Thursday, March 24, 2016

Evening Edition: Despite potent attacks abroad, ISIS is in retreat in Syria, Iraq

Attacks expose gaps in Belgium's anti-terror operations; U.S. charges Iran-linked hackers with targeting banks, N.Y. dam; A tarnished Robert Griffin III joins the woebegone Browns. What could go wrong?; Crash of the titans: When heroes collide, who will save us … from the movie?; 'Butcher of Bosnia' found guilty of genocide; The FBI is testing a way to get into the San Bernardino attacker’s iPhone; Some feel burned by Trump Network; Sorry, Sanders supporters. Your candidate is not 'currently winning.'; Disney and Marvel fire warning shot as Georgia’s culture war spreads to Hollywood; Tuberculosis cases increased in the U.S. for first time in 23 years. But why? ; A foster family's wrenching fight for a Native American girl who was taken from them; Ga. parents, offended by the ‘Far East religion’ of yoga, get ‘Namaste’ banned from school;
 
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Despite potent attacks abroad, ISIS is in retreat in Syria, Iraq
The militants' leaders are dying in U.S. strikes at the rate of one every three days, and Syrian troops on Thursday entered Palmyra, the historic town snatched by the Islamic State nearly a year ago.
Attacks expose gaps in Belgium's anti-terror operations
The bombings revealed failures in monitoring Islamist radicals and suggest that despite raids and detentions, the network behind the France plot was never fully dismantled.
 
U.S. charges Iran-linked hackers with targeting banks, N.Y. dam
The indictment marks the first time the government is charging nation-state actors with disrupting or attempting to disrupt U.S. critical infrastructure or computer systems of key industries.
 
A tarnished Robert Griffin III joins the woebegone Browns. What could go wrong?
One of the most polarizing players in professional sports has signed up with one of the most chaotic franchises in the NFL to play one of the most unstable positions, on any team, in any league. Godspeed, RGIII.
 
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Crash of the titans: When heroes collide, who will save us … from the movie?
In "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice," the comic icons crash-land on the big screen by overemphasizing the fight — and forgetting the fun.
 
'Butcher of Bosnia' found guilty of genocide
An international tribunal convicted former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic for his roles in deadly campaigns during the country's war in the 1990s, including the massacre of Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica.
 
The FBI is testing a way to get into the San Bernardino attacker’s iPhone
The solution is aimed at replicating what the government had tried to force Apple to do.
 
Some feel burned by Trump Network
The real estate mogul often gave the impression the firm was certain to lift thousands of people into prosperity. In fact, within a few years, the company fell on hard times, leaving some salespeople in tough financial straits.
 
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Sorry, Sanders supporters. Your candidate is not 'currently winning.'
Denial is powerful. But a simple function of math rebuts a bad theory from a Huffington Post blogger.
 
Disney and Marvel fire warning shot as Georgia’s culture war spreads to Hollywood
The movie studios have threaten to stop filming in the state if Gov. Nathan Deal does not veto the Free Exercise Protection Act, which critics have called anti-gay.
 
Tuberculosis cases increased in the U.S. for first time in 23 years. But why?
Twenty-nine states and the District of Columbia each had more cases in 2015 than 2014, raising questions -- but no definitive answers -- about a possible resurgence of one of the world's deadliest diseases.
 
A foster family's wrenching fight for a Native American girl who was taken from them
Authorities moved 6-year-old Lexi, who is 1/64 Choctaw Native American, to live with extended family in Utah. Her heritage has raised questions about which family is best suited to raise her.
 
Ga. parents, offended by the ‘Far East religion’ of yoga, get ‘Namaste’ banned from school
When school administrators at a Georgia elementary school implemented yoga to reduce students' stress, they probably envisioned peace in their future. Instead, they received a flurry of complaints.
 
 
     
 
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