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Tiger Woods and Lindsey Vonn split up –
Former world number one golfer Tiger Woods and his girlfriend, US Olympic skiing champion Lindsey Vonn, say they have ended their relationship.
Both blamed the pressure of their busy schedules for the split. Ms Vonn said on Facebook that the decision was mutual. In a statement on his website, Mr Woods said he would “always cherish our time together”. The sports stars first publicly announced they were an item in March 2013 following weeks of speculation. “After nearly three years together, Tiger and I have mutually decided to end our relationship,” Ms Vonn, 30, said on her Facebook page. [BBC]

In January Vonn won her 63rd World Cup downhill title and Woods lost a tooth in the media scrum.
Lindsey Vonn

Chelsea win Premier League: Jose Mourinho attacks critics after capturing league title at Stamford Bridge –
Eden Hazard’s goal confirmed Chelsea as champions for this first time in five years and manager Mourinho rejected any suggestions his side are not worthy winners or that they have been helped by the failure of others. “The people who have a big face to say we don’t deserve it are the ones who, in my country, say the dogs bark and the caravan goes by,” said Mourinho. This is the first title Mourinho has won with Chelsea since returning to the club since 2013 and his third with the club in total. (See List of the Day)
Jose Mourinho

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Armed conflicts and attacks

• Yemeni Civil War (2015)
  • Yemen officials say that at least 20 members of the Arab coalition have landed in Aden on a ‘reconnaissance’ mission. (AP via UT San Diego)
• Moro insurgency in the Philippines
  • Fugitive Abdul Basit Usman dies in a clash in Mindanao. (Rappler)

Disasters and accidents

• 2015 Nepal earthquake
  • Kathmandu International Airport closes to large aircraft flying in relief because its airport can no longer stand the strain.(AP)
  • The death toll from the earthquake passes 7000 and is expected to rise much higher. (Reuters via ABC News Australia)
• At least eighteen people are killed in a traffic accident in Afghanistan‘s Badghis Province. (TOLO News)
• Italy reports nearly 4,100 migrants were rescued off the Libyan coast with more rescues expected as people smugglers take advantage of the safe conditions. (Reuters via Daily Mail) (Reuters)

Health

• Preventive medicine researchers from Harvard University and Northwestern University (lead author: Dr. Lifang Hou; in EBioMedicine) conduct a study on long-term (13 years; 793 people) pre-cancer changes (mostly leukemia, prostate cancer, lung cancers, and skin cancers) in telomeres, the protective ends of DNA. Some said, in previous short-look studies, that focused mostly on their known role in the pace of regular aging, that they either got shorter or longer. There was a 3-4 year period of accelerated aging, and then it halted a few years before cancer was diagnosed.(Medical News Today)

Law and crime

• Curtis Culwell Center attack: Two gunman attacked the Curtis Caldwell Center in the US city of Garland, Texas, which is holding an exhibition of drawings of the Prophet Muhammad. Both gunman were shot dead by police. Their car bomb was detonated by explosive ordnance personnel. One security guard was hospitalized and is expected to recover. The attacks were reminiscent of the Charlie Hebdo shootings in Paris in January 2015. (CBS Dallas Fort Worth)

Politics and elections

• Madison, Wisconsin, becomes one of the first cities in the United States to make discrimination against atheists illegal. (AP, via MSN)
• United States presidential election, 2016
  • Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson tells a Florida television station that he would run for the Republican Party nomination with a formal announcement to be made in the city of Detroit, Michigan, where he grew up. (USA Today)

Sports

• In English football, Chelsea wins the 2014–15 Premier League. (The Guardian)

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