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Here are five news stories you need to know for Friday, June 16, 2017.
- Pentagon to send 5,000 additional troops to Afghanistan. It stands to be the largest deployment of American forces in Donald Trump’s young presidency.
- Two escaped inmates, suspected of killing the guards who were transporting them, were held at gunpoint by a rural Tennessee homeowner whose vehicle they were trying to steal. Donnie Rowe and Ricky Dubose, are now in police custody.
- After about 30 hours of deliberation jurors told the judge that they couldn’t reach a unanimous decision in the actor’s sexual assault trial. The judge advised them to keep deliberating.
- Online juggernaut and veteran employer, Amazon is buying Whole Foods in a deal valued at about $13.7 billion, including debt.
- After surviving one fall over Niagara Falls with no protection, he didn't survive the second trip over the falls. This time he at least attempted it in a plastic ball for protection.
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