcement"s efforts to punish people of color," Brown told CNN"s "State of the Union" Sunday. Johnson shot 14 people as a march to protest the deaths of two black men by police was ending Thursday night.
2. Perry falls ill: Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry is said to be in stable condition in a New York hospital after collapsing on stage Sunday. Perry who was performing at Coney Island with his band Hollywood Vampires and rock star Alice Cooper, reportedly stagger off-stage before he collapsed and was taken to the hospital. Perry is 65.
3. Bullfighter dies in the ring: A bullfighter was gored to death on live TV Saturday, the first professional matador to be killed by a bull in Spain since 1985. Victor Barrio, 29, was gored by the 1,166-pound animal moments after the event started. The bull flipped him and gored him in his chest and thigh, puncturing his lung and his aorta. He was pronounced dead upon arrival at the hospital.
4. No fan of Trump: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said in an interview with The New York Times Sunday that she cant imagine what this place would be with Donald Trump as our president. While U.S. Supreme Court justices generally do not talk politics, Ginsburg told The Times, For the country, it could be four years. For the court, it could be I dont even want to contemplate that, referring to the likelihood the next president will appoint more than one justice to the U.S. Supreme Court. According to Ginsburg, her late husband would have said, Now its time for us to move to New Zealand, if Trump is elected president.
5.Heading to rehab: Chaka Khan is canceling her July concert dates to enter a drug rehabilitation program. The Grammy award-winning singer has a dependence on prescription pain medications and has voluntarily entered the program to get healthy and stay that way," a message to fans onKhan"s website saidSunday. Khans first big hit, I Feel for You, was written by Prince. Prince died from a prescription drug overdose in April.
And one more
The son of Osama Bin Laden is threatening revenge against the United States for the assassination of his father. Hamza bin Laden posted a 21-minute speech saying al Qaeda, the terror organization his father headed, will continue striking you and targeting you in your country and abroad in response to your oppression of the people of Palestine, Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia and the rest of the Muslim lands that did not survive your oppression. Osama bin Laden was killed in Pakistan by U.S. special forces in 2011.
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Black Lives Matter DeRay McKesson spewing racism after the massacre of at least five Dallas Police.
Prominent Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson has been released from jail after being arrested during a protest in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Saturday night, according to officials.
A booking record from the East Baton Rouge Sheriff"s Office confirms that Mckesson was arrested. He was being held at the East Baton Rouge Parish jail, according to records.
And The Associated Press reported that Baton Rouge Police Department spokesman Cpl L"Jean McKneely told The Advocate newspaper that Mckesson was arrested Saturday night.
The booking record for Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson, booked on Baton Rouge, Louisiana on July 10, 2016.
Mckesson was filming video of the protest and walking alongside Airline Highway when he was arrested. According to Mckesson, he was charged with obstruction of a roadway.
Upon his release, Mckesson said Baton Rouge Police were provoking peaceful protesters. He was among hundreds of individuals protesting against the shooting death Tuesday by police of 37-year-old Alton Sterling.
Mckesson said he remains hopeful that the Justice Department will intervene both investigation into the death of Alton Sterling and the way police treat protesters.
Mckesson gained a national following after he left his then-home of Minneapolis in August 2014 for Ferguson, Missouri, to document the the police shooting of Michael Brown.
ABC News" Devin Villacis contributed to this report.
Tim Duncan spent nearly two decades as the quiet storm in the middle of the San Antonio Spurs franchise, putting the team on his broad shoulders and carrying it to heights unseen in modern American sports.
With Duncan as the focal point, the Spurs won five championships, made the playoffs in all 19 of his seasons and cemented themselves as one of the most successful franchises in all of sports.
And now, the tireless and reluctant superstar is finally calling it a career. The 40-year-old Duncan announced his retirement on Monday, marking the end of an era for the Spurs and the NBA.
"The greatest power forward ever," the Los Angeles Clippers" Jamal Crawford said Monday, as the tributes to Duncan"s career began coming.
Few would dare argue.
Duncan was the No. 1 overall pick in 1997 and teamed with coach Gregg Popovich, point guard Tony Parker and shooting guard Manu Ginobili to turn the Spurs from a solid franchise that could never quite get over the hump into one of the league"s superpowers.
