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For farmers, watching and waiting is a spring planting ritual. Climate change is adding to anxiety
It was just after dark as Ross Woodruff hopped into a truck to haul soybean seeds out to his brother, Mark, whose planter had run out. With drier conditions, Mark had been going hard since mid-afternoon, finishing the beans in one 60-acre field before moving to another. “This year, with the way the weather’s been, it’s slowed progress,” Ross Woodruff said.
Yahoo Finance
Stock market today: Stocks gain as Fed rate hopes fuel continued rally
Stocks rallied at the end of last week, getting a boost from a "Goldilocks" jobs report.
Reuters
Robinhood Crypto gets Wells notice from US SEC
Robinhood's shares fell 2.5% before the bell. A Wells notice does not necessarily mean that recipients have violated any law. The SEC issues Wells notices to firms when it is planning to bring enforcement action against them.
Reuters
Trump Media dismisses auditor BF Borgers amid SEC fraud charges
Trump Media & Technology Group said in a filing with the SEC on Monday that it had switched to Semple, Marchal & Cooper on Saturday. The change was recommended and approved by the company's audit committee.
CBS News
Columbia University cancels main 2024 commencement ceremony
Columbia University said Monday they are altering their graduation plans after weeks of protests and turmoil on campus.
AFP
'Where can we go?' ask Rafah residents as Israel demands evacuation
Palestinian civilians in the southern Gazan city of Rafah voiced despair on Monday as Israel dropped fliers urging them to evacuate for their own "safety" ahead of a long-threatened ground invasion.Israel's army said it was instructing Palestinian families in eastern Rafah to flee in preparation for an expected ground assault on the city near Gaza's border with Egypt.
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Trump trial live updates: Testimony resumes in hush money case
The former president’s criminal hush money trial resumes Monday in Manhattan, where the prosecution will continue presenting its case.
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Minnesota Democrats propose constitutional amendment to protect abortion and LGBTQ rights
Minnesota Democrats have introduced far-reaching legislation to add abortion and LGBTQ rights to the state's constitution in hopes of making it much harder for future lawmakers to repeal these and other rights in the future. The Minnesota Equal Rights Amendment was introduced last week and has its first legislative hearing Monday. It would be among the most expansive protections of abortion and LGBTQ rights in the nation if it is approved by lawmakers this session and then by voters on the 2026 ballot.
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Columbia University cancels main commencement after protests that roiled campus for weeks
Columbia University is canceling its large university-wide commencement ceremony amid ongoing pro-Palestinian protests but will hold smaller school-based ceremonies this week and next, the university announced Monday. “Based on feedback from our students, we have decided to focus attention on our Class Days and school-level graduation ceremonies, where students are honored individually alongside their peers, and to forego the university-wide ceremony that is scheduled for May 15,” officials at the Ivy League school in upper Manhattan said in a statement. Noting that the past few weeks have been “incredibly difficult” for the community, the school said in its announcement that it made the decision after discussions with students.
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IDF urges civilians to evacuate parts of Rafah and Ole Miss opens student conduct investigation: Morning Rundown
Israel’s military urges civilians to evacuate parts of Rafah. Ole Miss opens a student conduct investigation.
CNN
Experimental gene therapy restores some vision in patients with inherited blindness
For her entire life, college student Olivia Cook had only a small degree of central vision. It was as if she was watching the world through a straw hole, and in dimly lit places, she could not make out people’s faces, only their silhouettes.
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Planters nuts sold in 5 states recalled due to listeria fears
Hormel Foods says potentially contaminated products were shipped to Publix and Dollar Tree distribution warehouses.
Reuters
Columbia cancels university-wide commencement ceremony after protests
