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U.S.
A Toddler, a Loose Gun in a Car, and a Mother Dies
Officials said that the 2-year-old, who was not in a car seat, “retrieved a firearm that slid out from under the driver’s seat and shot through the seat.”The article belongs on the oped page.
Guns are never taken casually.
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U.S.
Test Scores Show a Decline in Math Among High School Seniors
Average performance dropped in math from 2013 to 2015 but held steady in reading, results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress showed.Elementary Schools are failing.
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Food
Chocolates from France for Mother’s Day
Mendiants with dried berries, nuts and other fruit.I am attempting to avoid sucrose and fructose.
I will supply your habit.
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U.S.
Baltimore Officer Shoots Boy Who Police Say Had Replica Gun
The police commissioner said the boy, 13, was expected to survive the shooting, which occurred on the first anniversary of the funeral of Freddie Gray.http://www.armory.net/replica-guns
Appearances can kill.
The officer was following instructions.
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U.S.
Ex-Reserve Deputy in Oklahoma Is Convicted in Shooting Death
Robert C. Bates, 74, who fatally shot a man by accidentally firing his handgun instead of a Taser in 2015, was convicted of second-degree manslaughter.The legal system in Oklahoma is dealing with a political mess.
Negotiations will continue.
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World
Inquiry Challenges Mexico’s Account of How 43 Students Vanished
Five suspects whose testimony underpinned the government’s conclusions gave confessions “under torture or cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment,” a report by international experts found.Politics is a game played for power with blood and money as markers to keep the score.
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N.Y. / Region
120 Are Charged in Gang Takedown in the Bronx
The defendants were charged with participating in murderous drug gangs in what was believed to be the largest gang takedown in the history of New York City.The city police have not been doing their job.
I cannot condone the actions of the gangs or of the police.
The prosecutors will have to think harder.
The legislators may have to write some new law.
Their task must include keeping the law constitutional.
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Opinion
International Drug Policy
The New York City Bar Association writes that “international legal instruments need to be revisited.”http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/25/opinion/rethinking-the-global-war-on-drugs.html
The U.S. must take unilateral action to remove the money from the drug trade.
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Business Day
Robert J. Cooper, 39, Creator of St-Germain Elderflower Liqueur, Dies
Mr. Cooper’s 2007 concoction was so popular with the cocktail crowd that it became known as “bartender’s ketchup.”His is not my world.
His "cause of death" is interesting.
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Fashion & Style
Ariana Rockefeller on Her Preppy Fashion Label and Famous Last Name
The 33-year-old scion of the Rockefeller family is creating a handbag line inspired by her love of horses.She is wealthy but does not control her inheritance.
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N.Y. / Region
Man Wanted for Robbery Plunges to Death During Gang Roundup
Officers were looking for someone else at the Bronx apartment where Geovanni Martin tried to hide by hanging out a window, the police said.It could be called "collateral damage".
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N.Y. / Region
After a Legal Maneuver, Donald Trump’s Jet Is Cleared to Fly
Mr. Trump submitted a new registration after selling his Cessna plane, which had been grounded by the Federal Aviation Administration, to a company he controls."It was worth a try".
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U.S.
Hastert Accuser Sues for $1.8 Million in Compensation
The man alleges that J. Dennis Hastert promised him $3.5 million for the pain caused by sexual abuse decades ago, but failed to pay the full amount.The court will probably not enforce the verbal contract.
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Opinion
Mexico’s Self-Image Problem
Investigators say Mexico stonewalled their inquiry into the deaths of 43 college students. But officials seem more concerned about Donald Trump.I suspect the Mexican oligarchy runs the drug trade and the government in parallel.
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Arts
‘The Americans’ Season 4, Episode 7: A Most Reluctant Traitor
A great cat-and-mouse suspense story unfolded, as the Soviets and Americans played a game of Where’s Martha? And, it was authentically heartbreaking.I plead complete ignorance.
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N.Y. / Region
A Manhattan Hotel Is Made Over, and a Reporter Wanders Back in Time
The InterContinental New York Barclay is among the first New York buildings one journalist wrote about in a career devoted to writing about New York buildings.Ok.
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Books
‘Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?’ and ‘The Genius of Birds’
Two books turn to recent revelations in the study of animal cognition.Linguistics is modified.
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World
Video: In Mexico, Seeking Justice for 43
Investigators say Mexico has thwarted efforts to find out what happened to the 43 students who disappeared in September 2014 from the town of Iguala, about 120 miles south of Mexico City.Face is all that matters.
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World
Few Expect Mexico’s Government to Suffer at Polls, Despite Outrage Over Abductions
As protests have dwindled over the official investigation into the disappearance of 43 students, many fear the ruling party will face few political consequences.Mexico is an oligarchy.
Their elections are usually fiction.
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N.Y. / Region
‘She Was Suffocated,’ Baby Hope Suspect Says in Confession Played in Court
A videotaped confession by Conrado Juárez was played during a court hearing to determine whether the statements could be admitted as evidence in Mr. Juárez’s trial for the murder of Baby Hope.The court should strike the "confession".
They will have to get a conviction without it.
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