WWII era paintings returned to heirs across Atlantic
Five paintings missing since World War II are being returned to German collections at the urging of heirs of American buyers. The works include pieces by Frans Francken III Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich and Franz de Paula Ferg. Two other paintings tied to a U.S. military past were seized at a castle near Frankfurt and later acquired by an American librarian. The State Department and the Monuments Men Foundation organized the repatriation.
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Washington
Germany
State Department
Monuments Men Foundation
Dessau
Frans Francken III
Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich
Franz de Paula Ferg
Queen Victoria
Victoria
Frederick III
Charles I
Frankfurt
U.S
USS
Special Services
Netanyahu seals narrow Israeli coalition government
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu completed a coalition deal with the Jewish Home party to form a 61 seat majority in the 120 member Knesset. The new hard line government emphasizes West Bank settlements and faces scrutiny from the United States and allies while pursuing a domestic agenda. Netanyahu hailed the 61 seat result but signaled ongoing talks to add partners as he seeks a stable fourth term.
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Jerusalem
Benjamin Netanyahu
U.S
Netanyahu
Jewish Home Party
West Bank
Likud
Avigdor Lieber
Knesset
Rivlin
Garden Grove Struggles With New Water Restrictions
Garden Grove and other California communities face mandatory conservation amid a four year drought. Regulators require 8 to 36 percent cuts, aiming for a 25 percent decline overall. City officials warn cultural change is needed as lawns turn brown and some residents switch to artificial turf.
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Garden Grove
Calif
Orange County
California
Felicia Marcus
State Water Resources Control Board
Jerry Brown
William Murray
Mike Meza
Premeditated descent alleged in Germanwings crash findings
BEA interim report details Andreas Lubitz’s prior flight maneuvers from Dusseldorf to Barcelona showing repeated targeted descents and idle engines during cockpit absence. Investigators note the 42 minute earlier session contrasted with the fatal Barcelona Dusseldorf flight and suggest deliberate manipulation of altitude settings.
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Paris
BEA
Andreas Lubitz
Lubitz
Dusseldorf
Barcelona
Alps
Nigeria rescues 25 more civilians from Boko Haram camps
Nigerian troops saved 25 women and children in a northeastern forest stronghold as seven Boko Haram camps were destroyed. One soldier died and five were wounded in a fierce encounter. The 3 month offensive has driven militants from towns into Sambisa Forest, with 219 schoolgirls still missing.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Boko Haram
Sani Usman
Sambisa
Yola
Chicago approves 5.5 million reparations for police torture victims
Chicago leaders approve a 5.5 million reparations package for about 80 mostly African American victims of a long running police torture scandal under Jon Burge. The plan includes a formal apology a memorial and school curriculum additions along with counseling and tuition benefits for victims and their descendants.
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Chicago
Jon Burge
U.S
Amnesty International
Joe Moore
Rahm Emanuel
Beryl Satter
Rutgers University- Newark
America
Satter
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Afghanistan
Farkhuna
Safiullah Mojadedi
Farkhunda
Associated Press
Mumbal India
India
Salman Khan
D. W. Deshpande
Mumbai
Khan
Grant Township
Mich
Michigan
Clare County Sheriff’s Department
Jessie Schwaub-Devault
Harrison
Sheriff’s Department
Joshua Devault
Israel
Cypress
The
Chibok
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