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Easter Sunday bomb blasts kill more than 200 in Sri Lanka

Easter Sunday bomb blasts kill more than 200 in Sri Lanka

More than 200 people were killed and hundreds more wounded in nine bombings that rocked churches, luxury hotels and other sites in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday — the deadliest violence the South Asian island country has seen since a bloody civil war ended a decade ago.
by Associated Press

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Armed civilian border group member arrested in New Mexico

A New Mexico man belonging to an armed group that has detained Central American families near the U.S.-Mexico border was arrested Saturday in a border community on a criminal complaint accusing him of being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition, authorities said.
by Associated Press

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Prison for forced addiction treatment? A parent's 'last resort' has consequences

Prison for forced addiction treatment? A parent's 'last resort' has consequences

Thousands of Massachusetts residents have been committed to treatment for addiction against their will. Some families say locking up addicts in prison isn't treatment. Others say it saves lives.
by Deborah Becker

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Amid opioid prescriber crackdown, health officials reach out to pain patients

Amid opioid prescriber crackdown, health officials reach out to pain patients

After dozens of health care workers were charged with illegally prescribing opioids in Appalachia, local health agencies are trying to make sure chronic pain patients don't fall through the cracks.
by Blake Farmer

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Trump sours on Mueller report after initial upbeat view

Trump sours on Mueller report after initial upbeat view

President Trump is lashing out at current and former aides who cooperated with special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, insisting the deeply unflattering picture they painted of him and the White House was "total bulls--t."
by Associated Press

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After Columbine, a friendship bound by the trauma of mass shootings

After Columbine, a friendship bound by the trauma of mass shootings

Over the past 20 years, mass shootings have resulted in communities of survivors. Heather Martin, who was a senior at Columbine High School in 1999, runs a nonprofit that connects them.
by Nathaniel Minor

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Parents who starved and shackled children sentenced to life

Parents who starved and shackled children sentenced to life

The eldest son and daughter of a couple who starved and shackled 12 of their children spoke publicly for the first time Friday, alternately condemning and forgiving their parents before a judge sentenced the pair to up to life in prison.
by Associated Press

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