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Miami (CNN)Inside a plane at Miami International Airport, baggage handlers are going on a shopping spree with passengers' bags. What they don't know is that they are being recorded on a hidden camera. The Miami-Dade Police Department set up the camera as part of an ongoing police investigation into luggage thefts by th...	TSA received more than 30,000 claims of missing valuables between 2010-2014 . Most of the missing valuables were packed in checked luggage . Miami-Dade police set up hidden cameras as part of sting .
(CNN)Some of the men and women of the Indianapolis police force are giving up their blues. Beginning Friday, blue uniform shirts will be traded for white ones for command staff members of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD). In a statement, the department said the change is being made as part of its ...	Beginning Friday, some ranks of the Indianapolis police department will wear white shirts . Police say the change in attire is not related to any specific incident . The new uniform shirt color is aimed at ensuring accountability .
(CNN)The killing of an employee at Wayne Community College in Goldsboro, North Carolina, may have been a hate crime, authorities said Tuesday. Investigators are looking into the possibility, said Goldsboro police Sgt. Jeremy Sutton. He did not explain what may have made it a hate crime. The victim -- Ron Lane, whom off...	Relatives of Wayne Community College shooting victim say he was gay, local media report . The suspect had worked for the victim but was let go, college president says . The suspect, Kenneth Morgan Stancil III, was found sleeping on a Florida beach and arrested .
(CNN)A New Jersey auction house has removed items from its April 17 event after an uproar from the public. The items are crafts and artifacts made by Japanese-Americans confined to World War II internment camps. A grass-roots campaign of a change.org petition, a Facebook page, and mediation by "Star Trek" actor George ...	The items were originally given to a historian who opposed the camps, CNN affiliate reports . Auctioneer hoped they would be bought by museum or someone who would donate them for historical appreciation . Japanese-Americans were furious about items from family members, others being sold .
(CNN)ISIS on Wednesday released more than 200 Yazidis, a minority group whose members were killed, captured and displaced when the Islamist terror organization overtook their towns in northern Iraq last summer, officials said. Most of those released were women and children; the rest were ill or elderly, said Rassol Oma...	Most of those released were women and children . Freed Yazidis sent to capital of Iraq's Kurdish region .
(CNN)Some fans of Lucille Ball want her statue removed from a park in her hometown, saying the "ugly" likeness does not do justice to the "I Love Lucy" star. The life-size bronze statue in Celoron, New York, has been likened to Conway Twitty, the snake from "Beetlejuice" and actor Steve Buscemi, among other unflatterin...	Facebook group wants Lucille Ball statue replaced with a new one . Mayor says he does not want to spend taxpayer money on fixing statue .
(CNN)A longtime friend of Joni Mitchell has filed a legal petition seeking to be named the singer-songwriter's conservator. Mitchell, who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997, was taken to UCLA Medical Center a month ago after being found unconscious in her home. She remains at the hospital, accordi...	Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell is still hospitalized . Her longtime friend Leslie Morris wants to be appointed her conservator .
Hong Kong (CNN)Phil Rudd, the drummer for legendary hard rock band AC/DC, has pleaded guilty to charges of threatening to kill and possession of drugs in a New Zealand court. Rudd, who previously denied all allegations, made a surprise guilty plea Tuesday before the trial began. The 60-year-old Australian was arrested ...	AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd pleads guilty to threatening to kill and drug charges . Court summary revealed that Rudd had ordered for his personal assistant to be "taken out" Police found methamphetamine and cannabis in his New Zealand home in November .
(CNN)Thousands remain missing in Nepal after a devastating earthquake struck the region on Saturday. A majority of them are Nepalese, Indian and Chinese residents, but a handful are adventurers, trekkers and vacationers who have not been heard from since the catastrophe. Technology has played a huge role in helping fam...	Thousands remain missing in Nepal after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck . Social media has helped people overseas tracked down their loved ones in Nepal . Technology has helped those stranded after the quake reach out for help .
(CNN)The Force is strong in Turkey -- or at least it appears to be at one university where thousands of students are petitioning for a Jedi temple to be built on campus. The petition, which was started by a student at Dokuz Eylul University in the western province of Izmir, so far has almost 5,500 signatures. "There ar...	5,500 signatures call for Jedi temple after similar petition asked for campus mosque . Petition started by a student at Dokuz Eylul University in the western province of Izmir .
(CNN)On May 28, 2014, some 7,000 people gathered in a stadium in China's northwestern Xinjiang region. But they had not come to watch the local football team or any other grand sporting event. Instead, the authorities paraded scores of prisoners dressed in orange jumpsuits. Armed soldiers guarded the exits. In the pate...	Amnesty International releases its annual review of the death penalty worldwide; much of it makes for grim reading . Salil Shetty: Countries that use executions to deal with problems are on the wrong side of history .
(CNN)In the beginning... there was the Bible, and it was a very Good Book. But this Catholic hadn't read it -- at least, not from cover to cover. So, in the middle of Holy Week, I decided to finally take the plunge. Let me explain. My name is Laura Bernardini and I'm a director of coverage at CNN, which means I manage ...	Laura Bernardini is a lifelong Catholic but had never read the Bible from cover to cover . For the next year, she's going to read every word, from Genesis to Revelation .
(CNN)It's only a few weeks since the first presidential announcement but already it feels like the campaign is in high gear. A number of politicians have officially announced their candidacies and the outline of their messages is starting to emerge. Hillary Clinton, who announced last week, even jumped into her black v...	Julian Zelizer: In early weeks of the 2016 campaign, candidates and potential contenders have stumbled in small ways . He says Chris Christie's words about Social Security and marijuana may haunt him .
