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USS Carl Vinson heads to Sea of Japan
The body of a police officer killed in last month's attack in London has been brought to lie in a chapel at Parliament, an honor usually reserved for senior politicians
Questions and answers about the derailment at Penn Station that snarled commutes for days
Churches were packed for Palm Sunday when the blasts went off.
Pope Francis on Sunday decried a deadly attack on a Coptic church in Egypt during Palm Sunday celebrations, just weeks before his planned visit to Cairo
Egyptian officials say a bomb has struck a church north of Cairo, killing at least 26 people and wounding 71 others
Here’s what you need to know about the week’s top stories.
A Turkish official says a hot air balloon has hit a high-voltage transmission line and crashed near a popular tourist destination in central Turkey, killing a French tourist
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast, but the bombing comes weeks before Pope Francis is to visit the country.
Egyptian officials say a bomb has struck a church north of Cairo, killing at least 21 people and wounding 38 others
State media reported that at least 13 people were killed in northern Egypt during a service to celebrate Palm Sunday.
Louis C.K. was host. But Alec Baldwin gave “S.N.L.” a double dose of topicality, portraying President Trump in the cold open and in a later sketch where he also played the embattled Fox News host.
One of Mr. Lang’s many acts of generosity came in a spur-of-the-moment promise to an East Harlem sixth-grade class that he would pay for their college educations.
The Pentagon says a Navy carrier strike group is moving toward the western Pacific Ocean to provide a physical presence near the Korean Peninsula.
The mall appears to have been evacuated; patrons were gathered outside.
