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Science fiction writer Harlan Ellison dies aged 84

RIP – Dangerous Visions

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Prolific writer and critic, whose credits include a Star Trek episode and the short story A Boy and His Dog, died in his sleep

The award-winning writer Harlan Ellison has died at the age of 84.

In his career, Ellison wrote over 1,800 short stories, screenplays, novellas, essays, critiques and teleplays, winning eight Hugo awards. His wife Susan confirmed the news via her friend Christina Valada on Twitter.

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Senior Ice lawyer sentenced to prison for stealing immigrants’ identities

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Raphael Sanchez racked up nearly $200,000 in debt using identities of immigrants facing deportation

A senior lawyer for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) has been sentenced to four years in prison for stealing the identities of immigrants facing deportation and using them to to take out credit cards and run up more than $190,300 in debt.

Raphael Sanchez, formerly the lead attorney for the Seattle Ice office, also used the photograph of a murdered woman on some of the fake identities he created and claimed several deported immigrants as dependents to dodge tax collectors.

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U.S. charges hundreds in major healthcare fraud, opioid crackdown

Bet that the manufacturers got a free pass go card for millions they spent on promoting the drugs to doctors! (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday announced charges against 601 people including doctors for taking part in healthcare frauds that resulted in over $2 billion in losses and contributed to the nation’s opioid epidemic in some cases.

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Trump trashed Nato at G7, calling it ‘as bad as Nafta’, officials confirm

wishes Adolph had won!

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President’s remarks were confirmed by European officials, adding to jitters among allies about what will happen at July Nato summit

Donald Trump trashed Nato, saying it was “as bad as Nafta”, the North American free trade agreement the US president openly despises, European officials have confirmed.

Related: Trump is hellbent on destroying the Nato alliance | Martin Kettle

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Donald Trump’s nominee for the supreme court will have to be resisted | Jill Abramson

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The campaign against the president’s zealots will be a major test of strength for civil rights and abortion rights groups. A new Democratic lion is needed

Republican president who is eager to build a clear, conservative majority on the United States supreme court – and too sure of his political ground – overreaches. He picks a rightwing zealot for the open seat created by the retirement of a justice. At stake in the subsequent political battle over his nomination is the constitutional right of American women to have an abortion.

Related: Anthony Kennedy: US supreme court justice to retire

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