(CNN)A Duke student has admitted to hanging a noose made of rope from a tree near a student union, university officials said Thursday. The prestigious private school didn't identify the student, citing federal privacy laws. In a news release, it said the student was no longer on campus and will face student conduct rev...	Student is no longer on Duke University campus and will face disciplinary review . School officials identified student during investigation and the person admitted to hanging the noose, Duke says . The noose, made of rope, was discovered on campus about 2 a.m.
(CNN)The United States has gained much from its position as a space-faring nation. Indeed, U.S. access to space has provided incredible benefit to U.S. national security, defense and the economic well-being of the nation. And in order to effectively confront current and future conflicts, combat terrorism and counter th...	Mike Rogers, Ellen Tauscher: Access to space has benefited U.S. national security . U.S. should not be reliant on nonsecure foreign supply chains, authors write .
(CNN)It's one of the most famous faces in history, even though no one really knows what he looked like. Instead, every culture, every generation, remakes Jesus in its own image. A blonde-haired, blue-eyed savior when America was mostly Anglo-Protestant, at least in Hollywood's eyes. An androgynous, meek-and-mild messia...	If you turned on the television this past Sunday, a new vision of Jesus came into view. Darker, in mood and skin tone. Earthy rather than ethereal. According to the Apostle Paul, almost every depiction of Jesus so far has gotten at least one detail wrong.
(CNN)Sleek chassis, alluring paintwork and a need for speed, but these are no ordinary motors. When pedal hits metal, an eco-friendly process gets set in motion. Powered by electricity and engineered for efficiency, car enthusiasts from across Africa are sparking home-grown concepts that have gotten experts revving. In...	African students and car enthusiasts are creating eco-friendly cars . Nigerian students will compete in an "Eco-Marathon" in May .
(CNN)Two pieces of audio recorded in the immediate aftermath of a deadly police shooting in South Carolina emerged Monday. The voice of Michael Slager can be heard in both. The former North Charleston police officer is charged with murder in the death of 50-year-old Walter Scott. In the first recording, an unidentified...	In the first recording, an unidentified officer talks to Slager about what might happen . The second audio captures a phone call between Slager and someone CNN believes is his wife .
(The Hollywood Reporter)Richard Dysart, the Emmy-winning actor who portrayed the cranky senior partner Leland McKenzie in the slick, long-running NBC drama "L.A. Law," has died. He was 86. Dysart, who also played Coach in the original 1972 Broadway production of Jason Miller's Pulitzer Prize-winning "That Championship ...	Richard Dysart best known for Leland McKenzie in "L.A. Law" Dysart had many TV and film roles, including spots in "Being There" and "The Thing" Actor won Drama Desk award for performance in theatrical "That Championship Season"
(CNN)Chanting "No justice! No peace!" protesters rallied in Baltimore late Tuesday, the same day police released the names of the officers involved in the arrest of Freddie Gray. Gray died of a spinal injury Sunday, exactly one week after he was taken into custody. Demonstrators marched to a local police station that w...	"We have the power and ... today shows we have the numbers," says a protester . The Justice Department is looking into whether a civil rights violation occurred . Autopsy results on Gray show that he died from a severe injury to his spinal cord .
(CNN)President Abraham Lincoln never lost his ardor for the United States to remain united during the Civil War. In his Second Inaugural address he attempted to salve the nation with an eloquent summation of his philosophy and plans for putting it into practice. "With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firm...	150 years ago on April 9, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House . Douglas Brinkley: The spirit of that event is something to keep in mind for today's divided America .
(CNN)I would have done anything to get to Europe. It was worth the risk, the bad treatment and the fear, hard as that may be to believe. Simply put, I have a better life now than I did before. But my journey across the Mediterranean, like those of thousands of other migrants, wasn't easy. Here's my story. It all starte...	Moutassem Yazbek describes harrowing 12-day journey from Turkey to Italy . Yazbek, a Syrian refugee, paid a smuggler $6,500 to get him to Italy in December .
(CNN)Australia has recalled its ambassador to Indonesia for consultations after two Australians were among eight drug smugglers executed by firing squad early Wednesday. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott called the executions "cruel and unnecessary" because both men, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, had been "full...	Brazil extends 'deepest sympathy' to family of executed Brazilian . Indonesia executed eight death row inmates early Wednesday . Australian PM calls executions "cruel and unnecessary"
(CNN)Twenty years ago, on April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh detonated a massive truck bomb in front of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. The attack killed 168 men, women and children, injured hundreds more, and remains the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history. The attack's aftermath saw a stor...	Twenty years ago, on April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh set off a massive bomb in Oklahoma City . Deborah Lauter and Mark Pitcavage: Right-wing extremism should still be taken seriously .
(CNN)When Melissa Atkins Wardy, author of "Redefining Girly" and a passionate advocate for fighting gender stereotypes, heard from a frustrated mom on Facebook, she knew she needed to do something. So she shared the mom's story. In a blog post, Wardy told how the mom, Veronica of Richland, Washington, wanted to buy "Bi...	A mom of two got upset when "Big Hero 6" fabric didn't include the two female characters . Another mom called attention to gender stereotypes on a TOMS Web page . In both cases, the companies responded quickly to answer parents' concerns .
(CNN)A natural gas line explosion at a law enforcement shooting range in Fresno, California, injured 11 people, including some inmates who were on a work detail there. Others being treated include a county road worker and two sheriff's deputies, Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims said. The exact cause of Friday's blas...	The cause of a gas line explosion in Fresno, California, is unknown . Two of the injured were undergoing emergency surgery .
