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Press freedom declining, advocacy group finds

World press freedom deteriorated in 2015, especially in the Americas, advocacy group Reporters Without Borders said as it released its annual rankings. The organization warned of “a new era of propaganda.”

Guardian

‘Bad News’ chronicles loss of press freedom in Rwanda

NPR

Abolitionist Tubman will grace $20 bill

Harriet Tubman, the African-American abolitionist most famous for her role in helping slaves escape through the “Underground Railroad,” will soon grace the $20 bill, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew is expected to announce.

CBS News

Broadway star Hamilton to stay on $10 bill

USA TODAY

Stopping Trump, Clinton just got a lot harder

The big New York victories of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton didn’t fundamentally alter the delegate math; in fact, the results were pretty much what observers expected. What the New York results did was to make it harder to stop the two frontrunners.

NBCNews.com

Justice probes ‘Panama Papers’ tax havens

The US Department of Justice has launched a criminal investigation into the widespread international tax avoidance schemes exposed by the Panama Papers leak, published by the Guardian and other journalistic partners.

Guardian

Special section:

What are the Panama Papers? A guide to history’s biggest data leak

Guardian

3 face criminal charges over Flint water crisis

Three people — two officials with the state Department of Environmental Quality and a water official from Flint — are facing criminal charges as a result of an investigation into the lead-contaminated water case in Flint.

NPR

NATO, Russia face ‘profound disagreements’

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said there would be “no return to practical cooperation” between the alliance and Moscow “until Russia returns to the respect of international law.”

Deutsche Welle

HUMAN RIGHTS

NC high school opens indoor gun range

A high school in Smithfield, NC now offers another lane of study for some students: Members of the Army Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program are able to study their aim on campus.

Bearing Arms

Hundreds of Somali migrants feared drowned

Hundreds of migrants may have drowned when their boat capsized in the Mediterranean, although there is no official confirmation. The 41 survivors say they were being transferred to another vessel when it sank.

BBC

Migrant arrivals fall sharply after EU-Turkey deal

Reuters

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS

Clinton rallies women in NYC

On the afternoon before New York’s presidential primary vote, Hillary Clinton made a pointed pitch for the support of women who recoiled when Donald Trump said he might punish abortion-seekers.

Politico

What’s at stake in the New York primary

ABC News

Nine Gitmo detainees sent to Saudi Arabia

Nine Guantanamo detainees — all from Yemen —were transferred to Saudi Arabia on Saturday, lowering the remaining inmate population at the U.S. military detention facility to 80, the U.S. Defense Department said.

USA TODAY

GOP angry about weekend Gitmo transfer

The Hill

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Mitsubishi admits falsifying fuel tests

Mitsubishi Motors has admitted falsifying fuel economy data for more than 600,000 vehicles sold in Japan. Employees falsified tire pressure figures to flatter mileage rates.

BBC

Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer could leave with $137M

Bids are coming in for the ailing tech company – and no matter who buys it, the CEO is set to be one of the biggest winners in the sale.

Guardian

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Bizarre crater on Ceres looks like a stop sign

A strange crater on Ceres seems to be warning spacecraft not to land on the dwarf planet‘s battered surface. The rim of Ceres’ Haulani Crater is composed of relatively straight lines, making the 21-mile-wide feature look oddly like a stop sign.

Christian Science Monitor

Snapchat under fire for filter called blackface

Visual messaging app Snapchat app came under fire after it released a filter critics said amounted to a digital version of blackface.

MSN News

Silicone bracelets track chemical exposure

The bracelets are made of silicone, which can trap toxic pollutants that the wearer encounters.

Popular Science

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GOOD NEWS

New hepatitis C treatment ‘a breakthrough’

A new treatment for hepatitis C “cured” 90% of patients with the infection in 12 weeks, scientists said. The study is a “major breakthrough” and marks a “turning point” in hepatitis C treatment, experts said.

BBC

Man rescued by reporter on live TV

Reporter Steve Campion, from ABC station KTRK-TV in Houston, was doing a live shot in front of a flooded road when a driver tried to pass. But the car got stuck and quickly started to sink.

ABC News

NGO AND NONPROFIT

NGO recruits math teachers for rural S. Africa

Teach South Africa’s recruitment team is visiting universities around the country to find graduates who are willing to teach math to schoolchildren in rural areas.

timeslive.co

Indian NGO giving gloves to street vendors

To help street vendors prepare clean food, an NGO named One Rupee Foundation is giving gloves to vendors on Delhi streets.

thebetterindia.com

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

China’s Tencent founder gives $2B to charity

Ma, whose fortune is estimated to be about $18.8 billion, said the donation would go towards supporting medical, educational and environmental causes in China.

The Fiscal Times

Bono joins Sen. Graham’s to aid refugees

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Bono, along with other refugee experts, advocated more financial and humanitarian assistance to Middle Eastern countries to a Senate appropriations subcommittee.

The State

ENVIRONMENT

California has nation’s dirtiest air

Millions of Californians live in places with dirty air, according to an annual report card issued Wednesday that ranks two major urban areas in the state as the nation’s most polluted.

MSN News

Tremor jolts Ecuador days after deadly earthquake

A fresh tremor rattled Ecuador overnight, a 6.1 magnitude jolt that was the strongest aftershock since a lethal earthquake killed hundreds of people on Saturday. There was no immediate report of further damage.

FOX News

Ecuador earthquake: Death toll soars

MSN News

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