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Bells across the nation will toll 39 times to honor Martin Luther King Jr.

The assassination 50 years ago of Martin Luther King Jr. will be marked Wednesday with events in the city where he was born, the city where he was gunned down, and other places around the nation.

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YouTube shooter may have had a grudge against the video-sharing site

The woman who opened fire at YouTube headquarters in Northern California may have been a disgruntled user of the video-sharing site.

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Female shooter at YouTube headquarters is identified

A woman who injured three people during a shooting at YouTube headquarters in Northern California has been identified as Nasim Najafi Aghdam.

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5 things for April 4: YouTube, tariffs, midterms, oil spill, Martin Luther King Jr.

It's a somber morning in California, and a somber day around the country: Today is the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Here are some ways you can honor him today, along with everything else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door.

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Who is Martin Luther King Jr. to us, 50 years later?

Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, 50 years ago on April 4, 1968, setting off a period of mourning, reflection and anger that gripped America. He was in Memphis to rally support for striking sanitation workers, who were protesting unsafe working conditions, and while on the balcony of his room at the Lorraine Motel (now the site of the National Civil Rights Museum), he was shot once and fatally by James Earl Ray, from the bathroom of a nearby boarding house.

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Masters 2018: Firefighter Matt Parziale to tackle Augusta

He qualified for the Masters, but firefighter Matt Parziale was more concerned about getting back for work the next day. After winning last year's US Mid-Amateur tournament to book his slot at Augusta, Parziale became stuck in traffic and missed his early flight back to Boston.

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Winnie Madikizela-Mandela reveals South Africa's uncomfortable truths

In 2010, when Alice Walker was in South Africa to deliver the annual Steve Biko Memorial Lecture, I was invited to interview the great American writer. It was Walker's first visit to the country, and for reasons I could not fathom at the time, the director of the Steve Biko Foundation presented me with a list of subjects that were off-limits. Top of the list was Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.

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California lawmakers seek change in police lethal force standard

California lawmakers proposed a dramatic change Tuesday in the standard under which police officers can use deadly force, in the wake of the fatal police shooting of Stephon Clark.

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The kiss of death in Trump's Cabinet is disagreeing with the boss

Let's take this moment to pause and take stock of the jetsam that has been jettisoned from President Donald Trump's Cabinet and compare it with what hasn't.

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Puerto Rico says tourism has roared back to life

Six months after hurricanes ravaged the island, Puerto Rico experienced a tourism boom this Easter.

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Tracy Morgan makes tepid comeback in TBS comedy 'The Last O.G.'

Tracy Morgan's remarkable recovery from a devastating car accident is an inspiring footnote to "The Last O.G.," but can't overcome the fact that the "Saturday Night Live" alum is a somewhat awkward fit with this basted-in-seriousness TBS comedy, which, with Tiffany Haddish and "Get Out" director Jordan Peele, feels like a whole lot less than the sum of its parts.

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Emmy-winning producer Steven Bochco dies at 74

Steven Bochco, a producer whose boundary-pushing series like "Hill Street Blues" and "NYPD Blue" helped define the modern TV drama, died Sunday after a battle with leukemia. He was 74.

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Rockets Week In Review: Week 25

More wins, more milestones, and one buzzer beater for the ages capped off another week of Houston Rockets basketball.

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Astros Baseball Returns to Minute Maid Park for Home Opener on Monday, April 2

Opening Homestand to feature unveiling of 2017 World Championship Pennant, World Championship Ring Ceremony and special giveaways during Championship Weekend

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Actor Bill Murray Brings His Charm in a Live Performance of Music and Literature at Jones Hall

The Houston Symphony welcomes award-winning actor and comedian Bill Murray to Jones Hall for a must-see live performance, New Worlds: Bill Murray, Jan Vogler & Friends, at 7:30 p.m. April 16, 2018, featuring music and literature.

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Villanova cruises, Michigan rallies to advance to national championship

Records were set. There was a comeback and a blowout. And there will be no Hollywood ending for Loyola-Chicago. No. 3 Michigan has advanced to the national championship game with a 69-57 win over the 11th-seeded Ramblers, ending their magical run at the NCAA men's Final Four in San Antonio on Saturday.

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Coahuila, Mexico: The best wine country you don't know about

Mexico (particularly the Baja region and Guanajuato state) has placed itself well and truly on the map when it comes to wine production. But what many oenophiles don't know is that there is another area of Mexico that has been producing wine for over 400 years: Coahuila, in northern Mexico, is home to the oldest vineyard in the Americas, which opened in 1597.

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Winnie Mandela, South African anti-apartheid activist, dies at 81

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the South African anti-apartheid activist and former wife of the late President Nelson Mandela, has died at the age of 81. The family said in a statement that she passed away at the Netcare Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa after a long illness, for which she had been in and out of hospital since the start of the year.

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Thunder Snow seals $10m Dubai World Cup success

In May 2017, Thunder Snow was the butt of a few jokes on Twitter after refusing to race in the Kentucky Derby. On Saturday, the Irish thoroughbred was the toast of the horse racing world after a thrilling victory in the $10 million Dubai World Cup.