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Andy Borowitz | Vladimir Putin Concedes Defeat in Pennsylvania Special Election 
Vladimir Putin. (photo: Getty)
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "Calling the result 'close but no cigar,' Vladimir Putin has conceded defeat in Tuesday night's special congressional election in Pennsylvania."
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The sanctions announced Thursday represent the Trump administration's most significant actions to date against Russia for its aggression against the United States. (photo: Jorge Silva/Getty)
The sanctions announced Thursday represent the Trump administration's most significant actions to date against Russia for its aggression against the United States. (photo: Jorge Silva/Getty)







Trump Administration Sanctions Russian Spies, Trolls Over US Election Interference, Cyber Attacks
Ellen Nakashima, The Washington Post
Nakashima writes: "The Trump administration on Thursday imposed fresh financial sanctions on Russian government hackers and spy agencies to punish Moscow for interfering in the 2016 presidential election, and for a cyberattack against Ukraine and other countries last year that officials have characterized as 'the most destructive and costly' in history."
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Senator Dianne Feinstein. (photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty)
Senator Dianne Feinstein. (photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty)

Dianne Feinstein Calls for Release of Trump CIA Pick's Torture Documents
Jordain Carney, The Hill
Carney writes: "Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) is urging the CIA to release documents related to Gina Haspel, President Trump's nominee to lead the spy agency, and her involvement in post-9/11 torture program."
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Students sit in silence as they rally in front of the White House in Washington, Wednesday. (photo: Carolyn Kaster/AP)
Students sit in silence as they rally in front of the White House in Washington, Wednesday. (photo: Carolyn Kaster/AP)

Here's How Some Schools Punished Students for Walking Out to Protest Gun Violence
Salvador Hernandez and Brianna Sacks, BuzzFeed
Excerpt: "As thousands of students walked out on Wednesday to protest gun violence, some schools went to great lengths to punish kids or prevent them from taking part in the nationwide demonstration."
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The death chamber at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. Any attempt to change the method used to execute inmates in Oklahoma is certain to trigger a flurry of legal challenges. (photo: Sue Ogrocki/AP)
The death chamber at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. Any attempt to change the method used to execute inmates in Oklahoma is certain to trigger a flurry of legal challenges. (photo: Sue 

Oklahoma Death Penalty: State Plans to Execute Inmates With Experimental Method
Associated Press
Excerpt: "After trying unsuccessfully for months to obtain lethal injection drugs, Oklahoma officials said on Wednesday they plan to use nitrogen gas to execute inmates once the state resumes using the death penalty, marking the first time a US state would use the gas to carry out capital punishment."
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A man pulls a cart with a woman sitting on it as people flee the rebel-held town of Hammouriyeh, in the village of Beit Sawa, eastern Ghouta, Syria, March 15, 2018. (photo: Omar Sanadiki/Reuters)
A man pulls a cart with a woman sitting on it as people flee the rebel-held town of Hammouriyeh, in the village of Beit Sawa, eastern Ghouta, Syria, March 15, 2018. (photo: Omar Sanadiki/Reuters)

Thousands Flee in First Mass Exodus From Syria's Besieged Eastern Ghouta
Reuters
Excerpt: "Thousands of Syrian civilians fled from a rebel pocket in eastern Ghouta on Thursday, crossing by foot to army positions in the first mass exodus from the besieged enclave since Syrian government forces launched an assault to capture it a month ago."
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Rose Siccana burns sage at the front of the Protect the Inlet rally in metro Vancouver on March 10. Thousands of Indigenous leaders and concerned citizens marched in the streets to voice their opposition to the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline, which would more than double the amount of oil traveling from the Alberta tar sands to Vancouver, B.C. (photo: Janice Cantieri/YES! Magazine)
Rose Siccana burns sage at the front of the Protect the Inlet rally in metro Vancouver on March 10. Thousands of Indigenous leaders and concerned citizens marched in the streets to voice their opposition to the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline, which would more than double the amount of oil traveling from the Alberta tar sands to Vancouver, B.C. (photo: Janice Cantieri/YES! Magazine)

Tribes Build a Traditional Watch House to Stop Kinder Morgan Pipeline Expansion
Janice Cantieri, YES! Magazine
Cantieri writes: "At Kwekwecnewtxw, or 'a place to watch from,' in Burnaby, B.C., tribal elders are holding ceremonies and keeping watch over the construction of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion."
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