The unassuming Duncan won two MVP awards and was one of just four players to be named NBA Finals MVP at least three times. He was a 15-time All-Star, a member of the All-NBA first team 10 times and is one of only three players joining Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Robert Parrish to win at least 1,000 games in his career. He is fifth on the NBA"s career list in blocks, sixth in rebounds and 14th in scoring.
"The constant staple of their franchise," Cleveland"s LeBron James said earlier this year.
Duncan was never one for big endorsement deals or look-at-me press conferences, which is why he was often overshadowed in the public eye by more outsized personalities like the James and Kobe Bryant, who also retired this year after 20 seasons, all with the Los Angeles Lakers. But he leaves this game as one of the league"s true giants, perhaps the best power forward to ever play and one who left as indelible a mark on his franchise as any player to come before him.
"For us as players, we just enjoy and appreciate each other," Bryant said earlier this season. "It"s not a matter of who"s better or who"s greater. You just accept the careers that you"ve had. I appreciate his career, and vice versa."
The announcement comes two months after the Spurs were upset by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference semifinals, a six-game exit that immediately had people wondering yet again if it was Duncan"s last hurrah.
Turns out, it was.
And like everything else Duncan did in his career aside from win he retired quietly, with a statement from the team. There will be no victory lap for Duncan, no farewell tour like the one Bryant had this season. Popovich would be available to address Duncan"s decision on Tuesday, the Spurs said.
The last time Duncan spoke to reporters was on May 12, when the Spurs had just been eliminated by the Thunder in Game 6 of the Western Conference semifinals. After being ineffective for most of the series, Duncan scored 19 points and teamed with fellow 40-year-old Andre Miller to trim a 26-point lead to nine in the fourth quarter before Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant closed out the series.
There were hints in that game of Duncan"s plans, even though he exercised a contract option later to clear the way for his return. He had always said that he would walk away when he felt he could no longer have a significant impact on the game, and for most of the series the younger Thunder big men had their way with him and the Spurs on the glass.
With the Spurs getting blown out and the fourth quarter set to begin, Popovich and his veteran star had a brief conversation on the bench. Duncan then played all 12 minutes of the fourth quarter without coming out for a rest, perhaps soaking up every second he could in the last game he would ever play. And when the game was over, Duncan waved to the visiting crowd and pointed a finger toward the roof as he headed to the locker room, a rare signal from one of the league"s most stoic superstars.
"Timmy"s never been a very outspoken or emoting sort of individual on the court," Popovich said earlier this year. "Everybody does it differently."
And Duncan was truly one of a kind.
In 1997, after an injury to star David Robinson, the Spurs plunged in the standings and ended up with a chance at the No. 1 overall pick. They won the lottery, and it was a no-brainer to choose Duncan, the polished, two-way big man who had spent four years at Wake Forest.
The Spurs won 36 more games in Duncan"s rookie year than they had the previous season and were NBA champions in his sophomore campaign. They also won titles in 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2014, the last one a dominant run to redemption over James and the Miami Heat after losing to them in seven games the previous season.
For at least the last five seasons of his career, Duncan would face retirement questions. But he never really changed. You could see a few gray hairs near his temples as the years wore on, but his face, his body, his game all bore a striking resemblance to the 21-year-old who averaged 21.1 points and 11.9 rebounds in his first year in the league.
Here"s how long he was with the Spurs: He had 140 different teammates there.
He was a 38-year-old All-Star in 2014-15 and even as his minutes were reduced to save the wear and tear on his body for the playoffs, he remained a force on the defensive end and on the glass. He used an exhaustive workout regimen of boxing, swimming and diet to help him keep pace with the younger, faster, stronger players that kept coming at him year after year.
The Spurs won a franchise-record 67 regular-season games this past season. Despite Duncan"s individual statistics dipping to career lows, coaches and teammates said the impact his leadership, intelligence and defensive presence had continued to be elite.
Justin Bieber vs Jaden Smith - Who Is The Most Fashionable.? [ 2016 ]
Its safe to say that Jaden Smith is a little strange. With a catalog of tweets, and a record number of interesting interviews to prove it, the child star seems to be living life on his own termsand also in his own world.
Today, on his 18th birthday, we celebrate Smiths embrace of his weirdness with some of the most epic, confusing andhead-scratchingtweets we could find.
Kimberly Wilson is the social media editor at The Root. Follow her on Twitter.
