| At least 68 children dead in Syria evacuees bombing Posted: 16 Apr 2017 08:55 AM PDT  Nearly 70 children were among those killed when a suicide car bombing tore through buses carrying evacuees from besieged government-held towns in Syria, a monitor said on Sunday. Saturday's blast hit a convoy carrying residents from the northern towns of Fuaa and Kafraya as they waited at a transit point in rebel-held Rashidin, west of Aleppo. At least 68 children were among the 126 people killed in the attack, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, updating a previous toll of 112 dead.
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| Attorney calls for Georgia officers to be criminally charged Posted: 15 Apr 2017 04:58 PM PDT  ATLANTA (AP) — An attorney is calling for the two Georgia police officers who were fired after being caught on camera having a violent confrontation with a motorist to face criminal charges.
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| Is War With North Korea Imminent? Posted: 16 Apr 2017 08:56 AM PDT  Vice President Mike Pence is in Seoul and said North Korea's failed missile test is a reminder of the risk to freedom.
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| Cleveland police searching for suspect who broadcast killing on Facebook Posted: 16 Apr 2017 03:20 PM PDT  The suspect is considered armed and dangerous.
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| New York's Easter Parade: 5th Ave lined with revelers wearing their holiday best Posted: 16 Apr 2017 12:38 PM PDT ![New York's Easter Parade: 5th Ave lined with revelers wearing their holiday best]( "New York's Easter Parade: 5th Ave lined with revelers wearing their holiday best") New Yorkers showed off their festive chapeaus and garb as they promenaded along Fifth Ave. for the annual Easter Parade and Easter Bonnet Festival.
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| Family Friends Identify Boy, 5, Killed After Getting Stuck Between Wall And Table At Rotating Restaurant Posted: 16 Apr 2017 09:02 AM PDT  He wandered off from his parents, according to reports.
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| The White House Easter Egg Roll: An Annual Tradition Posted: 14 Apr 2017 09:35 PM PDT  Several presidents and first ladies have hosted this popular event over the years.
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| Thousands at U.S. rallies demand Trump release tax returns Posted: 15 Apr 2017 01:37 PM PDT  NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people marched through midtown Manhattan and dozens of U.S. cities on Saturday to demand that President Donald Trump release his tax returns and to dispute his claim that the public does not care about the issue. Organizers of "Tax March" in more than 150 cities across the country and beyond wanted to call attention to Trump's refusal to disclose his tax history, as his White House predecessors have done for more than 40 years. The marches coincide with the traditional April 15 deadline for U.S. federal tax returns, though the filing date was pushed backed two days this year.
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| Russia arrests two suspected 'terrorist' recruiters Posted: 15 Apr 2017 11:20 AM PDT  Two suspected recruiters of "terrorists" from Central Asia were arrested in Saint Petersburg, justice authorities said on Saturday, in connection with a deadly bomb attack on the Russian city's metro. One suspect, aged 32, is accused of recruiting for the Islamic State group, while the other, aged 39, faces allegations of being a recruiter for "terrorist organisations in Syria". One of the two is from the Osh region of Kyrgyzstan, an area known for the number of recruits it has provided for Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.
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| Manifesto-writing fugitive found camping on Wisconsin farm Posted: 14 Apr 2017 11:16 PM PDT  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Fearing a mass shooting, authorities chased nearly 800 leads in search of a Wisconsin man they believed had a cache of stolen firearms and had written of his desire to commit violent acts against the government.
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| China seeks Russia's help to 'cool' N. Korea situation Posted: 15 Apr 2017 03:10 AM PDT  China is seeking Russia's help to cool surging tensions over Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions, the country's foreign minister has told his Moscow counterpart, after Beijing warned of possible conflict over North Korea. Fears over the North's rogue weapons programme have soared in recent days, with a US naval strike force deployed near the Korean peninsula, while President Donald Trump has warned the threat "will be taken care of" and Pyongyang has vowed a "merciless" response to any provocation.
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| 3 Things To Know About Easter Posted: 16 Apr 2017 03:00 AM PDT  Easter is similar to other major holidays that have blended Christian and non-Christian (pagan) elements over the last 200 years or so.
