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Major powers and Iran were closer to a preliminary accord on reining in Tehran’s nuclear programme as marathon talks ran into Wednesday, but they hit an impasse over key details such as the lifting of UN sanctions and Iran’s future atomic research. The negotiators ended talks in the Swiss city of Lausanne in the early morning hours with an air of chaos, disunity and cacophony as delegations scrambled to get…

TOKYO— The world’s oldest person, a Japanese woman, died Wednesday, a few weeks after celebrating her 117th birthday.   Misao Okawa died of heart failure and stopped breathing as relatives and nursing home workers stood by her side and praised her for achieving a long, healthy life, said Tomohiro Okada, an official at her Osaka nursing home.   “She went so peacefully, as if she had just fallen asleep,”…

Andrew Getty, an heir to the Getty oil fortune, appears to have died of natural causes or an accident inside his Hollywood Hills estate, a coroner’s official said. A time of death has not been determined, but a preliminary investigation suggests that foul play was not involved, authorities said. A security hold — a directive from detectives to the coroner’s office not to publicly disclose details about a case — has…

Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell was hospitalized Tuesday, her official website confirmed. When asked for information regarding Mitchell, a Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman said that about 2:30 p.m., a person in the 600 block of Funchal Road was taken to an area hospital in fair condition. He would not identify the person or provide further information. Mitchell has long lived in the Bel-Air neighborhood. Around 10 p.m., the verified Twitter account for Mitchell’s website…

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence speaks question during a news conference, Tuesday, March 31, 2015, in Indianapolis. Pence said that he wants legislation on his desk by the end of the week to clarify that the state’s new religious-freedom law does not allow discrimination against gays and lesbians. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)The Associated Press Share Photo   Reddit ✉ Indiana Gov. Mike Pence speaks question during a news conference, Tuesday, March…

A police officer outside the home of Andrew Getty, an heir to Getty oil fortune, who was found dead Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu) This post has been updated. The grandson of one of the most storied American industrialists has been found dead in Los Angeles. Andrew Getty, 47, grandson of oil baron J. Paul Getty and an heir to the family’s fortune, was found dead at his home on…

(Bloomberg) — Nigerian bonds rose to the highest in almost four months, while the country’s stocks were poised to extend gains, after former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari defeated President Goodluck Jonathan in a largely peaceful vote. The African nation’s $500 million of Eurobonds due in July 2023 advanced for the 11th day, pushing the yield down 19 basis points to 6.01 percent by 8:46 a.m. in Lagos. The Nigerian Stock…

The video allegedly shows passengers on board the flight clearly aware of what is happening to them. They can be heard screaming, and there are cries of “My God” in several different languages. There are also three loud metallic bangs, which could be the sound of Captain Patrick Sondheimer trying to break down the locked cockpit door. The video shows what appears to be part of the aircraft hitting the…

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Dusseldorf, Germany (CNN)Years before he was at the controls of a Germanwings plane that plunged into the French Alps, Andreas Lubitz told the airline he worked for that he’d had a bout with depression. Lubitz, the co-pilot of Germanwings Flight 9525 who authorities accuse of deliberately crashing the plane, told his Lufthansa flight training school in 2009 that he had a “previous episode of severe depression,” the airline said Tuesday….

In other times, maybe even fairly recently, the religious freedom law signed last week in Indiana could have allowed Republican lawmakers to appeal to their core conservative supporters without attracting much notice from the general public. But the blowback against it that has upended the state’s business and political culture offers a vivid example of the unprecedented speed with which public opinion over gay rights has shifted. The change, stunning…

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<!– Robert Kovacik / KNBC Los Angeles police investigate a death at the Hollywood Hills home of Andrew Getty. LOS ANGELES — Andrew Getty, 47, grandson of the oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, was found at his Hollywood Hills home, his family said Tuesday night….

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND — Negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program blew past a Tuesday deadline, U.S. officials said, with diplomats struggling to reach con­sensus on the difficult issues of sanctions, enrichment research and future limits. The Obama administration had committed itself to reach a broad political agreement with Iran and a group of world powers by March 31, with three additional months to nail down many complex details. The decision to keep…

(Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama commuted the sentences of 22 drug offenders serving time in federal prison, accelerating the administration’s efforts to reduce penalties for many of those convicted of such crimes. Obama’s decision, announced on Tuesday, more than doubles the number of commutations he has issued, and is the latest sign that the White House is taking aim at a drug war the president has characterized as counterproductive. Many…

The Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., on Monday. (Danny Johnston/AP) Amid intense criticism of Indiana’s religious liberties law, which has prompted lawmakers in that state to vow to fix the legislation, another state charged ahead with a similar measure. Arkansas lawmakers on Tuesday passed their own religious freedom bill, putting the state on the verge of formally adopting a law that could lead to another firestorm. On Tuesday afternoon, after some…

PARIS—Deutsche Lufthansa AG has unearthed documents showing that Germanwings Flight 9525 co-pilot Andreas Lubitz informed its own flight-training school that he had a “previous episode of severe depression,” the airline said Tuesday, renewing questions over whether it should have paid closer attention to the 27-year-old’s record. Mr. Lubitz informed the school in 2009 of the episode in email correspondence before resuming flight…

By Afp Published: 15:37 EST, 31 March 2015 | Updated: 15:37 EST, 31 March 2015 The US abandoned late Tuesday a midnight deadline to agree the outlines of a nuclear deal with Iran but insisted that “enough progress” merited extending marathon talks into Wednesday. “We’ve made enough progress in the last days to merit staying until Wednesday. There are several difficult issues still remaining,” State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said….

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The U.S. and five other world powers moved Tuesday toward annoucing a preliminary agreement that would enable them to continue negotiations to curb Iran’s nuclear program for the next three months, though with many key issues unresolved. In six days of intense high-level talks, the group has been able to avoid a breakdown that would have imperiled an 18-month effort to reach a deal curbing Iran’s nuclear activities. But negotiators…