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April 29, 2016
• Violence Erupts at Trump Rally in California; Jeb Bush Speaks Out on GOP Race; Trump Targets Sanders Supporters. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Prince Death Investigation; Indianapolis Newspaper Slams Trump; Pediatric Center Bombed; BYU Allegations; Trump at Holiday Inn. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Violence Erupts at Trump Rally in California; GOP Women Respond to Trump's Clinton Attacks. Aired 9-9:30a ET


April 28, 2016
• Donald Trump's Big Foreign Policy Speech; Aleppo Under Fire As U.N. Special Envoy Urges Saving Syrian Ceasefire; The Road to Rio; Russia's Love Affair with Donald Trump; Water Levels at Record Low at Venezuelan Dam; New Wave of Killings in Bangladesh. Aired 3-4a ET
• Ted Cruz Announces Carly Fiorina as V.P. Pick; Trump's "America First" Foreign Policy Vision; Brazil's President Fights Impeachment, Talks Olympics; Facebook Just Keeps Growing; Drought Adds to Venezuela's Economic Crisis; Dennis Hastert Sentenced for Abuse; Indiana Primary Could Hold Key to Nominations; Trump Popularity Soars in Russia; Former Afghan NATO Military Base Becomes Drug Rehab Camp; Girl to Meet Obama Amid Flint Water Crisis. Aired 2-3a ET
• Trump Outlines "America First" Foreign Policy; Clinton Moves Closer To Democratic Nomination; Russians Love Trump; Prince's Health Scare Likely Reaction to Painkillers; Embattled Brazilian President Talks Olympics; Venezuelan Economic Crisis Affects Government Workers; Facebook Booms as Apple, Twitter Not Doing as Well. Aired 1-2a ET
• Trump Delivers First Foreign Policy Speech In Washington; Ted Cruz Names Carly Fiorina As Running Mate; Sanders Campaign To Lay Off Over 200 Staffers After Losing Four Primaries On Tuesday; Tensions Ramp Up Between North And South Korea. Aired 12-1a ET
• Was Prince's Death Caused By Prescription Medications?; Horrifying Attack On Children's Hospital In Syria. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Baltimore TV Station Evacuated; Jeb Bush Speaks Out; Boehner Slams Cruz. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Man with Explosive Vets at Local Baltimore TV Station; Comparing Trump, Clinton Foreign Policy; Anderson Cooper's Documentary on the Vanderbilts. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump Piles on Boehner Comment; Paid Meds Found on Prince; Arrests In San Bernardino Case. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Prince Death Possibly Linked to Opioid Reaction; Trump Says Sanders Should Run as Independent; Anderson Cooper Interviews Mother, Gloria Vanderbilt. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Ted Cruz Announces Carly Fiorina as Vice Presidential Running Mate; D.C. Republicans Begin Warming to Trump; Melanie Trump Angered by GQ Profile; Clinton Shifts Focus to General Election. Aired 10- 10:30a ET
• Cruz Picks Fiorina and Trump Gets Endorsement; Opioid Pills Found on Prince; Trump Vows to Work with Russia. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Ted Cruz Announces Carly Fiorina as Vice Presidential Running Mate; Sanders Campaign Lays Off 200+ Staffers; Biden Makes Unannounced Visit to Iraq. Aired 9-9:30a ET


April 27, 2016
• Big Primary Wins For Trump And Clinton In Latest Round Of Primaries; Bernie Sanders Wins Rhode Island Primary; Families Of 96 Liverpool Football Fans Say Justice Served After Jury Rules Their Loved Ones Unlawfully Killed; Papua New Guinea To Shut Down Controversial Refugee Camp On Mannes Island; Apple Shares Plunge In After-Hours Trading After Bad Quarterly Earnings. Aired 3-4a ET
• Donald Trump Sweeps Five Primary States; Hillary Wins Big, Moves Closer to Nomination; Hillsborough Verdict: Justice for the 96 Liverpool Fans; Trump Sweeps All Five Republican Primaries; Disconnects Between Candidates And Campaign Staffs; CNN Obtains San Francisco Police Officer's Racist Texts; Study: Dogs Dislike Hugs. Aired 2-3a ET
