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Deadly Day on Everest
A morning avalanche near a base camp on the world's highest peak has left at least 12 Nepalese guides dead and left several others missing in what has become one of the deadliest accidents in Mount Everest's history
Defiance in Eastern Ukraine
The pro-Russian militants occupying government buildings in the restive region refuse to leave until the interim government in Kiev resigns
Suicides Hit Special Ops
The head of Special Operations Command says more than a decade of "hard combat" is taking a tough toll on the mental health of his elite troops
Grief Turns Into Anger in South Korea
Relatives of those aboard the sunken Sewol ferry are asking whether the crew could have saved more lives by reacting sooner as reports emerge that the vice principal of the high school that accounted for many of the passengers hanged himself after being rescued
Ole Miss Frat Chapter Shut After Racist Prank
Sigma Phi Epsilon is closed at the University of Mississippi after three members were expelled on suspicion of tying a noose around a statue of a civil rights icon, who was the institution's first black student
Zuck-backed Immigration Group Targets Congressman
A pro-immigration reform group supported by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will launch a TV and digital ad campaign against Iowa Republican Rep. Steve King for his comments about not wanting immigrants to earn permanent residency if they joined the military
Obama Political Guru Helping Britain's Labour Party
David Axelrod will serve as the party's "senior strategic advisor" to help get opposition leader Ed Miliband elected Prime Minister in 2015, but it won't be easy: Prime Minister David Cameron already hired Obama's former campaign manager for his own bid
Gabriel García Márquez Dies at 87
The Colombian author's book One Hundred Years of Solitude established him as the defining member of a movement known as magic realism. A Nobel laureate, García Márquez died on April 17 having inspired an entire generation of Latin literature
Shinzo Abe Talks China, Patriotism and WWII
Japan's Prime Minister spoke to TIME managing editor Nancy Gibbs and East Asia correspondent Hannah Beech on a wide range of topics, from his country's relationships with the U.S. and China to the lessons he took from his family's political past
Suspect Arrested in Kansas City Highway Shootings
Local police have arrested but not yet charged a man in his late twenties who's suspected in the string of shootings around Kansas City over the past six weeks that have targeted people on highways at night and left at least three injured as residents remain on edge
Obamacare Enrollment Hits 8 Million
President Obama has announced that more than 8 million Americans have signed up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act's marketplaces, considerably over initial predictions. More than a quarter are aged between 18 and 34
No Parking: GM's Recalled Cars Can Stay on the Road
Whether General Motors should take its recalled cars off the road is up to federal transportation authorities, a judge has ruled, marking a victory for the company as it faces a legal battle related to the recall of 2.6 million vehicles over faulty ignition switches
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Killer's Life Spared Just Before Hanging
Hundreds of people are executed every year in Iran, but Balal will not be one of them, thanks to the actions of his victim's mother. Photographer Arash Khamooshi captured the unexpected moment in the northern Iranian city of Nowshahr
