Saturday, April 9, 2016

Saturday's Headlines: Panama Papers reveal a perilous world for U.S. tax cheats

Cruz derided 'New York values' with a sneer, but now he must face New Yorkers; Some 200 delegates could make or break a Trump nomination; Prosecutors offer details on ex-House speaker Hastert's alleged sex abuse of teens;
 
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Panama Papers reveal a perilous world for U.S. tax cheats
Offshore experts said they doubt that many prominent U.S. citizens will turn up in the data, but Americans continue to hide vast sums of money in tax havens and are becoming increasingly sophisticated about it.
Cruz derided 'New York values' with a sneer, but now he must face New Yorkers
He was greeted by hecklers in the Bronx, and students reportedly threatened a walkout if he visited their school. Still, he refuses to apologize.
 
Some 200 delegates could make or break a Trump nomination
If Donald Trump arrives at the July convention just shy of the 1,237 delegates required to secure the nomination outright, unbound delegates could decide to push him over the top — or force a contested convention.
 
Prosecutors offer details on ex-House speaker Hastert's alleged sex abuse of teens
Dennis Hastert's victims struggled with the impact of his abuse even as he rose through the political ranks, prosecutors wrote in a memo for a sentencing hearing later this month.
 
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Building developers are reactive and megalomaniacal. Just like Trump.
 
And, then the Vatican called Bernie Sanders
 
The Dutch just showed the world how Russia influences elections
 
Video: Illegal traffic stop leads to beating and illegal medical procedures in S.C.
 
We need to steer D.C.'s young people away from crime earlier
 
Mr. Sanders was wrong about a trade pact with Panama
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Former Vanderbilt football player found guilty of raping an unconscious student in dorm
Cory Batey, a 22-year-old from Nashville, is one of four former football players charged with rape and accused of violating the female student in June 2013. He is the only one on trial.
North Korea unveils its own engine for missile that can reach the U.S.
The unverified claim of a successful engine test is the latest in a steady drumbeat of North Korean threats. "It seems pretty clear that they're sick of us making fun of them, and they're going to shove it down our throats," one analyst said.
Kerry makes an unannounced visit to Afghanistan
He arrived Saturday to show support for a government that has grown increasingly unpopular as a stumbling economy and a resilient Taliban fuel a brain drain of Afghan migrants.
SpaceX — finally — nails a landing at sea
Elon Musk's company made several unsuccessful attempts to place an unmanned rocket on a floating platform, a milestone that it says could help lower the cost of spaceflight.
Isaac Newton spent a lot of time on junk ‘science,’ and this manuscript proves it
The 17th-century scientist, mathematician and father of physics was heavily into alchemy, a medieval "science" that preceded chemistry.
Bill Clinton 'almost' apologizes for arguing with Black Lives Matter protesters
Some parts of the 1994 crime bill that called for longer prison sentences "cannot be justified," the former president said.
'Please don't. Stop. I'm scared': A victim's reported last words as two girls killed her
Two 15-year-olds were convicted and sentenced life in prison for beating Angela Wrightson to death with items in her house: a shovel, a TV set and a wooden stick filled with screws.
Pope calls for more inclusion of divorced, remarried Catholics
In a long-awaited document on family life, Francis offered no concrete changes in church laws but appeared to leave open the important question of whether divorced and remarried Catholics could take Holy Communion.
'It was a children's soccer game. Of course he knew he was going to kill children.'
Of all the horrors that have befallen Iraq, the attack that killed 29 children at a soccer match last month stands out.
They were willing to bend the rules
Is it a buzz kill to show your unvarnished self on a first date? These two were not afraid to try.
At gyms, nutrition is now on the menu
To help customers avoid derailing their fitness goals, some gyms are adding custom diets as a service.
 
     
 
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