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1. She may still be trailing in the delegate count. But Hillary Clinton's Pennsylvania win has brought more cash to her coffers. Her campaign now says 3. 5 million dollars was donated in the hours after last night's victory. So far, it's her best ever overnight fundraising performance.

2. Federal prosecutors¹ say they are going to make a third attempt to convict six men accused of scheming with al-Qaeda to topple Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices. The decision was announced at the hearing before the same judge who declared the mistrial the second time when jurors couldn't agree on any verdicts.

3. Authorities have charged an eighteen-year-old with elder abuse. That's after he had his senile grandmother wear a black mask and hold a handgun all for a video on thug life. In it, the 85-year-old threatens to shoot all the pigs.

4. This dog did such a good job raising her puppies. She's now mothering a second litter that are clearly not her own. They are nine kittens from three different litters. Workers call the little meows "pittens", a mixture of puppy and kitten.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. coffer: n.

the money that an organization, government etc has available to spend

2. senile: adj.

If old people become senile, they become confused, can no longer remember things, and are unable to look after themselves.

3. meow: n.

if a cat miaows, it makes a crying sound