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Sanders: Obama sounds like Bush, Clinton on trade
A silent day at Camden Yards as Baltimore residents struggle to be heard
Colorado theater shooting trial: Special fund helps soothe victims and family members
Lethal injection case exposes U.S. top court's death penalty divide
Marchers demand justice, police reform in Baltimore
Jury told of Boston bomber's bright childhood
America’s pastime gives silence a try in Baltimore
Supreme Court gay marriage arguments: What the justices revealed
Nepal quake survivors clash with riot police, UN seeks $415 mn
Orioles, White Sox prepare for bizarre fan-less game in Baltimore
Clinton: Baltimore shows justice system 'out of balance'
Japan PM offers condolences for WWII dead in historic speech
Anxiety, anger hang over city as it seeks some normalcy
Justice Roberts revives an old argument that could save gay marriage

Sanders: Obama sounds like Bush, Clinton on trade

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The senator all but confirmed in an interview that he's running for president.

A silent day at Camden Yards as Baltimore residents struggle to be heard

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Colorado theater shooting trial: Special fund helps soothe victims and family members

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 11:33 AM PDT

Many clutched tear-soaked tissues. Some closed their eyes. Others covered their faces with the palms of their hands. Those sitting in the victims' section of the courtroom coped in different ways as they sat through the first day of testimony in the Colorado theater shooting trial.

Lethal injection case exposes U.S. top court's death penalty divide

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 11:45 AM PDT

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tensions on the Supreme Court over America's use of the death penalty boiled over on Wednesday as the justices appeared badly split in a case challenging Oklahoma's lethal injection method as a breach of the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment. The nine-member court's five conservatives seemed likely to side with Oklahoma in the case brought by three death row inmates, while its four liberals expressed doubt about the propriety of using the drug at the center of the dispute. Conservative Justice Anthony Kennedy, who often casts deciding votes in close cases, said nothing to suggest he would side with the liberals. The testy nature of exchanges between the justices during the hour-long oral argument illustrated that while the case concerned just one drug, it was playing out against the much bigger question of whether the death penalty should be used in the United States at a time when most developed countries have abandoned it.

Marchers demand justice, police reform in Baltimore

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 04:49 PM PDT

By Scott Malone, Ian Simpson and Warren Strobel BALTIMORE (Reuters) - Thousands of demonstrators marched in Baltimore on Wednesday demanding justice and police reform as 3,000 troops stood by to enforce a curfew imposed after Monday's civil unrest over the death of a 25-year-old black man. The large peaceful protest that converged on city hall capped a day of calm in Baltimore, which saw its worst rioting in decades two days earlier. Marchers said they seek answers about the fate of Freddie Gray, who died after suffering spinal injuries while in police custody, while also highlighting the need to change policing practices in the largely black city. Republican Governor Larry Hogan said protesters must respect the nighttime curfew, and that troops would not tolerate looting or rioting.

Jury told of Boston bomber's bright childhood

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 02:27 PM PDT

By Elizabeth Barber BOSTON (Reuters) - Convicted Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was once a bright, hardworking child who won the adoration of his teachers and classmates alike, his former instructors testified on Wednesday for defense attorneys trying to spare him the death penalty. During the sentencing phase of Tsarnaev's trial in federal court in Boston, his lawyers have been trying to paint him as a mostly normal American kid who fell under the spell of his now-deceased older brother, ultimately joining him in the 2013 bombing of the Boston Marathon. Tracey Gordon, who taught Tsarnaev in fifth and sixth grade at a Cambridge school, described him as an exceptionally intelligent child who easily mastered English after arriving in the United States from Russia and "was eager to learn whatever school had to offer." "He was a person who you enjoyed being around," Gordon testified, adding that he would "befriend anybody and help anybody in need." Jurors were also shown photos of a young Tsarnaev smiling as he learned how to dance, did classroom chores and cradled a teacher's newborn.

America’s pastime gives silence a try in Baltimore

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The Orioles take drastic step after rioting follows funeral of man who died in Baltimore police custody.

Supreme Court gay marriage arguments: What the justices revealed

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Nepal quake survivors clash with riot police, UN seeks $415 mn

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 01:05 PM PDT

Desperate survivors of an earthquake that killed more than 5,000 people clashed with riot police in Nepal's capital on Wednesday, as the United Nations appealed for $415 million for the devastated Himalayan nation. Supplies of food and water are running thin and aftershocks have strained nerves in ruined Kathmandu, home to some 2.5 million before it was shattered by Saturday's 7.8 magnitude quake. "We've been left starving in the cold and the best this government can give us is this queue. Israel advised its nationals to leave Nepal for "health and security reasons".

Orioles, White Sox prepare for bizarre fan-less game in Baltimore

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"Does anyone know if the mascot works today?" Orioles manager Buck Showalter asked a room full of reporters in a pre-game press conference unlike any other ever held in the history of Major League Baseball...

Clinton: Baltimore shows justice system 'out of balance'

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Japan PM offers condolences for WWII dead in historic speech

Posted: 29 Apr 2015 12:00 PM PDT

Declaring "history is harsh," Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan offered solemn condolences Wednesday for the Americans who died in World War II as he became the first Japanese leader to address a joint meeting of Congress.