Slideshow: Today in History, July 1

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Fires at black churches raise concern

Recent fire outbreak at black churches raises serious concerns

Fires at several predominantly black churches in Southern states the past two weeks — at least three of them attributed to arson — raise concerns about potential fallout from the recent South Carolina church shooting.



The fires have all taken place in the weeks since the attack June 17. A 21-year-old man with apparent white supremacist beliefs is accused of going on a shooting rampage inside the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., killing nine people.

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De Blasio accuses Cuomo of political 'revenge'

Mayor de Blasio lit Gov. Cuomo up Tuesday with a double-barreled blast of political payback.

In stunningly frank language, the mayor accused the governor of deliberately thwarting his Albany agenda out of political pique and revenge — and hurting New Yorkers in the process.

Hours before leaving on a vacation out West, de Blasio called reporters into his office and spoke calmly in a calculated decision to take off the gloves and reveal the “frenemies” were really enemies.

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Star of Bethlehem? How to see Tuesday's bright celestial event

Something happened on our planet on Tuesday.

A glorious conjunction between the two brightest planets in our night sky occurs Tuesday evening, June 30.

Tonight at dusk, head outside and look west. Just above the horizon, you’ll see a bright object in the night sky as Jupiter and Venus come within 1/3 of a degree of each other. The two planets are the brightest dots in the sky.

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You don't want to believe the news making rounds about Jennifer Lopez

Yes, people want Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez to get back together

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Rihanna Chucks A Large Stack Of Money At Stephen Hill’s Face At BET Awards — Watch

Rihanna just made the headline again, but this time, may be not for a very good reason.

Rihanna was one bad gal at the 2015 BET Awards! The sexy singer was spotted getting angry with BET’s President of Programming Stephen Hill backstage and before storming off, she decked him in the face with a huge wad of bills

Novak Djokovic v Philipp Kohlschreiber: Wimbledon 2015 – as it happened

The world of sports is witnessing another great moment.

World number one Novak Djokovic overcame a tricky start to beat Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 in the first round at Wimbledon

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Stocks fall around the world over Greece default fears

Restrictions hit Greek banks as stocks Falk in price.

Global stocks lurched lower Monday as Greece closed its banks and imposed restrictions on cash withdrawals.


Markets around the world saw steep declines, with indexes in Europe especially hard-hit. Germany's DAX index fell 3.6% and France's CAC 40 index dropping 3.7%. Britain's FTSE 100 declined 2%.

It is expected that authorities will take meausers to deal decisively with the situation.

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