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Declaring the Republican presidential contest at “a fork in the road,” Ted Cruz and John Kasich defended their extraordinary new alliance on Monday as the party’s last, best chance to stop Donald Trump, even as the New York billionaire surged toward another big delegate haul. Trump, the Republican front-runner, lashed out at what he called collusion by desperate rivals, intensifying his attacks on the GOP presidential nomination system on the eve of Tuesday’s round of primary elections in the Northeast. Читать дальше...

LEVEQUE, Haiti — The three friends had spent the day stocking up on food in the Haitian capital when they left for their village, setting off on the 20-mile trip home by foot because the minibuses known as tap-taps weren’t running after a bridge collapse. The women’s family and friends suspect they were targeted because they were deaf in a country where experts say a pervasive stigma isolates people with disabilities such as deafness and can spark superstitions leading to horrific cruelty. [...] the slayings of Jesula Gelin... Читать дальше...

Both Gannett and Tribune were spun off from larger media companies that owned TV stations, a move to protect the accelerating growth of broadcast advertising from the falling fortunes of newspapers. A Gannett takeover of Tribune could mean cost-cutting, shedding jobs and adding USA Today inserts into papers instead of national news sections, said media analyst Ken Doctor. Last month, the Chicago-based company announced a reorganization that named each of its newspapers' editors as dual editors-in-chief and publishers. Читать дальше...

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The show at the German Historical Museum, tiled “Sticky Messages,” features some 600 stickers and replicas, racist and antiracist, from 1880 to the present day. The show also features images from Germany’s brief colonial era and moves on to the present with stickers proffering slogans such as “refugees not welcome” and “Bratwurst, not kebab.” Alongside anti-immigrant, antimosque and outright far-right messages, ranging from a crudely made “race mixing is genocide” sticker to slickly produced extremist party material... Читать дальше...

Associated Press reporters politely decline the drink but pass on a bottled sample to a laboratory, which confirms it contains levels of a radioactive isotope at levels 10 times higher than the nation’s food safety limits. Milkavita officials called the AP-commissioned lab finding “impossible,” insisting their own tests show their milk supply contains traces of radioactive isotopes well below safety limits. Since rising to power in 1994, President Alexander Lukashenko — the former director of a state-owned farm ... Читать дальше...

NEW DELHI — Unidentified assailants fatally stabbed two men in Bangladesh’s capital Monday night, including a gay-rights activist who also worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development, police said, in the latest in a series of attacks targeting atheists, moderates and foreigners. The U.S. ambassador condemned the killing, just weeks after the U.S. government and numerous rights groups urged the government of the Muslim-majority country to better protect its citizens and secure free speech. Читать дальше...

Every time you witness a conversation in high Valyrian or Dothraki on this season's "Game of Thrones," you can thank David J. Peterson and the Linguistics department at Cal.

The recently retired Los Angeles Lakers guard remarked on the red truck while talking with an ESPN reporter during one of his final games, The Capital Press reported (http://bit.ly/1UcftKI ). Frank Muir, Idaho Potato Commission president and CEO, said ESPN sideline reporter Heather Cox told him that before a recent interview, Bryant referenced the running story line of the commission's ads: an Idaho potato grower's search for the "missing" potato truck. Highlights include stops at the Kentucky Derby... Читать дальше...

Anthony BourdainAnthony Bourdain  (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP Images, File) Dates have been announced for Anthony Bourdain‘s latest tour, The Hunger, which will include a stop in San Francisco. Related Links Guy Fieri is out as owner of Johnny Garlic's The 11-city tour, which launches this fall in New York on October 25, is timed with the release of his first cookbook in a decade, “Appetites: A Cookbook” ($29.04; Ecco). Bourdain’s SF layover will be at the War Memorial Opera House at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Bernie Sanders' campaign chief is vowing his candidate will stay in the Democratic race until the summer convention even as Hillary Clinton looks to lock down her commanding position for the party's nomination with a strong performance in a five-state round of contests Tuesday. [...] the Vermont senator's campaign manager, Jeff Weaver, said the millions of dollars flowing to Sanders and the boisterous rallies show that his "supporters will stand with us all the way to the end." Clinton looked... Читать дальше...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — While demonstrations circled North Carolina's statehouse on Monday, for and against a Republican-backed law curtailing protections for LGBT people and limiting public bathroom access for transgender people, House Democrats filed a repeal bill that stands little chance of passing. Thousands of Christian conservatives and other supporters of the law known as House Bill 2 gathered on a grassy mall behind the Legislative Building on the opening day of the legislature to praise the mostly Republican legislators and GOP Gov. Читать дальше...

