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Hillary Clinton to campaign Sunday in Indianapolis

«La Crosse Tribune» (lacrossetribune.com) 

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will visit Indianapolis on Sunday for a campaign stop two days before Indiana's primary election.

Buffett Tackles Questions From the Election to Coca-Cola

«FOX Business» (foxbusiness.com) 

Warren Buffett said on Saturday that Berkshire Hathaway is poised to do well no matter who wins the White House in November, and the billionaire investor defended the performance and tactics of the conglomerate's several large investments.

Officers help deliver baby of woman stuck in traffic jam

TheRepublic.com 

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina - Two police officers at the site of a fatal traffic accident on an interstate in North Carolina were pressed into another role when a pregnant woman was stuck in traffic and they helped her deliver her baby.



Cowboys draft basketball player Rico Gathers

NBCSports.com 

No college football experience? No problem for the Cowboys on Day 3 of the draft. In the sixth round, the Cowboys pulled the trigger on a high-risk, high-reward prospect: Rico Gathers of Baylor, who didn’t play college football but played on Baylor’s basketball team. The 6-foot-8, 275-pound Gathers wasn’t viewed as an NBA prospect, but…

How the Curse of Sykes-Picot Still Haunts the Middle East

The New Yorker 

In the Middle East, few men are pilloried these days as much as Sir Mark Sykes and François Georges-Picot. Sykes, a British diplomat, travelled the same turf as T. E. Lawrence (of Arabia), served in the Boer War, inherited a baronetcy, and won a Conservative seat in Parliament. He died young, at thirty-nine, during the 1919 flu epidemic. Picot was a French lawyer and diplomat who led a long but obscure life, mainly in backwater posts, until his death, in 1950. But the two men live on in the secret agreement they were assigned to draft... Читать дальше...

In Congo, Wars Are Small and Chaos Is Endless

The New York Times 

Members of the Bambote ethnic group in an abandoned cotton factory in Nyunzu, Democratic Republic of Congo. The Bambote are forest dwellers who have been displaced by one of the many violent conflicts in Congo.

Republicans are beginning to make peace with Donald Trump

BusinessInsider.com 

AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File

WASHINGTON (AP) — They thought it was impossible.

Some still fear it. Others can barely believe it. But leading Republicans are beginning to accept the idea that Donald Trump will be their party's presidential nominee.

In the wake of the businessman's commanding wins in five Eastern states this week, a growing number of national Republicans and GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill say Trump has taken on an indisputable air of inevitability.

Some... Читать дальше...

Walton “couldn’t pass up” chance to coach Lakers

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

Even Luke Walton didn’t expect to become head coach of the Lakers this quickly. Walton met with Lakers executive vice president Jim Buss and general manager Mitch Kupchak on Thursday at Jack London Square. The Lakers offered him the job Friday and he soon accepted. By 4:00 p.m., he was calling Warriors head coach Steve Kerr to tell him he would be leaving after Golden State’s postseason. Walton has deep ties to the Lakers - he spent eight-plus seasons with them as a player - and grew up in Southern California. Читать дальше...

Chadwick Boseman Reveals How He Got His Black Panther Accent

«Just Jared» 

Chadwick Boseman sits down for his interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Thursday (April 28) in Hollywood. The 39-year-old actor plays the role of Black Panther in the new movie Captain America: Civil War and he opened up about how he developed his African accent for the film. “You know how comedians will do a [...]

33 rescued lions arrive in South Africa in airlift

«Gazette Times» (gazettetimes.com) 

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The roars of lions filled the cargo section of Johannesburg's OR Tambo International Airport Saturday evening as 33 lions rescued from South American circuses landed in South Africa where they will be released into a bush sanctuary…

33 rescued lions arrive in South Africa in airlift

TheRepublic.com 

JOHANNESBURG - The roars of lions filled the cargo section of Johannesburg's OR Tambo International Airport Saturday evening as 33 lions rescued from South American circuses landed in South Africa where they will be released into a bush sanctuary for big cats.

33 rescued lions arrive in South Africa in airlift

«TDN» (tdn.com) 

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The roars of lions filled the cargo section of Johannesburg's OR Tambo International Airport Saturday evening as 33 lions rescued from South American circuses landed in South Africa where they will be released into a bush sanctuary…

33 rescued lions arrive in South Africa in airlift

«La Crosse Tribune» (lacrossetribune.com) 

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The roars of lions filled the cargo section of Johannesburg's OR Tambo International Airport Saturday evening as 33 lions rescued from South American circuses landed in South Africa where they will be released into a bush sanctuary…





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