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A US prisoner who spent 17 years in jail for a robbery he did not commit has spoken of his relief that researchers found his lookalike.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40237762


Donald Trump’s US businesses have raked in $15.1m in revenue from political groups and federal agencies since he began his run for the presidency, according to a report released on Monday.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/16/trump-businesses-money-campaign-federal-agencies


Russia and the Syrian regime have been accused by western diplomats of denying chemical weapons inspectors access to sites in the town of Douma, where an attack killed dozens and prompted US-led missile strikes over the weekend.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/16/syria-chemical-attack-inspectors-unable-to-access-douma-site


US and UK blame Russia for 'malicious' cyber-offensive
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/16/us-and-uk-blame-russia-for-malicious-cyber-offensive


An asteroid similar in size to one that exploded more than 100 years ago in Russia's Tunguska region in Siberia gave Earth a close shave on Sunday (April 15), just one day after astronomers discovered the object.
The asteroid, designated 2018 GE3, made its closest approach to Earth at around 2:41 a.m. EDT (0641 GMT), whizzing by at a distance of 119,400 miles (192,000 kilometers), or about half the average distance between Earth and the moon, according to NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS).
https://www.space.com/40315-asteroid-2018-ge3-surprise-flyby.html


A tornado that cut a path of destruction and destroyed homes in Greensboro in Sunday had wind speeds of 135 mph, making it an EF-2 twister.
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/weather/article209022844.html


'Scary' lung disease COPD now afflicts more women than men in U.S.
Former first lady Barbara Bush is one of many women battling with COPD
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/womens-health/scary-lung-disease-now-afflicts-more-women-men-u-s-n866286


The EPA broke the law when it failed to tell lawmakers on House and Senate spending  committees that it was allocating more than $43,000 to install a soundproof phone booth in Administrator Scott Pruitt's office last year, according to a congressional watchdog agency.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/04/16/watchdog-finds-epa-broke-law-spending-43-k-scott-pruitts-soundproof-booth-and-not-telling-congress/520614002/


In the era of Donald Trump, New England’s biggest GOP donor is funding Democrats
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2018/04/14/era-donald-trump-new-england-biggest-gop-donor-funding-democrats/QzyFs3i3Yq3o6Ae7QIkhVP/story.html


I am glad countries are working together to deal with poisoning of Syrians by chemical weapons, but it is surreal to hear Trump claiming sympathy for people, including women and children, who were killed there. His rolling back of regulations and other actions to deal with global warming will result in many more deaths.


The world’s first electrified road — which charges the batteries of electric cars and trucks as they drive over it — has opened near Stockholm, Sweden.
[How clean this is depends on the source of the electricity.]
https://e360.yale.edu/digest/worlds-first-electrified-road-opens-in-sweden