News

Top Editor At Catholic News Service Reportedly Pushed Out Over Pro-LGBT Tweets

1:05pm April 15, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Tony Spence, director of a news outlet covering the church, was asked to resign this week, according to several Catholic news outlets. He had tweeted about controversial laws in several states.

Kerry Washington stars as Anita Hill in the new HBO film Confirmation. She was 14 during the 1991 hearings, and says it's the first time she remembers her parents having different points of view.

Arts

'It's So, So Complicated': Kerry Washington On Clarence Thomas' 'Confirmation'

10:14am April 15, 2016

by NPR Staff

Washington stars as Anita Hill in the new HBO film Confirmation. She was 14 during the 1991 hearings, and says it's the first time she remembers her parents having different points of view.

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Boats battle a fire at the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon on April 21, 2010. On Thursday, the Interior Department released what it called "the most significant safety and environmental protection reforms the Interior Department has undertaken since De

National

Obama Administration Issues New Rules For Offshore Drilling

7:37am April 15, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

The rules, designed to make drilling safer and reduce the risk of a blowout, come six years after the Deepwater Horizon disaster. The oil industry says some of the requirements are too costly.

Elizabeth Bennett, director of partnerships, and Nikki Yates, program participant, place cookie dough they've just made onto baking sheets.

National

This Bakery Offers A Second Chance For Women After Prison

5:33am April 15, 2016

by Allison Aubrey

Together We Bake is a bakery in Alexandria, Va. that supplies granola, cookies and kale chips to local eateries. It's also a job-training program for women — many of whom have criminal records.

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Prosecutor Insists He Dropped Trump Campaign Manager Charges 'Solely On The Facts'

9:25pm April 14, 2016

by Sam Sanders

The state attorney for Palm Beach OCunty refused to go forward with battery charges against Corey Lewandoswki over his pulling and grabbing a journalist after a Trump press conference.

A partially collapsed house is seen after southern Japan was struck with a 6.2-magnitude earthquake.

World News

Deadly Earthquake Strikes Southern Japan

8:38pm April 14, 2016

by Laura Wagner

At least nine people were killed and more than 700 were injured, The Associated Press reports, citing the government's chief spokesman.

From BuzzFeed Video's "27 Questions Black People Have For Black People."

Arts

A Point-By-Point Response To BuzzFeed's Questions For Black People

7:34pm April 14, 2016

by Leah Donnella

A video titled "27 Questions Black People Have For Black People" misses a whole lotta history when it comes to black people in America.

A handout photo from the Connecticut State Police shows the Bushmaster rifle used in the December 2012 shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.

National

Sandy Hook Families' Lawsuit Against Gun Companies Can Move Forward, Judge Says

7:00pm April 14, 2016

by Laura Wagner

The companies had sought to dismiss the lawsuit filed by nine victims' families and a survivor over the AR-15 rifle used in the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

The husbands ran when Boko Haram took over the Nigerian village of Gwoza. Fati, 22, was one of the wives left behind. After five months, she and other women escaped and now live in a camp for displaced people. Because of the stigma of being a Boko Haram a

Health & Safety

If We Could #BringBackOurGirls, They Might Not Be Welcomed With Open Arms

6:51pm April 14, 2016

by Susan Brink

Some of the girls and women abducted by Boko Haram have escaped or been rescued. But freedom does not mean an end to their ordeal.

Members of the Bring Back Our Girls group urging the release of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants march to meet with Nigeria's president in Abuja in July 2015.

World News

CNN: Video Shows Some Schoolgirls Kidnapped By Boko Haram Still Alive

6:50pm April 14, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

On the eve of the second anniversary of the Chibok kidnapping — an event that prompted the #BringBackOurGirls movement — CNN is airing a video that purportedly shows 15 of the kidnapped girls.