John Kasich suspends campaign in emotional speech
Republican
presidential candidate John Kasich officially ended his bid for the
White House in an address from Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday evening — a
decision that all but assures Donald Trump’s position as the GOP
nominee.Read More ...
President Obama drinks the water in Flint
Barack
Obama traveled to Flint, Mich., on Wednesday to meet with local and
federal officials to discuss the water crisis there — and to reassure
families that his administration is doing everything it can to make the
water in Flint safe to drink. To help illustrate his point, Obama drank
from a glass of filtered water during a press briefing at the Food Bank
of Eastern Michigan, which has become a hub for the response to the
water crisis. “Generally, I haven’t been doing stunts, but here you go,“
Obama said as he took a small sip of the water.Read More ...
Alberta declares emergency as fires threaten Canada oil town
Alberta
declared a state of emergency Wednesday as crews frantically held back
wind-whipped wildfires that have already torched 1,600 homes and other
buildings in Canada's main oil sands city of Fort McMurray, ...Read More ...
US government: North Carolina LGBT law violates civil rights
A
North Carolina law limiting protections to LGBT people violates federal
civil rights protections and can’t be enforced, the U.S. Justice
Department said Wednesday, putting the state on notice that it is in
danger of being sued and losing hundreds of millions of dollars in
federal funding. In a letter to Gov. Pat McCrory, the Justice Department
said federal officials view the state law as violating federal Civil
Rights Act protections barring workplace discrimination based on sex.
Provisions of the state law directed at transgender state employees
violate their anti-discrimination protections, the letter said.Read More ...
DEA and US Attorney Join Prince Death Investigation Amid Reports of Drug Addiction
The late singer reportedly sought treatment for prescription drug abuse shortly before his death.Read More ...
Unconventional #10: This year’s conventions won’t be ‘contested.’ Here’s why they could still be crazy.
Unconventional is Yahoo News’ complete guide to what could be the craziest presidential convention — or conventions — in decades. Here’s what you need to know today.
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Elizabeth Warren unleashes Twitter tirade on Donald Trump
The
Massachusetts senator and liberal Democratic firebrand says the likely
Republican nominee's "toxic stew" must be stopped before it reaches the
White House.Read More ...
Trump on choice for VP: ‘I’ll probably go the political route’
Fresh
off an Indiana primary win that cemented him as the likely Republican
presidential nominee, Donald Trump says he’s leaning toward a politician
for his vice presidential running mate — and will make a decision on
fundraising for the general election in the next week. “I have the
business — let’s call it talents,” Trump said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe”
on Wednesday.Read More ...
Can Bernie Sanders really change the Democratic Party at the convention?
Bernie
Sanders, fresh off a victory over Hillary Clinton in Indiana’s open
primary, told reporters Tuesday night that he believes he can pull off
“one of the great political upsets in the history of the United States.”
Most political observers are deeply skeptical.Read More ...
Obama sips Flint water, urges children be tested for lead
By
Timothy Gardner FLINT, Mich. (Reuters) - President Barack Obama sipped
filtered water in Flint, Michigan, on Wednesday and assured angry
residents that their children would be fine in the long term despite the
"complete screw-up" that contaminated their drinking water with lead.
Obama made the trip to the mostly African-American community to
demonstrate that the water there was safe even as he predicted it would
take more than two years to replace the city's aging pipes. Flint, with a
population of about 100,000, was under control of a state-appointed
emergency manager in 2014 when it switched its water source from
Detroit's municipal system to the Flint River to save money.Read More ...
Attorney: Prince arranged to meet addiction doctor
The
day before Prince died, his representatives reached out to a California
doctor who specializes in addiction treatment to arrange a meeting, a
Minneapolis lawyer for the doctor said Wednesday. Attorney William Mauzy
said Dr. Howard Kornfeld had never met or spoken to Prince before
Prince’s representatives contacted him on April 20 with the musician’s
knowledge. Mauzy, confirming details first reported by the Minneapolis
Star Tribune, said Kornfeld wasn’t able to travel immediately to
Minnesota, so he arranged for his son Andrew to go instead.Read More ...
Few historical precedents for Trump as major party nominee
Donald Trump’s big win in Indiana all but assures his GOP nomination in July. But has there ever been a major party nominee with his outsider status? Here's a look at five past nominees who were seen as outsiders, and had some connections to celebrity status or wealth.
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Epic wildfire threatens to engulf Canadian city as 88,000 flee
By Topher Seguin GREGOIRE LAKE, Alberta (Reuters) - A massive wildfire that has forced the evacuation of all 88,000 people in the western Canadian oil city of Fort McMurray and burned down 1,600 structures has the potential to destroy much of the town, authorities said on Wednesday. With a few neighborhoods already in ruins, worsening fire conditions Wednesday pushed walls of flames towards thousands of more homes in the northeastern Alberta town, in the heart of Canada's oil sands region. Authorities said there had been no known casualties from the blaze itself, but fatalities were reported in at least one car crash among the evacuees.
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