| Tina Brown on Hillary Clinton's 2016 run Posted: 22 Apr 2015 03:31 AM PDT  The host of the Women in the World Summit talks with Yahoo's Bianna Golodryga about what's different this time around.
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| U.S. top court makes it easier for people to sue the government Posted: 22 Apr 2015 07:40 AM PDT  By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday made it easier for people to sue the federal government by ruling in favor of plaintiffs in two separate cases including one involving a Hong Kong woman who was strip-searched while in immigration detention in Oregon. President Barack Obama's administration had asked the court to impose a strict deadline for such lawsuits under a law called the Federal Tort Claims Act. The court's four liberals were joined in the majority by conservative Justice Anthony Kennedy, who often casts the deciding vote in close cases. One case involved Kwai Fun Wong, who was strip-searched while held in an Oregon immigration detention center in 1999.
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| SkyWest plane forced to land in Buffalo, New York, after door opens Posted: 22 Apr 2015 10:57 AM PDT  NEW YORK (Reuters) - A SkyWest Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing on Wednesday in Buffalo, New York, after a door opened in flight and the plane's cabin lost air pressure, NBC News reported. Several passengers reportedly lost consciousness on the Hartford, Connecticut-bound flight that took off from Chicago, NBC said. (Editing by Ellen Wulfhorst, editing by G Crosse)
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| Police officer slain by Boston bombers followed dream: brother Posted: 22 Apr 2015 07:51 AM PDT  By Elizabeth Barber BOSTON (Reuters) - The Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer shot to death by the Boston Marathon bombers had dreamed since childhood of wearing a badge and driving a police cruiser, his brother and father testified on Wednesday. The officer, Sean Collier, died in his police car three nights after the April 15, 2013, attack, when convicted bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his older brother, Tamerlan, shot him in an unsuccessful attempt to steal his gun. "He was a typical little boy, wanted to be a police officer, Collier's 27-year-old brother, Andrew, told the jury that will determine whether Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is sentenced to death or to life in prison.
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| Extremist's misfire foiled attack on Paris church Posted: 22 Apr 2015 08:45 AM PDT  PARIS (AP) — An Islamic extremist with an arsenal of loaded guns was prevented from opening fire on churchgoers only because he accidentally shot himself in the leg, French officials said Wednesday.
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| Protests grow over death of man in Baltimore police custody Posted: 22 Apr 2015 12:59 AM PDT  The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into Freddie Gray's death.
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| Obama again avoids calling 1915 Armenian killings 'genocide' Posted: 22 Apr 2015 10:00 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will once again stop short of calling the 1915 massacre of Armenians a genocide, prompting anger and disappointment from those who have been pushing him to fulfill a campaign promise and use the politically fraught term on the 100th anniversary of the killings this week. Officials decided against it after opposition from some at the State Department and the Pentagon.
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| Airstrikes hit Yemen rebels after Saudis say operation over Posted: 22 Apr 2015 10:04 AM PDT  SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Saudi-led airstrikes targeted Iran-backed rebels and their allies in Yemen on Wednesday, hours after Riyadh declared an end to a nearly monthlong air campaign. The Shiite forces later said they would welcome United Nations-led peace talks to end a conflict that's killed hundreds without dislodging them from the capital.
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| Photo of Tsarnaev giving middle finger in cell shown at trial Posted: 21 Apr 2015 11:58 AM PDT  During a dramatic first day of the penalty phase in the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, federal prosecutors showed the jury an image of the convicted Boston Marathon bomber giving the middle finger to a security camera at the courthouse.
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