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A Union flag flies at half mast in Westminster in London, Friday, March 15, 2019. Multiple people were killed in mass shootings at two mosques full of worshippers attending Friday prayers on what the prime minister called “one of New Zealand’s darkest days,” as authorities detained four people and defused explosive devices in what appeared to be a carefully planned attack. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) LKW114 LKW114

New Zealand massacre highlights global reach of white extremism

Videos of the mosque attacker in New Zealand show he was deeply entrenched in the global far right, a man familiar with the iconography and in-jokes of different groups from Europe, Australia and North America, as well as a native of the extreme-right ecosystem online.

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FILE- In this June 21, 2018 file photo, an adult whooping crane lets out a defensive call at the Audubon Nature Institute’s Species Survival Center in New Orleans. The center’s population of endangered whooping cranes includes birds sent from the Patuxent Research Refuge, a U.S. Geological Survey site in Maryland. The refuge has now sent off its last 75 whooping cranes, marking the end of a 52-year-old breeding program that transferred the birds to research institutions and zoos in Virginia, Florida, Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Louisiana and Canada. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) AX101 AX101
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FILE – This Nov. 21, 2018, file photo shows President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. A company run by a donor to Trump claimed it could provide Chinese clients with a chance to mingle and take photos with the president, along with access to his private club at Mar-a-Lago. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) NYSB730 NYSB730
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Trump donor claimed she could offer access to president

In this Wednesday, March 6, 2019, photo, people walk among wildflowers in bloom near Borrego Springs, Calif. Two years after steady rains sparked seeds dormant for decades under the desert floor to burst open and produce a spectacular display dubbed the “super bloom,” another winter soaking this year is shaping up to be possibly even better. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) CAGB302 CAGB302
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FILE – In this May 27, 2007 file photo, Dick Dale, known as “The King of the Surf Guitar,” performs at B.B. King Blues Club in New York. Dale has died at age 81. His former bassist Sam Bolle says Dale passed away Saturday night, March 16, 2019. No other details were available. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File) NYSP301 NYSP301

Dick Dale, King of Surf Guitar, ‘Miserlou’ composer, is dead

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Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke speaks at an event at the home of Dubuque County Recorder John Murphy in Dubuque, Iowa on Saturday, March 16, 2019. (Eileen Meslar/Telegraph Herald via AP) IADUB201 IADUB201

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Indonesian soldier and rescue team search for earthquake victims in Bayan, North Lombok, Indonesia, Monday, March 18, 2019. Officials say an earthquake has triggered a landslide that hit a popular waterfall on Indonesia’s Lombok island.(AP Photo/Bimbo) XJAK106 XJAK106

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