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On this edition for Sunday, April 21, more than 200 people were killed in Sri Lanka in a coordinated terrorist attack by suicide bombers in churches and hotels. Also, the creator of the “Cathy” comic strip chronicles the ups and downs of the next chapter in life, and a filmmaker uses home movies to tell the hidden stories of American cities. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York

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Giant Easter eggs are seen in preparations for the Monday Egg Roll on South Lawn of the White House in Washington. Photo by Yuri Gripas/Reuters

WATCH: Trumps host White House Easter Egg Roll

By Associated Press

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Filmmaker unearths historical treasures in home movies

By Joanne Elgart Jennings

‘Cathy’ comic strip creator looks to the next chapter

By Megan Thompson

The impact of Chernobyl’s nuclear disaster 33 years later

By PBS NewsHour

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By PBS NewsHour

Stability gives Baghdad a chance at a cultural renaissance

By Simona Foltyn

‘Midwinter’ combines music and art at Chicago museum

By Christopher Booker, Connie Kargbo

Twenty years after Columbine, what’s changed and what hasn’t

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By PBS NewsHour

News Wrap: Trump blasts former advisers over Mueller details

Responding to Mueller report, Russia dismisses sweeping evidence of interference

Is Mueller report a ‘final determination’ or an ‘impeachment referral?’

How a volunteer surgical team in Rwanda chooses which patients to save

By Fred de Sam Lazaro

In northern Africa, can the people’s discontent translate to democracy?

By Nick Schifrin

Shields and Brooks on the Mueller report

How female characters evolve beyond the corset in ‘The Chaperone’

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Trump claims exoneration from report Democrats call ‘damning’

President Donald Trump looks on during an event recognizing the Wounded Warrior Project Soldier Ride in the East Room of the White House, April 18, 2019 in Washington, D.C. Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Trump tried to stop Mueller investigation, but staff wouldn’t let him, says report

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Residents sit outside after being evacuated from the condominium building after an earthquake in Makati City, Philippines on April 22, 2019. Photo by Neil Jerome Morales/Reuters

World Apr 22

Philippines earthquake kills at least 3

By Bullit Marquez, Associated Press

World Apr 22

Analysis: The role Russian businessmen played in the Mueller report

By Ryan Chilcote

Police officers work at the scene at St. Sebastian Catholic Church, after bomb blasts ripped through churches and luxury hotels on Easter, in Negombo, Sri Lanka on April 22, 2019. Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters

World Apr 22

4 Americans killed in Sri Lanka Easter bombings

By Associated Press

The Social Security Office is seen in Alhambra, California in 2017. Photo by Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

Health Apr 22

Medicare and Social Security stay on unsustainable financial paths, reports show

By Philip Moeller

alk show host Herman Cain speaks during a press conference by the Tea Party Express at the National Press Club August 4, 2010 in Washington, DC. The Tea Party Express held the press conference to speak about and refute accusations of racism by the movement. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images)

Economy Apr 22

Trump says Herman Cain withdraws from Fed consideration

By Associated Press

Former U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning speaks to reporters outside the U.S. federal courthouse shortly before appearing before a federal judge and being taken into custody as he held her in contempt of court for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, on March 8, 2019. Photo by Ford Fischer/News2Share/via Reuters

Nation Apr 22

Appeals court rejects Chelsea Manning’s effort to leave jail

By Matthew Barakat, Associated Press

A sign warning people of measles in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community of Williamsburg, two days after New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio declared a public health emergency in parts of Brooklyn in response to a measles outbreak, is seen in New York, April 11, 2019. Photo by Shannon Stapleton/Reuters

Health Apr 22

Measles cases rise to 626 driven by New York outbreak

By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press

President Donald Trump waves after arriving aboard Air Force One after spending Easter weekend at his Mar-a-Lago club, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, April 21, 2019. Photo by Al Drago/Reuters

Politics Apr 22

Trump, business organization sue Democratic House Oversight chairman

By Associated Press

Giant Easter eggs are seen in preparations for the Monday Egg Roll on South Lawn of the White House in Washington. Photo by Yuri Gripas/Reuters

Nation Apr 22

WATCH: Trumps host White House Easter Egg Roll

By Associated Press

Light from the setting sun shines on the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. Photo by Joshua Roberts/Reuters

Politics Apr 22

Supreme Court to hear LGBT job discrimination cases

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks during a Democratic National Committee forum in Baltimore, Maryland, on Feb. 11, 2017. Photo by Joshua Roberts/Reuters

Politics Apr 22

Buttigieg scrambles to turn 2020 buzz into momentum

By Hunter Woodall, Associated Press

A security officer stands in front of St Anthony's shrine in Colombo, after bomb blasts ripped through churches and luxury hotels on Easter, in Sri Lanka. Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters

World Apr 22

Sri Lanka failed to heed warnings of attacks, official says

By Bharatha Mallawarachi, Krishan Francis, Associated Press

President Donald Trump looks on during an event recognizing the Wounded Warrior Project Soldier Ride in the East Room of the White House, April 18, 2019 in Washington, D.C. Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Politics Apr 22

AP fact check: Trump, AG Barr spread untruths about Mueller report

By Hope Yen, Calvin Woodward, Associated Press

Economy Apr 22

Tesla set to unveil new self-driving car technology

By Michael Liedtke, Tom Krishner, Associated Press

Senator Elizabeth Warren speaks at the South by Southwest (SXSW) conference and festivals in Austin, Texas, on March 9, 2019. Photo by Sergio Flores/Reuters

Politics Apr 22

Warren unveils college debt forgiveness plan

By Meg Kinnard, Associated Press

U.S. Congressman Seth Moulton, D-Mass., speaks at a Merrimack County Democrats Summer Social at the Swett home in Bow, New Hampshire, on July 28, 2018. Photo by Brian Snyder/Reuters

Politics Apr 22

Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton joins 2020 presidential race

By Steve LeBlanc, Associated Press

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to the media at the State Department in Washington, on April 19, 2019. Photo by Joshua Roberts/Reuters

World Apr 22

U.S. won’t renew sanctions waivers for nations using Iranian oil

By Matthew Lee, Associated Press

Ukrainian presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy reacts following the announcement of the first exit poll in a presidential election at his campaign headquarters in Kiev, Ukraine on April 21, 2019. Photo by Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters

World Apr 22

Actor wins Ukraine presidential vote in a landslide

By Associated Press

World Apr 21

Sri Lanka blocks social media after deadly attacks

By Matt O'Brien, Associated Press

Health Apr 21

What my polio-stricken mother would tell parents today about the importance of immunization

By Fred Leonard, STAT