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President Obama announces the capture and killing of Osama bin Laden, planner of the 9/11 terror attacks, in 2011. (Photo by US Embassy) Photo used under CC BY

Architect of bin Laden raid recounts anxious moments

The architect of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, just gave CNN his first in-depth interview about the operation. The plan was to move quickly enough to surprise and evade any response from Pakistan’s military.

CNN

Why was the CIA tweeting about the bin Laden raid?

Christian Science Monitor

EU to grant Turkey visa-free travel

The European Commission is to grant Turkey conditional approval for visa-free travel within the EU’s Schengen area, sources tell the BBC.

BBC

Trump wins Indiana, Cruz drops out of race

Donald Trump easily won the Indiana primary, all but clinching the Republican presidential nomination amid news reports that nearest rival Ted Cruz would exit the GOP race.

USA TODAY

Detroit in a downward spiral as funds dry up

On Monday, most of Detroit’s students could not go to school and on Tuesday the taps will go dry for thousands. As always, money is the issue. There’s not nearly enough to go around.

CBS News

Detroit schools close as teachers stage sickout

ABC News

Navy SEAL killed in Iraq during ISIS attack

A U.S. Navy SEAL was killed in Iraq as a result of a “coordinated and complex attack” by roughly 100 ISIS fighters north of Mosul.

CNN

Medical errors rank third in cause of death

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine claim medical errors should rank as the third leading cause of death in the United States.

NPR

RIGHTS

Free press facing contemporary challenges

Verbal attacks by presidential candidates in the U.S., new security laws in Europe and increased surveillance of information are some of the new challenges journalists face today.

USA TODAY

Turkish columnist on trial

US News

Man exonerated of murder after 52 years

More than half a century after he says police pressured him into confessing to a crime he did not commit, 81-year-old Paul Gatling has finally cleared his name.

Gawker

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS

Challenge to Seattle’s minimum wage rejected

The US Supreme Court will not hear a challenge to Seattle’s $15-an-hour minimum wage from franchise owners who say the law discriminates against them by treating them as large businesses.

Seattle Times

North Korea issues ban on weddings

The North Korean dictator banned all weddings – and funerals – for the coming week as the reclusive country gears up to anoint him as their official leader at the first Workers’ Party of Korea Congress in 36 years.

MSN News

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

US military tests massive self-driving ship

The Pentagon took the Sea Hunter, a new vessel that promises to be the future of robotic warfare, out for a spin, showing off the self-driving ship off the coast of San Diego.

canada.com

Uber drivers unite in New York

Uber drivers in New York state have formed an association to strengthen their hand in dealing with the ride-sharing service, days after the company agreed to a $100 million settlement with drivers in two other states.

Reuters

Historic US cruise docks in Havana

The Adonia, a ship on Carnival Corp.‘s Fathom cruise line, docked in Havana, Cuba. The ship’s arrival marks the first stop on a historic, seven-day voyage that signals closer ties between the United States and Cuba.

CNN

Photos: First US cruise in decades arrives in Havana from Miami

ABC News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Physicists abuzz about possible new particle

Scientists around the globe are revved up with excitement as the world’s biggest atom smasher - best known for revealing the Higgs boson four years ago - may confirm cautious hints of an entirely new particle.

CBS News

Australian says he created bitcoin

Australian tech entrepreneur Craig Wright identified himself as the creator of the digital currency bitcoin, but experts were divided over whether he really was the elusive ‘Satoshi Nakamoto.’

Reuters

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GOOD NEWS

Baby rescued from collapsed building rubble

A baby girl was rescued after 80 hours trapped in the rubble of a collapsed residential building in the Kenyan capital, in what emergency workers are hailing as a miracle.

CNN

Solar plane on global trip arrives in Arizona

A solar-powered airplane landed in suburban Phoenix night after a daylong flight from California — the latest leg in its journey around the world using only energy from the sun.

MSN News

Mother, 3 children escape burning building

A mother of three in a burning building was rescued in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, by passing U.S. service personnel stationed at nearby Osan Air Base.

CNN

NGO AND NONPROFIT

NGO tells UN of Israeli detainee torture

An NGO told the UN Committee on Torture in Geneva that while Israel has made certain improvements in recent years, its apparatus still tortures and abuses Palestinian detainees, as well as well as detailed illegal refugees.

Jerusalem Post

UN rights experts criticize China’s NGO laws

U.N. human rights experts have called on China to repeal a law tightening controls over foreign non-governmental organizations by subjecting them to close police supervision.

ABC News

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Israel denies rumors around defense aid

An Israeli official stated reports that Benjamin Netanyahu is waiting for a new presidential administration before reaching an agreement on a new defense aid package are false.

Jerusalem Post

UK aid to Syrians exposed as propoganda

A government propaganda unit has been covertly running a humanitarian campaign that helps Syrian refugees in a counter-radicalisation scheme directed toward British Muslims.

Guardian

ENVIRONMENT

Crude oil prices under pressure

Crude oil prices fell in the latest trading session, following significant growth over the last couple of weeks. Both Brent and WTI surged by 20% in the month of April, for the first time in the last seven years.

Economic Calender

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API Crude Oil Stocks Suggest Crude Oil Prices Could Feel the Heat

Yahoo Finance

Canada wildfire forces mass evacuation

A huge wildfire has forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people from Fort McMurray - nearly all the residents of the Canadian city.

BBC

Photo of the Day

This photo of a Karo warrior, taken in Ethiopia, was uploaded to Flickr on April 28, 2016. (Photo by Rod Waddington) Photo used under CC BY

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