Ronaldo vs. Griezmann und der Drohnen-Abschuss - EM-News
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Two finals in the space of a couple of months and two losses, no, two heartbreaking, soul-sucking, gut-wrenching losses. One came via penalties to Atleticos arch rivals after playing so well to get his side to the final. The next came in his home nation with an extra-time strike against a team France were heavily favoured to beat.
Lets hope, as Rojiblancos, that he returns to Madrid and his friends gather round him, helping him to get back on track and win silverware next year, not for the clubs sake but for his sake! He is too good to keep losing like this.
He did finish the competition as the top scorer with six goals, but that will meant little to the fiery little Frenchman. He wants silverware and he deserves to have won at least one of those finals.
Twitter agrees, and here are some of the tweets in reaction to Griezmann and Frances Euro 2016 defeat:
A prominent Black Lives Matter activist, three journalists and more than 120 other people were taken into custody in Louisiana over the weekend, authorities said Sunday, in connection with protests over the fatalshootingof an African-American man by two white police officers in Baton Rouge.
Spokeswoman Casey Rayborn Hicks of the East Baton Rouge Sheriff"s Office told The Associated Press that nearly 100 people were taken to the parish jail over protests that began late Saturday. Most of those arrested were from Louisiana and faced a single charge of obstructing a highway.
A first wave of arrests took place on Friday and early Saturday, with 30 people taken into custody.
Police began releasing those who were arrested on Sunday afternoon. Kira Marrero, 21, of New Orleans, who faces a charge of obstructing a highway, was the first to leave the jail. She says she was not standing on the road.
"I did the right thing," said Marrero, a 2015 graduate of Williams College in Massachusetts. "I have no doubt in my mind that I did nothing wrong."
Tensions between black citizens and police have risen palpably over the past week or so amid policeshootingsof African-American men in Minnesota and Louisiana and the gunning down of five white police officers by a black suspect inDallasin apparent retaliation.
Among those arrested was DeRay Mckesson, a leading figure in the Black Lives Matter movement that blossomed in recent years in the wake of numerous deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of police. Mckesson smiled and embraced supporters upon his release from jail Sunday afternoon.
"I remain disappointed in the Baton Rouge police, who continue to provoke protesters for peacefully protesting. There"s a lot of work to be done, with this police department specifically," he said.
Authorities had just arrested a couple on a motorcycle driving by on the street when attention turned toward Mckesson, who had traveled from Baltimore for the protest and happened to be wearing bright red shoes. An officer could be seen pointing to a man and heard saying that he"d arrest the man with "loud shoes" if he could reach him.
Booking documents provided by the East Baton Rouge Sheriff"s Office said Mckesson was arrested on a charge of obstructing a highway.
An affidavit of probable cause filed by police says Mckesson "intentionally" placed himself in the road after protesters were repeatedly warned via police loud speaker to remain on private property or the curb.
"During the protest, the defendant entered the roadway and was provided another verbal order to exit the lanes of travel. Moments later, the defendant entered the roadway again and was taken into custody by officers on scene without incident," the affidavit said.
Activist Brittany Packett, who was with Mckesson, said in an email that he was on the highway shoulder when "multiple police crossed onto the shoulder, tackling Deray and arresting him."
Photo images taken by The Associated Press show police apprehending Mckesson, who at one point was on his knees before being pulled to his feet by police and led away with his hands secured behind his back.
Baton Rouge police blamed violence and out-of-town agitators for the large number of arrests, noting that an earlier march the same evening was peaceful and nobody was arrested.
One police officer lost teeth to a projectile thrown from the protest Saturday night outside police headquarters, and police also confiscated three rifles, three shotguns and two pistols during that protest, Sgt. Don Coppola, a police spokesman, said in an emailed statement.
"It appears the protest at Baton Rouge Police Headquarters have become more violent as out of town protesters are arriving," he wrote.
The list released by the sheriff"s office included two homeless people and 18 from out of state, including Mckesson. The vast majority of the Louisiana residents were from the Baton Rouge and New Orleans areas.
It was not clear just what police blamed on "out of town protesters." Only one person from outside the Baton Rouge area faced a charge other than obstructing a highway.
Three people two from Baton Rouge and one from Humble, Texas face a charge of inciting to riot, and four all from the Baton Rouge area face a charge of resisting arrest.
Darren Bowers, 26, of Baton Rouge, arrived at the jail around 9 a.m. Sunday to see if he could get his girlfriend, 26-year-old Ariel Bates, released. Bowers wasn"t present when Bates was arrested near police headquarters. Bowers said she called him from the jail early Sunday.