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| When artists are on the frontlines – of peace Posted: 15 Apr 2017 04:47 PM PDT ![When artists are on the frontlines – of peace]( "When artists are on the frontlines – of peace") After seven decades of separation and frequent conflicts, the people of North and South Korea have grown so far apart that many observers say they can never reunite. Kang Chun-hyok, a well-known hip hop artist, thinks otherwise. A defector from North Korea who now lives in Seoul, he writes songs that show the common bonds of Koreans. His latest rap single, "For the Freedom," is the kind of artistic expression he hopes will prepare Koreans for reunification – despite the current saber-rattling around the divided peninsula.
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| NASA photos capture a strange new crack in a massive Greenland glacier and we're all probably doomed Posted: 16 Apr 2017 06:52 AM PDT  A mysterious crack has been spreading across a giant Greenland glacier, and it's raising concerns that part of the floating ice shelf could splinter off into the ocean. That's bad. Scientists with the NASA field campaign Operation IceBridge recently captured the first photographs of the growing rift while flying over Petermann Glacier, a structure that connects the Greenland ice sheet to the Arctic Ocean. SEE ALSO: NASA photo reveals a startling 300-foot-wide rift in Antarctic Ice Shelf The new chasm appears in the center of the glacier's floating ice shelf — the tongue of ice that extends into the water from the grounded glacier on land. In the photos, the crack appears relatively close to a larger rift spreading toward the shelf's center. Should the two intersect, part of the ice shelf in northwest Greenland could potentially break off. A portion of the new rift on Petermann Glacier's floating ice shelf is shown near the bottom center. The older rift appears near top center. The shaded feature, near the bottom center, is the "medial flowline."Image: NASA/Kelly BruntThere may be a savior for the shelf. A "medial flowline" in the ice could have a "stagnating effect" on the newer rift, helping to slow or halt its advance toward the older chasm, scientists with Operation IceBridge said on Facebook. Stef Lhermitte, a professor at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, first alerted the NASA team to the crack's coordinates after spotting it in satellite images, Washington Post reported. Polar-orbiting satellites showed the chasm for the first time in July 2016, and "it has been growing since then," Lhermitte said on Twitter. .@Petermann_Ice @AndreasMuenchow @glacier_doc @CopernicusEU @ESA_EO The internal crack growth is clearly visible in this Sentinel-1 time series, also during polar night. 3/5 pic.twitter.com/AKY2czWFtR — Stef Lhermitte (@StefLhermitte) April 12, 2017 While scientists still aren't sure what caused the crack to form, Lhermitte said a possible culprit might be "ocean forcing," a phenomenon that happens when warm ocean waters melt the ice from underneath. Ocean forcing might have been a culprit in creating cracks in another part of the world. Researchers believe it caused deep subsurface cracks to form in Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier, a recent study found. There a 20-mile-long rift eventually split the ice from the inside out and cleaved off a 225-square-mile iceberg in July 2015. Many of the glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica that end in floating ice shelves have been shrinking due to warming ocean and air temperatures. Petermann Glacier's east wall near the terminus of the floating ice shelf.Image: NASA/John SonntagWhen ice shelves break off into icebergs it doesn't directly increase sea levels, because the ice is already floating in the ocean, like an ice cube in a glass. However, because the ice shelves act like doorstops to the land-based ice behind them, if the shelves disappear, the glaciers can start moving into the sea. This would add new water to the ocean and therefore raise sea levels. In the case of Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier, researchers said that warming waters causing cracks to form beneath "provides another mechanism for rapid retreat of these glaciers, adding to the probability that we may see significant collapse of West Antarctica in our lifetimes." Greenland, Antarctica, the message is we're all probably doomed. WATCH: Watch how global warming heats up the world from 1880-2016
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| Hacker documents show NSA tools for breaching global money transfer system Posted: 15 Apr 2017 08:22 PM PDT  By Clare Baldwin and Joseph Menn HONG KONG/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Documents and computer files released by hackers provide a blueprint for how the U.S. National Security Agency likely used weaknesses in commercially available software to gain access to the global system for transferring money between banks, a review of the data showed. On Friday, a group calling itself the Shadow Brokers released documents and files indicating NSA had accessed the SWIFT money-transfer system through service providers in the Middle East and Latin America. Matt Suiche, founder of cybersecurity firm Comae Technologies, wrote in a blog post that screen shots indicated some SWIFT affiliates were using Windows servers that were vulnerable at the time, in 2013, to the Microsoft exploits published by the Shadow Brokers.
