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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

Elizabeth Warren doubles down on Trump impeachment push, says it’s ‘bigger than politics’ – Fox News

Saturday, April 20, 2019

Video With the Mueller report behind the Trump administration, how do they move forward and focus on 2020? 2020 presidential hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., on Saturday doubled down on her call for the House to open impeachment proceedings against President Trump in the wake of the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia report — even as others in her party appear wary of such a push. “I know…

Paris Police Fire Tear Gas As Yellow Vest Protests Escalate – NPR

Saturday, April 20, 2019

A set of motorbikes are set on fire during a yellow vest demonstration in Paris on Saturday. Protesters are marching to remind the government that rebuilding the fire-ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral isn’t the only problem the nation needs to solve. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Francisco Seco/AP hide caption toggle caption Francisco Seco/AP A set of motorbikes are set on fire during a yellow vest demonstration in Paris on Saturday. Protesters are…

Zookeeper hospitalized after tiger attack at Topeka zoo – AOL

Saturday, April 20, 2019

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — City officials say a tiger mauled a zookeeper at the Topeka Zoo in northeastern Kansas. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the incident happened around 9:30 a.m. Saturday, when a Sumatran tiger named Sanjiv attacked the worker in a secured, indoor space. Topeka Zoo director Brendan Wiley says the zookeeper was awake and alert when she was taken by ambulance to a hospital. Wiley said he did…

How the Columbine shooting changed school safety procedures, and what that looks like in the Greeley-Evans School District 6 – Greeley Tribune

Saturday, April 20, 2019

The Franklin Middle School parking lot sits barren as schools remained closed for the day due to the Sol Pais manhunt Wednesday morning April 17, 2019. All Greeley-Evans District 6 schools will be open on Thursday. (Michael Brian/mbrian@greeleytribune.com)ClosedSchools-GDT-041719-2 John Gates has been in the business of school safety for 16 years, but he’s been monitoring public safety for more than 40. He was a Greeley Police officer before joining the…

20 years after Columbine, former Principal Frank DeAngelis is still learning how to move on – CNN

Saturday, April 20, 2019

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From ‘total exoneration’ to ‘total bullsh**’: Trump lingers on damning report – CNN

Saturday, April 20, 2019

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Trump raged at former White House counsel Don McGahn for taking notes about their conversations – Business Insider

Saturday, April 20, 2019

President Donald Trump soured on former White House counsel Don McGahn for his role in revealing how Trump tried to impede the special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, according to a Washington Post report published Friday. According to a redacted report on Mueller’s findings, McGahn disclosed that Trump ordered the attorney to call then-acting Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to fire the special counsel. “Mueller has to go,” McGahn recalled Trump…

Reaction to Mueller Report Divides Along Partisan Lines – The New York Times

Saturday, April 20, 2019

“The attorney general offered up a 400-page report that he wasn’t bound to provide,” Mr. Collins said. “The attorney general stands ready to testify before our committee and to have the special counsel do the same. Yet Chairman Nadler disregards all of this good-faith transparency without even taking the department up on its offer to review material under the redactions.” Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California has publicly opposed impeachment unless…

Sanders Goes on Offensive Defending Credibility After Report – Snopes.com

Saturday, April 20, 2019

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House press secretary Sarah Sanders tried to do damage control on her credibility Friday, insisting that she hadn’t intentionally misled the American public about FBI Director James Comey’s firing despite telling the special counsel that her claim that “countless” agents had lost confidence in him was not founded on anything. Sanders, who told special counsel Robert Mueller that her comment during a White House press briefing…

‘No authority’: New Mexico governor tells militia to stop arresting migrants at border – NBC News

Saturday, April 20, 2019

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday lashed out at members of a militia group who are stopping migrants at the border, declaring “regular citizens have no authority to arrest or detain anyone.” The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico has demanded that Lujan Grisham and New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas investigate the militia organization, United Constitutional Patriots. Some of the group’s members are armed. “That migrant…

Armed Mexican troops question American soldiers on US side of border – CNN

Saturday, April 20, 2019

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Columbine Anniversary: How Effective Are School Lockdown Drills? – NPR

Saturday, April 20, 2019

Jaclyn Schildkraut, associate professor of Criminal Justice at SUNY Oswego, leads a lockdown drill at Ed Smith Elementary School in Syracuse, N.Y., last month. Heather Ainsworth/Colorado Public Radio hide caption toggle caption Heather Ainsworth/Colorado Public Radio Jaclyn Schildkraut, associate professor of Criminal Justice at SUNY Oswego, leads a lockdown drill at Ed Smith Elementary School in Syracuse, N.Y., last month. Heather Ainsworth/Colorado Public Radio On the morning of her 16th…