• Donald Trump Says Hillary Clinton is Playing The Woman Card; Carly Fiorina Will Be Ted Cruz's Vice President. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Interview With Former Virginia Governor James Gilmore; Trump Delivers Foreign Policy Speech; Cruz Set to Name Fiorina as Running Mate. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Linda McMahon Talks Trump; Trump: Clinton Using Woman Card; Judge's Scathing Words When Sentencing Dennis Hastert. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump Foreign Policy; Cruz Big Announcement; Linda McMahon on Trump. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Donald Trump sweeps five states, could secure nomination; Pilgrim's Pride recalls over 4.5 million pounds of chicken products due to contaminants; Former House Speaker, Dennis Hastert to be sentenced; Harvard concerned, may need to delay commencement due to disease outbreak; Trump to give foreign policy speech. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Donald Trump Doubles Down on Clinton's "Woman Card"; Hillary Clinton Offers Olive Branch to Sanders' Voters. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Trump and Clinton Win Big in Northeast; Political Delegate Counts; Ted Cruz Speaks in Indiana. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Trump Sweeps Five Northeast States; Sanders: I'm In "Until the Last Vote is Cast". Aired 9-9:30a ET


April 26, 2016
• Gay Rights Activist Killed in Bangladesh; US Fighter Jets Head to Europe; 30th Anniversary of Chernobyl; Philippine Terror Group Executes Canadian Hostage; Hillsborough Soccer Deaths Ruling Expected; Clinton Anticipating Contest with Trump; Papua New Guinea Supreme Court Rules Australian Detention of Asylum Seekers Illegal. Aired 3-4a ET
• Canadian Hostage Killed by Terror Group; USAID LGBT Employee Killed in Bangladesh; Trump Criticizes Cruz/Kasich Alliance; Tuesday's Primaries Could Put Trump Closer to Nomination; U.S. Message to Russia from Romania; Investigation into Missing Mexican Students Ends; Clinton Focuses on Trump, Sanders Not Out Yet; Brazil's V.P. Fires Back on Charges of Coup D'etat; Syrian Refugee Will Carry Olympic Torch; Saudi Arabia Looking to Reduce Kingdom's Oil Dependence. Aired 2-3a ET
• Trump: Cruz-Kasich Alliance Is "Pathetic" And "Weak"; Clinton Focusing On Trump, Sanders Not Giving Up; Philippine Terror Group Kills Canadian Hostage; Gay Rights Activist Hacked To Death In Bangladesh; Who Inherits from Prince; Prince's Spiritual Side, His Church; Beyonce's "Lemonade" an Ode to Black Women. Aired 1-2a ET
• Latest in Series of Targeted Killings in Bangladesh; Philippine Terror Group Kills Canadian Hostage; Voters Head to Polls in Five States; Prince's $300 Million Estate in Legal Limbo; Beyonce's Controversial "Lemonade" Album. Aired 12-1a ET
• Megyn Kelly And Donald Trump Rematch; Prince's Sister Files Papers In Minnesota Court Claiming The Artist Had No Will; Trump and Clinton Expecting A Night Of Victory. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Interview With Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf; Kelly Ripa Returns; Northeast Votes. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Pennsylvania GOP Delegates Not Bound to a Candidate; Who Inherits Prince Estate; Former Trump Greenwich, CT, Mansion for Sale; Critics Slam "Millionaire" Clinton for Criticizing Trump as "Billionaire." Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Five Northeastern States Hold Primaries; Kasich-Cruz Deal; Trump Backer Confronts Cruz. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Pennsylvanians Set To Elect Delegates; New Details Emerge From Murdered Family Crime Scene In Ohio; Apple Stock Plummets; Kelly Ripa Returns To Show; Olympic Torch Begins Journey In Rio de Janerio; Trump's Impressions. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Primary Voting Underway in Five States; Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Voters Hit Polls in Five States; Interview with Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Pennsylvania Primary; U.S. Moves F-22s. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Primary Voting Underway in Five States; Clinton Looks Past Sanders, Attacks GOP Rivals. Aired 9-9:30a ET


