headlines
Thursday
24
March
2016
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Belgian ministers offered to resign after criticismPM rejects resignations from interior and justice ministers as police investigate involvement of five suspects -
French police make arrest over 'advanced' terror plotPolice search address in Argenteuil for explosives, as French interior minster confirms person arrested implicated at a ‘high level’ in attack plan
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Sentence for Bosnia genocide exposes continuing divisionsVictims say 40-year sentence is too lenient while many Serbs continue to support man who oversaw 1995 massacre at Srebrenica -
Groundbreaking comedian and actor dies aged 66His art-imitates-life creation, The Larry Sanders Show, inspired artists such as Ricky Gervais and earned the comedian cult status and numerous awards -
highlights
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Who will speak for the American white working class?When you listen to poor people who work with their hands, you hear a uniform frustration and a constant anxiety – but it’s not just about economic issues
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NRA re-writes fairytales to include firearmsSeries of reimagined fairytales have been published on the gun advocacy group’s family website, which see Hansel, Gretel and Little Red Riding Hood sport rifles
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Clinton is beating Sanders. Don't blame the party, blame the peopleProgressives are keen to portray Bernie Sanders as a victim of machinations by party elites. But his real problem is that he isn’t getting enough votes
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Winning is the whole pointOn Human Performance, the Brooklynites have found the lyrical intensity to match their breathless live act. But, with pop – from Beyoncé to Kendrick – as political as ever, do they think rock music can still have something to say?
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Robert Griffin III joins Browns as he bids to restart careerThe Cleveland Browns have started on the post-Johnny Manziel era by signing another high-profile – if risky – quarterback in the form of Robert Griffin III
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Barcelona were transformed by Cruyff not once but twice, and foreverAs a player Johan Cruyff led Barça to their first league title in 14 years; as a manager he led them to their first European Cup. But his legacy goes beyond trophies, to philosophy and identity
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Rams did not draft Sam to avoid Hard Knocks, coach saysRams coach Jeff Fisher has denied as ‘absurd’ the suggestion that the team drafted Michael Sam in 2014 to avoid the intrusion of appearing on HBO’s documentary series Hard Knocks
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67% of players say an MLS team would survive the Premier League. Are they right?Tim Hill: ESPN’s poll of current MLS players yielded some provocative findings and prompted a social-media uproar – but that doesn’t mean it’s wrong
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The GOP's anti-Muslim posturing: evidence of a party gone off the railsThe islamophobia demonstrated by Donald Trump and Ted Cruz in the wake of the Brussels attacks say more about them than about terrorism
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Forcing trans people to use bathrooms that correspond to their sex at birth adds to the discrimination that makes some suicidalNorth Carolina's anti-trans law is downright dangerous
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Demolition crew destroys wrong home after Texas tornadoCompany confused the tornado-damaged home of a Texas woman with that of her neighbor’s, which was scheduled for demolition: ‘They took everything’
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Flint children on the frontline of the water crisisThe lead that leached into the city’s water is known to cause developmental problems but a lack of data is complicating responses to a long-term threat
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Outbreak in Americas could be down to one plane passengerStudy of virus’s evolution shows strains in Americas share a single ancestor, and suggest it could have arrived during the 2013 Fifa Confederations Cup
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Female wrestlers put discrimination in a strangleholdFor decades, indigenous women in Bolivia suffered racism and public abuse. Now wrestling is empowering the country’s cholitas
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in brief
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A step-by-step breakdown of what you need to knowDeloitte’s annual Digital Democracy Survey was released and with it came the usual predictions of what it means for the future – but there were some surprises
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Shonda Rhimes-produced private eye curio is far-fetched but funThe lauded showrunner is back with another potential hit on ABC but this tale of a PI firm might struggle to live up to the appeal of Scandal
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A totally factual scientific explanationTo produce chocolate eggs at Easter them in such abundance involves some extreme and unpleasant scientific processes
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Microsoft scrambles to limit PR damage over abusive AI bot Tay‘Millennial’ chatbot was shut down just 16 hours after she was turned on due to her becoming a genocide-supporting racist
in depth
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Fact-checking presidential candidates' claims about Muslims after BrusselsIn the wake of this week’s terrorist attacks in Brussels, Muslims have yet again become the focus of candidates’ attention – but do they have their facts straight?
