* North Carolina man died last week, and his family "respectfully asks that you do not vote for Hillary Clinton in 2016." * North Carolina bill will prohibit doctors from learning how to perform abortions. * Secretive division of the USDA killed over two million wild animals last year. * Small narcotics
* EU leaders call for emergency talks regarding immigration policy after 700 more migrants are feared dead at sea. * Migrant accidents at sea en route to Europe are 30 times deadlier than this time last year—2014 was a record itself. * Inside the strong-arm tactics the White House is employing
* Of the five Democrats who may run for president, three will be over 70 on Inauguration Day 2017. * The distinction between public officials and people with influence can be vague in some countries, including this one. * Italy pleads for EU assistance in dealing with influx of North African migrants after
* Con men swindle South Indian migrants who come to the Gulf for the promised land and find only cruel employment. * Four hundred feared drowned as another boat capsizes with North African immigrants heading to Italy. * Shell Gulf spill ate away mangroves that held an island ecosystem together, so it doesn&
* Obama grudgingly concedes to Congressional bill demanding authority in negotiations with Iran. * Despite her ties to Wall Street aristocracy, Clinton emphasizes her commitment to campaign finance reform. * A fierce primary would strengthen Hillary—so she needs Martin O'Malley to step up. * Ignore all the bad punditry about Clinton&
* The UAE gave more than a million dollars to New York police—the paper trail goes mysteriously cold after that. * Police are rarely charged for fatal shootings in the line of duty because the burden of proof is so high. * Putin reframes WWII anniversary to consolidate Russian nationalism and prepare
* It's a flag—it's a Tinder profile—it's a street sign—no, it's Hillary Clinton's campaign logo. * Because the US is now largely Democratic, Hillary Clinton will probably win—unless the economy tanks. * The checkbox to donate to public financing
* Obama likely to remove Cuba from the US list of state sponsors of terrorism. * ISIS hackers take control of French television station, prompting emergency meetings of European media. * Hillary Clinton to announce her presidential campaign on Twitter this weekend. * Facebook users who don't realize their news feed is
* White House backs state-level plan to end LGBT “conversion therapy.” * Critics accuse California of Ferguson's crimes: extracting big revenue from minor traffic violations. * Malawi police told to shoot anyone attacking albinos, whose body parts are prized by witch doctors. * Tens of thousands of Dominicans of Haitian descent
* US secretly tracked billions of calls nearly a decade before Sept. 11. * Kissinger: Rather than enabling American disengagement from the Middle East, a nuclear deal with Iran will deepen our involvement there. * The problem with saying “no one wants war” is that some people do want war. * Republicans keep wooing,
