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• DOJ Probing Comey Memos That Contained Classified Content
  
  The Department of Justice inspector general is reportedly conducting an investigation regarding memos that former FBI director James Comey passed to a friend last year because it was later decided that one of them contained classified information.
• Students Mark Columbine Anniversary With Walkouts
  
  Students from Florida to Chicago started streaming out of their schools Friday in the latest round of gun-control activism following the February shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida.The protests were chosen to line up with the 19th anniversary of the Columbine...
• WashPost: Amazon Could Weigh Gay Rights in Second HQ Search
  
  One of the deciding factors in Amazon's search for its second headquarters could be gay rights, according to a new report. The Washington Post, which is owned by Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos, took a deep look at Amazon's search and concluded that Bezos may be factoring...
• Celebs Join With Douglas High Activists to Fight NRA
  
  Hollywood celebrities, including Alec Baldwin, Amy Schumer and Alyssa Milano, are teaming up with Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student activists to launch a campaign to reduce the political clout of the NRA according to The Hollywood Reporter.
• Commonwealth Names Prince Charles as Next Head
  
  The Commonwealth has confirmed that Prince Charles will be the next leader of the organization of Britain and its former colonies once he succeeds his mother Queen Elizabeth II on the throne.
• 1 Injured, Suspect in Custody in Florida School Shooting
  
  Panic and fear gripped another Florida school Friday when a gunman opened fire, wounding one student before being taken into custody on a day planned for a national classroom walkout to protest gun violence, authorities said.
• 1952 Mickey Mantle Baseball Card Sells for $2.88 Million
  
  A Mickey Mantle Topps baseball card from 1952, when he was still a rookie, sold for $2.88 million Thursday night.
• Judge Blocks Transfer of US Citizen Detained in Iraq by Military
  
  U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan temporarily halted the transfer of an American citizen that the U.S. military detained in Iraq, The Washington Post reported. The man has been held without charges for seven months.
• Karolyis to NBC: 'No Way' They Knew about Nassar's Behavior
  
  Former USA Gymnastics women's national team coordinator Martha Karolyi and husband Bela tell NBC they were unaware of the abusive behavior by a former national team doctor now serving decades in prison.
• Poll: Americans Expect Russia Tension Will Get Worse
  
  Americans largely fear the country's relationship with Russia and China will get worse in the coming year, and despite signs of diplomatic progress with Kim Jong Un on nuclear weapons, nearly half say the same about North Korea.
• Wells Fargo Fined $1 Billion Over Consumer Abuse by Auto-Loan, Mortgage Units
  
  Wells Fargo & Co. will pay $1 billion to settle U.S. probes into mistreatment of consumers, the largest sanction of a U.S. bank under President Donald Trump, as the firm tries to resolve a year and a half of scandals across its operations.
• Gun Makers' Stocks Rallying 2 Months After Parkland
  
  Two months after the death of 17 people at a school shooting in Florida sparked the strongest push for gun control in years, gun makers' stocks and firearm sales have surged.
• Grocery War: Amazon's Food Sales Increased 48%
  
  Amazon.com Inc. shoppers are buying more packaged foods, pushing the e-commerce giant deeper into grocery sales.
• Hero Pilot 'Sully' Praises Southwest Pilot Tammie Jo Shults
  
  Southwest Airlines pilot Tammie Jo Schults was praised by hero pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger for keeping calm and steering Flight 1380 to safety after its engine blew out.
• Hundreds Celebrate Former First Lady Barbara Bush in Houston
  
  The memorials to former first lady Barbara Bush have begun with a celebration of her life in front of Houston's City Hall. Mayor Sylvester Turner and several of Houston's leading clergy members from different faiths offered tributes to Bush.
• Russia Says Trump Invited Putin to US During Phone Call
  
  President Donald Trump invited his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to the United States during a phone call, and said he would be glad to see Putin in the White House, RIA Novosti reported Friday, citing the Russian Foreign Ministry.
• Southwest Sends $5,000 Checks to Passengers on Crippled Flight
  
  Southwest Airlines has sent $5,000 checks and $1,000 travel vouchers to passengers on Flight 1380 that was forced to make an emergency landing after an engine exploded in midair Tuesday, killing one person.
• First Clues Emerge About Cuba's Future Under New President
  
  Miguel Diaz-Canel has been the presumptive next president of Cuba since 2013, when Raul Castro named the laconic former provincial official to the important post of first vice president and lauded him as "neither a novice nor an improviser," high praise in a system...
• '60 Minutes' Report Details Progression of Alzheimer's
  
  Filmed over 10 years, a "60 Minutes" report this weekend shows in startling detail the progression that Alzheimer's disease takes on a patient.
• First 50 Caravan Migrants Reach US-Mexico Border
  
  The first 50 Central American migrants in a caravan that set out from southern Mexico in late March have reached the U.S. border, now secured with help from National Guard personnel sent by President Donald Trump.
• US to Fine Wells Fargo $1 Billion for Manipulation of Auto, Mortgage Markets
  
  The New York Times and other news outlets are reporting that federal regulators plan to fine Wells Fargo as much as $1 billion as early as Friday for abuses tied to its auto lending and mortgage businesses. The potential $1 billion fine would be largest ever...
• Report: Pioneering Autism Researcher Asperger Murdered Disabled Children for Nazis
  
  Hans Asperger, the Austrian pediatrician for whom a form of autism is named, collaborated with the Nazis and actively assisted in the killing of disabled children, according to a conclusion from a new study.
• Comey Memo: Trump Complained about Flynn's 'judgment Issues'
  
  President Donald Trump told former FBI Director James Comey that he had serious concerns about the judgment of his first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, according to memos maintained by Comey and obtained by The Associated Press.The 15 pages of documents contain...
• Jay Goldberg: Michael Cohen Won't Take 'Fall' for Trump
  
  Because, as longtime attorney and adviser Jay Goldberg told CNN, "I don't see Michael as taking the pressure or a fall for somebody else," Goldberg warned President Donald Trump last week that Michael Cohen might "flip" when faced with criminal charges.
• WSJ: NKorea Becoming 'World's Most Dangerous Hacking Machine'
  
  "The whole world needs to take notice" North Korea's cyber army has become a sophisticated and dangerous hacking machine, according to The Wall Street Journal.

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