The True Story Behind the Movie Chappaquiddick

What to know about the true story of the Chappaquiddick scandal and how it prevented Senator Ted Kennedy from running for President

Gun store employee says YouTube shooter did not stand out

SAN DIEGO (AP) — An employee at a San Diego gun store where a woman bought the pistol used to shoot three people at YouTube headquarters said there was nothing remarkable about the transaction, a newspaper reports.

Sacramento protesters demonstrate against police shooting of Stephon Clark

Black Lives Matter protesters took to the streets during a march and demonstration in front of the offices of District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert on April 4, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif. It’s the latest in a series of protests following the March 18 police shooting of 22-year-old Stephon Clark.

America vs. China in South China Sea: Aircraft Carrier Face-Off Now In the Cards?

China’s only aircraft carrier in service, the Liaoning, is now in the South China Sea for a six-day drill that began on Thursday, state papers have confirmed. Reuters has also reported that the Liaoning strike group has sailed into waters close to the southern province of Hainan, flanked by 40 other warships and submarines, as seen in a satellite image. Observers believe these vessels may be from the People’s Liberation Army Navy’s three major fleets, as Beijing wants a variety of vessels from different naval command regions to sail with the Liaoning to hone their inter-fleet interoperability.

Stranger finds young girl’s letter to late father, helps her achieve a dream

After the death of her father, 11-year-old Emily started writing a yearly letter and sending it skyward to him with a balloon. After one was found miles away, the kindness of a stranger helped Emily accomplish her dream.

Brazil's defiant Lula expected to surrender to police Saturday

SAO BERNARDO DO CAMPO, Brazil (Reuters) - Leftist former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva spent the night holed up inside the headquarters of a steel-workers union on Saturday in a standoff with police ordered to arrest him for corruption.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2EqPhqH

Ghouta evacuation stalls over differences among Syria rebels

Al-Wafideen (Syria) (AFP) - Evacuations of rebels and civilians from the last opposition pocket in Syria's Eastern Ghouta stalled on Thursday as divisions continued within the Islamist faction that holds the area, state media said. A convoy of 20 buses organised by the government had entered the former rebel bastion's main town of Douma to prepare for a fourth day of evacuations but later pulled back to the town's outskirts, an AFP correspondent said. Syria's state news agency SANA said the buses left Douma due to "differences between" rebels and "in order to let them sort out by themselves these differences".