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FBI hacks into terrorist’s iPhone without Apple

Although the government has officially withdrawn from its battle against Apple, many observers sense the tech privacy war is just getting started.

USA TODAY

Pope denounces terror, urges mercy for migrants

Pope Francis tempered his Easter Sunday message of Christian hope with a denunciation of “blind” terrorism and a call for mercy toward refugees fleeing war or poverty.

Salt Lake Tribune

Mexicans burn effigies of Trump in Easter ritual

Time

Assad hails recapture of Palmyra from ISIS

The Syrian president has confirmed reports that government forces seized the UNESCO world heritage site; Palmyra.

Deutsche Welle

Split ruling hands win to labor unions

Public sector unions triumphed before the Supreme Court when the justices preserved a vital source of cash for organized labor. Splitting 4-4 on a conservative challenge without Justice Antonin Scalia.

Reuters

Members of angry mob confront Muslims

Belgian police fired water cannon to disperse a large group of demonstrators who stormed a central Brussels square as people paid tribute to victims of last Tuesday’s deadly attacks.

BBC

Easter suicide blast kills scores in Pakistan

At least 63 people, mostly women and children, were killed and more than 300 others were injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a children’s park in Lahore, the capital of Pakistan’s Punjab province.

NBCNews.com

Sanders sweeps in 3 Western states

Sen. Bernie Sanders won nearly three dozen delegates Saturday in sweeping the Alaska, Washington and Hawaii Democratic presidential caucuses.

FOX News

Trump questions NATO, Asia nuclear weapons

Reuters

Campaign is embarrassing US, Kerry says

Guardian

IN DEPTH

Does ‘Vote Trump’ chalk sign pose a threat?

At Emory University, some students said they felt threatened when pro-Trump messages appeared on the sidewalks. It’s the latest test for US campuses on edge over balancing free speech and minority protection.

Christian Science Monitor

S. African universities fight apartheid’s echoes

South African universities have become the epicenter of a forceful social reckoning led by a ‘born free’ post-apartheid generation disappointed with the country’s direction.

Christian Science Monitor

White squatter camps in South Africa point to post-apartheid inequality

Inquisitr

HUMAN RIGHTS

N.C.’s transgender restroom law challenged

Opponents of a new North Carolina law that bars transgender people from choosing bathrooms consistent with their gender identity are suing the state, arguing the measure is unconstitutional and should be blocked.

Reuters

Iran’s executions hit 27-year high

Iran last year hit the highest rate of executing people since 1989. The official number indicates that Iran executed nearly twice as many people in 2015 than in 2010, as well as roughly 10 times more than in 2005.

Huffington Post

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS

California lawmakers, unions make wage pact

California lawmakers and union leaders have reportedly struck a deal to hike the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour over the next six years. The state Legislature could vote on the measure by the end of next week.

Time

Trump campaign manager charged with battery

Florida police have charged Donald Trump’s campaign manager with simple battery in connection with an incident earlier in the month involving a reporter.

MSN News

Georgia governor to veto religious freedom bill

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal said he will veto a religious freedom bill passed by the state legislature that has drawn national criticism for discriminating against same-sex couples.

Reuters

Gov. Deal’s statement on veto

CNN

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Israeli court strikes Mediterranean gas deal

Israel’s Supreme Court has overturned a major gas deal to begin extracting natural gas from the massive Leviathan field in the Mediterranean. The decision is a blow to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Deutsche Welle

NGO vows $500M for sustainable development

A leading international nonprofit health NGO has pledged 500 million dollars to help implement the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, specifically focusing on maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health.

IPS

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Saturn’s rings may be younger than dinosaurs

Astronomers normally deal in time frames expressed in billions of years. But when it comes to Saturn’s rings and some of its moons, tens of millions might suffice; they might even be younger than the dinosaurs.

CNN

Analysis of Thai walking fish amazes scientists

Although the waterfall-climbing fish was discovered in 1985, deep inside a system of caves in northern Thailand, little analysis had been done on it. But a video of the fish in motion has astonished scientists.

World Tech Today

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GOOD NEWS

Stones rock Havana in landmark concert

The Rolling Stones have rocked Havana, playing to tens of thousands in the Cuban capital, where most foreign rock music was banned for several decades.

BBC

‘Jumpin’ Jack Flash’ kicks off concert

Guardian

Homeless no more, veteran ‘on top of world’

Army veteran Tony Jones was living in a makeshift tent on the Southeast side of Washington, D.C. With the help of advocates for the homeless, Jones has ended more than six years of homelessness.

ABC News

NGO AND NONPROFIT

Indian city reins in NGO, aims to end begging

The district committee on child welfare has roped in an NGO to help achieve a beggar-free status in Nashik. The primary plans include a shelter for children rescued from begging.

Times of India

Egypt cracking down on human rights NGOs

Egypt has launched a new crackdown on human rights groups, questioning staff and ordering asset freezes over accusations they took foreign funding to destabilize the country after the 2011 uprising.

Fortune

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Australian arts champion Milgrom honored

The corporate and artistic worlds collided at the annual awards night for Creative Partnerships Australia. Victoria’s richest lady, Naomi Milgrom, received the philanthropy leadership award.

Sydney Morning Herald

Creating a safe zone with family philanthropy

Family philanthropy can be an important area in which to commence a family conversation about money and values — creating new and effective rules of engagement that carry over into other family matters, and here’s how.

North Jersey Record

ENVIRONMENT

Mass bleaching devastates Great Barrier Reef

Vast regions of the biodiversity hotspot, the largest living structure on the planet, are experiencing the worst mass bleaching event in their history.

MSN News

Logging OK’d in Europe’s last primeval forest

Poland has approved large-scale logging in Europe’s last primeval woodland in a bid to combat a beetle infestation despite protests from scientists, ecologists and the EU.

Guardian

Low numbers could shut salmon fisheries

Regional fishery managers are considering the rare step of closing recreational and commercial salmon fishing off the coast of Washington and Oregon this summer due to a low number of returning coho salmon.

oregonlive.com

Photo of the Day

President Obama spends a moment with Soleil Malveaux Jean-Pierre, age 22 months, during the annual Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn. (Photo by White House) Photo used under CC BY

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