Monday, March 28, 2016

Evening Edition: The shooting happened in a building built to protect the Capitol from shooters

Georgia governor vetoes religious freedom bill criticized as anti-gay; Fidel Castro to Obama: ‘We don't need any gifts from the empire’; How the Hillary Clinton email scandal took root; Belgian police renew appeals for tips into 'man in white' bomb suspect; 7 million Americans are at risk of man-made earthquakes, USGS says; Secret Service: We’re not allowing firearms at the Republican National Convention; From Iraq to Afghanistan to a storage shed in New Jersey; The Trump family's 'anti-Donald' ; Death toll in Pakistan Easter suicide attack climbs past 70; Former Pentagon official had 'personal limousine service,' report says; Anthony Weiner's remarkably candid interview about campaigning with a secret; 'Coddled' students and their 'safe spaces' aren’t the problem, college official says. Bigots are.;
 
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The shooting happened in a building built to protect the Capitol from shooters
The underground visitors center came about after a 1998 incident when a gunman stormed past security and fatally shot two officers.
Georgia governor vetoes religious freedom bill criticized as anti-gay
Gov. Nathan Deal's decision comes two weeks after the state legislature passed a bill aimed at shoring up the rights of religious organizations to refuse services that clash with their faith, particularly with regard to same-sex marriage.
 
Fidel Castro to Obama: ‘We don't need any gifts from the empire’
In his first comments since the president's visit, the former Cuban leader said Obama's "syrupy" words about brotherhood and shared history were enough to give Cubans "a heart attack."
 
How the Hillary Clinton email scandal took root
Clinton's email problems began in her first days as secretary of state. Frustrated that she wasn't allowed to take her personal BlackBerry into her own office, she and her aides pushed for a solution that would enable her to use the device in the secure area.
 
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Belgian police renew appeals for tips into 'man in white' bomb suspect
The appeal came after investigators freed a suspect taken into custody and initially charged with participating in a terrorist attack.
 
7 million Americans are at risk of man-made earthquakes, USGS says
For the first time, the U.S. Geological Survey published an earthquake hazard map covering both natural and "induced" quakes.
 
Secret Service: We’re not allowing firearms at the Republican National Convention
An online petition had put pressure on pro-gun Republican officials and presidential contenders to walk the walk when it comes to guns.
 
From Iraq to Afghanistan to a storage shed in New Jersey
Matt Sherman thought he'd be gone for six months when he stored away his possessions and accepted a job as a civilian contractor in Iraq. Now 13 years later, he attempts to unpack his life back home.
 
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The Trump family's 'anti-Donald'
While her father runs an increasingly polarizing campaign for president, Ivanka Trump is a different brand of Trump, somehow neutral — but always at his side.
 
Death toll in Pakistan Easter suicide attack climbs past 70
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrived in Lahore to visit people wounded in the Easter Sunday bombing and vowed to track down the militants who claimed responsibility for the attack on Christians celebrating the holiday in a park.
 
Former Pentagon official had 'personal limousine service,' report says
David R. Shedd, who retired in January last year as deputy director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, vehemently disputed the inspector general's report.
 
Anthony Weiner's remarkably candid interview about campaigning with a secret
If you ever wondered what was going on in Anthony Weiner's head when a sex scandal brought down his political career not once but twice, we finally have some answers.
 
'Coddled' students and their 'safe spaces' aren’t the problem, college official says. Bigots are.
The director of a campus center at Williams College takes on the idea of college students as overly sensitive, arguing that they are learning a crucial skill -- how to fight discrimination.
 
 
     
 
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