April 25, 2016
• Cruz and Kasich Reach Deal to Stop Trump; More Troops Headed to Syria; Hope in Nepal; More Signs of Recovery in Brussels; Beyonce Releases New Album. Aired 3-4a ET
• Cruz, Kasich Working Together to Stop Trump; Sanders Reiterates Message, Not Running Doomed Campaign; Obama Sending More Troops to Syria; World Leaders Condemn North Korea after Missile Launch; New Details in Murder of 8 Family Members in Ohio; Violence Follows Syrian Refugees Fleeing to Turkey; Efforts to Bring Home School Girls Abducted by Boko Haram; African Music Star Papa Wemba Dies at 66. Aired 2-3a ET
• Cruz and Kasich Join Forces to Stop Trump; U.S. to Deploy More Special Forces to Syria; Response to North Korea's Missile Launch; On the Front Lines in the Fight for Nigeria's Kidnapped Schoolgirls; Solar Plane Cross Pacific, Lands in California; HBO's "Game of Thrones" Returns for Season Six; Beyonce Gets Personal in "Lemonade". Aired 1-2a ET
• North Korea Fires Missile From Submarine; Kasich and Cruz Work Together to Deny Trump Delegates; U.S. to Deploy Additional 250 Troops to Syria; Violence in Syria Spreads; Bangladesh Police Detain Student linked to Hacking Death; Nigerian Army Moving to Believed Hideout of Boko Haram; International Aid Organizations to Help Nepalese Orphanages. Aired 12-1a ET
• Prince Etate Worth Hundreds of Millions, But No Known Will Yet; Donald Trump Criticized Governor John Kasich's Eating Habits. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Beyonce's 'Lemonade'; Murder Mystery; Prince Death Investigation; Plotting Against Trump. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• How Kasich Supporter Reacts to Cruz/Kasich Deal Against Trump; Why Princes; Private Jet Made Emergency Landing Prior to Death; Jazz Fast, Second Line for Prince in New Orleans; Judge Reinstates Tom Brady's 4-Game Suspension; Trump Reacts to Cruz/Kasich Alliance. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Cruz-Kasich Deal; Ohio Murders. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Kasich Speaks about Cruz Partnership; Obama Announces New Deployment to Syria; Cruz Speaks in Indiana; Wisconsin Teen Opens Fire on Prom-Goers. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Cruz and Kasich Team Up to Stop Trump; Democrats Hit Trail Before Primaries; Sanders Supporter Invokes Lewinsky in Speech. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Obama Sends Troops to Syria; Pot Found at Killing Sites in Ohio; Prince Death Investigation; Beyonce's New Album. Aired 9:30-10a ET


April 24, 2016
• North Korea Launches Missile From Submarine; Hill: China-U.S. Cooperation Could Slow Down North Korea; Thousands Protest Obama's Free Trade Plan; Fans Outside Prince's Home Receive Special Gifts; North Korea Tests May Be Public Display Of Strength; Iraqi F-16s Take To The Skies Against ISIS; Nepal One Year After Deadly Quake; Solar Plane On Round The World Flight. Aired 5-6a ET
• South Korea Military on High Alert after North Korea Missile Launch; Thousands Protest Trade Deal Between U.S. and EU; Memorial Service for Prince. Aired 4-5a ET
• North Korea Calls Newest Military Test a Great Success; Angela Merkel Gets Firsthand Look at Refugee Camp; One Year Since Earthquakes Destroyed Nepal's Capital City. Aired 3-3:30a ET
• North Korea Launches Another Missile; Angela Merkel Surveys Growing Refugee Crisis; International Record Companies Investing Heavily Across Southern Africa. Aired 2-2:30a ET.
