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Hundreds killed as Easter Sunday blasts hit churches, hotels in Sri Lanka

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Democrats say Trump impeachment proceedings 'possibly coming' after Mueller report

House Judiciary Chair Nadler won't rule out impeachment for Trump

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A world too hot and dangerous for children? Some millennials think so

'it was preventable'

Protests erupt after police shoot woman near Yale University

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Mueller investigated whether Trump attended a 2016 chess championship with Russians

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Giuliani says Americans had 'right to know' about Democratic emails hacked by Russians

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Zookeeper hospitalized after tiger attack now in stable condition

Immigration

FBI arrests member of armed militia detaining migrants at the border

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United Methodists edge toward breakup over LGBT policies

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The Prison System

Video shows man left to die in South Carolina prison yard

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'Avengers: Endgame': What you need to know about the much-hyped epic finale

Sports

Shaq reveals the personal rule he broke that cost him a championship

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Opinion

Starbucks in Shanghai is cultural homogenization, and a welcome taste of home

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Remembering Columbine

20 years later, parents of victims say it changed everything — and nothing

Active shooter drills are scaring kids. Some schools are taking a new approach.

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Elite American climber caught in avalanche 'died doing what he loved'

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Photos: Holy Week rituals around the world

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Hidden camera found in women's bathroom aboard Navy ship

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'No authority'

New Mexico governor tells militia to stop arresting migrants at border

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House of horrors

Turpin parents sentenced to life in prison for torturing children

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HUD moves to require carbon monoxide detectors in public housing after deaths

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Boy injured in Mall of America fall is 'showing real signs of recovery'

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Paranormal investigator and demonologist who inspired 'The Conjuring,' dies at 92

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Missing Ohio teen Jonathon Minard found dead on a farm

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Analysis

Once upon a time in Silicon Valley: How Facebook's open-data nirvana fell apart

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Security

British cybersecurity researcher who helped to stop WannaCry attack pleads guilty in hacking case

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Streaming battle

Are you ready for some football? Disney and Amazon might be.

Business News

We'd rather not: Americans like marijuana but don't want a dispensary in their town

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Russia Investigation

Russian media mocks 'lackluster' Mueller report and media 'meltdown'

Business News

Trump's 'Game of Thrones' tweet was like 'five Super Bowl ads' for HBO, say brand experts

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Inside bikini-photo startup's scrappy battle to put Facebook on trial

Special report

Mark Zuckerberg leveraged user data to fight rivals and help friends, internal documents show

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Hundreds gathered for Good Friday service near Notre Dame

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Clashes break out between police and some yellow vest rioters in Paris

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Tech & Media

Two arrested over fatal shooting of journalist in Northern Ireland

Religion

Rome's 'Holy Stairs' uncovered for first time in 300 years

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A closer look at the ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral

World

More than 200 killed as Easter Sunday blasts hit churches, hotels in Sri Lanka

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Drag troupe 'The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence' mark 40 years of 'dragtivism'

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Asian America

One year after Easter pardons, Cambodian refugees find fragile stability

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OUT Pop Culture

Charlize Theron reportedly reveals her daughter, 7, is transgender

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Neighbors come together after Charleston family's pride flag is burned

Culture Matters

Ancestry.com ad slammed for sugarcoating slavery, distorting history

U.S. news

FBI arrests member of armed group stopping migrants in New Mexico

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Diet & Fitness

Pickleball: The fastest growing sport you've never heard of

Looking for a new warm-weather sport? Try pickleball. And, no, it's not just for seniors.

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Space

Why alien 'megastructures' may hold key to making contact with extraterrestrials

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Environment

Earth Day's founder's daughter says her father would be 'deeply distressed' right now

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Space

How the 'pink moon' got its nickname

Innovation

Scientists create world's first 3D-printed heart using human cells

Science

What happened before the Big Bang?

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Scientists create world's first 3D-printed heart using human cells

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What happened before the Big Bang?

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