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Bill to let counselors deny services on the way to governor

TheRepublic.com 

NASHVILLE, Tennessee - A Tennessee bill that would allow mental health therapists to turn patients away based on the counselors' religious beliefs and personal principles has passed and is on its way to the governor.

Cubans are starting to embrace the English language

BusinessInsider.com 

Thomson Reuters

Gilberto Gonzalez learned Russian at a school in Havana at the height of the Cold War when the Soviet Union was Cuba's closest ally, but 30 years later he's rusty and remembers little more than, 'da,' and 'nyet.'

Now, as relations thaw with the United States, Gonzalez wants his children to learn English to grasp opportunities arising from Cuba's new closeness to the old enemy. He has ordered them to sign up at a private English school in the city.

"It doesn't matter that it's expensive... Читать дальше...

95 Mississippi authors call for repeal of anti-LGBT law

«Gazette Times» (gazettetimes.com) 

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A former U.S. poet laureate, winners of the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize, and best-selling authors including John Grisham are among 95 Mississippi authors urging state officials to repeal a law that will let workers…

95 Mississippi authors call for repeal of anti-LGBT law

«The Bismarck Tribune» (bismarcktribune.com) 

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A former U.S. poet laureate, winners of the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize, and best-selling authors including John Grisham are among 95 Mississippi authors urging state officials to repeal a law that will let workers…

Al-Jazeera America Prepares Farewell Broadcast

NPR (npr.org) 

Al-Jazeera America, the news network that was backed by the ruling family of Qatar and struggled to gain traction in the U.S., will sign off for good after a three-hour farewell broadcast on Tuesday.

Better Buy: Apple, Inc. vs. IBM

«FOX Business» (foxbusiness.com) 

With their stocks falling 8% and 14%, respectively, during the past year, two of the most established names in tech -- International Business Machines , or IBM, and Apple -- are trading at very conservative valuations.



No Answers in the Murder of Berta Cáceres

The New Yorker 

When the activist Berta Cáceres was gunned down in her home, last month, the Honduran government, which for years had been warned about mounting threats against her, professed shock and outrage; then it promised an investigation. In Honduras, which has the highest murder rate in the world, these investigations rarely end well: ninety-eight per cent of crimes go unsolved. So President Juan Orlando Hernández, an American ally, quickly claimed to be working with the F.B.I. to get answers about Cáceres’s murder. Читать дальше...

There's a reason some gang members cover their bodies in tattoos, and it makes perfect business sense

BusinessInsider.com 

REUTERS/Ulises Rodriguez

Gangs like the Mara Salvatrucha have spread their influence all over the Western Hemisphere, and one of the clearest signs that you're dealing with a member is the garish tattoos that often adorn their bodies.

The designs of those tattoos are often different, specified by the individual and their gang, but there's an underlying reason for why they get them, and it makes perfect business sense.

"There's a weird economic reason for these tattoos: It... Читать дальше...

Ariana Grande & Boyfriend Ricky Alvarez Travel to Japan Together

«Just Jared» 

Ariana Grande and her boyfriend Ricky Alvarez arrive at Haneda Airport on Monday (April 11) in Tokyo, Japan. Earlier in the weekend, the 22-year-old entertainer performed on the 2016 MTV Movie Awards! Be sure to watch her jazzy performance of “Dangerous Woman,” accompanied on the piano by composer Jason Robert Brown. PHOTOS: Check out the [...]

Barricaded gunman causes tweet-storm in ritzy neighborhood

«TDN» (tdn.com) 

LOS ANGELES (AP) — When a man barricaded himself in a garage after a stolen-car chase in an upscale Los Angeles neighborhood Tuesday, a Twitter executive who lives on the street live-tweeted the scene.

Barricaded gunman causes tweet-storm in ritzy neighborhood

«La Crosse Tribune» (lacrossetribune.com) 

LOS ANGELES (AP) — When a man barricaded himself in a garage after a stolen-car chase in an upscale Los Angeles neighborhood Tuesday, a Twitter executive who lives on the street live-tweeted the scene.

Obama Discusses Threats to US Economy With Federal Reserve Chief

RIA Novosti  

President Barack Obama met alone with his Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen for the first time since appointing her to the positoin, in order to discuss the growth outlook and threats to the US economy, the White House announced in a read out.

Eventbrite To Sell Tickets Directly Through Facebook Too

BuzzFeed 


Earlier today, BuzzFeed News reported that Ticketmaster will soon begin selling tickets directly on Facebook. We've now learned that another big ticketing company, Eventbrite, is set to do the same. The inclusion of a second partner indicates a significant ticketing push is taking place within the social network, as opposed to a one-off experiment.

Jon Park of Facebook’s Product Partnerships told BuzzFeed News last week that Facebook is trying to make it easier for people to use its platform to get out into the real world. Читать дальше...

The Anatomy of the Epic Sports Choke

WSJ.com 

After Jordan Spieth’s quadruple bogey on the 12th hole of the Masters on Sunday, a look at other collapses in sports history, sunken by an otherwise routine play.





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