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Attorney General Loretta Lynch said that former inmates trying to adjust face “daunting obstacles to good jobs, decent housing, adequate health care, quality education, and even the right to vote.” (Photo by Eric Bridiers)

DOJ to help former prisoners reenter society

High recidivism rates have prompted the Justice Department to announce the “Road Map to Reentry,” an initiative that focuses on job training and substance abuse programs in prisons to prepare inmates for life after prison.

Christian Science Monitor

Virginia governor restores voting rights to 200,000 ex-felons

U.S. News & World Report

CA debates fining jurors over Google use

California lawmakers are considering fining jurors who tweet about trials or research a case on Google, after misbehaving citizens have caused mistrials and overturned convictions around the country.

Guardian

Trump, Clinton win Northeast primaries

Donald Trump extended his lead in the Republican presidential race by winning primaries in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Connecticut, edging closer to the nomination.

Reuters

Trump calls political alliance “pathetic”

CNN

US adopts Israeli tactic in fight against ISIS

The U.S. has adopted a unique Israeli battlefield tactic in its fight against ISIS: exploding a missile above a building to warn civilians inside that it’s about to be bombed.

CNN

Fire guts Indian natural history museum

A massive fire gutted the National Museum of Natural History in India’s capital, one of the country’s top museums.

USA TODAY

Airbus delivers its first airliner made in US

Just three years after Airbus broke ground on its Mobile, Alabama, factory, the company has reached a major milestone, delivering its first ever airliner assembled in the US.

CNN

RIGHTS

Gay dads win custody case with surrogate

A same-sex couple won a high-profile custody battle on Tuesday against a surrogate mother in Thailand who gave birth to their child but then decided she wanted to keep the baby when she found out they were gay.

Times of India

Target boycotted over bathroom policy

A conservative Christian activist group has gained more than half a million signatures and counting from people pledging to boycott Target over its transgender bathroom policy.

MSN News

Target boycott shouldn‘t worry investors: it won’t hurt sales

The Street

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS

N. Korea to hold rare Party Congress

North Korea has announced that the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea’s Seventh Congress, a rare and potentially significant gathering, opens on May 6, the reclusive nation’s official news agency reports.

CNN

Korea No Intelligence on N. Korea’s Musudan Missile Launch

You Don’t Know Football

Security breach spurs White House lockdown

A man threw “personal belongings” over the fence of the White House, and was taken into custody. As of noon, the lock down was still in effect as the object was in the process of being screened by law enforcement.

MSN News

Ted Cruz to name Carly Fiorina as VP

Ted Cruz will name Carly Fiorina as his vice presidential running mate -- a last-ditch move to regain momentum after being mathematically eliminated from winning the GOP presidential nomination outright.

ABC News

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Comcast in talks to buy DreamWorks for $3B

Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DreamWorks Animation, has been searching for a buyer for the company, which has a current market value of $2.3 billion.

MSN Money

Mitsubishi admits to further misleading

The Japanese automaker admitted Tuesday that it had falsified fuel efficiency tests for the past quarter century, the latest revelation in a scandal that has rocked the company.

CNN

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Study: most dogs hate being hugged

If you love your dogs, you should hug them, right? Wrong. In an article published in Psychology Today, psychology professor and neuropsychological researcher Stanley Coren argues that most dogs are stressed by hugs.

U.S. News & World Report

Some uncertainties more stressful than others

Scientists have recently shown that two types of uncertainty — the kind we can prepare for, and the kind we’re just stuck with — are not equal. The uncertainty we can’t do anything about is more stressful than the one we can.

Science News

Soy touted to prevent food contamination

The food industry should be using soy or soya beans to stop the growth of microbial pathogens on food, according to Suresh Neethirajan.

TheSpreadIt

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GOOD NEWS

Dictionary adds ’genderqueer,’ ‘genderfluid’

Merriam-Webster has added gender-inclusive words to its unabridged dictionary – including “cisgender,” “genderqueer” and the gender-neutral title “Mx” – as part of a big update of over 1,400 new words to its lexicon.

ABC News

Justice found for Hillsborough victims

Families of the 96 fans who died in the Hillsborough disaster have declared justice has been done after an inquests jury found they were unlawfully killed.

BBC

NGO AND NONPROFIT

Crackdown underscores NGOs’ power

From Malaysia to Morocco and from India to Ethiopia, governments have been cracking down on activists who are trying to hold them to account.

Christian Science Monitor

China law threatens foreign advocacy NGOs

China will enact a law codifying regressive policies against foreign NGOs and advocacy workers. The legislation would expand the discretionary powers of the police and make it harder for foreign NGOs to operate.

Time

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

JPMorgan Chase aids Houston flood relief

JPMorgan Chase & Co. announced that it will donate $50,000 from its foundation to support flood relief efforts in the Houston area. The grant will go toward The Greater Houston Storm Relief Fund to help flood victims.

The Street

Chobani workers get ownership stake

Greek yogurt maker Chobani CEO and Founder Hamdi Ulukaya told the company’s 2,000 full-time employees they’ll receive shares worth up to 10% of the company’s value, potentially making millionaires of some.

USA TODAY

ENVIRONMENT

Rise in CO2 has ‘greened Planet Earth’

Carbon dioxide emissions from industrial society have driven a huge growth in trees and other plants. A new study says that if the extra green leaves were laid in a carpet, it would cover twice the continental USA.

BBC

Plant carbon dioxide may not make global warming worse, study suggests

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Records of climate data date back 700 years

Some of the oldest continuous historical records from around the world by Japanese monks show us how dramatically the climate has changed.

National Geographic

Photo of the Day

Three failed rainy seasons have resulted in Ethiopia‘s worst drought in 50 years. Countrywide, 250 000 people are believed to be displaced across more than 25 sites. Siti zone in the country’s Somali region is one of the hardest hit; up to 90 percent of livestock in the area has died. (Photo by office of the European Commission Director General) Photo used under CC BY

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