Trump’s bizarre Father’s Day message to ‘losers of the world’

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Tesla recalling more than 3,000 of its 2024 Cybertrucks due to faulty pedal
Tesla is recalling more than 3,000 of its newly launched 2024 Cybertrucks because of the possibility that a pedal can get stuck and cause the vehicle to accelerate unintentionally, increasing the risk of a crash. Tesla said that the accelerator pedal pad may dislodge and become trapped by the interior trim. The National Highway Traffic Safety Adminstration said that the recall involves model year 2024 Cybertrucks made between Nov. 13, 2023 and April 4, 2024.
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Yahoo Finance
Netflix reports strong subscriber gains, but Q2 revenue forecast disappoints
Netflix reported first quarter earnings after the bell on Thursday. Here's what to know.
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Reuters
Blinken says U.S. not involved in "any offensive operations" when asked about Iran
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken repeatedly declined to confirm a reported Israeli attack on Iran on Friday, saying Washington has not been involved in any offensive operations and it was committed to de-escalating tensions in the region. "I'm not going to speak to that except to say that the United States has not been involved in any offensive operations," Blinken said at a news conference capping a gathering of G7 foreign ministers on the southern Italian island of Capri. "What we're focused on, what the G7 is focused on, and again, it's reflected in our statement, and in our conversation, is our work to de-escalate tensions, to de-escalate from any potential conflicts," Blinken said.
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Reuters
G7 powers to boost Ukraine air defences in face of Russian strikes
G7 powers are determined to bolster Ukraine's air defences, their foreign ministers said on Friday after repeated Russian air strikes which have wrecked power infrastructure and killed hundreds. The Group of Seven major powers -- Italy, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Britain, the United States and European Union representatives -- has been fiercely critical of Russia's two-year long invasion of Ukraine.
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Associated Press
Israel's long-term credit rating is downgraded by S&P, 2nd major US agency to do so, citing conflict
Israel's long-term credit rating is being downgraded by S&P, which cited the risk of military escalation with Iran. It is the second major U.S. credit ratings agency to do so. There was an apparent drone attack at a major air base and a nuclear site near the central city of Isfahan early Friday, which is suspected of being part of an Israeli retaliation for Tehran’s unprecedented drone-and-missile assault on the country days ago.
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USA TODAY
Donald Trump trial live updates: Latest news on jury selection and what Day 4 will bring
Follow along with live updates from Donald Trump's hush money trial as alternate jurors are chosen for the former president's criminal case.
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Associated Press
The Latest | Lawyers set to focus on picking alternates as Trump's hush money trial resumes
Jury selection in the hush money trial of former President Donald Trump is set to resume Friday following a frenetic day Thursday that eventually saw all 12 jurors and one alternate sworn in after two previously seated jurors were dismissed earlier in the day. One of those jurors was excused Thursday after expressing doubt about her ability to be fair and impartial after aspects of her identity were disclosed and a second seated juror was removed following concerns over the accuracy of his answers to questions about whether he had ever been accused or convicted of a crime. Lawyers are now focused on picking five alternates.
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NBC News
New exhibit in New York re-creates Israeli music festival attacked on Oct. 7
The objects bear the scars of a massacre.
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Reuters
WHO says wider alert on contaminated J&J cough syrup 'likely'
The World Health Organization is likely to issue a wider warning about contaminated Johnson and Johnson-made children's cough syrup found in Nigeria last week, it said in an email. Nigeria's regulator recalled a batch of Benylin syrup last Wednesday, having found a high level of diethylene glycol in the product during routine testing. The batch of Benylin syrup recalled was made by J&J in South Africa in May 2021, although Kenvue now owns the brand after a spin-off from J&J last year.
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Associated Press
A Nigerian chess champion is trying to break the world record for the longest chess marathon
A Nigerian chess champion and child education advocate is attempting to play chess nonstop for 58 hours in New York City’s Times Square to break the global record for the longest chess marathon. Tunde Onakoya, 29, hopes to raise $1 million for children's education across Africa. The current chess marathon record is 56 hours, 9 minutes and 37 seconds, achieved in 2018 by Hallvard Haug Flatebø and Sjur Ferkingstad, both from Norway.
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Time
What Blocking Emergency Abortions in Idaho Means for Doctors
"As we’ve seen in Idaho, policies guided by anti-abortion extremism make health care worse for everyone."
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Politico
Education Department boosts legal defenses for transgender students
The Biden administration is touting the rule as the “most comprehensive coverage” students will receive in the nearly half-century of Title IX.
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AFP
Quarter of UK 5 to 7-year-olds have smart phone: study
Around a quarter of British children aged between five and seven-years-old now have a smart phone, a study by the UK communications regulator said on Friday.The study follows a massive reaction from UK parents this year after one mother's Instagram post when viral.
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Associated Press
US envoy to UN visits Nagasaki A-bomb museum, pays tribute to victims
The American envoy to the United Nations called Friday for countries armed with atomic weapons to pursue nuclear disarmament as she visited the atomic bomb museum in Nagasaki, Japan. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, who became the first U.S. cabinet member to visit Nagasaki, stressed the importance of dialogue and diplomacy amid a growing nuclear threat in the region.
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CNN
Israel has carried out a strike inside Iran, US official tells CNN, as region braces for further escalation
Israel has carried out a strike inside Iran, a US official told CNN Friday, a move that threatens to push the region deeper into conflict. The target is not nuclear, the official added.
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AFP
Migrant rescuers vindicated after Italy court drops trafficking charges
An Italian court threw out charges Friday against crew members of migrant rescue ships, ending a controversial case seven years after the government accused them of colluding with traffickers.After the case was split into various separate proceedings last year, eight crew members and two ship captains remained as individual defendants in the case before the court Friday.
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Associated Press
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Pennsylvania's presidential and state primaries
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will go before voters Tuesday in Pennsylvania’s presidential primaries, a prelude to the November general election, when the commonwealth is expected to once again play a critical role in the race for the White House. Biden clinched the Democratic nomination and Trump clinched the Republican nomination on March 12, and neither faces serious opposition on the primary ballot. Biden just completed a three-day campaign swing that began Tuesday in his hometown of Scranton and concluded Thursday in Philadelphia in an event with members of the Kennedy family.
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AFP
Oil prices briefly surge, stocks slide on Iran blasts
Oil prices briefly surged and stock markets slid Friday on reports Israel had carried out retaliatory strikes against Iran, boosting investments deemed safer such as gold. Iran's state media reported explosions in the central province of Isfahan on Friday, as US media quoted officials saying Israel had carried out retaliatory strikes against its arch-rival.
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AFP
Israel, Iran ready to de-escalate -- for now: analysts
The limited nature of Israel's reported strike on Iran and the restrained immediate Iranian reaction shows both sides, in particular Tehran, are looking to de-escalate after weeks of tensions but the situation remains dangerously explosive, analysts say.Some unconfirmed reports say a non-nuclear military installation in Isfahan was the chief target of Israel's reported strike against Iran.
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CNN
Maryland high school student arrested after authorities discovered a 129-page document detailing school shooting plan, police say
A Maryland high school student was arrested and charged with threat of mass violence after police say they discovered evidence revealing the teen had plans to commit a school shooting, authorities said Thursday.
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