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Mike Perry, left, and other members of the Cure Violence group, meet with a resident while patrolling the Stapleton Houses area in the Staten Island borough of New York, Wednesday, June 8, 2016. Their team works to defuse arguments that can lead to shootings and match people with job training and counseling. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Mike Perry, left, and other members of the Cure Violence group, meet with a resident while patrolling the Stapleton Houses area in the Staten Island borough of New York, Wednesday, June 8, 2016. Their team works to defuse arguments that can lead to shootings and match people with job training and counseling. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

By Associated Press July 14, 2016 2 min read

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

1. ON STATEN ISLAND, GROUP WORKS TO KEEP PEACE WITH POLICE

The “Cure Violence” team walks the neighborhoods in the NYC borough, looking to head off violence and defuse arguments that can lead to police shootings two years after Eric Garner died in a confrontation there with police officers.

2. WHO’S SKIPPING GOP CONVENTION

Some Republican senators – including John McCain, Lisa Murkowski and Steve Daines – will steer clear of the convention amid the GOP establishment’s discomfort with presumptive nominee Donald Trump.