Washington (CNN)A new entry and a waiting game on the Democratic side, a go-slow approach from a leading Republican, and the big stakes of 2016 filled our Sunday morning trip around the "Inside Politics" table. 1. Here's ... Bernie! Hillary Clinton is about to get her first official challenger. Sen. Bernie Sanders of V...	What to expect if Bernie Sanders takes the presidential plunge . Biden's and Kasich's "wait and see" 2016 strategies . GOP recruiting Senate candidates for 2016 in Nevada and Colorado .
(CNN)I will always remember when things turned. I was 12 years old, and my younger sister and I were with our parents attending a peaceful demonstration in downtown Miami near the courthouse. We were there to protest the acquittal of four police officers in the beating death of unarmed motorcyclist Arthur McDuffie. I h...	Johnita Due: The anger and frustration I saw in 1980 Miami is repeated in 2015 Baltimore . She says teaching the power of nonviolent protest is essential .
(CNN)Caught up in a rip current while snorkeling at Finn's Beach in Bali, Roxy Walsh was holding on to some rocks when she spotted something special. Engraved with the words, "Darling Joe, Happy 70th Birthday 2009. Love Jenny," the antique ring lodged in the rocks clearly meant something to both Joe and Jenny. But ther...	An Australian woman finds a ring while snorkeling in Bali . Words engraved on the antique ring give clues to its owner's identity .
Catania, Italy (CNN)The boat that sank in the Mediterranean over the weekend with hundreds of migrants on board may have capsized after being touched or swamped by a cargo ship that came to its aid, a U.N. official said. Carlotta Asami, a spokeswoman for the United Nations' refugee agency, made the comments to CNN earl...	Shipping company representative denies cargo ship caused the capsizing . UNHCR spokeswoman tells CNN that a cargo ship may have touched the migrant boat . Italian authorities have arrested two survivors on suspicion of human trafficking .
(CNN)Easter is a cornerstone event in the Christian faith, but it's surrounded by interesting quirks. It celebrates the completion of Christ's mission of salvation in the Crucifixion and Resurrection. By dying on Good Friday, Christ atoned for the sins of others; by rising from the grave on Sunday, Christ conquered dea...	Easter is a key event in the Christian faith, but where did the Easter Bunny come from? Why is the date different every year, and what does it have to do with the moon?
(CNN)In a tragic echo of the catastrophic events in Haiti in 2010, a powerful earthquake struck one of the poorest nations on Earth today. The latest estimates from seismologists put the magnitude at 7.9, which would actually makes it about 40% larger than the 7.8 currently being reported. That's less than half the siz...	A magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck Nepal on Saturday . Colin Stark: We knew this disaster would come .
(CNN)The justices of the Supreme Court practice politics as much as law -- and that will be clearer than ever when the issue of same-sex marriage comes before the court on Tuesday. Public opinion on same-sex marriage has turned upside down since the Supreme Judicial Court in Massachusetts first legalized the practice i...	Jeffrey Toobin: SCOTUS to decide same-sex marriage as U.S. largely in favor. Did framers intend this? That doesn't always matter . He says originalists on the court may hew to conservative view, but most of the justices have given clues that they see writing on wall .
(CNN)Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will get two extra weeks to form a government, Israel's President said in a news release Monday. Netanyahu made the request at President Reuven Rivlin's Jerusalem home Monday. "We have made progress and are on the way to forming a government," Netanyahu told Rivlin, accord...	Israeli law says the Prime Minister must form his government in less than 42 days . Netanyahu cites government stability and reaching "agreement on important issues" as reasons he needs additional time .
(CNN)The racist and offensive emails that resulted in three Ferguson, Missouri, city employees either resigning or being fired have been released. The exchanges between the city's top court clerk and two police officers were discovered during a U.S. Justice Department investigation of racial prejudice in the city's pol...	Racially-charged and offensive emails from Ferguson released after public records request . Two Ferguson police officers resigned over racist emails . City's top court clerk was fired .
(CNN)Everybody loves a good comeback story -- especially one that's dino-sized. After its name was booted from science books for more than a century, a new study suggests that the Brontosaurus belongs to its own genera, and therefore deserves its own name. O.C. Marsh first named the Brontosaurus in 1879, after he recei...	Scientist: Fossils once renamed should again be classified as Brontosaurus . Study took five years and involved visits to 20 museums worldwide .
(CNN)Comedian Chris Rock made light of racial disparities in police treatment of whites and blacks with a tongue-in-cheek guide to not being beaten by the police. He encapsulated the frustration and grief caused by a New York grand jury's decision not to indict a white police officer in the death of a black man with a ...	Chris Rock posts selfies after being pulled over three times in last seven weeks . "Stopped by the cops again wish me luck," he posted this week .
Johannesburg (CNN)He checked the series of stills on his camera. It was then that photographer James Oatway realized the entire attack had taken less than two minutes. It was the morning after a night of unrest in Johannesburg's Alexandra Township that saw foreign-owned shops looted and destroyed. Mozambican Emmanuel S...	Photographer James Oatway captured a violent attack that resulted in death of a Mozambican in South Africa . Seven people have been killed in recent violence against poorer immigrants, many from South Africa's neighbors .
