News Headlines - 22 April 2017

▽WikiLeaks releases more top-secret CIA docs as U.S. considers charges - CBS News

WikiLeaks released what it claims is the 31-page user guide for a CIA device code-named “Weeping Angel.” It can turn some Samsung TVs into surveillance tools with an implant for recording audio from a TV’s built-in microphone.

▽Sen. Frank Artiles Resigns Over Racist Remarks « CBS Miami

Artiles was chastised for using a form of the “n-word” during an exchange with two African-American colleagues Monday night. It happened when he was out with fellow Senators Audrey Gibson from Jacksonville and Perry Thurston from Fort Lauderdale.

▽Moritomo files for bankruptcy protection in Osaka：The Asahi Shimbun

The latest development still leaves unanswered the question of whether the wife of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe exerted influence in the school obtaining state-owned land in Osaka Prefecture for a fraction of its appraised value. Akie Abe at one point had been named honorary principal of the elementary school that Moritomo had planned to open. She relinquished the post after the scandal broke.

▽Ex-footballer Paul Gascoigne injured when he 'confronted burglars'

Gascoigne, 49, saw a pair of intruders at a flat near his property in Poole, Dorset. When he tried to stop them one hit him in the face, causing him to fall and hurt his wrist, according to The Sun. The intruders left empty-handed.

▽Abortion in Ireland: committee votes for constitutional change | The Guardian

A committee set up to deliberate on Ireland’s strict abortion regime has voted for the constitutional rules to be changed... There has been a strong campaign for women to be allowed to have an abortion in cases of rape and incest, or if there has been a fatal foetal abnormality diagnosis.