Kasich-Cruz alliance attempts to slow Trump on eve of 5 primaries

Kasich-Cruz alliance attempts to slow Trump on eve of 5 primaries

BORDEN, Ind. (AP) — Declaring the Republican presidential contest at "a fork in the road," Ted Cruz and John Kasich defended their extraordinary new alliance on Monday as the party's last, best chance to stop Donald Trump, even as the New York billionaire surged toward another big delegate haul.

Trump, the Republican front-runner, lashed out at what he called collusion by desperate rivals, intensifying his attacks on the GOP presidential nomination system on the eve of Tuesday's round of primary elections in the Northeast.

2 men including USAID employee killed in Bangladesh
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2 men including USAID employee killed in Bangladesh

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NEW DELHI (AP) — Unidentified assailants fatally stabbed two men in Bangladesh's capital Monday night, including a gay rights activist who also worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development, police said. It was the latest in a series of attacks targeting atheists, moderates and foreigners.

Police said they suspected radical Islamic terrorists in the attack, which occurred two days after a university professor was hacked to death in an attack claimed by Islamic State. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the latest violence.

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