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Bernie Sanders warns the Democratic convention could be "messy," judge acquits Baltimore officer in Freddie Gray case, and more 1. [Sanders warns Democratic convention could get 'messy'] Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders told The Associated Press on Monday that the Democratic National Convention in July [could get "messy"] if the party makes it more inclusive, as he has asked, but that's OK. "So what? Democracy is messy," Sanders said. The comments came as Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton's campaign [declined an invitation to a Fox News debate with Sanders] ahead of California's June 7 primary, saying her "time is best spent campaigning." Source: [The Associated Press], [CBS News] 2. [Baltimore officer acquitted in Freddie Gray case] A judge on Monday acquitted Baltimore police officer Edward Nero on charges of second-degree assault, misconduct, and reckless endangerment in connection with the death of Freddie Gray, a black man who suffered a fatal spinal injury in police custody last April. The judge said there was no credible evidence that Nero, who played a minor role in Gray's detention, intended for any crime to be committed. Six officers have been charged in the case, which touched off citywide protests last year. Source: [The New York Times] 3. [Greece begins moving migrants from Idomeni camp] Greece on Tuesday began evacuating hundreds of people from the Idomeni refugee camp near the Macedonian border, where thousands of people have been stranded since countries to the north began blocking migrants from traveling deeper into Europe. Macedonia closed its border in February. Police vehicles and buses are moving migrants to better equipped facilities to the south, near the city of Thessaloniki. Riot police were sent to the scene, but the relocations began smoothly. Source: [BBC], [TIME] 4. [TSA replaces security chief as anger grows over long lines] The Transportation Security Administration has [replaced its top security official], Kelly Hoggan, in a shake-up as it faces a backlash over long lines at airport checkpoints. Hoggan received $90,000 in bonuses over 13 months starting in late 2013 even though a report said auditors were able to get fake weapons past screeners 95 percent of the time in covert tests. As part of the shake-up, the TSA will also add new leaders in Chicago to improve screening at O'Hare Airport, where travelers have spent hours in lines. Source: [The New York Times] 5. [Supreme Court finds bias in selection of all-white jury in death penalty case] The Supreme Court ruled Monday that Georgia prosecutors improperly kept African-Americans off the jury that convicted a black Georgia death row inmate, Timothy Tyrone Foster, for the murder of an elderly white woman. Foster's lawyers used Georgia's public records law to obtain the prosecutors' notes, and found that black potential jurors had been marked with a "B" and highlighted in green. The 7-to-1 ruling clears the way for a likely new trial. Justice Clarence Thomas, the court's only African-American, was the lone dissenter. Source: [The Washington Post], [The Atlanta Journal-Constitution] 6. [Van der Bellen wins Austrian election, blocking far-right candidate from presidency] Green Party-backed independent candidate Alexander Van der Bellen was declared the winner of Austria's presidential runoff election on Monday. The weekend vote was too close to call until the last ballots were counted. Van der Bellen's victory [blocked the Freedom Party's Norbert Hofer] from becoming the European Union's first far-right leader. Hofer's anti-immigrant rhetoric fueled his popularity but prompted comparisons with the rise of the Nazis, which Hofer said was "completely absurd." Source: [BBC News] 7. [Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe under investigation for possible campaign violations] The FBI is investigating whether Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat, accepted illegal contributions to his 2013 campaign. McAuliffe was the chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 2000 to 2005. He also co-chaired Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign, and once served on the board of the Clinton Global initiative. Federal officials are looking at overlapping donors to the foundation and McAuliffe's campaign, including those by Chinese politician Wang Wenliang. Source: [CNN], [NBC News] 8. [Obama nudges Vietnam on human rights] President Obama on Tuesday urged Vietnam to give its people more freedom after critics of the communist government were prevented from meeting him in Hanoi. The friction came on a trip — Obama's first to the country — otherwise marked by signs of improving relations between the U.S. and Vietnam, former enemies. A day earlier, Obama announced he was lifting a ban on arms sales to Vietnam in what was seen as a bid to counter China's buildup in the contested South China Sea. Source: [Reuters] 9. [Five die in crash of skydiving plane in Hawaii] Five people were killed Monday when a [skydiving plane crashed] on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. The pilot, two instructors, and two tandem jumpers were believed to have been on the plane. Four people were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, and the fifth was pronounced dead after he was rushed to a hospital. The plane, a single-engine Cessna, caught fire after hitting the ground. National Transportation Safety Administration investigators are trying to determine what caused the crash. Source: [The Associated Press] 10. [Report: NFL officials tried to influence brain research] NFL officials "improperly attempted to influence" a federal government study on brain disease in football players, according to a congressional report released Monday. In 2012, the NFL pledged $30 million to the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health for unconditional use toward research on medical conditions in athletes. The report says the NFL tried to pressure the NIH to transfer a $16 million study on football and brain disease from league critic Robert Stern to more NFL-friendly researchers. Source: [House of Representatives], [ESPN] MOST POPULAR [Why 'Crooked Hillary' is likely to stick] Michael Brendan Dougherty [Next up for robots: Synthetic muscle] Erin Blakemore [Obama's little scandalettes] Paul Waldman [The baby crisis] Ryan Cooper [Bill Clinton's budget surplus, reexamined] Jeff Spross CAPTURED: A PHOTO BLOG Jackie Friedman [Bolivia's daredevil female mountaineers] [Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.] [Unsubscribe from this list] | [Update subscription preferences] | [Privacy Policy © 2015 THE WEEK PUBLICATIONS, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THE WEEK ® IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OWNED BY FELIX DENNIS.] Get 4 Risk-Free [issues of The Week] [TRY IT OUT] [Subscribe] [Subscriber login] [Give a gift] [Back issues] [Classroom subscriptions] [Newsletters] [Privacy policy] [Terms & conditions] [The Week UK] [Contact Us] [Ad info] [RSS] 1.