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Uber's boss is forced to quit amid a series of company's affairs

Travis Cordell Kalanick is an American businessman. Kalanick resigned from Uber after a controversy over the company's unethical culture, including allegations that he ignored reports of sexual harassment at the company. He remains a shareholder and board member.

George Clooney sells his tequila business for up to $1 billion

Casamigos is a tequila company co-founded by George Clooney, Rande Gerber, and Mike Meldman. It was purchased by Diageo for US$700 million plus up to a further $300m based on the brand's performance. The name Casamigos comes from the Spanish "casa" and "amigos," house and friends, thus "house of friends."

Edward Snowden is charged by the United States with espionage

The U.S. Department of Justice unsealed charges against Snowden of two counts of violating the Espionage Act of 1917 and theft of government property, following which the Department of State revoked his passport. Russia later granted Snowden the right of asylum and permitted him to stay at least until 2020.

"Mississippi Burning" killer is sentenced for 41-year old crime

Killen was found guilty of manslaughter 41 years to the day after the crime. The jury, consisting of nine white jurors and three black jurors, rejected the charges of murder but found him guilty of recruiting the mob that carried out the killings. He was sentenced by Circuit Judge Marcus Gordon to the maximum sentence of 60 years in prison.

Supreme Court allows burning American flag

Texas v. Johnson was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that invalidated prohibitions on desecrating the American flag. Justice William Brennan wrote for a five-justice majority in holding that the defendant Gregory Lee Johnson's act of flag burning was protected speech under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

US troops take Okinawa

The Battle of Okinawa was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Marine and Army forces against the Imperial Japanese Army. 149,425 Okinawans were killed, committed suicide or went missing, a significant proportion of the estimated pre-war 300,000 local population.

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