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Visiting the south gave one writer some cluesIn his new book, Deep South, Paul Theroux explores the depressed pockets of America that, he says, have incubated an anger and despair fueling Trump’s rise
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Censorship of Aboriginal bodies raises troubling ideas of ‘decency’Facebook happily hosts Kim Kardashian’s cleavage, but suspended users posting images of topless Aboriginal women for ‘violating community standards’. Leigh Alexander wonders, just whose standards are we talking about?
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Kingston, Jamaica – a city born out of wickedness and disasterWhen the devastating earthquake of 1692 ripped through Port Royal, aka the ‘richest and wickedest city in the world’, a very different Caribbean capital rose up in its place. But could Kingston’s rigid grid plan impose order after the chaos?
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US study finds high risk of sexual assaultHuman Rights Watch finds pervasive abuse in ICE detention centers, including repeated strip-searches, despite efforts to protect vulnerable population
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The homeless refugee speaking out for female asylum seekersSomali refugee Mariam Ibrahim Yusuf campaigns for greater awareness of asylum seekers, despite being homeless and destitute herself
How to solve a murder - Amazon Bosch
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A killer attacked a Los Angeles teen in 1980 and got away with it. Detectives on the cold case are racing to find himCalifornia cop haunted by 35-year-old unsolved murder -
'It's a tough job, but it's an awesome job,' says the LAPD's Tim MarciaCops under pressure: how homicide detectives handle stress -
Old-school assumptions about guilt and innocence don’t cut it in modern detective workHow police interrogate murder suspects -
Listen to LAPD Detective Tim Marcia talk about solving homicide cases and catching some of California’s worst criminalsCold case podcast: California cop talks murder and mystery
video & pictures
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Artist makes Donald Trump portrait out of pig snout and sheep eyesDonald Trump is known for collecting art – of himself. But it’s unlikely you’ll see this piece around any of his palatial homes
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Batman v Superman stars Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill: 'Batman's like Hamlet'The stars of Zack Snyder’s superhero grudge match, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, talk to Andrew Pulver
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Transgender life in jail and on the streetFilm-maker Nick Leader meets transgender inmates at the San Francisco County jail and finds a strong community of people, struggling with their place in society both on the street and in the justice system
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New Jersey, United StatesFirefighters tackle a house fire. The image was taken by their former colleague David Hernandez, who was sidelined through injury and has spent the past three years documenting their daily lives
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World Irish dancing championships in GlasgowAn Coimisiún le Rincí Gaelacha, the world’s premier Irish dance organisation, hosts the 46th annual world Irish dancing championships at the Glasgow Royal concert hall. Guardian photojournalist Murdo Macleod went along to the early part of the competition
people
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American Psycho 'is absolutely as pertinent now'The director, who has brought Bret Easton Ellis’s novel to Broadway, explains why he’s drawn to the dark stories of Patrick Bateman, Faustus and Macbeth
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I have the natural tendency of a benign dictatorThe veteran actor’s run of flawed gentlemen continues with his roles in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and High-Rise. He explains his trouble with democracy – and why his statue of buddha is so important
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I’m 65. I got no time for fearThe actor, who worked as a personal assistant for Nancy Sinatra before finding fame, explains why getting older was the best thing to happen to her
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A Victorian socialist dreaming of a life in symmetryThe English craftsman’s birthday is celebrated by Google today, and his designs for fonts, wallpaper and textiles remain relevant today – as do his ideas about the ravages of capitalism
the big picture
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Penitents and gauchosThe Guardian’s picture editors pick a selection of the best photographs from around the world
Joe Biden Merrick Garland nomination intended to offset 'divided government'