[Sanders warns Democratic convention could get 'messy'] Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders told The Associated Press on Monday that the Democratic National Convention in July [could get "messy"] if the party makes it more inclusive, as he has asked, but that's OK. "So what? Democracy is messy," Sanders said. The comments came as Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton's campaign [declined an invitation to a Fox News debate with Sanders] ahead of California's June 7 primary, saying her "time is best spent campaigning." Source: [The Associated Press], [CBS News] 2.[Baltimore officer acquitted in Freddie Gray case] A judge on Monday acquitted Baltimore police officer Edward Nero on charges of second-degree assault, misconduct, and reckless endangerment in connection with the death of Freddie Gray, a black man who suffered a fatal spinal injury in police custody last April. The judge said there was no credible evidence that Nero, who played a minor role in Gray's detention, intended for any crime to be committed. Six officers have been charged in the case, which touched off citywide protests last year. Source: [The New York Times] 3.[Greece begins moving migrants from Idomeni camp] Greece on Tuesday began evacuating hundreds of people from the Idomeni refugee camp near the Macedonian border, where thousands of people have been stranded since countries to the north began blocking migrants from traveling deeper into Europe. Macedonia closed its border in February. Police vehicles and buses are moving migrants to better equipped facilities to the south, near the city of Thessaloniki. Riot police were sent to the scene, but the relocations began smoothly. Source: [BBC], [TIME] 4.[TSA replaces security chief as anger grows over long lines] The Transportation Security Administration has [replaced its top security official], Kelly Hoggan, in a shake-up as it faces a backlash over long lines at airport checkpoints. Hoggan received $90,000 in bonuses over 13 months starting in late 2013 even though a report said auditors were able to get fake weapons past screeners 95 percent of the time in covert tests. As part of the shake-up, the TSA will also add new leaders in Chicago to improve screening at O'Hare Airport, where travelers have spent hours in lines. Source: [The New York Times] 5.[Supreme Court finds bias in selection of all-white jury in death penalty case] The Supreme Court ruled Monday that Georgia prosecutors improperly kept African-Americans off the jury that convicted a black Georgia death row inmate, Timothy Tyrone Foster, for the murder of an elderly white woman. Foster's lawyers used Georgia's public records law to obtain the prosecutors' notes, and found that black potential jurors had been marked with a "B" and highlighted in green. The 7-to-1 ruling clears the way for a likely new trial. Justice Clarence Thomas, the court's only African-American, was the lone dissenter. Source: [The Washington Post], [The Atlanta Journal-Constitution] 6.[Van der Bellen wins Austrian election, blocking far-right candidate from presidency] Green Party-backed independent candidate Alexander Van der Bellen was declared the winner of Austria's presidential runoff election on Monday. The weekend vote was too close to call until the last ballots were counted. Van der Bellen's victory [blocked the Freedom Party's Norbert Hofer] from becoming the European Union's first far-right leader. Hofer's anti-immigrant rhetoric fueled his popularity but prompted comparisons with the rise of the Nazis, which Hofer said was "completely absurd." Source: [BBC News] 7.[Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe under investigation for possible campaign violations] The FBI is investigating whether Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat, accepted illegal contributions to his 2013 campaign. McAuliffe was the chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 2000 to 2005. He also co-chaired Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign, and once served on the board of the Clinton Global initiative. Federal officials are looking at overlapping donors to the foundation and McAuliffe's campaign, including those by Chinese politician Wang Wenliang. Source: [CNN], [NBC News] 8.[Obama nudges Vietnam on human rights] President Obama on Tuesday urged Vietnam to give its people more freedom after critics of the communist government were prevented from meeting him in Hanoi. The friction came on a trip — Obama's first to the country — otherwise marked by signs of improving relations between the U.S. and Vietnam, former enemies. A day earlier, Obama announced he was lifting a ban on arms sales to Vietnam in what was seen as a bid to counter China's buildup in the contested South China Sea. Source: [Reuters] 9.[Five die in crash of skydiving plane in Hawaii] Five people were killed Monday when a [skydiving plane crashed] on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. The pilot, two instructors, and two tandem jumpers were believed to have been on the plane. Four people were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, and the fifth was pronounced dead after he was rushed to a hospital. The plane, a single-engine Cessna, caught fire after hitting the ground. National Transportation Safety Administration investigators are trying to determine what caused the crash. Source: [The Associated Press] 10.[Report: NFL officials tried to influence brain research] NFL officials "improperly attempted to influence" a federal government study on brain disease in football players, according to a congressional report released Monday. In 2012, the NFL pledged $30 million to the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health for unconditional use toward research on medical conditions in athletes. The report says the NFL tried to pressure the NIH to transfer a $16 million study on football and brain disease from league critic Robert Stern to more NFL-friendly researchers. 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