What George Martin, who died Tuesday, really did for the Beatles; Previously deported immigrant arrested in Missouri after manhunt following 5 killings; ‘Dentist of horror’ on trial for alleged ‘mutilations’ in rural French village; ‘Matrix’ co-director Lilly Wachowski comes out as a trans woman — like her sister, Lana Wachowski; While his parents slept, this 7-year-old boy’s life was saved by Jedi, his diabetes-sniffing dog; Idaho pastor shooting suspect arrested outside White House, wrote warning about ‘Martians’ in Congress; Ohio police officer fired after calling Black Lives Matter activist’s suicide a ‘happy ending’; Celebrating International Women’s Day around the world; ‘I couldn’t be more sorry': Canadian thief turns himself in after his victim friends him on Facebook; VIDEO: Driver arrested with massive tree embedded in car’s front grille; Is a law school lying about employment data? A struggling grad sues, and an unprecedented trial begins.; Meet Donald Trump’s sister, the tough, respected federal judge Ted Cruz called a ‘radical pro-abortion extremist’; Clinton, Sanders asked about abortion at Fox News town hall — some say too late; #CreatorGate: How a study on hands sparked an uproar about science, God and ethics in publishing;
 
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Tilikum, the SeaWorld killer whale at the center of ‘Blackfish’, is slowly dying
The famous orca -- who has been connected to the deaths of three people -- is suffering from an bacterial infection for which no cure has been found, one of his caretakers said Tuesday.
What George Martin, who died Tuesday, really did for the Beatles
"If you're stuck, you say to him, 'Excuse me, what are we going to do?'" McCartney said. "... He'll work it out some way."
 
Previously deported immigrant arrested in Missouri after manhunt following 5 killings
Pablo Serrano-Vitorino is in custody in Missouri, authorities said.
 
‘Dentist of horror’ on trial for alleged ‘mutilations’ in rural French village
A man dubbed "the dentist of horror" is on trial in France for allegedly mutilating some six dozen patients.
 
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‘Matrix’ co-director Lilly Wachowski comes out as a trans woman — like her sister, Lana Wachowski
Now that the siblings have both gone public, they join Caitlyn Jenner as among the most famous transgender women in the world.
 
While his parents slept, this 7-year-old boy’s life was saved by Jedi, his diabetes-sniffing dog
Thanks to a super sense of smell that scientists still don't quite understand, diabetes alert dogs know that their owners are in peril even before an alarm goes off.
 
Idaho pastor shooting suspect arrested outside White House, wrote warning about ‘Martians’ in Congress
Odom was arrested at Tuesday night after throwing "unknown material" over the south fence at the White House complex, the Secret Service said.
 
Ohio police officer fired after calling Black Lives Matter activist’s suicide a ‘happy ending’
Twenty-three-year-old MarShawn McCarrel shot himself on the steps of the Ohio statehouse last month.
 
 
Celebrating International Women’s Day around the world
Celebrating women from the Philippines to Afghanistan to Poland and beyond.
 
‘I couldn’t be more sorry': Canadian thief turns himself in after his victim friends him on Facebook
It was a very Canadian turn of events.
 
VIDEO: Driver arrested with massive tree embedded in car’s front grille
It's a sight that would make anyone stop and rub their eyes in disbelief: a car, driving down a busy four-lane road, with a 15-foot tree stuck in its hood.
 
Is a law school lying about employment data? A struggling grad sues, and an unprecedented trial begins.
Since graduating from the Thomas Jefferson School of Law with honors in 2008, Anna Alaburda says she hasn't been able to find a full-time job as a lawyer. The law school counters that she had a legal job offer and turned it down -- and that its employment data met ABA guidelines.
 
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Meet Donald Trump’s sister, the tough, respected federal judge Ted Cruz called a ‘radical pro-abortion extremist’
After the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Cruz warned that Trump might appoint justices to the high court like his sister, citing an opinion she wrote about a New Jersey abortion law.
 
Clinton, Sanders asked about abortion at Fox News town hall — some say too late
Both said they backed a woman's right to choose -- after pro-choice advocates had been complaining online about the lack of questions on the topic during the 7 previous Democratic debates and numerous town halls.
 
#CreatorGate: How a study on hands sparked an uproar about science, God and ethics in publishing
A study in the journal PLOS One that referenced "the Creator" has sparked a debate about how the term got there, and whether it should have been retracted.
 
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