"She told me that they jumped all on her and her cousin on the grass. They weren"t on the street or anything," Bowers said.
He said he believes police are "antagonizing" protesters.
"People are peacefully protesting. Why are (police) in riot gear?" he said.
The tumult over police killings reached well beyond Louisiana. In Minnesota, police arrested about 100 people in the capital of St. Paul during protests. Authorities said 21 St. Paul officers and six state troopers were hurt late Saturday and early Sunday during clashes stemming from the policeshootingand killing of Philando Castile, a 32-year-old black man, during a traffic stop in suburban St. Paul on Wednesday.
The starting point of Saturday"s demonstration was the convenience store where 37-year-old Alton Sterling was shot and killed last week. Protesters then fanned out to the Baton Rouge police department and the state Capitol.
The Department of Justice has opened an investigation into Sterling"s death.
Shouting "No justice! No peace!" roughly 1,000 protesters gathered outside the police department, waving homemade signs as passing cars honked their support.
Police in riot gear came out numerous times as the demonstration wore on into the evening, facing off against the crowd that yelled slogans and waved signs.
Authorities said they pulled in officers from nearby parishes to buttress their numbers.
WAFB-TV reporter Chris Slaughter was among those arrested, Hicks confirmed. Eve Troeoh, news director for New Orleans public radio station WWNO, said staff reporter Ryan Kailath was arrested.
Breitbart News reported that Lee Stranahan, one of its reporters, was arrested.
Members of the New Black Panther Party for Self Defense called for the arrest and indictment of the officers involved in Sterling"sshooting, shouting "Black Power" and raising their fists.
"These are human rights violations," Krystal Muhammad shouted to the crowd at the convenience store before heading over to the police department. "They are not operating as human beings. They are being predators on our communities across America."
In Minnesota, police used smoke bombs to clear more than 200 people blocking Interstate 94, the main highway in and out of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Protesters pelted police in riot gear with rocks, bottles, firecrackers and other objects, and they refused to get off the highway, prompting officers in riot gear to move in just after midnight.
Roughly half of the arrests happened during that standoff. Most of the others happened early Sunday in another part of St. Paul.
Police Chief Todd Axtell called the violence against officers "a disgrace."
Mike Martin, who wore a guitar on his back and said he was trying to promote peace, was pepper sprayed by an officer on a pedestrian bridge overlooking the interstate. He said he was trying to move the crowd along and keep the peace.
"I guess I wasn"t moving fast enough for him," said Martin, who said the officer was six feet away when he sprayed him without warning. "He just got it out and bam, I saw a cloud. It"s burning pretty bad."
A leader on a loudspeaker urged the group to march to the governor"s mansion, where protesters have been gathering since the fatal police shooting Wednesday of a black driver, Philando Castile, in the suburb of Falcon Heights. The 32-year-old school cafeteria supervisor told officers during a traffic stop that he had a gun in the car and a permit to use it, and one of them shot him when he reached for his wallet, according to his girlfriend, who live-streamed video of the immediate aftermath on Facebook.
Tyree Johnson, a protester who said he was Castile"s cousin, said officers on the highway fired pellets and gas in his direction.
Misty Macon, 20, of St. Paul, said the protest was mostly peaceful, though at least one protester aimed a firework at an officer. She said she saw about 30 people being peacefully taken away by officers, who said they warned protesters they would be subject to arrest if they didn"t leave the interstate, which reopened early Sunday.
The protest was among several demonstrations nationwide, including New York.
Hundreds of demonstrators marched through the streets of New York on Saturday in a third night of protests against shootings of black men by police officers.
The protesters marched up Broadway from lower Manhattan, paused for speeches in Union Square, then marched to Times Square and around midtown.
As many as 1,000 people joined the protest, but many left when it started raining late Saturday night.
Police officers marched alongside the protesters and tried to keep them on the sidewalk by playing a recorded announcement warning them that they risked arrest if they stayed in the street. A police spokesman said there were at least 20 arrests.
Zayanahla Vines, a nephew of Delrawn Small, who was shot to death by an off-duty officer in Brooklyn during a road-rage incident Monday, choked back tears before kicking off the march.
"My uncle was killed in cold blood by somebody who was wearing a badge, and that man"s still walking free today," Vines said.
