Gyrocopter in restricted airspace lands on Capitol lawn
FAA chief says the small gyrocopter looked like a flock of birds on radar as it entered uniform restricted airspace and landed on the West Lawn of the Capitol on April 15, with NORAD admitting difficulty in intercepting such aircraft. Authorities noted no immediate threat.
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U.S. Capitol
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Michael Huerta
House
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Capitol
West Lawn
Navy Adm
William Gortney
U.S. Northern Command
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Capitol Police
Kim Dine
Gortney
GOP unveils budget clash over Obama health care law
Republicans in Congress unveiled a 10 year budget plan aimed at repealing the Affordable Care Act and scaling back domestic programs including Medicaid and food stamps. The agreement sets up a fight with President Obama as Democrats warn of harm to health care for about 27 million people.
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Congress
Barack Obama
House-Senate
Obama
White House
House
Department of Veterans Affairs
Pentagon
U.S
Chris van Hollen
D-Md
America
Diane Black
R-Tenn
Hope for Survivors Dwindling in Nepal After Quake
Kathmandu braces as 5,000 plus dead and 8.1 million people affected. Foreign search teams, aid convoys, and airport relief efforts ramp up while mass exodus from the Kathmandu Valley continues. U N reports 1.4 million need food aid. a French rescue team saves a 27 year old man from a three story hotel.
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Nepal
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Radio Nepal
Associated Press
U.N
Geoff Pinnock
World Food Program
Teacher recalls Tsarnaev as quiet child in Boston Marathon case
A third grade teacher testified that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was quiet and “always wanted to do the right thing” as his defense seeks to frame him as influenced by his brother Tamerlan. Jurors are weighing whether Tsarnaev deserves life or the death penalty after conviction on 30 counts.
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Boston Marathon
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
Catheryn Charner-Laird
Tsarnaev
Tamerlan
Tamerlan Tsarnaev
Dzhokhar
U.S
Watertown
Obama slows deportations pledges progress amid legal fights
The Obama administration reports the fewest removals since 2006 through six months of the fiscal year, signaling a slowdown in immigration enforcement. ICE averaged about 19,730 removals per month, with a projected 236,000 for the year if the trend holds, as DHS emphasizes targeting security threats and serious criminals.
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Barack Obama
Homeland Security Department
Obama
Associated Press
George W. Bush
U.S
Texas
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ICE
Homeland Security
Jeh Johnson
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