| No Images? Click here  Friday, March 15AT LEAST 49 DEAD IN NEW ZEALAND MOSQUE SHOOTINGS A mass shooting at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, left at least 49 people dead and the city on lockdown for hours. Four people were taken into custody. One man in his late 20s has been charged with murder and will appear in Christchurch court Saturday. The police were still working to determine if and how the other three were involved. [HuffPost] [Tweet | Share on Facebook]SUSPECT ‘MOTIVATED BY WHITE SUPREMACY’ The man accused of opening fire at the mosques appears to have been motivated by white supremacy and extremism that he saw in the United States. During a news conference, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison characterized the alleged shooter as an “extremist, right-wing, violent terrorist.” [HuffPost]‘NEW ZEALAND’S DARKEST DAY’ Political figures, business leaders, celebrities and others used social media to share their grief for those who were killed. [HuffPost]ISRAEL BOMBS GAZA STRIP Israeli military aircraft bombed Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, hours after two rockets were launched at Tel Aviv in the first such attack since the 2014 war. [Reuters]TRUMP THREATENS VIOLENCE President Donald Trump threatened that his supporters could turn violent if he didn’t get his way. “I have the support of the police, the support of the military, the support of Bikers for Trump,” he said. “I have the tough people, but they don’t play it tough until they go to a certain point, and then it would be very bad, very bad.” [HuffPost]GRAHAM WANTS SPECIAL COUNSEL FOR HILLARY’S EMAILS The House voted unanimously for a resolution calling for special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia report to be made public. But Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has another priority: Hillary Clinton’s emails. When the nonbinding Mueller report resolution reached the Senate, Graham blocked it, saying there first needs to be a special counsel appointed to investigate “the abuses, potentially, by the Department of Justice and the FBI regarding the Clinton email investigation.” [HuffPost]
 GAY LEADER HAS BREAKFAST WITH PENCE Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar met for breakfast with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence — and brought his boyfriend along. Varadkar, Ireland’s first openly gay leader, tweeted about the breakfast at Pence’s home in Washington, saying “it’s great to be back here for a really warm reception.” [HuffPost]COP CAUGHT THROWING WOMAN TO THE GROUND A South Florida police officer has been relieved of duty after a video surfaced showing him placing a woman in a headlock and throwing her to the ground after she called police about being assaulted with a shotgun. [HuffPost]OHIO WORKERS HIT UPS FOR RACISM Nineteen current and former UPS workers in Ohio have filed a lawsuit accusing the company of enabling an “atmosphere of racism” in which black employees repeatedly suffered discrimination based on their race. [HuffPost]KIM JONG UN MAY RESUME MISSILE TESTING North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may break off denuclearization talks with the U.S. and resume missile and nuclear testing, according to a senior Pyongyang official. [BBC]NEWS ORGANIZATIONS FIGHT BACK Major news organizations across the world took a stand for press freedom by establishing the One Free Press Coalition, which will publish a monthly “10 Most Urgent” list of journalists either under attack or being silenced. [HuffPost]COMMERCE SECRETARY 'LIED BUT WON’T ADMIT IT' Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross refused to say he lied to Congress last year about his decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, even though several public documents show he may have done just that. [HuffPost]
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