Thursday, May 5, 2016

Evening Edition: After bin Laden raid, CIA chief in Pakistan suspected he was poisoned

Ryan declines to support Trump: 'I'm not there right now'; Can Clinton's focus on experience work against Trump where his other rivals failed?; What you should see — and not see — in theaters this summer; Federal government to regulate e-cigarettes, bans sales to teens under 18; Turkey's prime minister resigns amid high-level rifts and deepening crises; Russian delegation arrives in Palmyra, sending message about influence in Syria ; DNA of ancient Europeans reveals the Ice Age was as dramatic as 'Game of Thrones'; Why the weight loss study everyone has been sharing is misleading; Why a Trump-supporting tow truck driver says he refused service to a Sanders supporter; WorldViews: Trump will soon get briefings from spy agencies. It might not go well.; The Fix: Clinton will soon realize Trump is very hard to run against; For 'The Good Wife,' mission accomplished: Alicia has triumphed; It's the NCAA's fault that Ole Miss lineman Laremy Tunsil was driven toward low-lifes; HOWARD'S TEST;
 
Evening Edition
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After bin Laden raid, CIA chief in Pakistan suspected he was poisoned
Agency officials continue to think that it is plausible — if not provable — that the Islamabad station chief's sudden illness was somehow orchestrated by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency.
Ryan declines to support Trump: 'I'm not there right now'
The House speaker and co-chairman of the GOP convention became the highest-ranking Republican to openly question whether he'd support Donald Trump's run for the presidency.
 
Can Clinton's focus on experience work against Trump where his other rivals failed?
It's an open question whether Hillary Clinton can wrest control of an election conversation in which Republican primary voters have spurned the vast experience of Donald Trump's rivals in favor of his more bombastic rhetoric.
 
What you should see — and not see — in theaters this summer
From the latest in the Captain America franchise to the sequel to "Finding Nemo" to a female ghost-busting troupe, here are the potential blockbusters and duds of the season, ranked by their buzzworthiness.
 
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Federal government to regulate e-cigarettes, bans sales to teens under 18
The requirements, which apply to electronic cigarettes, cigars, hookahs and pipe tobacco, mark the first time the FDA has regulated any of the products.
 
Turkey's prime minister resigns amid high-level rifts and deepening crises
Ahmet Davutoglu bowed out of elections, paving the way for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to consolidate power.
 
Russian delegation arrives in Palmyra, sending message about influence in Syria
The entourage's arrival was another show of support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad amid mounting Western pressures to make political concessions to help end the nation's civil war.
 
DNA of ancient Europeans reveals the Ice Age was as dramatic as 'Game of Thrones'
Clashing cultures. The occasional hanky-panky with other species. A new study of genetic material from the period reveals a continent roiling with change.
 
Why the weight loss study everyone has been sharing is misleading
There's substantial research on whether, and how much, your metabolism slows after weight loss, and the "Biggest Loser" study is a definite outlier.
 
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Why a Trump-supporting tow truck driver says he refused service to a Sanders supporter
"Every business dealing in recent history that I've had with a socialist-minded person, I haven't got paid," the North Carolina driver said.
 
WorldViews: Trump will soon get briefings from spy agencies. It might not go well.
Where should the U.S. intelligence community's first PowerPoint presentation for Trump begin?
 
The Fix: Clinton will soon realize Trump is very hard to run against
What Donald Trump has to do with pickup basketball.
 
For 'The Good Wife,' mission accomplished: Alicia has triumphed
As the hit series comes to a close Sunday night, we are reminded that Julianna Margulies's character will always persevere — and perhaps even thrive.
 
It's the NCAA's fault that Ole Miss lineman Laremy Tunsil was driven toward low-lifes
After a video surfaced minutes before the NFL draft of the projected No. 1 pick smoking pot, it appears that the NCAA has become a potential breeding ground for extortion.
 
HOWARD'S TEST
As higher education is transformed by soaring student loan debt and the Web redefining the college experience, Howard University is struggling to sustain a student population disproportionately in need.
 
 
     
 
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