Evening Edition: The frustrating hunt for Genghis Khan’s long-lost tomb just got a whole lot easier

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Police search for two brothers in massive French manhunt amid fears of more attacks PARIS — A massive manhunt for the perpetrators of France’s worst terrorist attack in generations shifted to the countryside north of Paris on Thursday as commandos and helicopter patrols poured into villages following reports that the two main suspects — both heavily armed — were spotted on the run.  Read full article »

Boxer exits, setting stage for epic California Senate battle

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) announced on Thursday that she will not seek reelection in 2016, the first retirement announcement from a Democratic senator ahead of the 2016 political cycle that will spark a major political contest in California.  Read full article »

Connecticut’s highest court approves forced chemotherapy for teen

A Connecticut teenager who tried to reject life-saving chemotherapy for Hodgkin’s lymphoma can be forced to undergo the treatment anyway, the state’s Supreme Court ruled Thursday.The court unanimously affirmed a trial court judgment, which found that state officials could intervene after the girl — identified as “Cassandra C.” — stopped showing up for her scheduled medical sessions.  Read full article »

Mueller Report: No evidence NFL had Rice video, league should have done more

Former FBI director Robert S. Mueller III “found no evidence” that anyone in the NFL office possessed or saw video shot from inside the elevator in the Ray Rice incident in February, according to the findings of his report released Thursday.  Read full article »

Gingrich’s claims on Byrd’s and Black’s KKK membership

“You have other cases. You had Bob Byrd, who was the majority leader, who was a Klan leader. You had Hugo Black, who was a justice who was a Klan leader, but they were Democrats. So being in the Klan was okay.”  Read full article »

The frustrating hunt for Genghis Khan’s long-lost tomb just got a whole lot easier

When Genghis Khan died, he didn’t want to be found. So soldiers in his burial party butchered anyone they saw on their way to his burial tomb. Then they killed the people who built the monument. Then, finally, they killed themselves. Who knows whether the perhaps apocryphal tale is true, but even today, nearly 800 years following the death of the greatest conqueror the world has ever known, the location of his tomb remains unknown.  Read full article »

Phylicia Rashad says she was misquoted as Bill Cosby faces new accusers — and protesters

As comedian Bill Cosby faced new allegations of sexual assault and protesters at one of his shows, actress Phylicia Rashad, who played Cosby’s wife on “The Cosby Show,” told ABC News Wednesday she was misquoted in a report on her feelings about the charges plaguing her former co-star.  Read full article »