On April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany, saying, “The world must be made safe for democracy.” (Congress declared war four days later). Ten years ago Tornadoes killed 23 people in Tennessee and four others in the South and Midwest. Journalist Jill Carroll arrived in Boston, tearfully embracing her […]
April 2, 2016
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Quote of the day:
“Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little.” — Agnes de Mille,American dancer-choreographer (1905-1993)
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Obama outclasses Trump and Cruz
A n old friend recently told me about a remarkable conversation she’d had with her mother, who is 95. A white resident of the Deep South from birth, she’d shown a lifelong indifference, if not aversion, to politics. Her daughter describes her racial attitudes as being characteristic of her generation – never a hater, but […]
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California, New York set to raise wages
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California and New York are poised to become the highest-paid minimum wage states in the nation after their governors each reached deals with lawmakers to raise the lowest amount a worker can be paid to a record-shattering $15 an hour. California Gov. Jerry Brown said he will sign a new minimum-wage […]
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Police ID gunman at Virginia bus terminal
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A 34-year-old Illinois man fatally shot a Virginia state trooper at a busy bus terminal before the gunman was killed by other troopers, authorities said Friday. Virginia State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller identified the shooter as James Brown III, of Aurora, Ill. Police did not give a motive for the shooting. […]
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UK man convicted of plot to attack US troops in Britain
LONDON (AP) — A British delivery driver was convicted Friday of planning to attack American military personnel in the U.K. with knives or a bomb in a plot inspired by the Islamic State group. A jury at London’s Kingston Crown Court found Junead Khan guilty of preparing an act of terrorism. The 25-year-old’s work for […]
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WHO says new case of Ebola confirmed in Liberia
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — A new case of Ebola has been confirmed in Liberia, the World Health Organization said Friday, a setback for the country which had been declared free from Ebola transmissions in January. Health authorities at the Redemption Hospital in the densely populated New Kru Town suburbs of Monrovia said a 30-year-old woman […]
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Senate to vote on making Bible official book of Tennessee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A contentious bill seeking to declare the Holy Bible the official book of Tennessee is headed back for a vote in the full state Senate. The measure narrowly passed the House last year, but the Senate sent it back to committee amid constitutional concerns raised by the state attorney general. Republican Sen. […]