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Palm Sunday church bombing in Egypt

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What would happen if Trump fired Bannon?

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Trump on pace to surpass 8 years of Obama's travel spending in 1 year

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Girl, 2, defends her choice of doll to cashier

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She and her mother, Brandi Benner, visited a Target near their South Carolina home, where Sophia spent 20 minutes looking at all the dolls in the toy aisle.

"She kept going back to the doctor doll, because in her mind, she is already a doctor," Benner said. "She loves giving checkups, and if you come in the house, she'll tell you that's the first thing you need."

Sophia, who will be 3 in July,was so excited by her choice that she wouldn't let go of her new doll until they reached the register to check out.

Did we mention that the doll is black and Sophia is white?

The issue came up right away, when a store cashier asked Sophia: Wouldn't she rather have a doll that looked like her?

According to her mother, Sophia had a ready answer.

"She does (look like me)!" the toddler responded. "She's a doctor; I'm a doctor. She is a pretty girl; I am a pretty girl. See her pretty hair? See her stethoscope?"

Benner credits the TV cartoon "Doc McStuffins" with teaching Sophia the word "stethoscope." But she credits Sophia for knowing what is important: The doll's skin tone didn't matter. To Sophia, she and the doll share the same aspirations.

Benner was relieved she didn't have to defend her daughter's choice and glad that Sophia wasn't fazed by the cashier's question.

"If she was another child, that could have discouraged her," Benner said.

Benner posted an account of their experience Friday to her personal Facebook page. It's been shared more than 140,000 times and attracted more than 19,000 comments. Most of them have been supportive messages from other mothers or people with similar experiences.

The few negative ones don't bother her.

"I just want to teach my kids love, and that's included in my own actions," Benner said, explaining why she doesn't engage with negative commenters.

Research suggests that kids aren't born with biases about race and gender.

But Sophia doesn't know about all that. She just knows that everywhere she goes, she wants her doctor doll to come along.

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She and her mother, Brandi Benner, visited a Target near their South Carolina home, where Sophia spent 20 minutes looking at all the dolls in the toy aisle. "She kept going back to the doctor doll, because in her mind, she is already a doctor," Benner said.

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Egypt declares state of emergency after Palm Sunday church bombing

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13 Reasons Why star teases a potential second season.

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"We were definitely able to expand on these characters that you don't see as much in the book, and we have some really interesting beginnings of a storyline that we could expand on," Devin Druid, who plays Tyler Down, tells CNN.

"There's still the court trial and some plotlines brewing at the end of the series that I know a lot of people on Twitter have been asking about, including my sibling."

"13 Reasons Why" is based on the best-seller by Jay Asher. It follows the story of a young girl named Hannah (Katherine Langford), who leaves behind a series of audio recordings that explain why she committed suicide.

Druid's character is one of the individuals who receives a tape in the mail from Hannah following her death. He said there were some days that were incredibly emotionally draining on set.

"Tyler is a character who is deeply in love with this girl, and she kills herself, and he's one of the 13 reasons why. It's a really dark place to go and do that every day. It starts to weigh on you," Druid said. "There were some days ...I would cry every couple minutes because I brought everything back with me."

Druid said the series has had a tremendous impact on his life and he hopes viewers grasp the important messages of the show.

"You never know what's going on in someone else's life and that you can't always understand how what you say or what you do, no matter how big or small it may seem to you, it could be the end of the world for someone else," he said.

"You really have to be careful about what you do and think about other people around you as human beings who feel things, and you have to learn to be empathetic and notice the signs of people who are going through trouble."

"13 Reasons Why" is currently available on Netflix.

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"We were definitely able to expand on these characters that you don't see as much in the book, and we have some really interesting beginnings of a storyline that we could expand on," Devin Druid, who plays Tyler Down, tells CNN.

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Packaged salads recalled from Walmart after a dead bat was found inside

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Russell Westbrook breaks Oscar Robertson's triple-double record vs the Nuggets. 42 triple-doubles during the 2016-17 season. Robertson set his triple-double mark in 1961-62.

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Sorry, Oscar Robertson. Russell Westbrook is the NBA's new triple-crown king.

The Oklahoma City Thunder superstar point guard clinched a triple-double in the fourth quarter of Sunday's game against the Denver Nuggets, giving him an NBA-record 42 during the 2016-17 season:

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Brodie has ordered up a record 42 triple-doubles this season https://t.co/2HfMGDJ9Uq

Robertson set his triple-double mark in 1961-62, when the NBA played at a breakneck pace that made racking up gaudy stats easier. This was the same season Wilt Chamberlain had his 100-point game, and players that year set a number of seemingly untouchable records.

The average NBA team had 126.2 possessions per game in 1961-62, per Adam Mares of The Sports Daily. No team comes within 20 possessions of that this season, and the Thunder are more than 25 possessions off that rate, per NBA.com.