Atlanta (CNN)Robert Lewis Burns Jr., the original drummer in Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, died Friday night in a car crash, a Georgia State Patrol spokesman said. Burns, 64, died after his car hit a mailbox and a tree in Cartersville, spokesman James Tallent said. No other cars were involved in the crash, which o...	Robert Lewis Burns Jr. was part of Lynyrd Skynyrd's original lineup . His car hit a mailbox and a tree just before midnight .
(CNN)The Cuba that photographer Carolina Sandretto captures is a world away from the images of neon 1950s American cars and postcard-worthy white sand beaches that most visitors to the island bring back home. Instead Sandretto focuses on "solares," the crumbling buildings that many Cubans divide and cohabitate, often w...	Carolina Sandretto focuses on the crumbling buildings many Cubans live in together . The maze-like "solares" often include separate families under one roof .
(CNN)A lot of questions. Not too many answers. Exactly one week after being taken into police custody in Baltimore, Freddie Gray died Sunday under circumstances that are unclear. "The questions that many of you have are the same questions that we're asking: How was Mr. Gray injured? Were our proper protocols and proced...	An attorney for Freddie Gray's family alleges that police are involved in a cover-up . There are ongoing administrative and criminal investigations . Baltimore's mayor promises to get the bottom of what happened .
(CNN)Parts of Miami-Dade County's skyline was hidden from view Monday as smoke from a growing 1,850-acre wildfire loomed over portions of the Florida county. What started as a nonthreatening and seemingly shrinking grass fire on Sunday, consuming fewer than 100 acres according to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Battalion Chief ...	The wildfire started in Miami-Dade County on Sunday . By Monday night, it had grown to nearly 2,000 acres . The fire was 50% contained, officials said .
West of Baghdad, Iraq (CNN)Falih Essawi shouted on the phone as he described his situation. From his point of view, ISIS militants might be just hours away from taking the key Iraqi city of Ramadi. Fierce fighting has engulfed Ramadi, which lies only about 70 miles (113 kilometers) west of Baghdad and is the capital of...	A U.S. military official tells CNN the fall of Ramadi is "not imminent" Official in Ramadi says it's unclear how long government forces can hold out there . He begs the Iraqi government for reinforcements and the U.S.-led coalition for airstrikes .
(CNN)#UporDown? That's the trending question on social media, thanks to a photo of a cat coming down some stairs. Or is it going up some stairs? (And you thought you were done with this kind of optical illusion free-for-all after #TheDress.) The picture was apparently uploaded on Imgur a few days ago and has caught fir...	The Internet is raging about a cat going #UporDown . The debate is fueled by an optical illusion photo . The story brings to mind the furor over #TheDress .
(CNN)The United States and its negotiating partners reached a very strong framework agreement with Iran in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Thursday that limits Iran's nuclear program in such a way as to effectively block it from building a nuclear weapon. Expect pushback anyway, if the recent past is any harbinger. Just last...	Richard Klass: Iran framework agreement on nukes is strong, but opponents will cast doubts on this and try to obscure its facts . He says the deal would cut uranium stockpile, centrifuges, implement rigorous inspections; it should be judged on merits, not disinformation .
(The Hollywood Reporter)Geoffrey Lewis, a prolific character actor who appeared opposite frequent collaborator Clint Eastwood as his pal Orville Boggs in "Every Which Way But Loose" and its sequel, has died. He was 79. Lewis, the father of Oscar-nominated actress Juliette Lewis, died Tuesday, family friend Michael Hend...	Geoffrey Lewis appeared in many movies, TV shows . Actor was frequently collaborator with Clint Eastwood . Actress Juliette Lewis, his daughter, called him "my hero"
(CNN)There was a larger message in the article about a purported gang rape that Rolling Stone retracted on Sunday night -- a part of the story that was never disputed: The University of Virginia is under continuing investigation over how it handles sexual assault on campus. The school has never expelled a single studen...	University of Virginia is under continuing investigation over how it handles sexual assault on campus . Some fear retraction of Rolling Stone story about one case takes focus off the broader issue . After the story came out, UVA instituted a zero-tolerance policy on sexual assault going forward .
(CNN)Most climbers who try don't succeed in summiting the 29,035-foot-high Mount Everest, the world's tallest peak. But they do leave their trash. Thousands of pounds of it. That's why an experienced climbing group from the Indian army plans to trek up the 8,850-meter mountain to pick up at least 4,000 kilograms (more ...	Generations of Everest climbers have left tons of trash . The Indian army plans to remove at least 4,000 kilograms from the peak .
Delhi (CNN)An international human rights group is calling for an independent investigation of the killings by police of 20 suspected red sandalwood smugglers in southeastern India. "There must be a criminal investigation to determine whether the police used excessive force, and whether the killings amount to 'fake enco...	Amnesty calls for probe of India police shooting of 20 suspected smugglers . Police decline comment, saying "investigation is still going on" India's National Human Rights Commission says incident involved "serious violation of human rights of the individuals."
(CNN)American suburbanites who can do all their shopping without getting wet, driving from point-to-point or looking for a new place to park, can give much of the credit to Alfred Taubman. Taubman, a real estate developer who helped change the face of suburban life by popularizing upscale indoor shopping malls, died Fr...	Alfred Taubman, who died Friday, was active in philanthropy and worth an estimated $3.1 billion . Amid suburban boom of the '50s, he realized people would need places to shop: "...we couldn't miss" We was convicted in 2002 of trying to rig auction house commissions; he maintained he was innocent .
