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Police don’t believe missing five-year-old Illinois boy was abducted or wandered off – Fox News

Monday, April 22, 2019

Police have revealed they do not believe Andrew “AJ” Freund was abducted or wandered off from his suburban Chicago home Following a frantic search for a missing five-year-old boy, police have revealed that they do not believe he was abducted or wandered away from his suburban Chicago home. The parents of Andrew “AJ” Freund told police on Thursday that they last saw their son when they put him to bed…

Sri Lanka, citing ‘false news reports,’ blocks social media after attacks – CNN

Sunday, April 21, 2019

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Sri Lanka, citing ‘false news reports,’ blocks social media after attacks – CNN

Sunday, April 21, 2019

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‘Nothing wrong’ with campaign accepting information from Russians, Giuliani says – The Washington Post

Sunday, April 21, 2019

Michelle Ye Hee Lee Felicia Sonmez April 21 at 3:53 PM Rudolph W. Giuliani, President Trump’s personal attorney, said Sunday that there is “nothing wrong” with a campaign accepting information from Russians, defending the Trump team’s efforts to obtain damaging material about Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton during the 2016 race. “There’s nothing wrong with taking information from Russians,” Giuliani said in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “It…

Sri Lanka, citing ‘false news reports,’ blocks social media after attacks – CNN

Sunday, April 21, 2019

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Mike Lee on "Face the Nation" says it would be a "mistake" for Democrats to pursue Trump’s impeachment – CBS News

Sunday, April 21, 2019

Utah Sen. Mike Lee, a Republican member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said it would be a political mistake for House Democrats to launch impeachment proceedings and try to remove President Trump from office following the release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s long-awaited report. “I think politically speaking it would be a mistake for them to do it,” Lee said on “Face the Nation” Sunday. “It sounds like some of…

Ukraine election result: Volodymyr Zelensky, comedian, is new president – Vox.com

Sunday, April 21, 2019

Ukrainians on Sunday overwhelmingly voted to make a comedian their next president — ushering in a new era of politics in the struggling country. Volodymyr Zelensky, a famous comedian who portrayed Ukraine’s head of state for years on a popular comedy show, defeated the incumbent president, Petro Poroshenko, who had been in power since 2014. According to exit polls, Zelensky won a staggering 73 percent of the vote. Poroshenko conceded…

World leaders including Pope Francis, Donald Trump, and Barack Obama offered their support after Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka claimed hundreds of lives – Business Insider

Sunday, April 21, 2019

On Easter Sunday, eight bombs went off across Sri Lanka, killing at least 207 people including 35 foreigners. The attacks targeted churches and luxury hotels. People attending Easter services in churches in Kochchikade, Negombo, and Batticaloa were targeted during the attacks. Another bomb attack was reported in Katuwapitiya, where 50 people were killed in St. Sebastian’s Church. Later attacks were also reported in the cities of Dematagoda, Colombo, and Dehiwala….

Michel Honore is the insurance assessor for the Treasure of Notre Dame – Quartz

Sunday, April 21, 2019

On this Easter Sunday, Christians around the world celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ following his crucifixion. For Catholics in Paris, the holiday is especially poignant this year, as the Cathedral of Notre Dame stands scorched and scarred from a fire on April 15—a reminder of the impermanence of all things, even the most seemingly enduring of edifices.  But there is also cause for celebration. Contemporary events mirrored religious history. The…

Elijah Cummings on "Face the Nation": Trump will be "emboldened" if Democrats "do nothing" after Mueller report – CBS News

Sunday, April 21, 2019

Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings, the Democratic chairman of the House Oversight Committee, said President Trump will be emboldened if congressional Democrats, fearing a political backlash, “do nothing” in the wake of the release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report.  “If we do nothing here, what is going to happen is that the president is going to be emboldened. He’s going to be emboldened because he’s said, ‘Well, I got away…

For Sri Lanka, a Long History of Violence – The New York Times

Sunday, April 21, 2019

Fighting at the very top The country has also faced political tensions at the top. An attempt to topple the prime minister last year resulted in a protracted constitutional crisis that threatened to break into violence. For a brief period, the country had two declared prime ministers at the same time. President Maithripala Sirisena fired the prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, last October. In his stead, he appointed the former president…

FBI arrests leader of armed group stopping migrants in New Mexico – Reuters

Sunday, April 21, 2019

TAOS, N.M. (Reuters) – The FBI on Saturday said it had arrested Larry Hopkins, the leader of an armed group that is stopping undocumented migrants after they cross the U.S.-Mexico border into New Mexico. The arrest came two days after the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) accused the group of illegally detaining migrants and New Mexico’s Democratic Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham ordered an investigation. Hopkins, 69, also known as Johnny…

Sri Lanka Bombings Live Updates: Blasts Unleash Carnage at Churches and Luxury Hotels – The New York Times

Sunday, April 21, 2019

Extremism has grown in Sri Lanka Brahma Chellaney, a professor of strategic studies at the Center for Policy Research in New Delhi, said that radical Islamist groups had been quietly growing in influence for years in Sri Lanka, in the nearby Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the nearby island nation of the Maldives. Mr. Chellaney said that it was unexpected that the attackers had the confidence to raid…

Notre Dame fire pledges inflame yellow vest protesters – Al Jazeera English

Sunday, April 21, 2019

Paris, France – Holding signs that read “What about the poor?” and chanting “Justice for all,” France’s yellow vest protesters, ignoring the displays of unity by the French political class in the wake of the Notre Dame fire, marched through the streets of Paris and other cities on Saturday, vowing to persevere in what they called “Ultimatum 2”. “These [protests] are very important for social justice,” said Jean-Baptiste Redde at…

Five things to know about impeachment – The Washington Post

Sunday, April 21, 2019

David A. Fahrenthold April 20 at 6:08 PM Democrats in the House — and on the 2020 campaign trail — are divided about whether to start impeachment proceedings against President Trump, following a report from special counsel Robert S. Mueller III that detailed Trump’s efforts to hinder Mueller’s investigation. The most compelling practical argument against such an effort is that it is unlikely to succeed. That’s because the decision on…

Armed volunteer militia group detains immigrants at the U.S. border – AOL

Sunday, April 21, 2019

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) wants members of a volunteer militia group arrested for detaining immigrants at gunpoint and impersonating U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Members of the United Constitutional Patriots, a conservative group in New Mexico, unofficially patrol the U.S.-Mexico border in their home state and detain immigrants crossing the border. This week, the group detained nearly 300 people, including families with young children, near Sunland Park, as recorded in a…

A 5-year-old boy is missing from home, and police don’t think he walked away or was abducted – CNN

Sunday, April 21, 2019

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Post-Mueller report, journalists rethink handling of Romney’s 2012 Russia prediction – Fox News

Sunday, April 21, 2019

Video Press loves Romney’s Trump blast The release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe report has some journalists in apology mode, saying they paid too little attention to Mitt Romney’s 2012 observations about the Kremlin’s threat to U.S. interests. Back in 2012, Senator Romney. R-Utah, was running for president. And he tagged Russia as the United States’ greatest geopolitical foe. Back then, Romney “was broadly mocked” over that position, New York Times…

‘We don’t know if it’s enough’: $1 billion may not cover Notre Dame Cathedral rebuilding costs after fire – USA TODAY

Sunday, April 21, 2019

What made Notre Dame’s structure so unique is also what made it so vulnerable to fire, and why it burned so quickly. Just the FAQs, USA TODAY