Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Evening Edition: Cruz likely to block Trump on a second ballot at convention

Trump’s family town hall was very entertaining; Mitch McConnell didn't want the GOP to be 'scary.' Then Trump happened. ; Why every recipe video in your Facebook feed looks the same ; Chicago police force plagued by racial bias and ‘justified’ lack of community trust, report says; 'Affluenza teen' ordered to serve nearly two years in jail; Two decades later, Bill Clinton stumbles in the Democratic Party's shifting sands; What it looks like when Russian attack jets fly ‘dangerously close’ to a Navy ship; This study could have reshaped the American diet 40 years ago. But it was never fully published until now.; Police found loaded handgun in car of slain former Saints star at time of shooting; How Europe's migrant policy is tearing families apart; Teacher: What third-graders are being asked to do on the 2016 Common Core test; Octopus slips out of his tank, crawls across the floor and escapes down a pipe to the ocean;
 
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Cruz likely to block Trump on a second ballot at convention
Ted Cruz is close to ensuring that Donald Trump cannot win the GOP nomination in July, scooping up delegates who have pledged to vote for him if given the chance.
Trump’s family town hall was very entertaining
Donald was there. And so was wife, Melania, daughters Ivanka and Tiffany, and sons Eric and Donald, Jr. This is what you missed.
 
Mitch McConnell didn't want the GOP to be 'scary.' Then Trump happened.
The party has avoided its worst instincts, but Trump has overwhelmed the GOP message.
 
Why every recipe video in your Facebook feed looks the same
The formulaic videos, which are light on technique and heavy on processed foods, appeal to our nostalgia for childhood comfort. The result is often some sort of cheese-stuffed, crescent roll "bomb."
 
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Chicago police force plagued by racial bias and ‘justified’ lack of community trust, report says
The task force, established by Mayor Rahm Emanuel in response to an outcry over police shootings, was unsparing about the department's problems with race.
 
'Affluenza teen' ordered to serve nearly two years in jail
Ethan Crouch, the Texas teenager — who initially received probation for a 2013 drunken driving crash that left four people dead — was sentenced to 180 consecutive days in jail for each count of intoxication manslaughter.
 
Two decades later, Bill Clinton stumbles in the Democratic Party's shifting sands
His tense exchange with Black Lives Matter protesters highlighted a reinterpretation of the 1990s.
 
What it looks like when Russian attack jets fly ‘dangerously close’ to a Navy ship
The planes made multiple passes by the USS Donald Cook while it was traveling in international waters this week, U.S. European Command officials said.
 
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This study could have reshaped the American diet 40 years ago. But it was never fully published until now.
A massive government-funded experiment on fatty foods challenges the conventional advice about what is healthy.
 
Police found loaded handgun in car of slain former Saints star at time of shooting
New Orleans police also said there were two other passengers in Will Smith's SUV, in addition to his wife, when Smith was shot and killed after a fender bender.
 
How Europe's migrant policy is tearing families apart
Hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers who arrived in Europe last year had hoped to bring their families in legally — and safely — once they gained refugee status. But bringing in relatives is becoming harder and harder.
 
Teacher: What third-graders are being asked to do on the 2016 Common Core test
Teachers are not allowed to disclose the material on standardized tests — and in some places are at risk of losing their jobs and certification if they do.
 
Octopus slips out of his tank, crawls across the floor and escapes down a pipe to the ocean
Inky left nothing but a trail of suction cup prints on the floor when he squeezed through a gap in his tank at New Zealand's National Aquarium and made a break for it.
 
 
     
 
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