Second Major Quake Rattles Nepal

As hundreds of thousands continue to live in tents and dig out from last months’ powerful earthquake, eastern Nepal was rocked by a 7.3 magnitude quake early Tuesday. While not as strong as the initial 7.8 quake that hit on April 25, which killed 8,000, Tuesday’s event has already reportedly resulted in 29 deaths and more than 1,000 injuries. As first-responders continue to try and help those affected in April, authorities are concerned about providing fresh water and sanitation services to the hundreds of thousands left homeless in the face of the monsoon season, which typically begins in six weeks. At press time a series of strong aftershocks continued to rattle the region, after the initial rumble, which witnesses said lasted around 25 seconds.

Brady Takes A Hit For Not Saying S—t

Remember what your mom told you about cheaters never prospering? The NFL cracked down hard on New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and his team on Monday over “Deflategate,” suspending Brady for the first four games of the upcoming season and fining the team $1 million and a forfeit of its first-round selection in the 2016 NFL draft. A recent report found it “more probable than not” that Brady – who was described as somewhat uncooperative with investigators by not turning over emails and texts -- was “at least generally aware of the inappropriate activities” related to deflating footballs during the AFC championship game. Brady’s agent vowed to immediately appeal, claiming there was "no fairness" in the investigation into the incident.

Obama Opens Last Frontier… To Drilling

At a time when scientists continue to warn that we are reaching a point of no-return with global warming, the Obama administration gave oil company Shell the conditional go-ahead to drill in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska for the first time since 2012. The area is thought to contain about 20 percent of the world’s undiscovered oil and natural gas, whose extraction could be decades away. Shell hasn’t drilled in the area since 2012, when, amid other mishaps, it was forced to evacuate a rig after it ran aground. Environmental groups are concerned because the area is harsh and remote, could be hard to reach if there were a uncontrollable spill under the ice on the disastrous scale of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill. There are also other plans to possibly open up coastal waters off Virginia and Georgia for oil and gas drilling at a time when gas prices have plummeted due to large reserves. Resistance in the area is strong, with one group, Shellno, organizing what it hopes will be a flotilla of more than 1,000 kayaks this weekend to meet Shell’s Polar Pioneer ship as it makes its way to Seattle.

Quick hit: For the first time since he and his brother planted bombs that killed four people at last year's Boston Marathon, convicted bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 21, reportedly expressed remorse for his actions to Sister Helen Prejean, the New Orleans nun who wrote "Dead Man Walking." Prejean, who often counsels death row inmates said, "I had every reason to believe he was sorry for what he did," during testimony in federal court on Monday during the sentencing phase of Tsarnaev's Prejean testified about Tsarnaev’s trial. "I knew it. I could feel it."