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| Indian Snapchat Users Launch #UninstallSnapchat Campaign Posted: 16 Apr 2017 04:42 AM PDT  The campaign was in response to disparaging remarks about the country allegedly made by Snap Inc. CEO Evan Spiegel, who reportedly called it "poor."
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| Confrontation, laughter in exchanges at town hall meetings Posted: 15 Apr 2017 06:09 AM PDT  A sampling of moments during town halls meetings that U.S. Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., held last week in Hood River and Prineville, Oregon:
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| Death toll from Aleppo bus convoy bomb attack at least 126: Observatory Posted: 16 Apr 2017 10:45 AM PDT ![Death toll from Aleppo bus convoy bomb attack at least 126: Observatory]( "Death toll from Aleppo bus convoy bomb attack at least 126: Observatory") By John Davison BEIRUT (Reuters) - The death toll from a bomb attack on a crowded bus convoy outside Aleppo has reached at least 126 in the deadliest such incident in Syria in almost a year, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said on Sunday. The Observatory and the United Nations cited reports that more than 60 children were among the dead. Syrian rescue workers of the Civil Defence said that they had taken away at least 100 bodies from the site of Saturday's blast, which hit buses carrying Shi'ite residents as they waited to cross from rebel into government territory in an evacuation deal between the warring sides.
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| Man Arrested After Allegedly Breaking Into Home and Cooking Fried Chicken Posted: 16 Apr 2017 11:17 AM PDT  He also drank some of the homeowner's vodka.
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| Peace along the border despite N. Korean threats Posted: 16 Apr 2017 01:11 AM PDT  One soldier enjoys a cigarette, another sits reading quietly on the riverbank: seen from the Chinese side of the border, North Korea's army does not appear to be on a war footing despite all the bellicose language. Dandong city is the main crossing point to North Korea, and every day hundreds of tourists embark on small boats for a cruise on the Yalu border river and a fleeting glimpse of another world. Further south, the border between North and South Korea is one of the world's most heavily fortified.
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| How to Pick Healthier Easter Foods Posted: 15 Apr 2017 07:59 AM PDT  Like Thanksgiving and Christmas, Easter gives us the chance to celebrate with friends and family—usually around a big meal topped off with a special dessert. You can lighten up your Easter foods ...
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| Death toll in Sri Lanka garbage mound collapse rises to 26 Posted: 16 Apr 2017 11:20 AM PDT  COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The death toll from the collapse of a massive garbage mound near Sri Lanka's capital rose to 26 on Sunday, and activists said 20 more people could still be buried underneath the debris.
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| Roaming alligator walks right up to doorstep in *drumroll* ... Florida Posted: 15 Apr 2017 02:23 PM PDT  Today's hopefully unnecessary PSA: do not answer the door for an alligator. Police in Sarasota County, Florida, shared photos Wednesday of a rogue alligator that, while wandering a neighborhood, trudged right up to the front door of a house. It later tried its luck at the garage door, too, but no one let it in. Imagine! SEE ALSO: Fisherman finds a terrifying surprise at the end of his line We do not think it was invited. Perhaps it had the wrong address. "Let this be a reminder that not all reptiles show courtesy during mating season. Stay safe out there, Floridians," the post from the sheriff's office read. While non-Floridian commenters were largely horrified, others — including Florida residents — didn't seem too surprised by the photos. "I'd rather open my door and see this out as opposed to a [water moccasin]!" one commenter wrote. Still, if this gator was going to stop by uninvited, it could have at least brought flowers. [H/T: UPI ] WATCH: Wild horse attacks alligator because nature is brutal. Also, Florida.
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| 6 Reasons I’m Buying the Galaxy S8 Over the Pixel and LG G6 Posted: 15 Apr 2017 04:00 AM PDT  Since I'm about to upgrade my phone after two years, it's time for me to put my money where my mouth is (and maybe help others decide on what to buy): So here's why I'm planning on picking up the new Samsung Galaxy S8.
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| 5 Of Our Solar System’s Most Important Moons Posted: 15 Apr 2017 12:10 PM PDT  If we are going to find aliens in our solar system, we might have a better shot exploring moons rather than other planets.
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| Fugitive Mexican ex-governor arrested for graft, awaits extradition Posted: 16 Apr 2017 04:21 PM PDT  By Sofia Menchu GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - A former Mexican state governor on the run from police for more than five months who has come to symbolize corruption within the country's ruling party was arrested on Saturday night in Guatemala and now awaits extradition. Javier Duarte, wanted on charges of graft and organized crime, was detained in a hotel lobby in the picturesque lakeside town of Panajachel, 80 miles (130 km) west of Guatemala's capital, the national police said in a statement. Local television footage showed a calm Duarte, formerly governor of Veracruz state, being led by police outside the hotel on Saturday night, his hands cuffed behind his back.
