Site Map June 1, 2015

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• Radical teachers vow to block Mexican elections; government appears to bow to threat
• California school district sued over graduation dress code
• Gretchen's Take: Clinton's coronation might not be so easy
• Phoenix suing FAA over aircraft noise after flight path changes plague historic neighborhoods
• 5 top Central Bank of Nigeria officers arrested in theft of $33 million in defaced naira notes
• Police remove Jewish protesters trying to block Christian ritual at Jerusalem holy site
• Records: Judge assigned to Hastert hush-money case donated money to ex-US speaker's campaign
• Judge recommends new trial for man convicted of killing girl, 4, using oven
• Social Security embezzlement scandal prompts thousands to join protests in Honduran cities
• Trial begins in Colombia of retired general accused of murder of cartel-fighting politician
• Argentine judge who reduced sentence of convicted child abuser resigns amid sharp criticism
• Islamic State supporters in Gaza give Hamas 48 hours to halt crackdown
• Nigeria's new president to visit Chad, Niger on 1st trip; all nations fighting Boko Haram
• South Sudanese dissident politicians return home from Kenya, raising hope for peace
• Officials: US drone strike, Pakistani airstrikes kill 14 militants in tribal area
• German foreign minister visits Gaza, calls for Israel to ease blockade and end to rocket fire
• French foreign minister hopeful about Iranian nuclear deal, insists on military site visits
• National Park Service says Washington Monument temporarily closed again after power failure
• Man charged in bounce house crash that hurt 2 toddlers
• Congress knows terrorists will keep trying to hurt us. It must reauthorize NSA metadata program, now
• Arraignment set for former US House Speaker Hastert in hush-money case
• Oil truck explodes in Nigerian bus station, killing 69
• Climate of fear engulfs Burundi as journalists and opposition are attacked ahead of polls
• Officials: Chicago public schools chief resigns amid federal probe
• 2 civilians, 3 Ukrainian troops die in shelling, fighting in eastern Ukraine
• It's time for Republican Party leaders to embrace marriage equality
• Missouri law officers stopped more black than white drivers in 2014; highest rate since 2000
• Nigeria torture victim condemned to hang at 16 gets reprieve after 10 years on death row
• German minister changes restrictions on old-fashioned elevators after new rule draws mockery
• Austrian newspaper apologizes for printing death notice containing Nazi titles, slogans
• S'mores no more? Feds wage war of culinary aggression
• If you can't trust a Clinton, how can you trust one of them to run the country?
• Hermes handbag sets auction record, selling for $222,000 in Hong Kong
• 4 Milosevic-era Serb spies plead not guilty in slaying of journalist during 1999 NATO air war
• Jewish protesters try to block Christian ritual at 'Last Supper' site in Israel
• Ohio funeral home says lack of death certificates to blame for delayed cremation of 11 bodies
• Kerry grounded after bike accident, but question is how long
• Turkey's Erdogan threatens editor for publishing images of Syria-bound trucks carrying ammo
• Qatar files defamation suit against top official in France's far-right National Front party
• Italy premier's party heading to victory in 5 of 7 regions with strong gains by populists
• Not such eternal love: Paris takes down 'love locks' hung by tourists on famed city bridge
• State records show May 2015 was the wettest month in Oklahoma history due to heavy rainfall
• Britain's Prince Charles on private visit to rural Transylvania where he owns property
• Swedish police arrest man suspected of recruiting militants for groups in Syria and Iraq
• An open letter to Justice Kennedy: Here's how to craft a gay marriage compromise
• Assailants open fire at Roma wedding party in northwestern Turkey; 3 dead
• China to hold live-fire military drills along volatile Myanmar border
• Magnitude-4.4. quake rattles Iran near its nuclear power plant; no report of damage, injuries
• Surveys show Chinese manufacturing remained weak in May, possibly auguring more stimulus
• Car crashes into Los Angeles airport terminal, striking and critically injuring young girl
• Greek prime minister talks bailout deal in new conference call with Hollande, Merkel
• Omaha zoo worker injured by Komodo dragon bite