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Andy Borowitz | North Carolina Governor Swears in Historic First Class of Bathroom-Enforcement Cadets
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "In a historic ceremony at the state capitol, on Friday, North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory swore in a thousand officers charged with enforcing the state's new public-bathroom regulations."
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Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "In a historic ceremony at the state capitol, on Friday, North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory swore in a thousand officers charged with enforcing the state's new public-bathroom regulations."
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Use 'Weapons of Love' to Fight Evil of Terrorism, Pope Says on Easter
Philip Pullella, Reuters
Pullella writes: "Pope Francis urged the world in his Easter message on Sunday to use the 'weapons of love' to combat the evil of 'blind and brutal violence', following the attacks in Brussels."
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Philip Pullella, Reuters
Pullella writes: "Pope Francis urged the world in his Easter message on Sunday to use the 'weapons of love' to combat the evil of 'blind and brutal violence', following the attacks in Brussels."
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California to Raise Minimum Wage to $15
Evelyn Rupert, The Hill
Rupert writes: "California lawmakers and union leaders have reached a tentative deal to raise the state minimum wage to $15 an hour over the next several years, the Los Angeles Times reports. Gov. Jerry Brown (D) is expected to make the formal announcement as early as Monday."
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Evelyn Rupert, The Hill
Rupert writes: "California lawmakers and union leaders have reached a tentative deal to raise the state minimum wage to $15 an hour over the next several years, the Los Angeles Times reports. Gov. Jerry Brown (D) is expected to make the formal announcement as early as Monday."
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LGBT Rights: Why Republicans and Big Corporations Are on Different Sides
Patrik Jonsson, Christian Science Monitor
Jonsson writes: "The rushed passage of a bill in North Carolina that includes barring towns and cities from allowing transgender women to use the ladies' room pushes the boundaries of state-sanctioned bigotry, several US corporations, including the National Basketball Association, complained this week."
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Patrik Jonsson, Christian Science Monitor
Jonsson writes: "The rushed passage of a bill in North Carolina that includes barring towns and cities from allowing transgender women to use the ladies' room pushes the boundaries of state-sanctioned bigotry, several US corporations, including the National Basketball Association, complained this week."
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Insiders Say NYPD's Nuisance Unit Skirts the Law and Relies on Unconfirmed Allegations
Sarah Ryley, ProPublica and the New York Daily News
Ryley writes: "The law - known as nuisance abatement - uses civil suits to uproot illegal activities conducted in both homes and businesses. Unlike in most cities, the NYPD can initiate these cases by requesting a secret order from a judge closing the premises before the occupants have been notified or given a chance to defend themselves."
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Sarah Ryley, ProPublica and the New York Daily News
Ryley writes: "The law - known as nuisance abatement - uses civil suits to uproot illegal activities conducted in both homes and businesses. Unlike in most cities, the NYPD can initiate these cases by requesting a secret order from a judge closing the premises before the occupants have been notified or given a chance to defend themselves."
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Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 52, Mostly Women, Kids in Pakistan Park
Mubasher Bukhari and Mehreen Zahra-Malik, Reuters
Excerpt: "A suicide bomber killed at least 65 people and injured more than 280 others, mostly women and children, at a public park in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Sunday, striking at the heart of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's political base of Punjab. The blast occurred in the parking area of Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, a few feet away from children's swings."
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Mubasher Bukhari and Mehreen Zahra-Malik, Reuters
Excerpt: "A suicide bomber killed at least 65 people and injured more than 280 others, mostly women and children, at a public park in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Sunday, striking at the heart of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's political base of Punjab. The blast occurred in the parking area of Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, a few feet away from children's swings."
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Carbon Emissions Highest They Have Been in 66 Million Years
Alister Doyle, Scientific American
Doyle writes: "The rate of carbon emissions is higher than at any time in fossil records stretching back 66 million years to the age of the dinosaurs, according to a study on Monday that sounds an alarm about risks to nature from man-made global warming."
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Alister Doyle, Scientific American
Doyle writes: "The rate of carbon emissions is higher than at any time in fossil records stretching back 66 million years to the age of the dinosaurs, according to a study on Monday that sounds an alarm about risks to nature from man-made global warming."
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