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| N. Korea behavior 'can't continue', says US security adviser McMaster Posted: 16 Apr 2017 07:03 AM PDT  An international consensus that includes China has now emerged that North Korea's "threatening behavior" cannot go on, the US national security adviser said Sunday. Speaking from Afghanistan on ABC, he made a point of stating several times that China -- North Korea's key ally -- is now concerned about the reclusive communist state's behavior. McMaster said President Donald Trump has made clear he will not allow the nuclear-armed Pyongyang regime to put the US and its regional allies under threat.
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| Syria's Assad is an 'arch-terrorist': British FM Posted: 15 Apr 2017 06:52 PM PDT  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is an "arch-terrorist" and it is time Russia realised he is "literally and metaphorically toxic", British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said Sunday. Johnson said Assad's ally Moscow still had time to be on the "right side of the argument", in a Sunday Telegraph newspaper article. "Assad uses chemical weapons because they are not only horrible and indiscriminate.
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| The 6 inmates scheduled to die in Arkansas this month Posted: 14 Apr 2017 07:45 PM PDT  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Despite a court ruling Friday that puts its plans in jeopardy, Arkansas hoped to go ahead with the executions of six men between Monday and April 27, a pace exceeded only by Texas since the U.S. Supreme Court reauthorized the death penalty in 1976.
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| Pet portraits are the cutest when they're shot from below Posted: 15 Apr 2017 05:00 AM PDT  In what's surely the cutest take on the traditional pet portrait, the photographer behind the Underlook series shoots his subjects from below. Over the last few years, Andrius Burba and his team have photographed cats, rabbits and even horses from beneath glass platforms. SEE ALSO: Obsess over your dog even more with this smart pet door His latest photos features dogs of all sizes perched above his camera, their sometimes dainty, sometimes massive paws on display. The images are the subject of Burba's latest book, Unter Hunden — German for Under Dogs — released in April. It's the second of the photographer's books— in October, he published Unter Katzen, which features images from his feline series. Image: Underlook Image: underlook Image: underlook Image: underlook Image: underlook Image: underlook Image: underlook Image: underlook Image: underlook Image: underlook Image: underlook Image: underlook Image: underlook Image: underlook WATCH: The 'Zencrate' is a smart dog crate that will soothe your pet
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| How one man build his own iPhone out of spare parts Posted: 16 Apr 2017 09:00 AM PDT  Simple phone repairs, like a battery or a screen unit, are easier than people think. Thanks to guides like iFixit and the magic of eBay, information and spare parts are cheap and plentiful, and arguably more convenient than fighting your way to the Genius Bar. But building an entire phone out of replacement parts? That's a much harder task, especially when you're working in Shenzen and barely speak the local language. The YouTube channel Spare Parts set out to see how possible it is for a layman to build an iPhone out of bits. Our electronics hero is based out of Shenzen, which is the Chinese city famous for its role in the phone business. It's where all the assembly plants are located, including Apple's manufacturing partner Foxconn. The markets there are notoriously awash with electronics components of every kind, so it's a good place to get parts. But actually finding those parts when you're a foreigner with limited language skills is a whole other ball game. If the video teaches you anything, it's probably that assembling the phone is the easy part: it's trying to find the right shops for each part that's hard. How many individual components you buy also depends on your expertise and access to tools. I've replaced the entire screen of an iPhone before, but the repair shop used in the video actually made the entire screen unit from scratch, starting with the glass and using specialized tools to attach each layer.
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| Facebook shareholders propose reports on 'fake news', pay equality Posted: 14 Apr 2017 08:30 PM PDT  Shareholders have proposed that Facebook Inc prepare a report on the threat to democracy and free speech from so-called fake news spread on the social media forum, and the dangers it may pose to the company itself, according to a proxy filing made on Friday. The proposal, which said Facebook had provided "a financial mechanism supporting fabricated content" on the internet, suggests the company review the issue broadly, including the extent to which it blocks fake posts, how its strategies impact free speech and how it evaluates claims in posts. "Facebook is highly vulnerable, as fake news promoters are spamming their way to visibility for fake news through strategically gaming Facebook's algorithms and publishing platform," the proposal states.
