Everything you need to know about the world this morning, curated by VICE.Sanders Wins in West Virginia
Bernie Sanders has vowed to keep fighting all the way to his party's July convention after defeating Hillary Clinton in West Virginia. Sanders won 51 percent to Clinton's 36 percent, but Clinton remains the mathematically inevitable candidate. "We have an uphill climb ahead of us, but we're used to that," said Sanders. —CBS NewsOhio Gets Closer to Approving Medical Marijuana
Ohio's House of Representatives passed a bill on legalizing medical marijuana by a vote of 71–26, and will now go to the Senate for approval. The bill states that home-grown weed will remain illegal and that minors must have consent from parents in order to use medical marijuana. —WBNS 10TV
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Bernie Sanders has vowed to keep fighting all the way to his party's July convention after defeating Hillary Clinton in West Virginia. Sanders won 51 percent to Clinton's 36 percent, but Clinton remains the mathematically inevitable candidate. "We have an uphill climb ahead of us, but we're used to that," said Sanders. —CBS NewsOhio Gets Closer to Approving Medical Marijuana
Ohio's House of Representatives passed a bill on legalizing medical marijuana by a vote of 71–26, and will now go to the Senate for approval. The bill states that home-grown weed will remain illegal and that minors must have consent from parents in order to use medical marijuana. —WBNS 10TV
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White Nationalist on Trump Delegate List
Donald Trump's campaign has been told it cannot remove a prominent white nationalist William Daniel Johnson from his list of Californian convention delegates. The campaign blamed a "database error" and tried to remove him. But the California Secretary of State's office said the deadline for revisions had passed. —the GuardianSenate Republicans Launch Facebook Probe
The US Senate Commerce Committee, led by Republican Senator John Thune, has launched an inquiry into Facebook's news curation after it was reported to have censored conservative stories. The committee has written a letter to Mark Zuckerberg asking him to prepare staff to be questioned on the issue. —GizmodoISIS Car Bomb Kills 64 in Baghdad
A car bomb attack in the Iraqi capital has killed at least 64 people and wounded at least 87 others. The blast happened in a crowded market in a Shia district during the morning rush hour. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack. —BBCNew Air Strikes Kill at Least 14 in Syria Despite Ceasefire
Air strikes on the rebel-held town of Binnish in Syria's northwest Idlib Province have killed at least 14 people. The strikes happened hours after a ceasefire ended in nearby Aleppo, and were carried out be either Syrian government or Russian planes, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. —Al JazeeraBangladesh Hangs Islamist Leader
Motiur Rahman Nizami, leader of Bangladesh's Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami, has been hanged for genocide and other crimes committed during the 1971 war of independence from Pakistan. Jamaat-e-Islami called for a nationwide strike on Wednesday in protest. —Reuters Australians Detained for Attempting to Sail to Syria to Join ISIS
Australian police have detained five men suspected of planning to sail a small boat from the Queensland coast to Syria to join ISIS. Police are investigating the possibility the men were planning to make their way to Syria by sailing to Indonesia, then on to the Philippines. —CNN
Donald Trump's campaign has been told it cannot remove a prominent white nationalist William Daniel Johnson from his list of Californian convention delegates. The campaign blamed a "database error" and tried to remove him. But the California Secretary of State's office said the deadline for revisions had passed. —the GuardianSenate Republicans Launch Facebook Probe
The US Senate Commerce Committee, led by Republican Senator John Thune, has launched an inquiry into Facebook's news curation after it was reported to have censored conservative stories. The committee has written a letter to Mark Zuckerberg asking him to prepare staff to be questioned on the issue. —Gizmodo
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A car bomb attack in the Iraqi capital has killed at least 64 people and wounded at least 87 others. The blast happened in a crowded market in a Shia district during the morning rush hour. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack. —BBCNew Air Strikes Kill at Least 14 in Syria Despite Ceasefire
Air strikes on the rebel-held town of Binnish in Syria's northwest Idlib Province have killed at least 14 people. The strikes happened hours after a ceasefire ended in nearby Aleppo, and were carried out be either Syrian government or Russian planes, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. —Al JazeeraBangladesh Hangs Islamist Leader
Motiur Rahman Nizami, leader of Bangladesh's Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami, has been hanged for genocide and other crimes committed during the 1971 war of independence from Pakistan. Jamaat-e-Islami called for a nationwide strike on Wednesday in protest. —Reuters Australians Detained for Attempting to Sail to Syria to Join ISIS
Australian police have detained five men suspected of planning to sail a small boat from the Queensland coast to Syria to join ISIS. Police are investigating the possibility the men were planning to make their way to Syria by sailing to Indonesia, then on to the Philippines. —CNN
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Prince. Photo via Wikimedia.Police Question Prince's Doctor
Detectives in Minnesota have questioned a local doctor who saw Prince twice in the weeks before he died. Minneapolis-area family doctor Michael Todd Schulenberg treated Prince with prescription medication the day before he died, and returned to Paisley Park to deliver test results the morning of the singer's death. —Los Angeles TimesWest Point Cadets Won't Be Punished
West Point military academy has said the 16 black female cadets who posed for a photo with raised fists would not be punished after deciding the photo was not a form of protest. The academy said it was done to demonstrate "unity" and "pride." —The New York TimesUK Queen Caught Calling Chinese Officials 'Rude'
Queen Elizabeth II was overheard describing Chinese officials as "very rude" while being filmed in conversation with a police officer at an event celebrating her 90th birthday. In China, coverage of the remarks was censored. —The GuardianDating Site Helps You Marry Canadians to Escape Trump
New dating website MapleMatch.com is encouraging disenfranchised Americans thinking about leaving the country if Donald Trump wins in November to link up now with Canadians. It promises to "make dating great again." —VICEDone with reading today? Watch our new film 'We Go Inside Toronto's Illegal Edible Market'
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Detectives in Minnesota have questioned a local doctor who saw Prince twice in the weeks before he died. Minneapolis-area family doctor Michael Todd Schulenberg treated Prince with prescription medication the day before he died, and returned to Paisley Park to deliver test results the morning of the singer's death. —Los Angeles TimesWest Point Cadets Won't Be Punished
West Point military academy has said the 16 black female cadets who posed for a photo with raised fists would not be punished after deciding the photo was not a form of protest. The academy said it was done to demonstrate "unity" and "pride." —The New York TimesUK Queen Caught Calling Chinese Officials 'Rude'
Queen Elizabeth II was overheard describing Chinese officials as "very rude" while being filmed in conversation with a police officer at an event celebrating her 90th birthday. In China, coverage of the remarks was censored. —The GuardianDating Site Helps You Marry Canadians to Escape Trump
New dating website MapleMatch.com is encouraging disenfranchised Americans thinking about leaving the country if Donald Trump wins in November to link up now with Canadians. It promises to "make dating great again." —VICEDone with reading today? Watch our new film 'We Go Inside Toronto's Illegal Edible Market'