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BOSTON (AP) — The father of the youngest person killed in the Boston Marathon bombing says Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR' tsahr-NEYE'-ehv) could have chosen not to place his bomb behind a group of children. Bill Richard is the father of 8-year-old Martin Richard, who was one of three people killed. He addressed Tsarnaev today at his sentencing hearing. He said Tsarnaev could have changed his mind that morning and "walked away with a minimal sense of humanity." Survivors of the bombing and family members of those who died are testifying before a judge formally sentences Tsarnaev to death.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The governor of Alabama is ordering Confederate flags to be taken down from the state Capitol. Alabama is one of the southern states that have been reconsidering its flag displays in the aftermath of last week's deadly shooting at a black church in South Carolina -- allegedly by a man who had used the flag as a white supremacist symbol.
SHELBY, N.C. (AP) — Dash-cam video has been released of the arrest of the white man accused of opening fire inside a black church in Charleston, killing nine people. The nearly five-minute video shows officers in Shelby, North Carolina, walking up to the car and then pulling Dylann Roof out of it. He doesn't resist. Roof is handcuffed and an officer searches him. The shooting happened on the night of June 17. Roof was arrested the following day in Shelby. The video also shows officers going through the trunk -- and when they walk away, they high-five.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Some rare words of thanks today from a Republican leader in Congress for President Barack Obama. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell today said Republicans were "really pleased" to see Obama "pursue an idea we've long believed in." the Senate later today is expected to give final approval to "fast track" authority for Obama to negotiate trade deals. It would cap a remarkable turnabout for an initiative the House Democrats nearly killed earlier this month.
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is extending for another year his country's ban on the import of many agricultural products. The ban is Russia's response to the Western sanctions that were imposed last year over Ukraine. Putin says Russia's ban on imports of dairy products, meat, seafood, vegetables and fruit will continue. It affects not just Europe and the United States, but also Australia and Canada.
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