(CNN)Jason Rezaian has sat in jail in Iran for nearly nine months. The Washington Post's bureau chief in Tehran was arrested in July on unspecified allegations. It took more than four months for a judge to hear charges against him. They remained publicly undisclosed until last week. The Iranian-American will be tried s...	Officers arrested Jason Rezaian and his wife in July on unspecified allegations . It took months to charge him; charges were made public last week . The Washington Post and the State Department find the charges "absurd"
(CNN)Chris Copeland of the Indiana Pacers was stabbed after leaving a trendy New York nightclub early Wednesday, and two Atlanta Hawks -- who had just finished a home game hours before the incident -- were among those arrested, according to police and CNN affiliates. The Hawks were not involved in the stabbing incident...	Hawks say neither Thabo Sefolosha nor Pero Antic will play Wednesday against Brooklyn . Chris Copeland left "bloody trail of handprints" as he returned to club seeking help, club says . Suspect in custody, police say, adding they will release his name once charges are filed .
(CNN)If you cared deeply about something, would you protest? Make a sign? Join a demonstration? How long could you keep going for, in the face of indifference and inaction? When more than 200 Nigerian girls were kidnapped from their school a year ago by Boko Haram militants, millions of people around the world joined a...	Some 276 girls were kidnapped from their school in northeastern Nigeria by Boko Haram a year ago . Mass abduction prompted global outcry, with protesters around the world under the #BringBackOurGirls banner . Charles Alasholuyi has held up a #BringBackOurGirls sign almost every day since, to keep up awareness .
(CNN)Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson will be reinstated as an active player by the NFL on Friday, the league said. The NFL suspended the 30-year-old football star in November over allegations that last May he disciplined his son, who was 4 at the time, too harshly with a "switch," or thin stick. In a let...	Adrian Peterson had been suspended after pleading guilty to misdemeanor reckless assault . NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell requires him to keep going to counseling, other treatment . Minnesota Vikings, 7-9 last season, say they look forward to him rejoining the team .
(CNN)They're not gonna take it anymore. Really. Twisted Sister says that its 2016 tour will be its last, according to a press release. Next year marks the band's 40th anniversary, and to celebrate, the tour is being titled "Forty and F*ck It." "It's official: Farewell," Twisted Sister singer Dee Snider posted on Facebo...	Twisted Sister's 2016 tour will be its last . Band will celebrate 40 years in 2016 . Twisted Sister drummer A.J. Pero died in March .
(CNN)Video may have killed the radio star, but in Norway it's digital that's killing FM radio. In two years' time, the Scandinavian nation is slated to become the first in the world to phase out radio entirely. That doesn't mean that Norwegians will be left with radio silence; they'll merely have to tune in digitally. ...	On FM, Norwegians can only find five stations . Digitally, there are four times that number .
(CNN)People have long underestimated the athleticism necessary for golf. But over the last decade, with fit golfers like Tiger Woods, Adam Scott, and now Jordan Spieth all winning the Masters, the training perspective on golf is shifting. There's a particular emphasis on the functional movement required to execute the ...	During the Masters, Jordan Spieth demonstrated optimal movement to enhance swing power and fluid control . When golfers have mobility limitations they compensate with their low back and knees, which often leads to pain and injury .
(CNN)"Success Kid" is likely the Internet's most famous baby. You've seen him in dozens of memes, fist clenched in a determined look of persevering despite the odds. Success Kid -- now an 8-year-old named Sammy Griner -- needs a little bit of that mojo to rub off on his family. His dad, Justin, needs a kidney transpla...	The GoFundMe campaign has already topped its $75,000 goal . Justin Griner, the dad of "Success Kid," needs a kidney transplant .
(CNN)Two Delaware boys are in a coma and their father still is unable to talk or move two weeks after they became sick -- perhaps from pesticide exposure, federal officials say -- during a trip to the U.S. Virgin Islands, their lawyer said Saturday. Steve Esmond, his teenage sons and the teens' mother fell ill more tha...	A Delaware family becomes ill at the Sirenusa resort in the U.S. Virgin Islands . Preliminary EPA results find methyl bromide was present in the unit where they stayed . The U.S. Justice Department begins a criminal investigation into the matter .
(CNN)Buzz has surrounded HBO's new documentary "Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief," but Scientologist John Travolta is not a fan. Travolta told the Tampa Bay Times that he has not seen the documentary, "and I don't really care to." "I've been so happy with my (Scientology) experience in the last 40 year...	The actor says he's not planning on seeing the buzzed-about documentary . He called Scientology "brilliant" Travolta credits the church with helping him deal with his son's death .
(CNN)Larry Johnson remembers the fear and feeling of helplessness from being on the SkyWest Airlines flight that made an emergency landing in Buffalo, New York. "I thought we were done," he said Thursday, one day later. "There was no doubt in my mind that we weren't going to land." Johnson was flying with his brother, ...	Three passengers report a loss of consciousness on SkyWest flight . But officials say there is no evidence of a pressurization problem .
Washington (CNN)In a broad bipartisan vote, the Senate on Tuesday gave final approval to a Medicare reform bill that includes a permanent solution to the "doc fix," a method the government has used to ensure payments to Medicare providers will keep up with inflation. The bill, which passed 92 to 8, also includes a two-...	Bill passes 92 to 8; passage came just hours before cuts to physicians would have taken place . GOP presidential candidates Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio vote against the bill, candidate Rand Paul votes for it .
Sao Paulo, Brazil (CNN)Brazilian police have arrested the treasurer of the ruling Workers' Party, bringing the bribery investigation at the state-run oil company Petrobras a step closer to President Dilma Rousseff. Federal police arrested Joao Vaccari Neto at his home in Sao Paulo on Wednesday morning. Vaccari faces ch...	A top official with President Dilma Rousseff's ruling party is arrested in bribery probe . Joao Vaccari Neto denies wrongdoing, says all donations were legal . Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians have protested against Rousseff in the last few months .
