Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Evening Edition: Federal appeals court sides with transgender teen in bathroom case

Voting underway in New York, a coveted prize expected to strengthen front-runners; Trump campaign shake-up underscores the limits of his loyalty; Harper has knocked it out of the park. Now the Nats’ owners need to step up to the plate.; Immunotherapy deemed effective against broadening range of cancers; UnitedHealth Group to exit Obamacare exchanges in all but a ‘handful’ of states; Intel to cut 12,000 jobs as it confronts decline in PCs; Taliban strikes in heart of Kabul in deadly attack on elite agency; Texas, Arizona high schools dominate new U.S. News rankings; How a pilot's unusual practice with a goggles case led to a deadly plane crash; The Flyers sent a message Monday night. The Caps did, too.; 'She got caught up in the likes': Teen accused of live-streaming friend's rape for attention; What men and women wanted in a spouse in 1939 — and how it is different today; He’s Donald Trump's biggest fan and sole Senate endorser ; Trump: I 'helped a little bit' with clearing rubble at Ground Zero; Ben & Jerry co-founders arrested at 'big money' protest at the Capitol;
 
Evening Edition
The day's most important stories
 
 
Federal appeals court sides with transgender teen in bathroom case
The court in Richmond ruled that the high school junior can proceed with his lawsuit arguing that his school board's decision to ban him from the boys' bathroom is discriminatory. The 4th Circuit is the highest court to weigh in on the issue, and the decision could have widespread implications.
Voting underway in New York, a coveted prize expected to strengthen front-runners
A big win for Donald Trump would bring him closer to securing an outright majority of Republican delegates. Hillary Clinton said she hopes to wrap up the Democratic nomination in New York.
 
Trump campaign shake-up underscores the limits of his loyalty
The GOP front-runner has a history of dropping friends when they're no longer useful.
 
Harper has knocked it out of the park. Now the Nats’ owners need to step up to the plate.
When will the Lerners realize that Bryce Harper has provided enough answers to justify making him an astronomical, but also fair-market, contract offer for the rest of the best years of his career?
 
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Immunotherapy deemed effective against broadening range of cancers
Scientists reported that the medications, which marshal the body's own immune defenses, are now proving effective against difficult-to-treat head and neck cancer and an extremely lethal skin cancer called Merkel cell carcinoma.
 
UnitedHealth Group to exit Obamacare exchanges in all but a ‘handful’ of states
The move had been anticipated since late last year when company executives said the insurer had suffered financial losses and threatened to leave the exchanges in 2017.
 
Intel to cut 12,000 jobs as it confronts decline in PCs
The company said the cuts will provide about $1.4 billion in annual savings by the time the cuts are completed next year.
 
Taliban strikes in heart of Kabul in deadly attack on elite agency
Militants staged a coordinated assault with a suicide bomb and three-hour gun battle, killing perhaps more than two dozen people and wounding more than 320 others in one of the most devastating attacks in Kabul in years, Afghan officials said.
 
Texas, Arizona high schools dominate new U.S. News rankings
Overall, the magazine found that Maryland, Connecticut and California had the most public high schools that best prepared students for college and careers.
 
How a pilot's unusual practice with a goggles case led to a deadly plane crash
The Taliban had claimed responsibility for the crash that killed 14 people in Afghanistan last year, but the Air Force said a plastic case designed to hold a set of night-vision goggles was ultimately to blame for the incident.
 
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The Flyers sent a message Monday night. The Caps did, too.
This series hints at a warning for future playoff opponents: If you dirty up the final few minutes, the grime might wind up splattering in unexpected directions.
 
'She got caught up in the likes': Teen accused of live-streaming friend's rape for attention
Marina Lonina, 18, who faces up to 40 years in prison if convicted, recorded the assault on her 17-year-old friend as evidence, her attorney said.
 
What men and women wanted in a spouse in 1939 — and how it is different today
Interestingly, men rated a woman's desire for home and children and good cooking and housekeeping more highly over time — perhaps because these qualities were no longer taken for granted in a wife.
 
He’s Donald Trump's biggest fan and sole Senate endorser
Alabama's Jeff Sessions loves to tell the story about Trump's testimony on a U.N. project 11 years ago. That's partly because the senator likes to do his impression of the billionaire.
 
Trump: I 'helped a little bit' with clearing rubble at Ground Zero
It's not clear how.
 
Ben & Jerry co-founders arrested at 'big money' protest at the Capitol
It's a celeb badge of honor: Rosario Dawson was also among those arrested at the Capitol protests.
 
 
     
 
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