None of that diminishes Robertson's historic season, but instead highlights how brilliant Westbrook has been in 2016-17.

Coming into Sunday, the Thunder were 32-9 in games where Westbrook recorded a triple-double. They are 13-25 in all other contests. Even if he gathers a few empty rebounds here and there, the Thunder fire on all cylinders when Westbrook is bringing his all-around game.

"It's historic. If what he's doing wasn't so difficult we'd have a lot more people being able to do it," Thunder head coach Billy Donovan told reporters on April 4. "So I think it speaks to his ability to impact games in so many different ways, whether that's scoring, rebounding or assists. He can do it in a variety of ways. I think he's a very unique player, a player that maybe the league hasn't seen in quite some time because of what he can do in between the lines. So there's no question what he's done is remarkable."

Westbrook had already clinched the second full-season triple-double in NBA history by dishing eight assists against the Phoenix Suns on Friday.

As for MVP? Well, that's a debate-a long one-for another day.

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A day after brazen ISIS attacks killed dozens at two Coptic Christian churches on Palm Sunday, Egypt declared a three-month state of emergency, a measure designed to help authorities root out the killers.

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A stunned nation watched funerals for victims of the bombings on national TV and citizens raised questions and fears about what some consider lax security at churches.

"The state of emergency means absolutely nothing to me," said Andrew Abdel Shaheed, an Egyptian Copt in Brussels.

"It means that people will get trailed for no reason and arrested with no warrants, but what does it do for the future of Egyptians? I personally do not feel safe to return to Egypt."

The Sunday strikes, which targeted Egypt's persecuted and vulnerable Christian minority on the first day of the faith's Holy Week leading up to Easter, left at least 45 dead, Egypt's health ministry said Monday.

At least 28 people died in a bomb blast inside a church in the northern city of Tanta, according to the ministry.

In Alexandria, 17 people -- including civilians and police officers -- were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a Coptic church, the ministry said. At least 125 people were injured in the attacks.

The Cabinet will allocate 100,000 Egyptian pounds ($5,530) compensation to families of each victim in Tanta and Alexandria's church bombings, state TV said.

ISIS, which claimed responsibility, warned of more attacks in a statement. "The Crusaders and their apostate followers must be aware that the bill between us and them is very large, and they will be paying it like a river of blood from their sons, if God is willing," the group said in Arabic.

After the bombings, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi declared a period of mourning. The government formed a council to counter terror and extremism.

"The attack will not undermine the resolve and true will of the Egyptian people to counter the forces of evil," the President said in a statement. The Egyptian Cabinet, on its website Monday, said it had approved a three-month, nationwide state of emergency that went into effect at 1 p.m. Cairo time (7 a.m. ET).

"The state of emergency allows both the armed forces and the police to execute those procedures necessary to combat the threats of terrorism and its financing, maintain security around the country and protect public and private property, as well as preserving the lives of citizens," the statement said.

The country's parliament must now approve the move within seven days for the three-month initiative to remain in effect. The vote had been set for Monday but has been postponed until Tuesday. The parliament, expected to approve the decision, wants Prime Minister Sherif Ismail to explain the reasons for the move.

In a statement issued on the Telegram messaging platform and circulated by several ISIS supporters, the militant group identified the bombers as Egyptian nationals. Egyptian authorities have not confirmed the bombers' nationalities.

How the attacks unfolded

The first blast ripped through a Palm Sunday service at St. George's Church in Tanta. An explosive device had been planted under a seat in the main prayer hall.

News footage from Tanta showed people gathering at the church, singing hymns. The video then quickly switched to bars as harrowing screams and cries echo in the background.

Victoria Michell, whose father was killed in the attack, described a scene of horror when the explosive detonated.

"A lady next to me lost her eye. Other people were cut to pieces; blood and body parts were everywhere. The choir was also dead on the floor. The chandelier above me crashed to the floor," she said.

Not long afterward, a suicide bomber attacked outside St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Alexandria, according to state news outlets.

Police officers who had been posted outside the church stopped a man wearing an explosive belt from entering the church, the Interior Ministry said. Two of those officers, a man and a woman, were killed, along with civilians and other police staff.

'Security is very weak'

After the attack in Tanta, authorities replaced the provincial police chief amid anger and frustration over the attacks. Citizens in Tanta told CNN they believe security is poor and demanded it be changed. They say church security guards are ineffectual.

"Security is very weak and they are falling short of their duty. How can someone plant an explosive inside the church? Why didn't they search him?" said Amel Roushdi, who is Christian.

"We don't know the old security chief and we won't know the new one," she said.

Despite the violence, she said she won't be intimidated.

"I will not abandon the church. We are a generation that won't leave the church or Egypt."

Mo'men Ahmed Fouad, a 17-year-old Muslim, had been near the church in Tanta when he heard a loud blast. He later entered the sanctuary and saw a scene of devastation.

