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Deaths Reported as Ukraine Tries to Clear Pro-Russian Rebels
SLAVIANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukrainian security forces launched an operation on Sunday to clear pro-Russian separatists from a police headquarters in the eastern city of Slaviansk, with Kiev...
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Mudslide in Oso, Washinton, Menaces Fabled Pacific Northwest Salmon, Trout River
OSO, Washington (Reuters) - Watching the now murky river from his kitchen window, Bill Best speaks in low tones of neighbors buried by a massive mudslide, where damage to salmon and steelhead trout...
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Sombre, Tired-Looking Pope Presides at Palm Sunday Services
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A tired and sombre-looking Pope Francis led a Palm Sunday service before more than 100,000 people, opening two packed weeks of activities including Easter and the canonization...
View ArticleUkraine Gives Rebels Until Monday Morning to Disarm or Face Military Operation
KIEV/SLAVIANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukraine has given pro-Russian separatists a Monday morning deadline to disarm or face a "full-scale anti-terrorist operation" by its armed forces, raising the risk...
View ArticleSyria Opposition Claims Has Evidence of Chlorine Gas Attack
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian opposition activists have posted photographs and video that they say shows an improvised chlorine bomb to back up claims that President Bashar al-Assad's forces used chemical...
View ArticleWhite Supremacist Suspect in Kansas Jewish Center Killings Faces Hate Crime...
OVERLAND PARK, Kansas (Reuters) - The suspect in the Passover Eve killings of three people at two Jewish community facilities in a Kansas City suburb has a long history of racism and anti-Semitism, and...
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Separatist Unrest Spreads in Ukraine; Ultimatum Ends with No Crackdown
(Reuters) - Pro-Russian separatists on Monday ignored an ultimatum to leave occupied government buildings in eastern Ukraine while another group of rebels attacked a police headquarters as a threatened...
View ArticleNigerian Bus Station Bombing Kills 71 on Edge of Capital
(Reuters) - A morning rush hour bomb killed at least 71 people at a Nigerian bus station on the outskirts of the capital on Monday, raising concerns about the spread of an Islamist insurgency after the...
View ArticleMalaysia Airlines Search Heads Deep Underwater in New Phase
(Reuters) - A U.S. Navy underwater drone will be deployed to scour the floor of the Indian Ocean for a missing Malaysia Airlines plane, search officials said on Monday, launching a new phase of the...
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Starting Five for Monday
1. Bubba WatsonWins the Masters for the second time in three years. 2. Eat, Drink and Be MurderedOn Game of Thrones, cruel King Joffrey is poisoned at his own wedding. King's Landing police narrowed...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: Former Sec. of Health and Human Services on Menthol...
To the Editor:Re: Making Menthol Uncool (Newsweek, April 18, 2014)The report by Abigail Jones is an excellent review of the on-going efforts of tobacco companies to push their unhealthy, addicting...
View ArticleMilitary Chiefs Warn Scotland over Evicting Nuclear Weapons
(Reuters) - The Scottish government's plan to evict Britain's nuclear submarine base if it wins a vote for independence would cost billions of pounds, cut thousands of jobs and create resentment...
View ArticleWhite House Warns Russia of More 'Costs' Over Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House warned Russia on Monday that it would face further costs over its actions in Ukraine and said U.S. President Barack Obama would speak with Russian President...
View ArticleDutch Police Question Girl, 14, Over American Airlines Twitter Threat
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch police said on Monday they were questioning a 14-year-old girl in connection with an apparent threat she sent to American Airlines via Twitter over the weekend.A spokeswoman...
View ArticleReuters, Guardian U.S., Washington Post, Boston Globe Win Pulitzer Prizes
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Reuters won a Pulitzer Prize on Monday for international reporting on the violent persecution of a Muslim minority in Myanmar, the Pulitzer Prize Board at Columbia University...
View ArticleToday in Tabs: A Man, A Plan, A Hoax, Axes, Napalm, Panama!
my uber driver tonight was abused by Turkish warlords for 6 months after trying to escape from Iran when he was 16. have fun at coachella!— Dave King (@DaveKingThing) April 12, 2014The rich are not...
View ArticleObamacare Premium Hikes Relatively Modest, Non-Partisan CBO Says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The average premium for an Obamacare benchmark plan will rise slightly in 2015 and increase about 6 percent a year during the rest of this decade, the nonpartisan Congressional...
View ArticleLaverne Cox Transforms the Audience at the GLAAD Awards
Laverne Cox remembers her first red carpet experience. It was 2005 and she was on the rug at the Tribecca Film Festival, standing before the paparazzi. “I was in acting school and they gave some of...
View ArticleGoogle to Buy Drone-Maker Titan Aerospace
(Reuters) - Google Inc has acquired solar-powered drone maker Titan Aerospace as the Web search giant ramps up plans to deliver wireless Internet access to remote parts of the world.Titan Chief...
View ArticleScientists Create First Family-Friendly Headlines About Lab-Grown Vagina in Lab
Pussy Riot has been out of the news for months, but it’s been a tumultuous few days for mainstream media organizations squeamishly struggling to place vaginas in headlines nonetheless.Last week brought...
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