Miami Police Union votes to boycott Beyonce’s April concert | Pope and Trump clash | Pope acknowledges need for contraception during Zika outbreak | World Bank putting $150 million into Zika | Candidate arrested during Uganda elections | And social media wasn’t allowed | Turkey blames Kurdish group for attack | Kenya claims Al-Shabaab intelligence chief was killed | ISIS not having Twitter success after account bans | Deadly road accident in Ghana | Obama signs on to impose sanctions on North Korea | Obama takes heat for not going to Scalia’s funeral | Apple gets more time to respond to court order | Hillary and Bernie answer questions | As do Trump, Bush and Kasich | Hillary’s lead shrinks 14 points from last month | Bloomberg not polling well | Left economists criticize Bernie’s economic plans | Trials for Freddie Gray police officers delayed | Toyota recalling RAV4s | LA gas leak sealed | Rio water cleanup not happening | McDonald’s tries out chicken between pancakes for breakfast | Delta bringing in top-notch food for first class | Jared Allen retiring | Cavs get Frye, send Varejao to Portland | Grizzlies and Clippers swap swingmen | Spring Training gets going | NFL mock draft | Free group Skyping | Ads on Messenger | Porn industry rejoices | Bestiality remains illegal in Germany | Disney actor charged for domestic battery and meth possession | Religious movies will grace 2016 | Clapton announces new album | Rihanna tour dates postponed | Sony Entertainment president leaving

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Hackers got ransom for breaking into LA hospital’s system | Apple says no to unlocking iPhone for FBI | Justice Department says c’mon | Deadly attack on Turkey’s capital | ISIS strikes Yemen | ISIS plot foiled in Russia | More microcephaly cases in Brazil | WHO wants $56 million to fight Zika | LA cops charged for sexual assaults | Harvard sued for sexual assault handling | Obama’s upcoming Cuba trip a first since ’26 | Lasers pointed at Pope’s plane in Mexico | Human poop, guns and explosives found at Oregon compound | Cliven Bundy indicted | Town hall event for Republicans in SC | SC governor endorses Rubio | Reuters poll has Trump well ahead nationally | But NBC/WSJ poll has Cruz leading | Tight between Democrats in Nevada | Beer coming to McDonald’s in South Korea | Cinque Terre becoming too crowded | Dungey of ABC is first black network president | Bill Simmons’s new site announced | New British daily newspaper in the pipeline | TMZ says Rihanna freakout led to canceled Grammys performance | Audio released of angry Kanye at SNL | Fandango buys Rotten Tomatoes and Flixster | Google starting to deliver groceries | Twitter launches GIF feature | Cash-free Monopoly | $4 smartphone from India | Gmail lets non-Gmailers Gmail | Yahoo cutting some specialty sites | NBA deters intentional fouls on free throws | Wayne Rooney injured | Nike cuts off Pacquiao relationship | Down goes No. 3 Oklahoma | And No. 4 Iowa | And No. 5 UNC

Record-breaking January warmth | Judge wants Apple to help FBI break into San Bernardino killer’s phone | Arrested Americans in Bahrain released | Kidnapped Americans in Iraq released | Russia says it’s not responsible for hospital bombings | US jets growl at North Korea | India media mogul charged with murder | Sarkozy getting investigated for campaign finance misdeeds | WHO says mutant mosquitoes could wipe out Zika mosquitoes | China doesn’t want DC plaza named after rebel | Belt-tightening at ISIS | Ghali dead at 93 | Obama speaks about Supreme Court appointment | Scalia conspiracy theories fly | South Dakota senate passes anti-trans school rules | Defiant bill proposed to make men get permission for Viagra use | Direct flights from US to Cuba coming soon | Lincoln Memorial getting renovated | Spitzer caught in another prostitution situation | Trump and Hillary up in South Carolina | Florida teen fakes being a doctor | New York judge caught drinking and driving en route to court | Band playing at Bataclan during attacks returns to Paris | New Wolverine movie will be R-rated | Anti-Beyonce protest a no-show; may have not been real to begin with | Kanye says his album won’t be available outside of Tidal | Fans resort to piracy | Homer Simpson will go live | Venmo usage way up | China not lucrative for Uber | American Airlines suing Gogo for bad Wi-Fi | Pats’ Mayo retiring | Argentinian soccer ref killed after issuing red card | Pistons-Magic trade sends Jennings to Orlando | Courtney Lee to Charlotte in 3-way deal | Kidd-Gilchrist done for the season | Best dog crowned

Next Star Wars starts filming with new faces | Grammys results | Rough Adele performance | Taylor Swift fires back at Kanye | Rihanna not well enough for Grammys performance | Lauryn Hill MIA | Newest speculation has Loretta Lynch as Supreme Court appointment favorite | American journalists arrested in Bahrain | South Korea wants ‘extraordinary’ sanctions on North Korea | Zika in Russia | Airstrikes against Doctors Without Borders hospitals in Syria | Lack of polls makes Nevada hard to predict for Democrats | George W. campaigning for Jeb this week | Trump with plenty to say about Cruz | NYPD investigating choking claim against Spitzer | American factory coming to Cuba for first time in 50 years | Shell buys BG Group, ramps up presence in Brazil | New Spirit Airlines CEO wants image makeover | 2015 was a good year to fly | Comcast outages | TMZ spent big on Ray Rice footage | Amazon series will depict New Yorker stories | Macklemore tracklist for upcoming album released | Deadly crash claims British band | Attacked Planned Parenthood reopens | Scientists use ‘bioprinter’ to make human parts | Iceberg snafu kills off 150,000 penguins | Difficult leopard escapes captivity | Primo buffalo | Blood clot concerns for Bosh | Partying in Toronto gets NHL player suspended | USWNT player ties goals record for a game | Big Adidas deal for Correa

Deadpool sets record for R-rated movie | Scalia dead at 79 | Inconsistencies in reports over details of his death | Republicans and Democrats clash over appointment plans | Obama won’t make appointment this week | Republican debate in SC | Grammys tonight | The Independent shutting down print editions | Victoria’s Secret CEO resigns | Peyton Manning sexual assault case from college resurfaces | Frigid northeast | 50-car pileup in PA | Murder-suicide at Arizona high school | Pope makes the rounds in Mexico | Ceasefire in doubt after escalated violence in Syria | Boko Haram raids kill at least 30 in Nigeria | $900 million in meth found in Australia | Blow dart attacks in San Francisco | Bad stomach bug going around at Ursinus College | No. 6 Kansas takes down  No. 3 Oklahoma | Bears letting Forte go | Mejia first to get banned from MLB for ‘roids | FIFA official kicked out for 12 years | Governor threatens to cut LSU football funding | Klay wins 3-point contest | LaVine wins second straight dunk contest | Record for points in NBA All-Star Game | Rousey one of three on SI swimsuit cover | Three more Transformers movies | Jonah Hill and Future on upcoming SNL | Kanye puts album on Tidal | And says he’s $53 million in debt