• North Korean Missile Launch; Obama Heads to Germany; Change In tactics for Trump? Paris Climate Agreement. Aired 12-12:30a
• Cab Cruz and Kasich Stop Donald Trump?; Fans and Family Mourn Prince; Interview with Gene Simmons; Previewing the New CNN Series 'United Shades of America'; Vacation to Space; Nigeria's Fight for Its Kidnapped Girls; First Female Rabbi for Orthodox Jews; 'Parts Unknown' Visits the Philippines. Aired 7-8p ET
• Clinton, Sanders Make Last Minute Appeals for Votes; Heartbroken Fans Gather at Prince's Home; Obama to Send More Special Ops to Syria; ISIS Calls on Saudi Supporters to Kill their Relatives; Obama Pushes Controversial Trade Deal in Germany; Battle Underway for Remaining Delegate. Aired 6-7p ET
• Officials Hold News Conference on Ohio Murders; Interview with Gene Simmons; Interview with Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake; Five States Hold Primaries Tuesday; North Korea Media Releases Photos of Missile Test. Aired 5-6p ET
• Soon: News Conference on Ohio Murders; Soon: Trump Stumps For Voters in Maryland; Obama: Europeans Need To Get On Board With Trade Deal; James Brown, Michael Jackson and Prince on Stage; Road to the White House. Aired 4-5p ET
• Hillary Clinton Rolling Out A New Message on the Campaign Trail; Charles Koch Endorsing Hillary Clinton; President Obama Selling A Controversial Trade Deal Overseas; Remembering Prince; Paul Ryan Will Not Be Running For President in 2016. Aired 3-4p ET
• Hillary Clinton's New Message; Charles Koch Endorses Hillary Clinton; President Obama Pushing Trade Deal Overseas; ; Remembering Prince; Trump Jr. On His Dad: It's Not An Act; Clinton Working To Get Out The Vote Ahead Of Primaries; Manhunt Underway For "Executive Style" Killer Of Eight; Ripa Skips "Live" After News Of Strahan's Exit. Aired 2-3p ET


April 23, 2016
• Obama Warns Of Trade Issues If U.K. Leaves E.U.; Obama To Tour Shakespeare's Globe Theatre; It Could Be Weeks Before Autopsy Results; Prince's Last Days; The Brussels Airport A Month After Attacks; One Hundred Seventy Five Nations Sign Historic Climate Change Pact; Obama Holds Town Hall In London. Aired 5-6a ET
• Obama Advises Britain to Stay in the E.U.; Stevie Wonder Remembers Prince; Brussels Airport One Month Later; Nations Sign Historic Climate Change Pact; More People are Choosing Green Burials; America's Choice 2016; Ecuador Earthquake Survivors Wait for Aid; British Astronaut to Run Marathon in Space; The Women Prince Loved. Aired 4-5a ET
• Obama Advises Britain to Stay in the E.U.; The Artist's Last Days; Bangladesh Professor Hacked to Death; Remembering Shakespeare. Aired 3-3:30a ET
• Obama Advises Britain to Stay in the E.U.; The Artist's Last Days; Nations Sign Historic Climate Change Pact; More People are Choosing Green Burials. Aired 2-2:30a ET
• Macron to Address Joint Session of U.S. Congress; Customer Wrestled Gun out of Shooter's Hands; Mystery Surrounds Death of Russian Journalist; Blast Kills 57 at Kabul Voting Center; French President's State Visit; Nicaraguan Government Scraps Pension Reform amid Unrest; Israel Warns against Iran's Role in Syrian War; Man Stranded in Malaysian Airport for 40 days; Trump Might Employ the Art of the Walkout. Aired 1-2a ET
• Obama Advises Britain to Stay in the E.U.; The Artist's Last Days; Actors Narrate Climate Videos; Aired 12-12:30a ET
• 911 Calls Released After Family Members Killed; Prince: 1958- 2016, Fans Gather Outside Paisley Park to Pay Tribune; North Korea Lunched a Missile from Submarine; GOP Hopefuls Make Last-Ditch Pitches to Undecideds; Clinton Attacks Cruz, Trump Over Foreign Policy. Aired 7-8p ET
