Roundup of Arpaio contempt ruling and other national items
A Phoenix contempt hearing reveals Sheriff Joe Arpaio ignored a 2011 court order on immigration patrols and notes a drive for publicity. Also, DEA chief Michele Leonhart plans retirement amid misconduct critiques, while Saudi Arabia signals a scaled back Yemen air campaign. Dallas area quakes linked to oil and gas activity doused by a Nature Communications study.
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Joe Arpaio
Brett Palmer
Arpaio
Sanaa
Yemen
Saudi Arabia
Aden
Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi
Hadi
Dallas
North Texas
Azle
Reno
Southern Methodist University
Nature Communications
Dallas-Fort Worth
Irving
Senate poised to confirm Lynch as attorney general
Loretta Lynch, the U S attorney for Brooklyn, appears headed for Senate confirmation as the first black woman to hold the nations top law enforcement post. A bipartisan pact on a sex trafficking bill clears the way, with at least 51 senators backing Lynch and a vote expected by Thursday.
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Washington
Loretta Lynch
U.S
Brooklyn
Senate
Lynch
Mitch McConnell
McConnell
John Cornyn
Texas
Patty Murray
D-Wash
Cornyn
Republican
Deadliest Mediterranean shipwreck shocks world
In Catania a rescue rush failed when a navigator rammed a migrant relief ship, trapping about 850 aboard. At least 800 perished with only 28 survivors, as authorities warn 2015 may become the deadliest year for migrant crossings amid broader rescue efforts and harrowing firsthand accounts from rescuers and survivors.
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Sicily
Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean
U.N
Boston Marathon trial opens with defiant Tsarnaev photo
The jury views vivid images of bombing victims as prosecutors portray Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as unrepentant. Witnesses describe horrific injuries and emotional testimonies from families, while Tsarnaev sits motionless at the defense table during the penalty phase.
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Boston Marathon
Isarael
Boston
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
Nadine Pellegrini
Tsarnaev
America
Celeste Corcoran
Krystle Campbell
Princess
Krystle
William Campbell Jr
Campbell
Gillian Reay
Tamerlan
U.S
MIT
Morsi Receives 20 Year Term in Egypt Protest Case
Ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi is sentenced to 20 years in prison for a deadly protest during his tenure. The ruling marks the first in a series of verdicts as Abdel Fattah el-Sissi tightens control, with many Brotherhood members jailed and protests harshly policed.
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Morsi
Cairo
Mohammed Morsi
Ident Abdel-Fattah
el-Sissi
Muslim Brotherhood
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Joel Millman
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Enrico Vitello
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Valletta
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