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Tragedy on the world's tallest mountain
Hundreds have died trying to reach the top of Mount Everest. But people still climb. This season, the mountain has claimed three lives in three days, while two other climbers remained missing. Last year, a devastating earthquake unleashed an avalanche that killed 19 people at Base Camp, effectively ending all attempts at the peak for 2015. A year earlier, a massive ice fall on a glacier killed 16 and rendered the route impassable for the season. While the previous years' tragedies were caused by nature, some say this year's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>may be<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the result of<span style="color: Red;">*</span>poor planning<span style="color: Red;">*</span> “This was a man-made disaster that may have been minimized with better management of the teams,” Nepal Mountaineering Association Chief Ang Tshering Sherpa said. “The last two disasters on Everest were caused by nature, but not this one.”
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Subhash Paul, Eric Arnold and Maria Strydom all made it to the top of Mount Everest and suffered altitude sickness. USA TODAY
This is what Freddie Gray's family had to say about Monday's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>verdict
They respect it.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>A Maryland judge acquitted Baltimore police Officer Edward Nero of all charges Monday in the controversial case of Freddie Gray, whose death last year touched off sometimes violent protests in the city and reignited Black Lives Matter demonstrations across the nation. Nero, who is white, was the second of six officers to face trial and the first to obtain a verdict. The first case ended in a hung jury and will be retried. The city agreed in September to pay Gray's family $6.4 million to settle civil litigation in the case.
John Nero, center left, and Edward Nero, center right, brother and father of Officer Edward Nero, one of six Baltimore city police officers charged in connection to the death of Freddie Gray, are escorted out of a courthouse after Nero was acquitted of all charges in his trial in Baltimore, May 23, 2016.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Patrick Semansky, AP)
Hey Vietnam, can we be buddies now?
It's been 41 years since the Vietnam War ended, and President<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Obama is ready to make good with the nation.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>He lifted the remaining parts of a decades-old arms embargo on Monday during his visit there. Vietnam wanted that embargo lifted so it can defend itself against China. Some Vietnamese hope Obama addresses lingering damage from the war, such as<span style="color: Red;">*</span>unexploded ordnance and toxic chemicals used by American troops. Vietnam's government is pretty weak when it comes to human rights, and Obama hopes to tackle that issue, too.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>It's not all work out there. Obama found time<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to grab $6 worth of<span style="color: Red;">*</span>bun cha and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>beer with Anthony Bourdain,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>who is in Hanoi filming an episode of his TV show.
The President's chopstick skills are on point . #buncha #hanoi
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Well, NOW who's the authority on Sports?
Sports Authority is closing all 463 of its stores and — clear out a drawer — plans to launch its going-out-of-business sales this week. The sales will last through the end of August until it is able to clear out all remaining merchandise. It's bad news bears for<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the sporting-good business lately. The Sports Chalet chain, based on the West Coast, announced its closure last month. Who's to blame? All signs point toward the Internet.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Can Dick’s be the sporting-goods survivor?
Yes, we’re STILL talking about Deflategate
Tom Brady's legal battle with the NFL is nowhere near done. The New England Patriots quarterback filed an appeal seeking to overturn his four-game suspension for his alleged role in the Deflategate scandal. Brady's petition is somewhat of a longshot — <span style="color: Red;">*</span>these types of rehearings are super rare. Regardless, his legal team is expected, once again, to take aim at NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell by arguing that he overstepped his bounds in suspending the four-time Super Bowl champion.
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USA TODAY Sports' Tom Pelissero provides details on Brady's appeal and chances of the QB's suspension being overturned. usa today sports
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