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- WORLD
Explosion kills 50 Sunni worshippers
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – An explosion apparently set off by a suicide bomber ripped through a large religious gathering in Karachi yesterday, leaving about 50 people dead, including three prominent Sunni religious leaders.
- NATION
DA says Duke U. rape investigation 'is not going away'
DURHAM, N.C. – Standing before a mostly black audience, the district attorney in charge of the Duke University rape investigation said yesterday that he does not need DNA to bring charges and vowed, “This case is not going away.”
- Voters divided on immigration
As huge immigration demonstrations sweep the country, California voters are sharply divided over the various proposals being debated in Congress to change the nation's immigration laws, a new Field Poll shows.
- REGION UPDATE
Strike by teachers is averted in S.F.
SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco's teachers avoided a strike yesterday by reaching a tentative agreement, including an 8.5 percent pay raise over two years, with the school district.
- Governor seeks to enlist industry in clean-air fight
SAN FRANCISCO – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called yesterday for a market-based approach to reducing industrial emissions of “greenhouse” gases, endorsing a plan to fight global warming that faces opposition from business.
- River levels in N. California likely to rise during storm
SACRAMENTO – The latest in a series of unusual spring storms will spare the soggy San Joaquin Valley, reducing the danger of levee breaks there, but it will raise river levels across Northern California, forecasters said yesterday.
- Government's top bird-flu expert tries to allay U.S. fears
WASHINGTON – Bird flu is not likely to change overnight so that it spreads from person to person, nor is it likely that a sick bird migrating to the United States will trigger human illness, the government's top bird-flu scientist said yesterday.
- Everyone is overweight except me, most Americans say in poll
WASHINGTON – Ninety percent of Americans know that most of their compatriots are overweight, but just 40 percent believe themselves to be too fat, according to a study published yesterday.
- Leaders try to deflect blame over House immigration bill
WASHINGTON – After this week's massive demonstrations, many House Republicans are worried that a tough, anti-illegal-immigration bill they thought would please their political base has earned them little benefit while becoming a lightning rod for the fast-growing national movement for immigrant rights.
- Bush in Missouri, pushes Medicare
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – President Bush, taking his Medicare sales pitch to middle America, got a rousing welcome yesterday on his first road trip since a federal prosecutor said Bush authorized the leak of intelligence information.
- NATION UPDATE
Red Cross to add to its food, supplies
Red Cross officials announced plans yesterday to dramatically increase their stockpile of food and other disaster supplies in key danger zones nationwide and partner with community-based organizations to speed assistance to victims – all to avoid a repeat of problems the charity experienced last year in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
- GAO audit uncovers lax oversight on no-bid deals
WASHINGTON – From reconstruction in Iraq to Hurricane Katrina, poor contracting oversight enables Alaska Native Corporations to capitalize on multimillion-dollar, no-bid deals at a potential cost to taxpayers and small businesses, a federal audit says.
- Two breast cancer studies differ from the usual findings
Two important studies being published today challenge conventional thoughts about treating and avoiding breast cancer.
- WORLD UPDATE
Ex-Peruvian leader may get runoff spot
LIMA, Peru – Left-leaning former President Alan García led his pro-business rival yesterday in a battle for a runoff spot in Peru's election.
- Prodi wins Italian election by a whisker
ROME – Center-left economist Romano Prodi emerged the winner of Italy's election by a razor-thin margin yesterday, promising to form a strong government able to run a deeply divided country mired in economic stagnation. But Premier Silvio Berlusconi claimed voting irregularities and demanded a recount.
- Rocket attack on Afghan schoolyard kills 7, wounds 34
ASADABAD, Afghanistan – A rocket exploded in a schoolyard in eastern Afghanistan yesterday, killing seven students and wounding 34 other people in an attack possibly aimed at a nearby U.S. military base, officials said.
- Israeli Cabinet ends Sharon's tenure
JERUSALEM – The Israeli Cabinet yesterday formally ended the five-year tenure of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who has been comatose since suffering a stroke in January, designating acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as his successor.
- 29 indicted in 2004 Madrid terror blasts
MADRID, Spain – A judge issued the first indictments in the 2004 Madrid train bombings, charging 29 people yesterday with murder, terrorism or other crimes after an investigation that uncovered a hornet's nest of Islamic militancy but no apparent link to al-Qaeda.
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