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| Target Recalls Easter Toys Over Safety Concerns Posted: 15 Apr 2017 02:02 AM PDT  The products have been recalled over concerns that they may expand inside a child's body if ingested, causing serious health issues.
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| Dad Kidnaps and Kills Daughters, 8 and 11, Before Setting Car on Fire and Turning Gun on Himself Posted: 16 Apr 2017 06:57 AM PDT  He disappeared with them earlier that morning.
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| 'New weapons' on display at North Korean military parade Posted: 15 Apr 2017 12:24 AM PDT  North Korea shows off what are thought to be new ballistic missiles, and issues a grave warning to the United States, as it celebrates the 105th anniversary of the birth of state founder Kim Il Sung.
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| 5 things to know about US Vice President Mike Pence Posted: 15 Apr 2017 06:47 PM PDT  U.S. Vice President Mike Pence is embarking on a 10-day, four nation tour of the Asia-Pacific this weekend, arriving in South Korea amid tensions over North Korea's aggressive flaunting of its nuclear and missile program.
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| Iraqi Christians celebrate Easter, dream of returning home Posted: 16 Apr 2017 05:51 AM PDT  "God willing, the celebration of the resurrection of Christ will also mark the return and rising-up of the Christians in Iraq," said Kyriacos Isho, 75, who was accompanied by his 12 children and grandchildren at Mar Gewargis (St George) Chaldean Catholic church in Tel Esqof. Tel Esqof, or Bishop's Hill in Arabic, did not sustain the same amount of damage as other Christian towns overrun by the militants three years ago in the plain of Nineveh.
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| Terrorism jokes no laughing matter for Spain's judges Posted: 15 Apr 2017 10:14 PM PDT  When she posted jokes on Twitter about a 1973 assassination committed by Spain's Basque separatist group ETA, Cassandra Vera never for one moment thought they would land her a one-year jail sentence. "They ruined my life," Vera tweeted about the 13 posts about the 1973 murder of Luis Carrero Blanco, the prime minister and heir-apparent of dictator Francisco Franco who was killed in an ETA bomb attack that sent his car hurtling into the air. "ETA combined a policy against the use of official vehicles with a space programme," read one of her posts.
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| You can’t go wrong with any of these Alexa-enabled smart thermostats Posted: 15 Apr 2017 07:30 AM PDT  A smart thermostat is often one of the first "smart home" devices people purchase for a few different reasons. First and foremost, it'll save you money. By putting some next-generation smarts to work, even the most basic smart thermostat can offer serious savings on your utility bill. Smart thermostats are also very easy to install, and another reason people like them is the fact that you never need a separate smart home hub to use them. Speaking of controlling smart home devices without the need for a hub, Alexa has officially invaded the smart thermostat space and made controlling the heating and air conditioning in your home easier than ever. In this post, you'll find five fantastic smart thermostats that all work perfectly with Amazon Alexa.
Lyric T5 Smart Thermostat - Control your Smart Home with Amazon Alexa for voice control (Alexa device sold separately) and Apple HomeKit with voice control using Siri, the Apple voice assistant
- 7-Day Flexible Scheduling or Location Based Temperature control (GeoFencing)
- Adaptive recovery learns how long it takes to achieve the right temperature at the right time and automatically runs your system to get to your desired temperature when you want it, with auto change from heat to cool
- Smart Alerts - push notifications for filter changes and extreme temperature warnings keeps you informed
- Easy to install using Honeywell's exclusive UWP wallplate. Works with Amazon Alexa, Apple HomeKit(TM) and IFTTT
Sensi Smart Thermostat - Ranked "Highest in Customer Satisfaction with Smart Thermostat" by J.D. Power
- No other Wi-Fi thermostat works in more homes (no "C-wire" required for many HVAC applications). Refer to Sensi's online compatibility resources to verify compatibility in your home
- Connect Sensi thermostat to your home Wi-Fi Network and control from anywhere via free mobile app (compatible with Android and iOS)
- Optional 7-day scheduling helps reduce wasteful heating and cooling when no one is home
- Quick and easy installation in 15 minutes or less. The Sensi app includes a step-by-step installation guide and video tutorial
- Works with Amazon Alexa for voice control (Alexa device sold separately) and Wink app (no Wink hub required)
Ecobee3 Thermostat with Sensor - Works with Amazon Alexa for voice control (Alexa device sold separately)
- Smart, really smart - intuitively understands when to turn on your heating or cooling equipment based on your home's unique energy profile, the weather outside, and thousands of other data points to make sure you're comfortable at all times
- Knows you have a life - senses whether anyone's home and which rooms are occupied, delivering comfort when you're at home and saving you energy and money when you're not
- Lowers your energy bills - ecobee saves homeowners an average of 23%* annually, paying for itself in energy savings (*Learn more at ecobee.com/savings)
- Homekit-enabled Ecobee3 - the world's first homekit-enabled smart thermostat - is an evolution of our previous Ecobee3 smarter wi-fi thermostat.
