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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) maintained Friday that he'll support the Republican presidential nominee, even if that somebody happens to be Donald Trump, The Palm Beach Post reports.

Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump was none too thrilled Saturday with the protesters who blocked his way into California's Republican convention the day before:

Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook is perhaps best used for admiring photos of Mark Zuckerberg's dog. Beast, a Puli Hungarian Sheepdog, is quite good at camouflaging himself, as you can see in photos the social network's founder posted Friday:

Jimmy Fallon has been singing bits and pieces of Styx's "Too Much Time on My Hands" on The Tonight Show for days. On Friday, he and actor Paul Rudd took the obsession to its natural conclusion, creating a shot-by-shot remake of the '80s music video. The end result is sufficiently goofy. Take a look below.

Hundreds of activists stormed Iraq's parliament building Saturday in support of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who had accused Iraqi politicians of corruption, CBS News reports.

San Francisco Police Chief Gregory Suhr released nine pages of racist and homophobic text messages sent between officers Friday and ordered all offers to undergo anti-bias training, The New York Times reports.

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Demonstrations against Donald Trump continued for a second day in California when dozens of protesters gathered Friday outside the Republican convention in Burlingame. Trump had to walk along a concrete median to slip into the back of the building without harassment. At one point, about two dozen protesters rushed the barriers of the Hyatt Regency, where the convention was taking place, and were pushed back by police using batons. The clashes are the latest in a string of Trump protests. Читать дальше...

The head of an evangelical legal organization has pledged to carry a gun into Target's bathrooms to defend against transgender women. Liberty Counsel President Anita Staver is calling for a boycott of the retail chain after it announced that it will allow patrons to use the restroom that corresponds to their gender identity, The Huffington Post reports. Staver tweeted the following:

A Copycat Art Scratcher (approximately $190) is expensive as scratching posts go, but buying one a month is "a lot cheaper than your cat destroying an actual priceless piece of artwork," says Andrew Liszewski at Gizmodo. Dutch designer Erik Stehmann had lost only an embroidered painting to his pets' claws when he decided he might be able to rechannel their artistic interests and did so by reproducing famous paintings on embroidered twine. A replica of the Mona Lisa will be the first scratchboard... Читать дальше...

Syria called local truces Friday, but put no end to the violence in Aleppo deemed "monstrous" by the United Nations, Reuters reports.

ISIS is losing battles, territory, and money in Iraq and Syria, while still expanding elsewhere. Can it be stopped? Here's everything you need to know:

A friend of alleged Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof pleaded guilty Friday to lying to federal officials and withholding information about the attack. Joey Meek faces up to eight years in prison and $500,000 in fines, The New York Times reports.

"Have you ever tried to see what your butt looks like to other people?" asked Susan Rinkunas at New York magazine. Well, it's about to get a lot easier, thanks to a new "smart mirror" that will show you your body in extensive, perhaps excruciating, detail. The Naked 3D Fitness Tracker pairs a rotating scale with a smart mirror to scan your body in 3-D and generate a "claylike rendering of you in your undies" in a companion app.

Danville, California. Facing Mount Diablo, this five-bedroom house was built in 1984. The home features a remodeled kitchen, new wood floors, French doors, and a master suite with a private balcony and a heated floor in the bath.

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