Thursday, March 31, 2016

Evening Edition: Clinton faces a two-front battle against fellow New Yorkers Trump, Sanders

White House denounces Trump's Asian nuclear idea as 'catastrophic'; The next big thing in American regional cooking: Appalachia; What it’s like to be an American held in North Korea; Five U.S. women’s soccer players file wage discrimination complaint; The inside story of how Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley’s sex scandal broke wide open; At least six killed in explosion in Turkey's Kurdish region; Elon Musk to unveil the $35,000 Tesla; 'Please don't shoot me': Man pleads for life moments before being killed by police; Who should (and should not) buy the iPhone SE; An accidental invasion of Costa Rica and other errors made by relying on Google Maps; All-American swimmer found guilty of sexually assaulting unconscious woman at Stanford;
 
Evening Edition
The day's most important stories
 
 
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Clinton faces a two-front battle against fellow New Yorkers Trump, Sanders
The Big Apple as a backdrop for Hillary Clinton's fight is all the more resonant given that all three candidates have deep New York ties. The state's 247 delegates are expected to make it a critical contest in determining the Democratic race.
White House denounces Trump's Asian nuclear idea as 'catastrophic'
The suggestion that Japan and South Korea obtain weapons runs counter to decades of U.S. policy, a senior adviser said. The sharp response came as the president welcomed world leaders to Washington for the nuclear summit.
 
The next big thing in American regional cooking: Appalachia
The cuisine of central Appalachia — a region that stretches from southern Ohio and West Virginia to Tennessee — is as rich and unexplored in the American culinary scene as Tuscan food was in the 1980s.
 
What it’s like to be an American held in North Korea
Americans sentenced in North Korea generally get released after a ritual visit by a U.S. official. But the wait can be a difficult one, often with isolation and little food.
 
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Five U.S. women’s soccer players file wage discrimination complaint
Co-captains Carli Lloyd and Becky Sauerbrunn, forward Alex Morgan, midfielder Megan Rapinoe and goalkeeper Hope Solo have filed a federal complaint against the U.S. Soccer Federation to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
 
The inside story of how Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley’s sex scandal broke wide open
State lawmakers are considering ways to impeach the Republican or set up a recall, and his alleged mistress resigned as his top political adviser Wednesday.
 
At least six killed in explosion in Turkey's Kurdish region
More than a dozen people were injured in the blast that appeared to target a small bus carrying police special forces, the state-run news agency reported.
 
Elon Musk to unveil the $35,000 Tesla
The company's Model 3 is its first electric vehicle aimed at mainstream consumers – and its release today is a make-or-break moment for electric cars.
 
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'Please don't shoot me': Man pleads for life moments before being killed by police
Authorities said former officer Philip "Mitch" Brailsford fatally shot Daniel Shaver in January after responding to a call about a suspect with a gun. Brailsford has been charged with second-degree murder.
 
Who should (and should not) buy the iPhone SE
Chances are if you're excited about being an early adopter, then you're not in this phone's target market.
 
An accidental invasion of Costa Rica and other errors made by relying on Google Maps
The program is proving vulnerable to mistakes and hackers with results that at times can be catastrophic.
 
All-American swimmer found guilty of sexually assaulting unconscious woman at Stanford
Prosecutors called Brock Turner a "predator" and the "face of campus sexual assault." But his defense attorney said Turner was just a college kid who committed a mistake, not a crime.
 
 
     
 
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