[...] District Commander Melvin Gresham said in a letter to the community that the male student was stabbed in the leg shortly after 9 a.m. Monday.

UW faculty preps no-confidence vote in Cross, regents (AP) — The University of Wisconsin-Madison Faculty Senate is preparing to take a no-confidence vote on UW System President Ray Cross and the Board of Regents for changing the school's tenure policy.

SMYRNA, Del. (AP) — Delaware State Police are reminding residents to lock their car after a string of thefts from vehicles was reported in the Smyrna area. Troopers said in a news release that a dozen vehicles have been broken into over the last few weeks, many in the Holly Hill Estates development. Investigators say thieves rummage through cars, stealing purses electronic devices and cash. Troopers say in most of these cases, the vehicles were parked in the victim's driveways and were unlocked.

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The 12-year-old black boy was fatally shot by a white rookie police officer while playing with a pellet gun outside a recreation center in 2014. The city of Cleveland has reached a $6 million settlement in a lawsuit over the death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, a black boy shot by a white police officer while playing with a pellet gun. Video of the encounter shows a rookie patrolman firing in an instant as the cruiser driven by his training officer skids to a stop.

NEW DELHI (AP) — Unidentified assailants fatally stabbed two men in Bangladesh's capital Monday night, including a gay rights activist who also worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development, police said, in the latest in a series of attacks targeting atheists, moderates and foreigners. The U.S. ambassador condemned the killing, just weeks after the U.S. government and numerous rights groups urged the government of the Muslim-majority country to better protect its citizens and secure free speech. Читать дальше...

Thousands of people, young and old, converged on Oakland City Hall last spring, crowding into its meeting rooms and filling Frank Ogawa Plaza out front — all for the inaugural Oakland Book Festival. [...] booksellers and publishers will be back, selling their merchandise at outdoor tables, and the Oakland Public Library will once again host readings at a children’s stage. Last year’s festival revolved around the theme of cities, exploring such diverse subjects as gentrification and “the genius... Читать дальше...

The Xanadu of Samuel Taylor Coleridge is a myth — but the actual city (now Beijing), built by the great Mongol emperor Kublai Khan in the 13th century, was actually created by artists from Nepal. The most famous artist to emerge during the reconstruction of the palaces, temples and pagodas was a Newar architect named Araniko (Newars are the traditional ethnic group of the Kathmandu Valley). Araniko showed, nearly eight centuries ago, how a sort of artistic phoenix can emerge from the rubble of a natural disaster. Читать дальше...

CLEVELAND (AP) — The city on Monday reached a $6 million settlement in a lawsuit over the death of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old black boy shot by a white police officer while playing with a pellet gun outside a recreation center. The wrongful death suit filed by his family and estate against the city and officers and dispatchers who were involved alleged police acted recklessly when they confronted the boy on Nov. 22, 2014. Video of the encounter shows a cruiser skidding to a stop and rookie patrolman... Читать дальше...

Authorities said Monday that the arrests came after an undercover detective purchased more than 80 guns from the couple during dozens of meetings in Manhattan.

(AP) — A Massachusetts State Police trooper charged with assaulting his girlfriend has been ordered held without bail pending a hearing to determine whether he's a danger to society. Trooper Robert Sundberg, a 14-year veteran, was arraigned Monday on charges of attempted strangulation and domestic abuse and was ordered back to court Wednesday for the dangerousness hearing.

Speaking in front of a rally crowd in Warwick, Trump says of Kasich that "I have never seen a human being eat in such a disgusting fashion." Donald Trump is railing against a deal reached by rivals Ted Cruz and John Kasich to divvy up a series of upcoming contests to maximize their chances of halting Trump's march to the GOP nomination. Hillary Clinton took aim at Donald Trump in Delaware Monday, saying the Republican front-runner should come out of his towers and "actually talk and listen to people."... Читать дальше...

With Elton John's co-sign, Gallant strides toward stardom John's endorsement of Gallant's single "Weight of Gold" affirmed Gallant's inclination to stay true to himself musically. The extra vote of confidence seems to be working for Gallant, who released his debut studio album "Ology" this month. The album details the depth of his insecurities and his pursuit of optimism, showcasing the soul singer's booming falsetto voice. After high school, he moved from a Maryland suburb to New York to study... Читать дальше...