(CNN)Fans of the late actor Paul Walker knew that watching him in "Furious 7" would be bittersweet. Even so, many moviegoers said the final scenes of the new film, which earned a record $146 million over the weekend, still packed an emotional wallop. "Not gonna lie, I shed a few tears at the end of Furious 7. The tribu...	Moviegoers are tearing up during the emotional ending of "Furious 7" The movie's end is a tribute of sorts to actor Paul Walker, who died during filming .
(CNN)The lawyer for Robert Bates, an Oklahoma reserve deputy who fatally shot a man he meant to subdue with a Taser, on Saturday released documents that he says verify some of Bates' training as a law enforcement officer. The documents show Bates had one Taser training class over a six-and-a-half-year period, took thr...	Reserve deputy Robert Bates said he meant to use a Taser but accidentally shot and killed a man . Lawyer for slain man's family says Bates wasn't qualified to be on the force and received preferential treatment . "Robert Bates has met all the requisite training required by Oklahoma to be a reserve deputy," Bates' lawye...
(The Hollywood Reporter)"The Rocky Horror Picture Show" is the latest musical getting the small-screen treatment. Fox is developing a two-hour remake of the 1975 cult classic to be directed, executive-produced and choreographed by Kenneth Ortega ("High School Musical"). The project, tentatively titled "The Rocky Horror...	Fox plans to make a TV movie of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" Some of the producers behind the original film are involved . TV is in the midst of a musical craze .
(CNN)On the stage of a TV studio in Phnom Penh, Cambodian-American Ly Sivhong is telling an engrossed audience a tragic, but familiar, story. On April 17, 1975 -- 40 years ago today -- life as Ly knew it was shattered when her hometown, the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, fell to the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime of th...	Phnom Penh, the Cambodian capital, fell to the genocidal Khmer Rouge 40 years ago today . At least 1.7 million people were killed in the subsequent four years, before the regime was driven out . Decades on, the country is still struggling to gain justice for victims and heal from the genocide .
(CNN)Let's start with a pop quiz (space junkies can skip this test). True or False, Mercury is: . 1) The planet closest to the sun in our solar system . 2) So hot that water couldn't possibly exist there . 3) Something used in old-style glass thermometers . 4) A planet you don't think about very often . Answers: True, ...	Spacecraft to crash on Mercury this month . MESSENGER probe has been in orbit since 2011 .
(CNN)Pope Francis reminded the world of the Vatican's status as a state and his role as a moral diplomat in his traditional speech given at the end of Easter Mass. The Pontiff lamented the suffering of people in the conflicts currently making headlines and called for violence everywhere to end. Foremost, he asked that ...	The Pontiff laments the suffering of people in conflicts currently making headlines . Foremost, he asks that bloodshed end in Iraq and Syria .
(CNN)It takes a village to raise a triathlete. Since returning home from our kickoff weekend where we got to experience life as a full-time triathlete, I've been juggling training life with a full-time job, hectic commute and time with friends and family. With my Fit Nation teammates spread far and wide, this was a sol...	Working out in a group of friends inspired Fit Nation participant Erica Moore .
(CNN)Where do you go from here? The fourth season of "Game of Thrones" saw massive battles, major deaths (Tywin!) and White Walkers, but what can fans expect Sunday as we head into a fifth season of one of the most popular shows in HBO history? It's the most high-profile premiere yet, airing simultaneously in 170 count...	The smash hit series "Game of Thrones" returns for a fifth season Sunday . Major story arcs should start to converge this year .
(CNN)WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has agreed to be interviewed by Swedish prosecutors in London, his lawyer in Sweden told CNN. Assange has been holed up in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London since June 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden, where prosecutors want to question him about 2010 allegations that he raped on...	The WikiLeaks founder is wanted for questioning over sexual abuse claims; he denies the allegations . Assange has been holed up in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London since June 2012 .
(CNN)It's the kind of thing you see in movies, like Robert Redford's role in "All Is Lost" or Ang Lee's "Life of Pi." But, in real life, it's hard to swallow the idea of a single person being stranded at sea for days, weeks, if not months and somehow living to talk about it. Miracles do happen, though, and not just in ...	A South Carolina man says he spent 66 days alone at sea before being rescued . Other sole survivor stories include a Japanese man washed away by a tsunami . An El Salvador man says he drifted from Mexico to Marshall Islands over a year .
(CNN)They used to do the guarding at Florida prisons. Now they're the ones behind bars. Two Florida corrections officers and one former officer trainee have been charged in a plot to kill a former inmate who was getting out of prison, the Florida Attorney General's office said Thursday. An FBI informant met the men -- ...	The men are current or former Florida prison guards . They are charged with one count of conspiracy to commit murder .
(CNN)A brutal raid on the Garissa University College in Kenya has left nearly 150 people dead -- including students -- and dozens more wounded. Gunmen attacked the campus early Thursday as morning prayers were underway, shooting indiscriminately and taking hostages before being killed by security forces, officials sai...	Al-Shabaab is an al-Qaeda-linked militant group based in Somalia . It claimed responsibility for the deadly attack at a Kenyan mall in September 2013 . The group has recruited some Americans .
