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SELMA, Ala. (AP) — A series of events in Selma, Alabama today will mark the conclusion of the weekend's Bloody Sunday 50th anniversary commemoration. Today's events include church services, film screenings and a pre-march rally at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge where police beat and tear-gassed marchers in 1965. The group will then retrace the steps that helped secure equal voting rights 50 years ago. President Barack Obama spoke at a commemoration yesterday.
MOSCOW (AP) — The spokeswoman for a Moscow court says five suspects in the killing of opposition figure Boris Nemtsov have been delivered to the court for arraignment. The statement by Anna Fedeeva to reporters outside the courthouse today comes one day after the Federal Security service said two suspects had been detained. Details remain vague in the case despite President Vladimir Putin's pledge to pursue the killers vigorously.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The first comprehensive report into the mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 sheds little light on aviation's biggest mystery. The report contains one notable anomaly -- the battery of an underwater locator beacon had expired more than a year before the plane vanished on March 8, 2014. The significance of the expired battery was not immediately apparent, except indicating that searchers would have had less chance of locating the aircraft. Families of those on the plane held a day of remembrance today.
BOSTON (AP) — An economic analysis firm is estimating losses in the billions of dollars from the series of snowstorms that swept New England this winter. IHS Global Insight estimates Massachusetts alone suffered roughly $1 billion in lost wages and profits, as storm after storm delivered more than 8 feet of snow in roughly a month. Retailers and restaurants are among the hardest hit.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Daylight saving time is back for most of the country, as of 2 a.m. local time. That means clocks need to be set ahead one hour. Authorities say it's also a good time to change the batteries in smoke detectors. Standard time returns Nov. 1.
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