Lawmakers urge DOJ probe into VA wait list scandal
Democratic and Republican lawmakers request the Justice Department and FBI to probe potential falsification of records and long waits at VA facilities. The VA inspector general investigates 26 sites, while leaders debate funding and resource needs amid aging and new veterans.
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Pope invites Abbas and Peres for prayer at Vatican home
Pope Francis reframes his West Bank and Israel visit as a peace effort inviting Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli President Shimon Peres to join him at the Vatican for a prayer for peace. He met Bartholomew I in Jerusalem to mark Orthodox-Catholic reconciliation.
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Gunman in Isla Vista rampage nearly foiled by police
Elliot Rodger, 22, killed six people and then himself in Isla Vista near UC Santa Barbara. In a manifesto, he said officers who knocked on his door months earlier to check on his welfare nearly foiled the plot and described a fear of discovery and punishment that might have halted his attack.
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Poroshenko claims Ukraine presidency in one round
Petro Poroshenko declares victory after exit polls show him above 55 percent, promising European integration and an end to war in the east. He vows to safeguard sovereignty, resist Crimea’s occupation, and travel to conflict areas as Donbass voting was hampered by violence.
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