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Associated Press
Kansas won't have legal medical pot or expand Medicaid for at least another year
Kansas will remain among the handful of states that haven't legalized the medical use of marijuana or expanded their Medicaid programs for at least another year. Kansas doesn't allow voters to put proposed laws on the ballot statewide, a path that has led to approval for each measure in other states. All but 12 states have legalized medical marijuana, and all but 10 have expanded Medicaid in line with the 2010 federal Affordable Care Act and its promise to cover almost all of the cost.
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Politico
New Mexico governor criticizes Homeland Security secretary over cannabis seizures in secret recording
In the audio, Lujan Grisham references the recent seizures of state-licensed cannabis by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in southern New Mexico.
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AFP
Rating agencies doubt France's target to cut massive debt
Two major ratings agencies left their assessment of France's huge debt pile unchanged Friday, but cast doubt on the government's debt reduction target.But both agencies cast doubts.
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Time
Why Experts Are Worried About Bird Flu in Cows
Health officials have detected fragments of a bird flu virus in milk. What does that mean for the milk supply?
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Politico
Trump camp plans sit-down with outside groups after FEC relaxes coordination rules
The Trump operation and the third-party entities could conceivably get on the same page about their plans.
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Reuters
Kristi Noem, a Trump VP contender, defends killing dog on family farm
Kristi Noem, a contender to become Republican Donald Trump'svice presidential running mate, defended herself on Friday against Democratic attacks over her account of shooting a dog on her family farm. Noem, the governor of South Dakota, describes killing an "untrainable" dog called Cricket which she "hated" in an upcoming memoir, excerpts of which were first published by The Guardian on Friday. Noem said the dog ruined a hunt and later attacked chickens owned by a local family, behaved like a "trained assassin," and was "dangerous to anyone she came in contact with."
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Associated Press
UN investigators probe 14 Gaza aid staffers Israel had tied to Hamas' Oct. 7 attack
U.N. investigators are looking into allegations against 14 of the 19 staffers from the U.N. relief agency for Palestinians who Israel claims were involved in the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas militants that spurred the latest war in Gaza, a spokesman said Friday. The announcement by U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric provided the first information on the investigation ordered by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
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Reuters
US Air Force awards Doomsday plane contract to Sierra Nevada
The Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC) project is intended to replace the aging 1970s-era aircraft, which is approaching end-of-service life, a Air Force spokesperson said in a statement. To satisfy operational requirements, the weapon system will comprise of a commercial derivative jet hardened and modified to meet military requirements. Reuters in December reported that the U.S. Air Force eliminated Boeing from its competition to develop a successor to the E-4B Nightwatch.
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CBS News
Former Colorado paramedic Jeremy Cooper sentenced in death of Elijah McClain
Former Colorado paramedic Jeremy Cooper was sentenced to four years probation, 14 months work release and 100 hours of community service on Friday afternoon.
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AFP
'Catch and kill' tabloid chief winds up testimony in Trump trial
Donald Trump's historic criminal trial wrapped up for the week on Friday following four days of testimony by a colorful ex-tabloid publisher who said he suppressed potentially damaging stories about the former president. Daniels and Cohen, who has become a vocal critic of his former boss, are both expected to testify at what is the first ever criminal trial of a former US president.
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Associated Press
Tornado tears through Nebraska, causing severe damage in Omaha suburbs
A tornado plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, on Friday afternoon, destroying homes and other structures as the twister tore for miles along farmland and into subdivisions. Multiple tornadoes were reported in Nebraska but the most destructive storm moved from a largely rural area into suburbs northwest of Omaha, a city of 485,000 people. Video showed homes with roofs stripped of shingles, in a rural area near Omaha.
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Associated Press
They say don't leave valuables in parked cars in San Francisco. Rep. Adam Schiff didn't listen
San Francisco has earned an unwelcome national reputation for car burglaries that U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff was reminded of the hard way: The Democratic congressman had his luggage swiped from his car while it was parked in a downtown garage. With his formal clothing gone, Schiff ended up at a fundraising dinner Thursday for his U.S. Senate campaign dressed like he was headed to a Los Angeles Dodgers game — in shirt sleeves and an insulated vest. “Yes, they took my bags,” the congressman lamented to the San Francisco Chronicle, adding that he didn't want to dwell on his firsthand experience as a crime victim.
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Associated Press
Former Rep. Peter Meijer ends his longshot bid for the GOP nomination in Michigan's Senate race
Former Rep. Peter Meijer withdrew his name from the U.S. Senate race in Michigan on Friday, ending a longshot bid to become the Republican nominee and return to Congress after being ousted by voters for supporting an effort to impeach then-President Donald Trump. Meijer announced his candidacy in November and contended for the Republican nomination against former U.S. Reps. Mike Rogers and Justin Amash, in addition to wealthy businessman Sandy Pensler. Meijer met an April 23 deadline to turn in petition signatures to get his name on the ballot for the August primary but withdrew from the race on Friday, a Michigan Secretary of State spokesperson confirmed to The Associated Press.
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Reuters
Canada's British Columbia scraps program to allow drug use in public spaces
The Canadian province of British Columbia on Friday scrapped a much-criticized pilot program that allowed the open use of some illegal drugs, citing the need to maintain public safety. In January 2023, the province said it would stop prosecuting people for carrying small amounts of heroin, meth, ecstasy, or crack cocaine, as part of an effort to fight an overdose crisis. The program was supposed to last three years but last October, amid complaints about rising crime and the dangers posed by unsafe drug supplies, the province backtracked and unveiled plans to ban public use of illicit drugs.
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Reuters
Stranded ships exit Baltimore port via temporary channel
Four cargo ships, stuck for about a month at the Port of Baltimore by the ruins of the collapsed Francis Scott Key bridge, have exited this week via a temporary channel, according to shipping data. The Balsa 94, a general cargo carrier, on Thursday was the first to exit Baltimore Harbor via a new channel that is 300 feet (91 meters) wide and at least 35 feet (11 meters) deep. Other exiting ships were the Saimaagracht, a Netherlands-flagged general cargo ship, the Carmen car carrier owned by Norwegian/Swedish shipping firm Wallenius Wilhelmsen and the Thailand-flagged bulk carrier Phatra Naree.
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AFP
US announces $6 bn in security aid for Ukraine
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday announced the United States will provide key air defense munitions and artillery rounds to Ukraine as part of a $6 billion military aid package that is its largest ever for Kyiv."They need air defense interceptors, they need artillery systems and munitions.
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Yahoo News
Trump trial updates: Focus shifts to $130,000 payment made to Stormy Daniels
Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker concluded his testimony about a deal to kill negative stories about former President Trump during the 2016 campaign, and two more witnesses were called.
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TODAY
1 in 5 milk samples contain bird flu, FDA says: What to know about risk to humans
A person in Texas tested positive for avian influenza (H5N1), aka bird flu, amid an outbreak among dairy cows. What to know about transmission and symptoms.
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Yahoo News
Cicadas have emerged in South Carolina — and they're so loud some people are calling 911. Here's what to know about this year's emergence.
Cicadas are coming out in droves this spring.
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NBC News
Inside NASA's 5-month fight to save the Voyager 1 mission in interstellar space
After months of trying to reestablish communication with the Voyager 1 probe — the most distant human-made object in existence — NASA finally announced success.
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