"I don't feel secure at all. Muslims and Christians have always lived together and coexisted. I would like security to be intensified," he told CNN. "How could someone enter a church to do this?"

In Alexandria, caskets arrived at a collective funeral in the Marmina (St. Mina) Monastery on the outskirts of the city. "They are martyrs," mourners said. "They are with God now."

A persecuted minority

Copts in Egypt have faced persecution and discrimination that has spiked since the toppling of Hosni Mubarak's regime in 2011. Dozens have been killed in sectarian violence. In December, an attack at a Coptic church in Cairo killed 25 people.

Coptic churches and homes have been set on fire, members of the Coptic minority have been physically attacked, and their property has been looted, rights group Amnesty International reported in March.

Coptic Christians make up about 10% of Egypt's population of 91 million. They base their theology on the teachings of the apostle Mark, who introduced Christianity to Egypt. Tanta is roughly 60 miles (96 kilometers) north of Cairo, in the Nile delta.

International condemnation

Pope Francis is scheduled to visit Cairo this month. He will meet with various religious leaders, including the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church. Along with others, the Pope expressed his grief after the church attack.

The White House said Monday that Trump spoke to Sisi on Sunday and conveyed "his deepest condolences to Egypt and to the families who lost loved ones in the heinous terrorist attacks against Christian churches on Palm Sunday." Trump also "expressed his confidence" in Sisi's "commitment to protect Christians and all Egyptians."

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Russell Westbrook sets NBA recird for triple doubles in a season (42). original record was 41 by Oscar Robertson in the 1961-1962 season

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A car occupied by nine teenagers refused to stop for a police officer and then a short time later crashed into a tree in Kansas early Sunday, killing the driver and the front seat passenger.

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Five children were injured during the annual Spring Carnival at Springwell Church in Taylors on Saturday.

According to Battalion Chief, Ricky Reed with the Taylors Fire Department, the structures were anchored in, but the wind ripped them from the straps.

Per a post on the church's Facebook, a wind gust lifted an inflatable that was on the campus during the event, injuring several kids.

Dispatchers say deputies with the Greenville County Sheriff's Office, EMS and fire crews are on scene at the church.

A power line was also knocked down during the incident.
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Families of victims of Sunday's bombing at Alexandria's Coptic cathedral gathered at the Monastery of Saint Mina under heavy security on Monday as Egypt's cabinet approved a three-month state of emergency

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Hyper loop is new technology that could cut transportation between cities to minutes.  Similar to the process banks use with their tubes.

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Could a steel tube in the Nevada desert foretell the future of U.S. transportation?

Hyperloop One, which recently completed a hyperloop test track outside Las Vegas, portrays itself as the next great thing in American transportation.

The Los Angeles-based Hyperloop One visited Washington on Thursday, making a case for its technology as a way to better connect a growing nation. Hyperloop One executives described how Americans could get from city to city in minutes, as if distant regions were on the same subway network. But today the hyperloop remains a young, unproven project that is full of questions.

Hyperloop officials appeared to court the Trump administration in their remarks, well aware of the president's plans for revitalizing U.S. infrastructure.

"We're creating blue collar [jobs and] white collar jobs with an all-American solution that is being designed here and can be built here," Hyperloop One CEO Rob Lloyd said. "It's overdue for us to find a new transportation network that's going to be as disruptive as the car was."

Related: Hyperloop One wants to build in Russia

Lloyd highlighted several potential routes, starting with one in the Rust Belt, which would connect Pittsburgh and Columbus, Ohio.

He estimated the hyperloop would cost two-thirds the price of high speed rail, and be up to three times faster.

Yet so far the company has only built a 500-meter track. It's performed a propulsion test, in which its vessel went 116 mph. To whisk Americans from city to city in minutes, the hyperloop will have to perform at speeds over 600 mph.

Hyperloop technology functions somewhat like the pneumatic tubes that bank tellers have used to send checks and cash to customers waiting in the drive-through. Hyperloop passengers will sit in a pod that races through a vacuum tube.

Maintaining a vacuum in the tube is the toughest challenge, according to Satbir Singh, a Carnegie Mellon professor who advises students working on a hyperloop project. If air leaks in during travel, or when people board the hyperloop, the pods won't be able to travel at top speed.

Related: Elon Musk, business leaders talk transportation with Trump

The hyperloop will need to accelerate and slow down gently, so that the gravitational forces don't leave passengers feeling ill. Turns could also be problematic. Unless the Hyperloop travels on a straight lane, passengers risk feeling uncomfortable gravitational forces. Hyperloop One will need to demonstrate that the technology is sufficiently safe.

Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, initially unveiled the concept in August 2013. He was frustrated with California's plans to build an expensive high speed rail network that compared poorly to bullet trains around the world.

Musk has never planned to build the project himself. But SpaceX has hosted competitions to encourage hyperloop development.

CNNMoney (Washington) First published April 6, 2017: 1:10 PM ET

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