He added, "This is about black people in America, this is not about me. This is not about any of us as an individual."
New York state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced that he will investigate the death of Small, who was black, as were the men fatally shot by police officers in Baton Rouge and a suburb of Minneapolis.
Protester Cynthia Howell said she wants to see accountability for police misconduct.
"We are not against the police, but we want accountability and we want justice," said Howell, a niece of Alberta Spruill, who died of a heart attack in 2003 after police threw a concussion grenade into her Harlem apartment during a mistaken raid. "We want those who do reckless, dangerous things held accountable."
Danny Salk, a filmmaker from Brooklyn, brought his two young daughters, Indigo Hubbard-Salk, 10, and Cypris Hubbard-Salk, 14, to the protest.
"I came out to protest the killing of black people by cops and racism in general," Salk said. "I think it"s time we stopped racism."
He said his daughters were the ones who inspired him to come.
"They"re the activists. They said it"s very important that we go," he said. "It"s very empowering to stand in the street and chant and practice democracy. This is the only way we"re going to wake people up."
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Summary : Energize your life with Brian Tyler"s magnificent musical score for the film "Now You See Me 2" with a great mix of upbeat rhythms and classic orchestral music.
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Magic captures the imagination like nothing else. Brian Tyler and the accompanying musicians also capture us with another memorable musical score for the Now You See Me film series with the musical score for the magic-filled mystery/thriller/comedy Now You See Me 2 (also internationally known with the improved title Now You See Me: The Second Act) where a formidable magician team exposes baddies for the greater good.
I enjoyed the 24-track, 80-minute Now You See Me 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) released on the Varse Sarabande label and also heard this music in context during my viewing of the Lionsgate film Now You See Me 2.
Listeners can easily connect with this well produced work covering several genres (jazzy heist/spy, classic orchestral, big band, police drama, capers, epic fantasy, etc.) as this enjoyable experience creates a memorable music that can easily stand on its own.
The Now You See Me 2 Original Soundtrack pushes beyond a simple strings for tension and drums for action method. Tyler and his talented musicians also include touches of Chinese music (e.g. United), which is the films dominant setting.
Tyler creates a nice balance that reflects the great plot and characters who are either in the limelight or the shadows and how they navigate between the two. He improves on the Now You See Me theme, which flows effectively throughout this quality score while performing on bass, drums, guitars, keyboards, and percussion as well as piano with Evan Duffy.
After the roaring Fanfare and Main Titles, 300 Seconds impresses with big emotion that reaches beyond the genre and also clocks in as the longest work at seven minutes and 25 seconds.
The Setup follows and echoes James Bond films near the end; other highlights include the short Revelatory with familiar movements and Equivoque with hard-driving percussion. The horns are strong throughout without overwhelming the other instrument sets.
Trifecta has become my favorite. This impressive work has a dance club feel and then familiar orchestral movements before an impressive build-up. Bazaar Getaway has a great lone horn with a synthesizer feature near the end that showcases this scores appealing variety.
Octa pushes the tempo well and the electric drums and keyboards on Diversion Tactics keeps the impact even, yet driving. Then, about halfway through, Tyler transitions into traditional drums/percussion, horns and strings for big movements that complement base themes. Deliverance and The New Horseman are probably my least favorite tracks due to their average overall impact.
The Big Finish and Finale dovetail the beginning themes well. This highly recommended musical score captures the grandeur of magic entertainment and the films satisfying experience. It is available now digitally and on CD July 8, 2016.
Brian Tyler continues building strong works in film (Iron Man 3, Fast & Furious, Final Destination), television (Sleepy Hollow, Scorpion, Children of Dune, Hawaii Five-0) and video games (Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3), plus past collaborations (e.g. Constantine with Klaus Badelt).
Tyler also co-produced this original motion picture score, which was also mixed at Brian Tyler Studios and Studio H. The rapidly refining Tyler recently made his headline concert debut at Londons Royal Festival Hallthis past May where he and the Philharmonia Orchestra, plus choir, performed a line-up of his various scores. Tyler also has amateur magician experience.
The Now You See Me 2 Original Soundtrack is also available and features classic songs by The Drifters, Jimi Hendrix, and Perry Como, plus modern songs by 50 Cent/Lil Kim and Pharrell Williams. It also has four songs from one of the films stars, Jay Chou. A third film is on the way, so look for Tyler to complete a rare musical score hat trick in the future.
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