Ukraine relaunches anti-rebel operation after Biden leaves
Ukraine
relaunched military operations against pro-Kremlin separatists, hours
after US Vice President Joe Biden ended a two-day visit to Kiev in which
he warned Russia over its actions in the former Soviet republic. Russia
already has tens of thousands of its troops massed on Ukraine's eastern
border. Ukraine's acting president, Oleksandr Turchynov, late Tuesday
said he was ordering the military to restart operations against the
rebels after the discovery of two "brutally tortured" bodies in the
eastern rebel-held town of Slavyansk.Read More ...
Sotomayor: Justices 'fundamentally misunderstand' racial bias
First Hispanic Supreme Court judge issues sharp dissent in affirmative action case.Read More ...
IRS workers who owe back taxes awarded $1 million in bonuses
WASHINGTON
(AP) — The Internal Revenue Service has paid more than $2.8 million in
bonuses to employees with recent disciplinary problems, including $1
million to workers who owed back taxes, a government investigator said
Tuesday.Read More ...
Michigan affirmative ban is OK, Supreme Court says
WASHINGTON
(AP) — A state's voters are free to outlaw the use of race as a factor
in college admissions, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in a blow to
affirmative action that also laid bare tensions among the justices about
a continuing need for programs that address racial inequality in
America.Read More ...
Internet TV case: Justices skeptical, concerned
WASHINGTON
(AP) — Grappling with fast-changing technology, Supreme Court justices
debated Tuesday whether they can protect the copyrights of TV
broadcasters to the shows they send out without strangling innovations
in the use of the internet.Read More ...
Analysis: Putin likely to ignore West on Ukraine
MOSCOW
(AP) — Since he took over Crimea, President Vladimir Putin has seen his
popularity soar and his opposition fall silent. So when the U.S. vice
president told Russia to defuse tensions in Ukraine, Putin had few
reasons to listen.Read More ...
'Piles and piles' of bodies in S. Sudan slaughter
NAIROBI,
Kenya (AP) — The townsfolk believed the mosque was safe. They crammed
inside as rebel forces in South Sudan took control of the town from
government troops. But it wasn't safe. Robbers grabbed their cash and
mobile phones. Then gunmen came and opened fire on everyone, young and
old.Read More ...
At mudslide scene, Obama mourns with survivors
OSO,
Wash. (AP) — Swooping over a landscape of unspeakable sadness and
death, President Barack Obama took an aerial tour Tuesday of the place
where more than three dozen people perished in a mudslide last month. He
pledged a nation's solidarity with those who are enduring "unimaginable
pain and difficulty" in the aftermath of the destruction.Read More ...
Cries of anguish as SKorea ferry toll tops 100
JINDO,
South Korea (AP) — For a moment there is silence in the tent where
bodies from the ferry disaster are brought for identification. Then the
anguished cries begin.Read More ...
Ukraine orders new military operation in the east
KIEV,
Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's acting president ordered security forces to
resume operations in the country's east on Tuesday after the bodies of
two people allegedly abducted by pro-Russia insurgents were found and a
military aircraft was reportedly hit by gunfire.Read More ...
Govt must turn over info on CIA prisons to defense
FORT
MEADE, Md. (AP) — Prosecutors must turn over never-revealed details
about the time a Guantanamo Bay detainee spent in secret CIA prisons
after his arrest in connection with the deadly attack on the USS Cole in
Yemen, according to a military judge's order released Tuesday.Read More ...
Sen. Rand Paul says school choice could expand GOP
CHICAGO
(AP) — Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul said voters in perennial Democratic
strongholds such as Chicago and Milwaukee will think differently if they
see Republicans not just visiting these places, but discussing issues
pertinent to their circumstances.Read More ...
Oregon police: Man stalked women with 'moveable dungeon'
PORTLAND,
Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a man fatally shot by a Portland officer
last month had been stalking young women in a van that he converted into
a "moveable dungeon" with chains and handcuffs after one of his victims
managed to escape from it in January.Read More ...
NYPD's Twitter PR campaign backfires badly
New
York police Tuesday were eating extra helpings of humble pie after
asking people to post images of themselves and NYPD officers on Twitter
-- only to face a deluge of pictures of alleged police brutality. "Do
you have a photo w/ a member of the NYPD? It may be featured on our
Facebook," the department posted on its NYPD News Twitter feed, hoping
to fuel a feel-good, low-cost public relations campaign.Read More ...
JetBlue pilots overwhelmingly vote 'yes' to join union
(Reuters)
- JetBlue Airways Corp pilots voted by a wide margin on Tuesday to join
the Air Line Pilots Association union, sending the budget carrier's
stock price down on concerns the move would raise the airline's costs.
About 71 percent of the pilots eligible to vote in the month-long
election backed ALPA. JetBlue has about 2,600 pilots and 96 percent were
eligible to vote. The vote marked the first successful union drive by a
group of workers at JetBlue.Read More ...
Family has unpublished Gabriel Garcia Marquez manuscript
MEXICO
CITY (AP) — Novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez left behind an unpublished
manuscript that he chose not to print while he was alive, an editor told
The Associated Press on Tuesday as the writer's compatriots held a
musical tribute to him in his native Colombia.Read More ...
Obama takes in mudslide's brutal aftermath
President meets grieving families and workers still searching site where dozens died.Read More ...
Kerry: Cold War diplomacy was ‘easier’
Secretary of State feels "bipolar world" made American diplomacy a less high-wire affair.Read More ...
Opposition: South Africa's ruling ANC giving away mattresses for votes
South
Africa's government corruption watchdog is looking into an allegation
that the ruling ANC party handed out state-paid mattresses in election
campaigns ahead of general polls on May 7, a spokesman said Tuesday.
Public Protector Thuli Madonsela is planning a meeting with the
country's social security agency after a complaint from new opposition
party AgangSA. "AgangSA complained that mattresses were distributed in
Valhalla in Cape Town allegedly as part of the ruling party's election
campaign," her spokesman Oupa Segalwe told AFP.Read More ...
Life in solitary: The prison within the prison
Filmmaker Dan Edge takes a look inside the brutal isolation unit at Maine State Prison for PBS' "Frontline."Read More ...
Justices appear conflicted over Aereo TV copyright fight
WASHINGTON
(Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared unsure on Tuesday
whether to rule against online TV startup Aereo Inc in a major copyright
case, with several raising concerns about how a ruling in favor of
broadcast networks could affect increasingly popular cloud computing
services. Aereo, backed by media mogul Barry Diller, could be forced to
shut down if the high court rules for the four major television
broadcasters, who say the service violates copyright law. (Reporting by
Lawrence Hurley; Editing by Will Dunham)Read More ...
Five things you (probably) don't know about Earth Day
Earth
Day turns 44 on Tuesday, and it's more popular than ever. One might
suspect the holiday was created by eco-warriors in tie-dyed shirts and
leather-fringe vests. Not so. Read on for a collection of facts you
(probably) didn't know about Earth Day.Read More ...
Violent death of Ukraine politician tests accord
Ukraine's acting president calls for an anti-terrorist operation to be relaunched in the east of the country.Read More ...
High court upholds Mich. affirmative action ban
The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld Michigan's ban on using race as a factor in college admissions.Read More ...
The face of hemp in Washington
Yahoo News spends a day with Ben Droz, Capitol Hill's hemp lobbyist.
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