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| Belgian security forces kill 2 terrorist suspects in shootout |
| PARIS — Belgian counterterrorism police raided sites across the country Thursday, killing two suspected terrorists who allegedly had been planning an imminent attack, as European nations stepped up security in the wake of last week’s violence in Paris. Read full article » |
| Scientists: Human activity has pushed Earth beyond four of nine ‘planetary boundaries’ |
| At the rate things are going, the Earth in the coming decades could cease to be a “safe operating space” for human beings. That is the conclusion of a new paper published Thursday in the journal Science by 18 researchers trying to gauge the breaking points in the natural world. Read full article » |
| 2015 Oscar nominations show lack of diversity in a year when films didn’t |
| It’s altogether fitting that a movie called “Whiplash” was the last one named Thursday when the nominations for best picture were announced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.If the 87th Academy Awards line-up reflects anything, it’s an industry painfully — and occasionally exhilaratingly — torqued by social, technological and creative forces it can’t quite keep up with. Read full article » |
| 2015 Oscar nominations: Complete list; ‘Selma’ snubbed; ‘Birdman’ and ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ lead with nine |
| All of awards season has led up to this: The Academy Award nominations were announced Thursday morning in Los Angeles.Director Wes Anderson has crossed over from art-house darling to academy favorite. The auteur’s offbeat dramedy “The Grand Budapest Hotel” scored nine nominations, equaling Alejandro González Iñárritu’s unconventional, genre-defying film, “Birdman,” for the most nominations. Read full article » |
| GOP leaders look to protect White House hopes from Hill reality |
| The next few days could produce early clues to the ultimate resolution of a nagging question for national Republicans:Will the GOP’s congressional wing aid the party’s chances of reclaiming the Oval Office in 2016 — or help end them? Read full article » |
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| Pope Francis on Charlie Hebdo: ‘You cannot insult the faith of others’ |
| A week after the massacre at the headquarters of a French publication known for insulting adherents of several faiths, Pope Francis told reporters that freedom of expression has its limits when it comes to insulting religion. Read full article » |
| DNI Clapper finds there’s no free lunch in North Korea |
| The dinner in North Korea was delicious, Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr. recalled last week as he recounted his November visit to the Hermit Kingdom to retrieve two imprisoned Americans. Read full article » |
| Parents investigated for neglect after letting kids walk home alone |
| It was a one-mile walk home from a Silver Spring park on Georgia Avenue on a Saturday afternoon. But what the parents saw as a moment of independence for their 10-year-old son and 6-year-old daughter, they say authorities viewed much differently. Read full article » |
| Metro victim recalled as a ‘lovely and kind’ woman by family, colleagues |
| The knock on the door came at about 10 p.m. Monday.Marcus and Suzanne Glover were closing out the day at home in Alexandria, watching football on TV. They’d had dinner, and put their daughter, Sara, to bed. Sara’s first birthday was Thursday, and a family party was scheduled for the weekend. Read full article » |
| Did Boko Haram attack leave 150 dead — or 2,000? Satellite imagery sheds new light. |
| Recent reports of a large-scale massacre by Boko Haram in the northeastern state of Borno have served as a brutal reminder of the threat posed to Nigeria by the Islamist extremist group.Yet, more than a week after the attack, there's little confirmed information about it. Reported death tolls vary wildly — one local politician told the BBC that 2,000 people had died, but others put the number at just dozens. On Monday, Nigeria's director of defense information said the number of those killed “has so far not exceeded about 150," including Boko Haram fighters. Read full article » |
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