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MLK had complicated legacy on gun ownership, security

Martin Luther King Jr. was surrounded by guns, even though he didn’t like them. On April 4, 1968, King became one of America’s most famous victims of gun violence.

ABC News

Taiwanese signal resolve in historic election

Taiwan has elected its first female president in a landmark election that could unsettle relations with Beijing. Tsai Ing-wen, leader of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party, won the presidency with 56 percent of the vote.

CNN

Sanctions lifted as Iran, US forge prisoner swap

Iran emerged from years of economic isolation when world powers lifted crippling sanctions against the Islamic Republic in return for Tehran complying with a deal to curb its nuclear ambitions.

Reuters

Iran releases five American prisoners, including Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian

CNN

American killed in Burkina Faso attack moved there to work at orphanage

An American who died in a terror attack in Burkina Faso moved halfway across the world with his wife to run an orphanage and women’s crisis center.

CNN

Burkina Faso takeover ends; at least 28 people dead

USA TODAY

Debate a key opportunity for Clinton, Sanders

The Democratic debate comes at a crucial moment. The two front-runners — Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders — are closer in the polls than ever, and the Iowa caucus is only two weeks away.

NPR

IN-DEPTH

Ellis Island of the South

A Georgia town becomes a magnet for refugees – including from Syria – despite resistance to the newcomers in many parts of the South. Can Clarkson be a model?

Christian Science Monitor

Where is post-revolution Tunisia heading?

Five years after their popular uprising, Tunisians remain divided about their country’s future.

Al Jazeera

Interviews with Tunisians on the street

Tunisia Live

HUMAN RIGHTS

Starvation deaths confirmed in besieged town

The U.N. Children’s Fund UNICEF confirmed cases of severe malnutrition among children in the besieged western Syrian town of Madaya, where local relief workers reported 32 deaths of starvation in the past month.

Reuters

Government concedes to Ethiopian protesters

Nine weeks after bloody protests broke out in Ethiopia’s Oromia region, the government has made a major concession to the protestors - halting a plan to expand the municipal boundary of Addis Ababa.

Human Rights Watch

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

N. Korea stipulates terms of nuclear test ban

North Korea called for the conclusion of a peace treaty with the United States and a halt to U.S. military exercises with South Korea to end its nuclear tests.

MSN News

Macedonian crisis deepens as talks fail

The political gridlock in the republic of Macedonia deepened as the main parties failed to agree on a date for early elections after the biggest opposition group sought to postpone the vote beyond an initial deadline.

Bloomberg

TERROR

18 nationalities among dead in Burkina Faso

At least 23 killed in overnight assault by al-Qaida-linked terrorists on hotel popular with UN staff and foreigners

Guardian

Troops retake Burkina Faso hotel; dozens die

USA TODAY

German victims of Istanbul attack repatriated

The bodies of those who died in a bomb attack in Istanbul have been repatriated. All ten of the victims were German, making the suicide bombing the deadliest assault on Germans abroad in more than 13 years.

Euronews

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

China aims to land on far side of moon in 2018

China aims to continue ramping up its space exploration efforts by landing the first lunar probe on the far side of the moon – the hemisphere that faces away from Earth – in 2018, the Xinhua news agency reports.

CBS News

Polymer nanoshells may hasten bone healing

The new technique uses polymer nanoshells – microscopic capsules inside the body – to deliver microRNA molecules right to the site of an injury, and help repair damaged bone tissue.

ScienceAlert.com

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Wal-Mart announces closure of 269 stores

Wal-Mart said it will pull the plug on its smallest store format and close 269 locations as it contends with higher costs in the U.S. and disappointing results overseas.

MSN Money

Apple may owe $8B in back taxes after ruling

The European commission’s recent ruling against tax breaks for multinational corporations in Belgium strongly suggests that Apple may owe $8 billion in back taxes from its use of potentially illegal tax shelters in Ireland.

Guardian

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

The Turkish nightmare

Deutsche Welle

Editorial:

Seeing mega-cities in a fresh light

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Jamie Condliffe):

China announces plan to make first landing on far side of moon in 2018

Gizmodo

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GOOD NEWS

Good Samaritan helps tot in abandoned car

A two-year-old who was in his dad’s car when it was stolen is safe at home again after he was missing for two hours.

AJC.com

Panda cub Bei Bei debuts at National Zoo

Panda cub Bei Bei is making his public debut at the National Zoo in Washington. The cub, who was born Aug. 22, is making his official debut, though zoo members have been able to see him since Jan. 8.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Video of Bei Bei and his adoring fans

ABC News

NGOs AND NONPROFITS

Nonprofit says a public ‘no’ to federal money

In Manchester, New Hampshire, Liberty House is choosing to retain its mission focus rather than take federal dollars from HUD because the facility simply does not believe in the tenets of the Housing First initiative.

NonProfit Quarterly

NJ hospital association backs standard fee

In New Jersey, the hospital association has put its heft behind legislation that would impose a standardized fee based on the number of beds at each institution.

NonProfit Quarterly

ENVIRONMENT

Obama orders US aid in Michigan water crisis

U.S. President Barack Obama declared a state of emergency in Michigan and ordered federal aid for state and local response efforts in the county where the city of Flint is contending with lead-contaminated drinking water.

Reuters

Banned chemicals threaten killer whales

Long-banned chemicals threaten killer whales and dolphins in European waters, a new study by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) suggests.

Discovery News

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Samaritan’s Purse sends winter aid to Nepal

Evangelist Franklin Graham and his Boone-based Samaritan’s Purse plan to send relief supplies to Nepal, where survivors of an April earthquake face deadly winter conditions.

Charlotte Observer

Raising money to aid poorest corner of US

South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is best known as the site of the 71-day armed takeover of Wounded Knee by the American Indian Movement in 1973. The average yearly income there is $3,500 for a family.

Inside Philanthropy

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Lake Sils seen from Maloja. (Photo by kuhnmi)

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