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What US taxpayers will get for another $61 billion to Ukraine
Congress is finally providing more of the aid Ukraine needs to survive. Here's why this is money well spent.
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Time
Photos From Pro-Palestinian Encampments Across Universities
Pro-Palestinian encampments have started on more than a dozen American college campuses
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Associated Press
Texas deputy dies after being hit by truck while helping during accident
A deputy who was a 20-year-veteran of a Houston-area sheriff’s office died Tuesday after being hit by a truck while trying to help a driver following a minor crash, according to officials. John Coddou had pulled over to help following the crash at 9:30 a.m. northwest of Houston, said Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez. A white Chevy truck that was traveling on the roadway swerved to avoid Coddou’s vehicle and veered onto the median, where Coddou was helping with the minor crash.
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Associated Press
Cicadas are so noisy in a South Carolina county that residents are calling the police
Emerging cicadas are so loud in one South Carolina county that residents are calling the sheriff's office asking why they can hear sirens or a loud roar. Trillions of red-eyed periodical cicadas are emerging from underground in the eastern U.S. this month.
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AFP
Migrant boat capsizes off Djibouti leaving 21 dead
At least 21 people perished in a new migrant boat disaster off the coast of Djibouti, the UN's migration agency said Tuesday.Another 33 people survived the disaster, she said late Tuesday.
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Yahoo Finance
Tesla stock surges as EV-maker will 'accelerate' the launch of cheaper cars
Tesla said it would "accelerate" the launch of new models next year, including lower-cost cars, countering reports earlier this month it had scraped those plans.
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AFP
Head of UN agency for Palestinians urges probe into staff killings
The director of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees hit back at Israel Tuesday, calling for a Security Council probe into the "blatant disregard" for UN operations in Gaza after some 180 staffers were killed.Lazzarini said that he recently "called on the members of the Security Council for an independent investigation and accountability for the blatant disregard of UN premises, UN staff, and UN operations in the Gaza Strip."
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TODAY
They're DINKs — and they're taking over your social media feed
Learn the definition of DINKs and why more couples are embracing the controversial label online.
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Yahoo Finance
Stock market today: S&P 500, Nasdaq notch big gains as Tesla kicks off 'Magnificent 7' earnings
The wait for Tesla results is on as investors look to Big Tech earnings to buoy stocks.
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USA TODAY
Israel hammers north Gaza as Hamas calls for escalation and US warns of famine
Israel said four months ago it had pushed Hamas from north Gaza and was reducing its forces there. Now it says residents must leave for their safety.
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Politico
Suspect arrested in break-in at Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’s home, police say
The man was arrested shortly after smashing a window to get inside of mayor’s official residence.
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Reuters
US calls on Iraq to safeguard US troops after new attacks
The U.S. military called on Iraq's government on Tuesday to take steps to safeguard American troops in both Iraq and Syria after failed attacks a day earlier by Iran-aligned militia. With U.S.-Iran tensions soaring after the Jordan attack, and some calls from Republican lawmakers in Washington for a direct U.S. response against Iran, a senior Iranian commander had called on militia to halt their attacks at the end of January. Speaking at the Pentagon, Air Force Major General Patrick Ryder, a spokesperson, did not speculate about what triggered the renewal in attacks.
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Associated Press
Live primary results: Pennsylvania presidential and Senate races
Tuesday's Pennsylvania primaries will cement the lineup for a high-stakes U.S. Senate race between Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican challenger David McCormick, a contest that is expected to cost hundreds of millions of dollars and could help decide control of the Senate next year. Casey, seeking his fourth term, is perhaps Pennsylvania's best-known politician and a stalwart of the presidential swing state's Democratic Party — the son of a former two-term governor and Pennsylvania’s longest-ever serving Democrat in the Senate.
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Associated Press
Man charged with starting a fire outside U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders' Vermont office pleads not guilty
The man charged with starting a fire outside independent U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Vermont office earlier this month pleaded not guilty to a federal charge on Tuesday. Shant Michael Soghomonian, 35, was indicted by a grand jury on a charge of maliciously damaging or attempting to damage and destroy by fire a building used in interstate commerce. Surveillance video shows the man throwing a liquid April 5 at the bottom of a door opening into Sanders’ third-floor office in Burlington and setting it on fire, according to an affidavit filed by a special agent with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
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CBS News
Why the U.S. is investigating an ultra-Orthodox Israeli army battalion
The Netzah Yehuda Battalion of the Israel Defense Forces has faced criticism for its conduct. Will the U.S. take action?
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CNN
Biden looks to use abortion rights to put Florida in play in November
President Joe Biden is heading to Florida on Tuesday where his team is seeking to leverage a restrictive abortion law to put the state in play for Democrats, seeing reproductive rights as a galvanizing issue for voters.
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Associated Press
Haiti's government scrambles to impose tight security measures as council inauguration imminent
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Armored vehicles roll slowly past Haiti’s National Palace as police scan the horizon for gangs. Gangs control most of the territory that surrounds the palace, but a transitional council charged with selecting a new prime minister and Cabinet for Haiti is demanding that its members be sworn in at the palace. The ceremony is scheduled for Wednesday even as officials scramble to impose tight security measures, according to two high-ranking regional officials with knowledge of the matter who asked that their names be withheld because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
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Associated Press
Officials identify Idaho man who was killed by police after fatal shooting of deputy
Officials have released the name of the Idaho man who was killed last weekend after being identified as the suspect in the fatal shooting of a sheriff's deputy, and Boise police officers are asking the public for more information about him. Dennis Mulqueen, 65, of Boise, died of a gunshot wound early Sunday morning, the Ada County Coroner said. Mulqueen was suspected in the killing of Ada County Sheriff's Deputy Tobin Bolter during a Saturday night traffic stop, according to police.
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USA TODAY
Michigan student dies 'suddenly' on school trip to robotics competition in Texas
Lake Orion High's robotics team was attending the FIRSTS robotics world championships in Houston. The student "suddenly passed away" the school said.
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Associated Press
Britain's home secretary touts UK-Rwanda migrant deportation deal during visit to Italy
Britain’s home secretary on Tuesday touted Britain’s migrant deportation deal with Rwanda as a “new and creative” deterrent to an old and growing problem. Home Secretary James Cleverly visited Italy, ground zero in Europe’s migration debate, hours after the U.K. Parliament approved legislation to enable the government to deport some people to Rwanda who enter Britain illegally. The deal, in which Britain will pay Rwanda to process the migrants, is aimed at deterring people from crossing the English Channel from France.
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