Honeywell RTH9580WF Smart Thermostat - Works with Amazon Alexa for voice control (Alexa device sold separately)
- Customize the screen color to match any décor, Control from anywhere with iOS and Android devices, Simple setup with smart programmable features for home or business
- Energy Savings: Choose programmable mode to save on annual heating and cooling costs. C-wire needed for proper installation.
- Locking Touchscreen: Advanced locking features and password options provide smart security and convenience
- Allows remote access to the thermostat through a computer, tablet, or smart phone with Honeywell's Total Connect Comfort Service
- Check to see if your new thermostat qualifies for a utility rebate. Enter your zip or postal code on yourhome.honeywell.com/rebates for available rebates
Nest Learning Thermostat - Works with Amazon Alexa for voice control (Alexa device sold separately)
- Auto-Schedule: Nest learns the temperatures you like and programs itself in about a week.
- Home/Away Assist: Nest automatically turns itself down when nobody's home to help you save energy.
- Remote Control: Connect your thermostat to Wi‑Fi to control the temperature from your phone, tablet or laptop.
- Farsight: When Nest spots you across the room, it lights up to show you the time, temperature or weather.
- Energy History: Check your Energy History in the Nest app to see how much energy you use and why.
- Nest Leaf: You'll see the Leaf when you choose a temperature that saves energy. It guides you in the right direction.
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| Police urge help in finding suspects in Ohio club shootings Posted: 16 Apr 2017 01:55 PM PDT ![Police urge help in finding suspects in Ohio club shootings]( "Police urge help in finding suspects in Ohio club shootings") COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Police in Ohio's capital city appealed Sunday for witnesses to come forward to help them identify suspects in an early morning club shooting that wounded nine people.
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| Most and Least Reliable Walk-Behind Lawn Mower Brands Posted: 15 Apr 2017 03:00 AM PDT  Whether you enjoy spending time maintaining a lush, manicured lawn or view cutting the grass as a tedious chore, you don't want to deal with a broken-down lawn mower. If you're in the market for ...
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| Amazon, Flipkart battle in India for e-commerce's 'last frontier' Posted: 15 Apr 2017 11:56 PM PDT  With 100 million new internet users every year, Amazon is betting big on India, but a major new investment in homegrown rival Flipkart means the battle to dominate the fast-growing e-commerce market is set to heat up. Flipkart announced this week that top international companies including Microsoft, eBay and China's Tencent had pledged investments totalling $1.4 billion, among the largest sums ever raised by an Indian start-up. The 10-year-old e-commerce company needs all the help it can get to compete with Amazon after the Seattle-based giant made India's 1.25 billion inhabitants a global strategic priority, earmarking $5 billion in investment funds.
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| On Easter, Pope denounces 'oppressive regimes' but urges restraint Posted: 16 Apr 2017 11:23 AM PDT  By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis denounced "oppressive regimes" in his Easter message on Sunday but in an apparent call for restraint urged world leaders to prevent the spread of conflicts, as tensions rose in North Korea and Syria. Francis, marking the fifth Easter season of his pontificate, said Mass before tens of thousands of people under exceptional security measures in St. Peter's Square following recent vehicle attacks against pedestrians in London and Stockholm. In his Urbi et Orbi (to the city and the world) message, delivered from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, Francis spoke of a world lacerated by conflicts and laced with tensions.
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| Anti-Trump sentiment, ad blitz motivate Georgia voters Posted: 15 Apr 2017 12:34 PM PDT  MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — Republicans in Georgia's conservative 6th district don't agree which of their party's 11 candidates should represent the area in Congress. They're united on one thing: it won't be the Democrat trying for a massive upset fueled by anti-Trump sentiment and millions of dollars from around the country.
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