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They were named valedictorian and salutatorian at West Hempstead Secondary School. The twins competed in sports too. Both were three-sport varsity athletes with all-state honors for track.

Civil rights protesters argue Jena, La., school and law enforcement officials are dealing out harsh justice to the African-American teens for a schoolyard fight while overlooking their white counterparts who hung nooses to intimidate the black teens.

Also: Disgraced Cardinal Bernard Law dies in Rome; Europe's highest court rules Uber is, in fact, a taxi service; and one of only three black women to play in the Negro Leagues has died.

Also: The House GOP won't meet its deadline to come up with a budget by today; a deadly earthquake hits Japan; and today is the third anniversary of the deadly Boston Marathon bombing.

Also: President Trump changes his mind and won't label China a currency manipulator; a suspect is arrested in the murder of a U.S. Border Patrol agent; and Lansing reverses its sanctuary city vote.

Also: Michigan National Guard troops help deliver water in Flint; Belgium finds 3 possible safe houses used by Paris attackers; and the Powerball jackpot is now worth a whopping $1.5 billion.

Also: The first trial will open against a Baltimore police officer in the Freddie Gray case; Pakistan executes four men for last year's school massacre; and an Okla. officer rescues a small donkey.

Hamas says it has chosen its local leader in Gaza to take over as the Palestinian militant group's new top political leader worldwide, following last week's assassination of the previous leader in Iran.

President Trump has chosen CNBC contributor Larry Kudlow to be his top economic adviser, replacing Gary Cohn. It's the latest staff change in an administration recently roiled by them.

The brief talks marked the first face-to-face meeting between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.