(CNN)Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Robert Finn, who remained on the job for years after becoming the highest-ranking U.S. Catholic official convicted in connection with the church's long-running sex abuse scandal, the Vatican announced Tuesday. Finn, who led the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, ...	Expert: Decision "doesn't look very urgent," but it appears "well-timed" for Pope Francis . Robert Finn remained a bishop after a 2012 conviction for failure to report abuse . Leader of watchdog group calls the Pope's decision "a good step but just the beginning"
Washington (CNN)This week is the 100th anniversary of what many historians acknowledge as the Armenian genocide -- the Turkish massacre of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians . And it's also the seventh year in a row President Barack Obama has broken his promise to use the word "genocide" to describe the atrocity. It's ...	Obama promised Armenian-Americans he would call the atrocity genocide during the 2008 campaign. The White House views Turkey as a more crucial ally than Armenia. Pope Francis, actor George Clooney, and even the Kardashians have taken the moral position, calling it the Armenian genocide.
(CNN)When drinkers in Clayton's, a beachfront bar in South Padre Island, Texas, belly up for a round of shots, bartender Casey Belue can usually guess what they'll order. It comes in a yellow-labeled bottle with a fire-breathing demon on it. It tastes like Big Red chewing gum. It's Fireball Cinnamon Whisky, and lately ...	Fireball Cinnamon Whisky is the fastest-growing big brand of liquor in America . The liquor has dethroned Jagermeister as America's party shot of choice . Whisky expert: "Fireball is an incredible phenomenon. The growth ... has just been astounding"
(CNN)You probably never knew her name, but you were familiar with her work. Betty Whitehead Willis, the designer of the iconic "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign, died over the weekend. She was 91. Willis played a major role in creating some of the most memorable neon work in the city. The Neon Museum also credits h...	Willis never trademarked her most-famous work, calling it "my gift to the city" She created some of the city's most famous neon work .
(CNN)You know the phrase "dodging a bullet"? Forget about it. Probably not going to happen anymore. The U.S. military said this week it has made great progress in its effort to develop a self-steering bullet. In February, the "smart bullets" -- .50-caliber projectiles equipped with optical sensors -- passed their most ...	.50-caliber bullets equipped with optical sensors can follow moving targets . The "smart bullets" can help shooters compensate for high winds . The goal of the program is to give shooters greater range and make American troops safer .
(CNN)One war was enough for Gregory Margolin. Now 87 years old, he was a 16-year-old Jewish recruit when he fought in the Soviet Red Army. As he fought the Nazis in World War II, his family fled. "I did not show that I was Jewish," Margolin says. "But it did not matter because people were being killed left and right. A...	International Fellowship of Christians and Jews has brought 600 Jews to Israel since December . The Margolin family is among them; their home in Eastern Ukraine was bombed .
(CNN)Larry Upright died just one day after Hillary Clinton announced she was running for president. And in his obituary, his family made just two requests: please donate to a children's hospital, and please don't vote for Clinton. Upright, a staunch Republican, died Monday at a North Carolina hospital. He was 81. "In l...	Larry Upright's family says he would enjoy the request . Some vow to honor it, but others say they'll still vote for Hillary Clinton .
(CNN)Anthony Ray Hinton is 58 years old. But in many ways, he is new to the world -- at least the one we know. Little things like using a fork, going out at night, tucking into bed without anyone checking on you; they're all strange for someone like Hinton who spent nearly 30 years on Alabama's death row. Until one wee...	Anthony Ray Hinton was freed Apri 3, decades after conviction for two murders . Things like using a fork, getting used to the dark are challenges now that he's out . He says his sense of humor helped him survive 30 years in prison .
Beijing (CNN)A day after the Chinese government released five young feminists on bail, their families and supporters expressed mixed emotions on the unexpected development. Wei Tingting, Wang Man, Zheng Churan, Li Tingting and Wu Rongrong were freed from the Haidian Detention Center on the outskirts of Beijing late Mon...	Wei Tingting, Wang Man, Zheng Churan, Li Tingting and Wu Rongrong freed . They're still considered suspects in an ongoing criminal investigation, may face charges in the future . They will be under surveillance for a year with their movements and activities restricted .
(CNN)The listeria outbreak that prompted Blue Bell Creameries to recall their entire product line dates to 2010, according to the Centers for Disease Control. After weeks of gradual recalls, the company recalled all its ice cream, frozen yogurt, sherbet and other frozen treats sold in 23 states because they could be co...	NEW This is a multistate outbreak "occurring over several years," the CDC says . CDC says 3 people died from bacteria believed to have come from Blue Bell . "We are heartbroken about this situation," Blue Bell CEO and president says .
(CNN)Can a prayer for diamonds actually turn up a gem? When you're exploring the fields at Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro, Arkansas, the odds are higher than usual. "Are you going to bless me and let me find a diamond today?" That was Susie Clark's prayer on April 23, according to the state park service....	Arkansas woman finds a 3.69-carat diamond in Arkansas state park . Crater of Diamonds is the planet's only public diamond search site .
Los Angeles (CNN)Former rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight pleaded not guilty Thursday to murder and all other charges related to a fatal hit-and-run incident in January in Compton, California. His attorney asked the court to further reduce Knight's bail, now set at $10 million, but Los Angeles County Judge Ronald Coen den...	Former rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight is accused of murder in a videotaped hit-and-run . Judge declines to reduce his bail from $10 million .
(CNN)A mysterious affliction has killed as many as 18 people in southwestern Nigeria, leaving health officials scrambling to determine its cause. The cases have all occurred in Nigeria's Ondo state since April 13, health officials said Sunday. Dr. Dayo Adeyanju, Ondo's state commissioner for health, said 18 people have...	18 dead and 5 being treated, Nigeria says . Locally brewed alcohol is suspected . Some patients have died within hours .
