* US and Russia possibly to draw up map of "safe zones" in Aleppo, hoping Russia can convince Syria's Assad to obey. * Photographs and brief interviews from inside Aleppo, where over 250 were killed by airstrikes last week. * Twenty years after Australia enacted strict gun control, the
* Anticipating this weekend's White House Correspondents Dinner, a list of jokes told by every president. * Boehner calls Ted Cruz “Lucifer in the flesh,” “the most miserable son of a bitch in my life.” * Don’t underestimate Trump’s top advisor, who made “a booming business working with dictators.
* Prince was the rare rock star who took his female collaborators and bandmates seriously. * Google knows who you'll vote for. What if we let them? * Flourishing natural habitat at Chernobyl mirrors modern understanding of radiation's therapeutic upsides. * "In the Republican presidential frontrunner's telling,
* US destroys $800m of the Islamic State's cash reserves with air strikes. * Big strike at UK's National Health Service results from a plan to make doctors work Saturdays without extra pay. * Lucid, entertaining John Lanchester piece on what money is exactly and what it will become
* Turkey arrests another European journalist for insulting Erdogan, second time in recent weeks. * In a free speech showdown, Egypt doesn't just deny it murdered a student—it’s investigating a Reuters journalist over the very suggestion. * Audio from a news report about Kim Jong-un's birthday
* Obama meets with EU leaders to address unity problems, nixes the idea of a UK-US trade agreement. * Cruz and Kasich join forces, each to bow out in certain states to let the other go alone against Trump. * America should embrace Europe's "right to roam" laws,
* Seven-time Grammy winner and "consummate showman" Prince dies at home in Minnesota at 57. * Prince’s autopsy is today, six days after he held a Paisley Park dance party to show everyone he was fine. * Collection of the most ridiculous stories about Prince—who didn’t believe
* Japanese officials raid Mitsubishi after the company admits cheating on fuel-economy tests. * Divestment tactics are still polarizing, but public opinion is now against the fossil fuel industry. * Latin American countries, besieged with drug violence, were rebuffed by prohibitionists at a special UN summit. * Obama visits London to lunch with
* After Clinton and Trump win New York, the media praises Trump’s new “presidential” tone. * Scholars and political junkies wonder if The Donald could be impeached as soon as he takes office. * Indiana becomes Cruz’s top priority: a chance to end Trump's hopes of entering Cleveland with
* If Trump or Clinton lose today's New York primary, it will be "the biggest upset in recent polling history." * Homeless New Yorkers explain how they manage to live in the city's airports, bus terminals, and train stations. * Airbnb is trying to partner with SEIU,
