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Ukraine Deal in Trouble
Thursday's agreement to calm the crisis in eastern Ukraine already appears tenuous, as Washington and Moscow promptly began bickering over the deal's meaning. "We're looking at all of this skeptically," a senior administration official tells TIME
Ferry Captain Charged
The captain of the ferry that capsized off the coast of South Korea has been charged by prosecutors and taken into custody by police
President Punts on Pipeline
A decision to give executive agencies more time to review plans for the Keystone XL pipeline could push a final decision to after the midterm elections
Turkey's Gul Rules Out Job Swap With Erdogan
The future of Turkish President Abdullah Gul is linked to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has made clear his interest in running for the presidency when the post opens in August. But Gul appeared to cast the idea of a Putin-style job swap
Autopsies Done on 7 Utah Babies Found in Garage
Pleasant Grove police said the medical examiner will review the autopsy reports of seven infants found in cardboard boxes with police and prosecutors. Meanwhile, the woman accused of killing six of the babies was still being held in jail on $6 million bail
Docs: Clinton Looked Into 'Right-Wing Conspiracy'
Decades-old documents released by the National Archives detail the administration's efforts to get to the bottom of what then-first lady Hillary Clinton once called a “vast right-wing conspiracy” to discredit her husband’s presidency
Drought-Affected Calif. Farmers to Get More Water
The Department of Water Resources said it is increasing water allotments from the State Water Project from zero to 5 percent of what water districts have requested. The news comes as the state is experiencing its third consecutive dry year
Obama Signs Bill Barring Terrorist Ambassadors
The bill, sponsored by Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, is a response to Iran selecting Hamid Aboutalebi as its Ambassador to the United Nations. Aboutalebi allegedly participated 1979 Iranian hostage crisis
White House Mum on Bieber Petition
The Obama administration offered a 'no comment' to have Canadian singer Justin Bieber deported from the United States following his recent legal troubles. Almost 275,000 people signed a petition on the White House website in January
Whoopi Pens Column About Her Love for Weed
Writing for The Denver Post, Whoopi Goldberg describes her love affair with her vaporizer pen, which offers relief from severe headaches caused by her glaucoma and allows her to control the amount of THC—the active ingredient in marijuana—she ingests
Dads Have More Leisure Time Than Moms on Weekends
A new Pew analysis shows that while fathers and mothers have about the same amount of leisure time on weekdays, dads get an hour more of it than moms on Saturdays and Sundays (5.5 hours, compared to a mother's 4.5)
Female ‘Penis’ Found on Brazilian Cave Insects
In what is being called the "world's first" instance of gender-reversed genitalia, scientists have found four species of insects with female “penises.” The species live in dry Brazilian caves and feed on bat guano
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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
