Man moves to San Francisco, pays $400 a month to sleep in wooden box inside friends’ living room; After wishing Christians a Happy Easter, a beloved Glasgow shopkeeper is allegedly slain by another Muslim; Boy shot in back by stray bullet after pleading in video for end to Chicago violence; A man’s futile quest for the $200M van Gogh the Bolsheviks took from his great grandfather; A Calif. woman facing eviction set herself and her home on fire; Seven-year-old British girl dies after being blown away in bouncy castle; An Ind. woman tracked down her mother who was missing for 42 years. Here’s why she’ll never call her mom again.; Jim Harrison, prolific author and outdoorsman, dies at 78; 150 years of misfortune in L.A.’s Griffith Park: A curse, ghosts and, now, an unknown woman’s skull;
 
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Utah plays doctor, legislates anesthesia for abortions at 20 weeks and beyond
Opponents say the new law mandating anesthesia isn't scientifically sound and can increase the risks for women.
Man moves to San Francisco, pays $400 a month to sleep in wooden box inside friends’ living room
"I really don't feel like I've taken a hit in terms of my quality of life," 25 year-old Peter Berkowitz said. "I don't really notice I live in the pod anymore."
 
After wishing Christians a Happy Easter, a beloved Glasgow shopkeeper is allegedly slain by another Muslim
Asad Shah preached tolerance. Now Scottish police are investigating what they say is his "religiously prejudiced" killing.
 
Boy shot in back by stray bullet after pleading in video for end to Chicago violence
In an incident that seemed to sum up the beleaguered city's battle with surging shootings, 13-year-old Zarriel Trotter was hit by a stray bullet a year after speaking out about gun violence.
 
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A man’s futile quest for the $200M van Gogh the Bolsheviks took from his great grandfather
An heir to a wealthy Russian art collector has claimed for years that the masterpiece belongs to him and should be returned to Russia. Monday the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his appeal.
 
A Calif. woman facing eviction set herself and her home on fire
“She was feeling desperate. She didn’t want to live," a fire investigator told the San Francisco Chronicle.
 
Seven-year-old British girl dies after being blown away in bouncy castle
A sudden gust of wind swept up the inflatable, carrying it nearly one mile away and causing fatal injuries to the girl.
 
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An Ind. woman tracked down her mother who was missing for 42 years. Here’s why she’ll never call her mom again.
It was not like "one of those happy, made-for-TV movies" she'd been imagining.
 
Jim Harrison, prolific author and outdoorsman, dies at 78
He was best known for his novella "Legends of the Fall," but he penned numerous other novels, poems and essays resplendent with descriptions of American natural landscapes.
 
150 years of misfortune in L.A.’s Griffith Park: A curse, ghosts and, now, an unknown woman’s skull
At 4,210 acres, Griffith Park is one of the country's largest urban parks. A zoo, an observatory, museums and an amphitheater dot the park's border. But its interior is rugged and remote.
 
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