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Tuesday, 4.28.15 ON THE WEB: www.yankton.net RESS AKOTAN NEWSROOM: [email protected] P &D the world PAGE 11 Nepal Quake Death Toll Tops 4,000 KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — As the death toll from Nepal’s devastating earthquake climbed past 4,000, aid workers and officials in remote, shattered villages near the epicenter pleaded Monday for food, shelter and medicine. Help poured in after Saturday’s magnitude-7.8 quake, with countries large and small sending medical and rescue teams, aircraft and basic supplies. The small airport in the capital of Kathmandu was congested and chaotic, with some flights forced to turn back early in the day. Buildings in parts of the city were reduced to rubble, and there were shortages of food, fuel, electricity and shelter. As bodies were recovered, relatives cremated the dead along the Bagmati River, and at least a dozen pyres burned late into the night. Conditions were far worse in the countryside, with rescue workers still struggling to reach mountain villages two days after the earthquake. Some roads and trails to the Gorkha district, where the quake was centered, were blocked by landslides — but also by traffic jams that regularly clog the route north of Kathmandu. Court To Hear Gay Marriage Arguments WASHINGTON (AP) — Tuesday is a potential watershed moment for America’s gay and lesbian couples. After rapid changes that have made same-sex marriage legal in all but 14 states, the Supreme Court will hear arguments over whether it should be the law of the land. All eyes will be on the justices for any signals that they are prepared to rule that the Constitution forbids states from defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman. On the sidewalk outside, people have been waiting in line since Friday for prized seats for the historic arguments. The cases before the court come from Kentucky, Michigan, ERICA GREEN/BALTIMORE SUN/TNS Ohio and Tennessee, all of which had their marriage bans An injured police officer is carried away by his fellow officers on Westbury Avenue in Baltimore during riots on Monday. upheld by the federal appeals court in Cincinnati in November. That is the only federal appeals court that has ruled in favor of the states since the Supreme Court in 2013 struck down part of the federal anti-gay marriage law. The first state to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry was Massachusetts, in 2004. Even as recently as October, bare- Violence Erupts After ly a third of the states permitted it. Now, same-sex couples can marry in 36 states and the District of Columbia, a dramatic change in the law that has been accompanied by an equally fast shift in public opinion. Now that everyone else has weighed in through mountains of legal briefs, the justices get to say, or at least hint, what Baltimore Funeral they will decide. On Tuesday, five lawyers will present argu- ments over 2 1/2 hours to help the court conclude whether, on this question, the 14 remaining states must join the rest of the Riot, Looting Prompt State Of Emergency, Curfew country. BY TOM FOREMAN JR. AND a CVS store were hindered by them home. Many of those the funeral could not ease AMANDA LEE MYERS someone who sliced holes in on the streets appeared to mounting tensions. White House Seeks To Advance Iran Deal Associated Press a hose connected to a fire hy- be African-American youths, Police said in a news WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration moved drant, spraying water all over wearing backpacks and khaki release sent while the funeral on two fronts Monday to advance its nuclear diplomacy with BALTIMORE — Rioters the street and nearby build- pants that are a part of many was underway that the depart- Iran, with talks between top U.S. and Iranian diplomats and an plunged part of Baltimore into ings. Later Monday night, may- public school uniforms. ment had received a “credible aggressive effort to sell the emerging deal to skeptical Ameri- chaos Monday, torching a oral spokesman Kevin Harris The riot broke out just threat” that three notoriously can lawmakers and constituencies. pharmacy, setting police cars confirmed that a massive as high school let out, and violent gangs are now working U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign ablaze and throwing bricks at fire that had erupted in East at a key city bus depot for together to “take out” law Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met at the residence of officers hours after thousands Baltimore was also related to student commuters around enforcement officers. Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations in New York for the mourned the man who died the riots. He said the Mary Mondawmin Mall, a shopping A small group of mourn- first time since April 2, when world powers and Iran sealed from a severe spinal injury he Harvin Transformation Center area northwest of downtown ers started lining up about a framework agreement that would limit Iran’s ability to suffered in police custody. was under construction and Baltimore. It shifted about a two hours ahead of Monday’s build a nuclear weapon. They now have little more than two The governor declared that no one was believed to be mile away later to the heart of funeral. Placed atop Gray’s months to meet their own June 30 deadline for a comprehen- a state of emergency and in the building at the time. The an older shopping district and body was a white pillow with sive accord. called in the National Guard center is described online as near where Gray first encoun- a screened picture of him. Neither man spoke to reporters as the meeting got un- to restore order, and Attorney a community-based organiza- tered police. Both commercial A projector aimed at two derway, but earlier Kerry told a U.N. conference on nuclear General Loretta Lynch, in her tion that supports youth and areas are in African-American screens on the walls showed non-proliferation that a deal would make the world a safer first day on the job, said she families. neighborhoods. the words “Black Lives Matter place. “I want you to know the hard work is far from over would send Justice Depart- The smell of burned rubber Later in the day, people be- & All Lives Matter.” ment officials to the city in wafted in the air in one neigh- gan looting clothing and other The service lasted nearly and some key issues remain unresolved,” he said. “But we borhood where youths were items from stores at the mall, two hours, with dignitaries in are, in fact, closer than ever to the good comprehensive deal coming days. A weeklong, daily curfew was imposed looting a liquor store. Police which became unprotected as attendance including former that we have been seeking. And if we can get there, the entire stood still nearby as people police moved away from the Maryland representative and world will be safer.” beginning Tuesday from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m., the mayor said. drank looted alcohol. Glass area. About three dozen offic- NAACP leader Kweisi Mfume In Washington, lead U.S. negotiator Wendy Sherman told and trash littered the streets, ers returned, trying to arrest and current Maryland Rep. a conference of reform Jews that diplomatic collapse would At least 15 officers were hurt, and some two dozen people and other small fires were looters but driving many away John Sarbanes. leave Iran perilously close to nuclear weapons capacity. scattered about. One person by firing pellet guns and rub- Erica Garner, 24, the daugh- Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said a final agreement would in were arrested. Two officers remained hospitalized, police from a church tried to shout ber bullets. ter of Eric Garner, attended some ways be tougher than what the U.S. has outlined thus far. something from a megaphone Downtown Baltimore, the Gray’s funeral. She said she All the activity was taking place before the Senate begins said. “The National Guard as two cars burned. Inner Harbor tourist attrac- came after seeing video of debate Tuesday over empowering Congress to review and “Too many people have tions and the city’s baseball Gray’s arrest, which she said possibly reject any nuclear pact. Republican presidential represents the last resort in restoring order,” Gov. Larry spent generations build- and football stadiums are reminded her of her father’s candidates are lining up to oppose any deal with a government ing up this city for it to be nearly 4 miles away. While the shouts that he could not the U.S. considers the world’s leading state sponsor of terror- Hogan told a news conference. “I have not made this decision destroyed by thugs, who in a violence had not yet reached breathe when he was being ism and to show their support for Israel. very senseless way, are trying City Hall and the Camden arrested on a New York City lightly.” Officers wearing helmets to tear down what so many Yards area, the Orioles street. Garner died during the and wielding shields occasion- have fought for, tearing down canceled Monday’s game for confrontation. Prosecutor: Gunman Sought Revenge ally used pepper spray to businesses, tearing down and safety precautions. Gray was arrested after CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — A prosecutor declared keep the rioters back. For the destroying property, things In a statement issued Mon- making eye contact with Monday that two psychiatric exams found Colorado theater most part, though, they relied that we know will impact our day, Attorney General Lynch officers and then running gunman James Holmes to be sane as he meticulously plotted on line formations to keep community for years,” said said she would send Justice away, police said.