Garissa, Kenya (CNN)First came the gunshots. Then the footsteps, as Al-Shabaab militants followed her into her dorm room. Cynthia Cheroitich went into a closet, covering herself with clothes. Her two roommates hid under their beds, until the gunmen called them out. "(The gunmen) told them if you don't know to read to t...	Bodies of suspected gunmen paraded in front of crowd in Garissa . Kenya's President slams those who finance and support groups like Al-Shabaab . Al-Shabaab threatens "another bloodbath" in Kenya .
(CNN)Editor's Note (July 8, 2015) -- Questions have arisen about the identity of the girl who Dr. Sanjay Gupta helped operate on during a week in Nepal in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake. CNN is looking into those questions and will update our coverage as warranted. Gupta helped doctors at Bir Hospital in Kat...	Patients flood hospitals in Nepalese capital after devastating earthquake . CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta helps with girl's operation at Nepalese medical team's request . "This is as bad a situation as I've ever seen," Gupta says .
(CNN)"Star Wars" fans will get more than they bargained for when the saga comes to digital HD on Friday. The collection of the first six "Star Wars" movies will also include many special features, some of which give fans a rare glimpse behind the scenes of the saga. One focus of the features will be the sound effects o...	The "Star Wars" digital collection is set for release this week . Special features include behind-the-scenes stories on the unique alien sounds from the movie .
(CNN)For years, Warren Weinstein's family frantically searched for details about his whereabouts and pushed for his release. His wife said she was still searching for answers Thursday after U.S. officials revealed the 73-year-old American aid worker had been accidentally killed in a U.S. drone strike targeting al Qaeda...	Warren Weinstein's wife says the family is still searching for answers . Officials say Weinstein and another al Qaeda hostage were accidentally killed in a U.S. drone strike . Gunmen abducted the USAID contractor from his home in Pakistan in 2011 .
(CNN)Eight Iranian border guards have been killed in clashes with militants near the border with Pakistan, Iranian state media reported. Three of the militants were killed by Iranian forces in the fighting Monday in the southeastern town of Negur, the state-run news agency IRNA reported. The news agency cited Ali Asgha...	The Pakistani government says its security agencies are investigating . A group believed to be based in Pakistan's Balochistan province claims responsibility .
(CNN)ISIS operatives have executed two groups of prisoners, believed to be Ethiopian Christians, in Libya, according to a video released Sunday by the terror network's media arm. The Ethiopian government confirmed Monday that 30 of its citizens were among the two groups, according to the Ethiopian News Agency. The al-F...	Footage shows groups of captives in jumpsuits executed at 2 locations, narrator says . Video makes numerous references to Christians failing to pay tax or tribute to Muslims .
(CNN)Discovery of the body of a young girl who may have been dead for weeks has led to the arrest of her teen sister -- herself a mother -- and a search for the girls' parents, who may be in California with five other children, police in North Las Vegas, Nevada, said. The investigation began Wednesday when the 4-month-...	Parents wanted for questioning after girl's body found at home . North Las Vegas police: 3-year-old had been dead for at least a few weeks . 17-year-old sibling is held in case .
(CNN)The United Nations is appealing for $174 million to help Nigerian refugees who've fled to neighboring nations following militant attacks. Boko Haram has killed thousands in the nation's northeast by attacking villages, schools, churches and mosques. It has also kidnapped students, including more than 200 schoolgir...	Boko Haram has killed thousands in the nation's northeast since 2009 . Aid agencies are scrambling to provide the refugees with clean water, shelter, food and education .
(CNN)Ten years ago, a prosecutor in Centre County, Pennsylvania, took a day off work and vanished. Since then, the case of Ray Gricar has become one of the most intriguing and talked about missing persons stories in the country. Investigators have taken dives to the bottom of lakes, dug up a grave, chased more than 300...	Prosecutor Ray Gricar has been missing for 10 years . His laptop and hard drive were found too damaged to read . Gricar has been declared legally dead .
(CNN)On the surface, the mix-up seems incomprehensible: How can a volunteer sheriff's deputy accidentally fire a handgun instead of a Taser, killing a man? That's apparently what happened in Tulsa, Oklahoma, when a 73-year-old reserve deputy, Robert Bates, killed Eric Harris. Bates said he meant to use his stun gun but...	Attorney: Robert Bates assumed the gun was a Taser because he saw a laser sight on it . Harris family lawyers say there are stark differences between the gun and Taser used . In 2009, an officer in California also said he mistakenly used his gun instead of a Taser .
(CNN)Rebekah Gregory blinked back tears as she thought about the verdict. It had been almost two years since Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his brother planted bombs at the Boston Marathon, setting off deadly explosions that wounded her and hundreds of others. In court last month, she testified that one of the blasts on that da...	Survivor Jeff Bauman stresses "we will never replace the lives that were lost" A man who was at the finish line is glad Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is now a "convicted killer" "Justice has been served today," says a once wounded police officer .
(CNN)Film critic Richard Corliss, whose populist passion for all genres of movies illuminated Time magazine's coverage of cinema for 35 years, died Thursday night in New York City. He was 71. Corliss died a week after suffering a major stroke, according to a tribute on Time's website by colleague Richard Zoglin, who ca...	Veteran Time magazine film critic Richard Corliss died Thursday night in New York City . Corliss reviewed more than 1,000 movies and authored four books on film .

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