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Andy Borowitz | Sinclair TV Anchor Suddenly Begins Reading News in Russian 
News anchor. (photo: Getty)
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "Viewers of the Sinclair station in Akron were startled on Monday when a longtime news anchor, Carol Foyler, inexplicably began reading the evening news report in Russian."
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US troops in Northern Syria. (photo: ABC News)
US troops in Northern Syria. (photo: ABC News)






Karen DeYoung, The Washington Post
DeYoung writes: "President Trump has instructed military leaders to prepare to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria but has not set a date for them to do so, according to a senior administration official."
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Striking sanitation workers and their supporters are flanked by bayonet-wielding National Guard troops and armored vehicles during a march on City Hall in Memphis, Tenn., on March 29, 1968, one day after a similar march erupted in violence, leaving one person dead and several injured. (photo: Charlie Kelly/AP)
Striking sanitation workers and their supporters are flanked by bayonet-wielding National Guard troops and armored vehicles during a march on City Hall in Memphis, Tenn., on March 29, 1968, one day after a similar march erupted in violence, leaving one person dead and several injured. (photo: Charlie Kelly/AP)

When MLK Was Killed, He Was in Memphis Fighting for Economic Justice
Debbie Elliott, NPR




Elliott writes: "Before the motel, the shooting, the riots and the mourning, there was the Memphis sanitation workers' strike."
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Teachers in Revolt: Meet the Educators in Kentucky and Oklahoma Walking Out Over School Funding
Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "Schools across Oklahoma are closed today for a third day as teachers continue their strike demanding more funding for education and increased pay. Meanwhile, thousands of teachers continue to protest in Kentucky."
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Gov. Scott Walker. (photo: Joshua Roberts/Getty)
Gov. Scott Walker. (photo: Joshua Roberts/Getty)

Big Win by Liberals in Wisconsin Is Bad News for GOP and Scott Walker
Harry Enten, CNN
Enten writes: "In another major pre-midterm election, the left has won again - this time in a race for the Wisconsin Supreme Court."
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Peaceful protesters gather in Gaza for the Great Return March, where Israel opened fire, killing 15 and injuring hundreds. (photo: Jack Guez/Getty)
Peaceful protesters gather in Gaza for the Great Return March, where Israel opened fire, killing 15 and injuring hundreds. (photo: Jack Guez/Getty)

Human Rights Watch | Israel's Gaza Killings Were Unlawful, Calculated
Human Rights Watch
Excerpt: "Senior Israeli officials who unlawfully called for use of live ammunition against Palestinian demonstrations who posed no imminent threat to life bear responsibility for the killings of 14 demonstrators in Gaza and the injuring of hundreds on March 30, 2018, Human Rights Watch said today."
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"We are tired and frustrated," says Angela Hickmon of Flint, right during a rally where about 100 people demanded not to have to pay for water that has been tainted by lead in downtown Flint. (photo: Romain Blanquart/Detroit Free Press)

Flint Residents Are Being Punished for Not Paying for Poisoned Water



Anthony Baxter, Guardian UK
Baxter writes: "Nakiya Wakes, who lives in Flint, refuses to pay for the water supply that made her family sick. Because she owes $1,983.59 to the city of Flint in unpaid water bills, the city cut off her water supply last month."
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