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For one Arizona tribe, finally a chance for justice

The ability to prosecute non-native offenders was granted to tribes in March 2013, when President Obama signed the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act; the Pascua Yaqui are the first to use it.

Al Jazeera

Domestic violence not tolerated by Pascua Yaqui Tribe

KVOA

South Sudan: Bentiu atrocity may not be the last

The massacre in Bentiu, South Sudan, has shaken even hardened humanitarian workers. The UN’s development and humanitarian coordinator, Toby Lanzer, called it perhaps the most shocking circumstances he had faced.

Guardian

UN condemns ethnic killings in South Sudan

Al Jazeera

Ebola outbreak death toll in West Africa over 140

The World Health Organization says the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa has killed more than 140 people. The Ebola disease causes a high fever and internal and external bleeding.

ABC News

New strain is responsible for Ebola outbreak in West Africa

Standard Digital News

Children’s corpses reveal desperate attempts to escape Korean ferry

South Korean divers swam into the sunken ferry, feeling for children’s bodies with their hands in a maze of cabins, corridors and upturned decks as the search continues for the missing.

Reuters

South Korean authorities search ferry owner’s offices as probe widens

CNN

Ukraine crisis: Russia ‘to respond if its interests’ attacked

Russia will respond if its interests in Ukraine are attacked, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said, drawing a parallel with the Georgian war. Mr Lavrov also accused the U.S. of “running the show” in Ukraine.

BBC

Kiev to resume security operation to disarm eastern separatists

USA TODAY

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

More bang for the wonk: How the Center for Global Development leverages donor dollars

If you had a fortune to give away, you’d go out and talk about how to have an impact with your money, you would see that the money will go further in poor countries rather than rich countries.

Inside Philanthropy

Community Foundations at 100

Originating in 1914, community foundations were designed to give a large number of donors the opportunity to combine small gifts into a permanent endowment for a range of philanthropic purposes.

Philanthropic Roundtable

HUMAN RIGHTS

Burma: A Tribute to U Win Tin

Human Rights Watch mourns the passing of U Win Tin, one of Burma’s most prominent human rights activists and journalists.

Human Rights Watch

Report highlights prisoners dying from human rights abuses in Texas prisons

The University of Texas School of Law Human Rights Clinic has claimed in a new report that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice continues to violate human rights of inmates in its facilities.

KSCT.com

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Human development coaches -- a burgeoning trade

Rasheed Qahtan, a human development trainer who has a certificate from the Canadian Training Center, said that human development is a process of improving people’s ability to broaden their choices in life.

Yemen Times

Lawmakers propose Mexico trade office

Democratic and Republican Leaders teamed up to introduce legislation to open up a California state trade office in Mexico City by 2016.

Sacramento Business Journal

POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

Georgia governor signs gun law

Georgia governor has signed a wide-ranging gun bill into law. It allows residents who have concealed carry permits to take guns into churches, school zones, government buildings and certain parts of airports.

CNN

Are these bills doomed to die?

A number of bills that took a lot of the Legislature’s time and energy may falter, fail or morph into another form as the legislative session moves toward an expected end.

Burlington Free Press

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Monkeys can also do math with 90 percent accuracy

A recent study found out that monkeys can be taught to do math by giving them rewards. Their math capabilities are up to 90 percent accurate.

Headlines and Global News

Monkeys can do math

Science

Ocean ‘duck’ noise identified, other sound mysteries remain

While some mysterious ocean sounds continue to remain a mystery, researchers determined that the noise known as the “bio-duck” was emitted by an Antarctic minke whale.

Discovery News

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Editorial:

All eyes on May 25 presidential election in Ukraine

Seattle Times

Editorial:

Campus diversity still wanted

USA TODAY

Column (Amy Brouillette):

Crackdown on journalists: State security vs human rights

Al Jazeera

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GOOD NEWS

Some fun, lesser known, facts about Wrigley Field

The 100th Anniversary of the first game played at Chicago’s Wrigley Field. Everyone knows about the ivy, old-school scoreboard, rooftops and bleachers while most know about the lights not having been put in 1988.

CBSSports