• GOP Candidates Hit The Trail Ahead of Tuesday; Clinton, Sanders Battle Ahead of Tuesday Primaries; Memorial Grows Outside Prince's Home; NASA Prepares for Manned Space Mission to Mars; 911 Tape Released in Ohio Murder Case; Hero World War II Pilot Dies. Aired 5-6p ET
• Sanders Vows to Stay in Race; Prince Autopsy Complete, Body Released to Family; Prince Kept Low Profile on Philanthropic Efforts; North Korean Missile Launch; Honor Roll Sophomore Dies After Bathroom Brawl; RNC Searches for Unity at Spring Meeting; Cruz Slam Trump over Transgender Bathroom Laws; Prince Fought Record Label for Artistic Freedom; Sports World Mourns Loss of Music Icon. Aired 4-5p ET
• Prince Dead At 57; Ohio Execution-Style Murderers Still On The Run; President Obama's Final Leg Of Trip In London; Anti-Trump Forces Make New, Expensive Play To Stop GOP Frontrunner. Aired 3-4p ET
• Fans Remember Prince; Bernie Sanders Returns to Campaign Trail; Donald Trump Holds Rally in Connecticut; Hillary Clinton Speaks to Small Gathering in Connecticut; High School Student Killed in Fight. Aired 2-2:30P ET
• Fans Paying Tribute to Prince Outside His Estate; President Barack Obama Sending A Powerful Message To Young British Voters; Race for the White House Also Means a Race For Money; Two state Environmental Quality Officials Pleaded Not Guilty to Six Felony Charges. Aired 1-2p ET
• Top Aide: Trump "Evolving" After Playing A Part; Sheriff: No Reason To Believe Prince's Death Was A Suicide; Tributes Pour In As Fans, Celebs Remember Prince; Latest from the Campaign Trail; Young Girl Dies of Injuries in Delaware High School Brawl; Previewing New CNN Show. Aired 12-1p ET
• North Korea Fires Missile; Trump As Presidential As Before; Obama's Final Presidential Visit to England; Prince Fans And Neighbors Gather; Search For Shooter, Answers In Murder of Rhoden Family; 165,000 Pennsylvania Democrats Flip To Republican Party; Bebe Winans Reflects On Prince's Faith; Victim's Friends: She Didn't Deserve This. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Prince Remembered by Fans; Donald Trump Holds Rally in Connecticut; Trump Campaign Manager Discusses Political Strategy Going Forward; Ted Cruz Holds Rally in Pennsylvania; Bernie Sanders Back on Campaign Trail. Aired 10-11a ET


April 22, 2016
• Musician Prince Dies; China Chemical Warehouse Explosion Investigated; President Obama to Meet Royal Family and British Prime Minister. Aired 3-4a ET
• Music Legend Prince Dead at 57; Autopsy on Prince Within Hours; Fans Pay Tribute to Prince at Paisley Park; Randy Jackson Talks Prince; 500 Possibly Dead Last Week in Mediterranean; Earth Day Celebrations Around the World. Aired 2-3a ET
• Death of Prince Examined; Negative Approval Ratings of Presidential Candidates. Aired Midnight-1a ET
• Prince Remembered On U.K. Front Pages; Hillary Clinton Stumps In Pennsylvania Ahead Of Vote; Prince's Genius Matched By His Business Sense; Teen Girl Killed In School Bathroom Fight Aired 10:30-11:00a
• Switching Parties: Former Democrats Now Republicans; Prince's Autopsy Completed: News Conference Soon; Seven Killed "Execution Style," Another Body Found. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Trump Act; Remembering Prince. Aired 15-15:30p ET
