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*Obama plans historic trip: President Obama will become the first sitting U.S. President to go to Hiroshima,Japan, the White House announced today. The trip to the site where U.S. used an atomic bomb at the end of world war II carries symbolism for Mr,Obama, who wont revisit the decision to attack that city Nagasaki.

* California's water conservation:Gov.Jerry brown is making some temporary water curbs permanent despite a slight easing of dry conditions from rains brought on by ELNino.
*Fort MCMurray is mostly intact:About 90 percent of the building in the evacuated Canadian city of Fort MCMurray Alberta, have survived the huge wide fre , a tp officials says the destruction ,while not as severe as many had feared ,appeared to have overwhelmingly stuck homes.
*Cruz returns to Capitol Hill; Congress is back in session today,and senator Ted Cruz of Texas  must decide which group among his fellow lawmakers he 'll join:those for Mr. Trump fort those against him Judge Merrick B.Garland, President Obama,s supreme court nominee, will submit a detailed questionnaire to the senate Judiciary committee today listing his experience and credentials.
*Baltimore set for trial; Motions will be heard today in  the second trial related to Freddie Gray's death while in police custody. The trial will will focus on whether Edward M.Nero, a white officer assaulted Mr Gray  during his initial arrest.
Ferguson ,Mo., where michael brown was fatally shot by a white officer in 2014. has its first permanent black police chief.
* The quiet campaign trail: The Republicans hold primaries today in Nebraska and West Virginia ,and its worth  watching to see whether there's any significant protest vote against Donald J.Trump.Bernie Sanders is seen as having the upper hand in West Virginia's Democratic contest.
Mr Trump said he may need as much as $1.5billion for the fall campaign, but he has no fund -raising apparatus . At  the same time ,his new finance chairman has deep wall streets roots , which might seem to put him at odds with some of Mr.Trump's positions.