American warplanes began airstrikes against Islamic State positions in Tikrit for the first time after more than three weeks of remaining on the sidelines. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10538

An investigator said evidence from a cockpit voice recorder from the Germanwings aircraft indicated one pilot left the cockpit before the plane’s descent and was unable to get back in. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10527

The Army announced U.S. soldier and former Taliban captive Bowe Bergdahl has been charged with desertion and could face life in confinement over his disappearance from an outpost in 2009. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10537

Republican Party leaders asked the Obama administration to specify when it first learned that Hillary Clinton's pledge to disclose all donors to her family's charities had been "repeatedly violated." http://www.infobitt.com/b/10550

In a 5-4 split—with the progressive wing winning—the Supreme Court vacated the decision of an Alabama judicial panel, ordering a re-examination of what appears to be a race-based redistricting plan. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10549

New York’s Attorney General says he will take “appropriate action” if the personal data of RadioShack customers is included as part of a bankruptcy sale. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10534

House Republicans narrowly passed a budget that will boost defense spending, following a rift within the party that led GOP leadership to propose two competing plans. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10545

The journal Nature Genetics announced that the DNA of "an entire nation"—Iceland, as represented by 10,000 different Icelanders—has been effectively deduced. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10551

An analysis in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that Ebola is more deadly for young children than adults. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10541

A former University of Oklahoma fraternity member caught on video leading a racist chant said he's deeply sorry for his role in the incident and upset and embarrassed that he failed to stop it. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10544

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A Pennsylvania police officer has been charged with criminal homicide in the death of a suspect. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10517

U.S. officials said Saudi Arabia is moving heavy military equipment near its border with Yemen, raising the risk that the Middle East’s top oil power will be drawn into the worsening Yemeni conflict. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10512

Senator Ted Cruz, recently-declared Republican presidential candidate, said that he will be getting insurance through an Obamacare exchange, as the law requires, since his wife is quitting her job. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10513

Numerous telecommunication companies have filed lawsuits in response to the FCC's net neutrality ruling. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10509

Controversial religious freedom legislation that could protect business owners who don't want to provide services for same-sex couples is poised to become law in Indiana. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10516

Amazon is not pleased with the pace by which the FAA is addressing the commercial use of drones, and it let the public know in a congressional hearing today. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10515

A debate over "safe spaces"—whether they are infantilizing and whether they represent a threat to free speech—is heating up, and was kicked off by a Times column by Judith Shulevitz. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10514

A plane has crashed in the French Alps. Facts from many sources can be found at http://www.infobitt.com/b/10499

Twitter has teamed up with FourSquare for precise location services for tweets. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10510

Facebook—a vital source of traffic for news publishers—may begin hosting news content itself. The company has been talking with at least a half-dozen news publishers about using their content. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10507

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An Afghan woman, brutally murdered on video by a mob believing the false accusation that she burned a Koran, has become a rallying point for women's rights activists. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10494

The Charlottesville Police Department said an investigation found no credible evidence to support claims from a former student that she was raped by men during a party at the University of Virginia. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10493

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under continued criticism, now from White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough and former U.S. Secretary of State James Baker. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10495

Before Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars occupied the inner solar system, there may have been a previous generation of planets that were bigger and more numerous – but were ultimately doomed by Jupiter. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10492

Texas Senator Ted Cruz kicked off his 2016 presidential campaign with a speech at the conservative Liberty University. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10473

The world’s biggest asteroid impact zone has been discovered spanning 400 kilometers in Australia. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10491

A total of 39 people have died in Turkey from the H1N1 virus, also known as the swine flu. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10471

Singapore mourns the death of its first Prime Minster, Lee Kuan Yew, who has passed away at the age of 91. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10468

Google plans to bring the same sort of targeted ads it is famous for on the Internet to the TV via its Google Fiber. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10483

The first girl to win the Little League World Series asks a university to forgive its student who apologized for a sexist taunt, but they won't reinstate him. http://www.infobitt.com/b/10488

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