• Is Trump's Personality Just an Act; Prince Autopsy Complete, Awaiting Details; Former Band Member Talks about Prince. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Autopsy Underway for Music Icon Prince; Sex & Music: Inside Prince's Complicated Love Life; Prince's Secret Songs: Inside His Musical Vault. Aired 14-14:30p ET
• Remembering Prince; Trump Top Adviser Meets with RNC Members; Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Remembering Prince; Democrats Campaign in Pennsylvania; Sports World Remembers Prince. Aired 9:30-10:00a ET
• Music Legend Prince Dead at 57; Trump Evolving to be More Presidential?; Hometown Pays Tribute to Prince. Aired 9-9:30a ET


April 21, 2016
• President Obama Meets with Gulf Allies; Hundreds of Migrants Drown in Failed Attempt to Reach Europe; Olympic Torch to Begin Journey from Greece to Brazil; Ecuador Earthquake Recovery Plans; New Technology Used in Hunt for Child Predators. Aired 3-4a ET
• Obama Gets Cool Reception in Saudi Arabia; Up to 500 Migrants Feared Dead in Ship Sinking; Reports N. Korean Restaurant Owners Tricked into Fleeing to S. Korea; Queen Elizabeth's 90th Birthday Celebrations Begin; Olympic Torch to Pass Through Refugee Camp; ISIS Deadly Campaign to Overthrow Saudi Arabia Monarchy; Mass Murderer Wins in Norwegian Court; Photographer Talks Taking Royal Photographs; U.S. Treasury Announces Plans to Change Pictures on Dollar Bills. Aired 2- 3a ET
• Court Rules Anders Breivik's Human Rights Being Violated; Obama Visits Saudi Arabia; Donald Trump's Change in Tone; U.S. Treasury Announces Plans to Change $10, $20, $5; Queen Elizabeth's 90th Birthday Celebrations Begin. Aired 1-2a ET
• US-Saudi Relations; ISIS Calling for Attacks on Saudi Security Forces; US Military Official Testifies in Senate on North Korea; Update on Ecuador Earthquake Aftermath; Australians Freed on Bail in Beirut Child Kidnapping Case; US Green Party Candidate; Queen Elizabeth Turns 90; Harriet Tubman to Appear on US $20 Bill. Aired Midnight-1a ET
• Music Legend Prince Dead at Age 57. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Musician Prince Dies at Age 57. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Music Legend Prince Dead at 57. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Music Legend Prince Dead at 57. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Sen. Ted Cruz In Maryland; Presidential Candidates' Possible V.P. Picks; Countdown To the Olympics; Grand Jury Meets in Will Smith Murder Case; Officers Plead Guilty To Post-Katrina Shooting. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Gets Back to Attack Mode on the Trail; Cruz Calls for Another GOP Debate; Clinton Talks Dem Unity After Tough Primary; Courting the Millennial Vote. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• The Democratic Presidential Race; Donald Trump Changing His Tone?; President Obama on the U.S.-Saudi Relationship. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Obama Speaks at Gulf Summit; Trump Returns to Attack Mode on Trail; Kasich Vows to Stay in Race; Clinton, Sanders Make Big Northeast Push. Aired 9-9:30a ET


April 20, 2016
• Trump and Clinton Win Decisively in New York; President Obama Headed to Saudi Arabia; Latest on Ecuador Earthquake. Aired 3-4a ET
• Big Wins for Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton; Assessing the Paths of Presidential Campaigns; Election Roll Troubles in New York. Aired 2-3a ET
• Democrat Contest Examined; Trump Speaks in Indianapolis; On Board a US Navy Vessel. Aired 3:30-4p ET


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