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BOSTON (AP) — Lawyers for both sides in the Boston Marathon bombing trial say Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR' tsahr-NEYE'-ehv) must be held accountable for his actions. A conviction is seen as a near certainty as jury deliberations start today. Then, a second set of deliberations would determine if Tsarnaev would be executed or spend the rest of his life in prison. Defense lawyers argue Tsarnaev was under the influence of his older, radicalized brother and should be spared.
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The U.N. children's agency is reporting on the deadly chaos in Yemen since Shiite rebels came under attack from Saudi-led air strikes two weeks ago. UNICEF says at least 74 children have been killed and more than 100,000 people have fled to what they hope might be safer ground. UNICEF says the violence has disrupted water supplies, sanitation, and health care, raising the risk of disease.
BAGHDAD (AP) — Work has begun in Saddam Hussein's birthplace to exhume what may be hundreds of bodies from a mass grave in the newly liberated city of Tikrit (tih-KREET'). Many of the bodies are thought to be the remains of Iraqi soldiers killed by Islamic State militants last year. Eight locations inside Tikrit's complex of presidential palaces are being searched.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama plans to announce steps today that private companies are taking to try to prepare for the health impact of climate change. He'll speak at Howard University Medical School with other officials. His message to citizens will be to think of climate change as a health threat as well as an environmental one.
DETROIT (AP) — University-backed robotics teams in Michigan's poorer urban school districts are growing and officials say they're turning out energized humans. The 5,200-square-foot Michigan Engineering Zone in Detroit, for example, sent 38 out of 42 high school seniors on to higher education last year, while the other four joined the military. All graduated. It's part of a program called STEM, to spur interest in science, technology, engineering and math.
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