Subject: Today in 10: Military says EgyptAir debris found; Oklahoma may make abortion a felony; Cannabis cooking classes are now a thing
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Democratic leaders are desperate to get Sanders to back down: The Democratic National Committee plans to offer Bernie Sanders seats on a key convention platform committee, but it might not be enough to head off a fight over the party’s policy positions. Even with the committee assignments, Sanders is planning an aggressive effort to extract platform concessions on key policies that could prompt divisive battles at a moment when front-runner Hillary Clinton will be trying to unify the party. Full story

EgyptAir debris found in Mediterranean, Egypt&#8217;s military says: Parts of the plane&#8217;s fuselage and passenger belongings were discovered about 180 miles off the coast of Alexandria, according to a statement from the military&#8217;s spokesman. The news comes after Egyptian authorities were forced to retract earlier claims that the wreckage of Flight 804 had been found Thursday. Full story

Oklahoma lawmakers pass bill making it a felony to perform abortions: Gov. Mary Fallin has not said whether she will sign the sweeping measure, which opponents cast as unconstitutional and unprecedented. The bill is the first measure of its kind, according to the Center for Reproductive Rights, which says that other states seeking to ban abortion have simply banned the procedure rather than attaching penalties. Full story

San Francisco police chief ousted after latest shooting: Just hours after a police officer fatally shot a woman, San Francisco Mayor Edwin M. Lee announced that he had removed the head of the city&#8217;s embattled police department. The move comes as the city’s force combats criticism over fatal shootings as well as a controversy involving bigoted text messages sent by officers. Full story

Secretary of State John Kerry in Brussels. (John Thys/AFP/Getty)
Kerry looks to restart peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians: The secretary of state said Thursday he will attend a Middle East peace conference in Paris next month in an attempt to revive negotiations between the two sides. Early in his tenure, Kerry spent nine months trying to move negotiations forward, but the talks eventually collapsed in early 2014. Full story

Congress could make it much harder for police to take your cash: A bipartisan bill introduced Thursday would take a number of significant steps to curtail the practice known as &#8220;civil asset forfeiture,&#8221; a controversial law enforcement tool that allows authorities to take cash and property from people without ever convicting a person of a crime &#8212; and in many cases, without even charging them. Full story

Russell Crowe, right, and Ryan Gosling in “The Nice Guys.” (Daniel McFadden/Warner Bros. Pictures)
‘The Nice Guys,’ starring Gosling and Crowe, opens today: MOVIE REVIEW | The tandem have an easy, unforced chemistry in the new action comedy. The movie, with so many moving parts, possesses a choppy, hit-and-miss tone, trotting out appallingly tasteless groaners one minute, then spinning on a tarnished dime to deliver genuinely droll, well-choreographed gags the next. Full story

American forces could be in Libya for the foreseeable future: A deal to bring in U.S. troops to train Libyan militias could be reached “any day,” the U.S. military&#8217;s top general said, adding that NATO will want a request from the new government before getting involved. Full story

Taiwan swears in first female president: Tsai Ing-wen was sworn in Friday as she called for economic revitalization at home and alluded, briefly and carefully, to the challenge of dealing with Beijing. Despite the fact that Taiwan is a vibrant, thriving democracy, China’s ruling Communist Party still insists it is the province that got away. Full story

Are artisanal marijuana macarons the future of getting high?: Pot brownies? So passé. Today, chefs are taking weed into more rarefied culinary territory. To the extent permissible by law, of course. Full story

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