"We have decided to make the centerpiece of our commencement activities our Class Days and school-level ceremonies, where students are honored individually alongside their peers, rather than the University-wide ceremony that is scheduled for May 15," Columbia said in a statement, calling the past few weeks "incredibly difficult for our community." The protests at Columbia, which drew national attention, have inspired similar demonstrations at dozens of universities around the U.S. Students have called for a ceasefire in Gaza and have demanded their schools divest from companies with ties to Israel. New York City police cleared a Columbia campus building last week that had been barricaded by pro-Palestinian protesters, arresting more than 100 people and dismantling an encampment.
CNN
Israel orders shut down of Al Jazeera in the country, seizes equipment, in ‘dark day for democracy’
Israel shut down Al Jazeera’s operations in the country and seized some of its communication equipment Sunday, prompting condemnation from the United Nations and rights groups over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s moves to restrict press freedoms.
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Trump trial resumes after tense week of testimony
Testimony will resume Monday morning in former President Donald Trump's hush money trial, following sometimes heated and sometimes emotional testimony from major witnesses last week.
Associated Press
What are tactical nuclear weapons and why did Russia order drills?
Russia's Defense Ministry said Monday that the military would hold drills involving tactical nuclear weapons — the first time such an exercise has been publicly announced by Moscow. A look at tactical nuclear weapons and the part they play in the Kremlin's political messaging. WHAT ARE TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS? Unlike nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles that can destroy entire cities, tactical nuclear weapons for use against troops on the battlefield are less powerful and can have a yield as small as about 1 kiloton.
AFP
IAEA chief in Iran as concern grows over nuclear activity
UN atomic watchdog chief Rafael Grossi arrived in Iran Monday, where he is expected to speak at a conference and meet officials for talks on Tehran's nuclear programme.Grossi is also expected to deliver a speech at Iran's first International Conference on Nuclear Science and Technology, which began on Monday.
AFP
Israel orders evacuation from Rafah area in south Gaza
Israel's military on Monday called for the evacuation of Palestinians from eastern Rafah ahead of a ground invasion of the city, as Gaza aid officials said Israeli jets struck two areas where the warning had been issued. Gazan civil defence and aid officials said on Monday that Israeli jets had struck Al-Shuka and Al-Salam, among other areas, both of which were told to evacuate the day before.
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Massive rescue effort as floods inundate southern Brazilian metropolis
Historic flooding has left the wealthy Brazilian city of Porto Alegre underwater, with more than 80 people dead and many awaiting rescue.
AFP
EU to drop rule-of-law proceedings against Poland
The EU said Monday it will drop action started against Poland six years ago over rule-of-law concerns that could have led Warsaw to lose its vote in the bloc's affairs, an announcement welcomed by the Polish government."There is no longer a dark shadow over us," she told private broadcaster TVN. The Article 7 procedure was started because of controversial moves by Poland's previous right-wing government, including creating a special disciplinary chamber with power over the country's judges and a

Bitcoin begins recovery after falling off from record $70K high

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For farmers, watching and waiting is a spring planting ritual. Climate change is adding to anxiety

Stock market today: Stocks gain as Fed rate hopes fuel continued rally

Robinhood Crypto gets Wells notice from US SEC

Trump Media dismisses auditor BF Borgers amid SEC fraud charges

Columbia University cancels main 2024 commencement ceremony

'Where can we go?' ask Rafah residents as Israel demands evacuation

Trump trial live updates: Testimony resumes in hush money case

Minnesota Democrats propose constitutional amendment to protect abortion and LGBTQ rights

Columbia University cancels main commencement after protests that roiled campus for weeks

IDF urges civilians to evacuate parts of Rafah and Ole Miss opens student conduct investigation: Morning Rundown

Experimental gene therapy restores some vision in patients with inherited blindness

Planters nuts sold in 5 states recalled due to listeria fears

Columbia cancels university-wide commencement ceremony after protests

Israel orders shut down of Al Jazeera in the country, seizes equipment, in ‘dark day for democracy’

Trump trial resumes after tense week of testimony

What are tactical nuclear weapons and why did Russia order drills?

IAEA chief in Iran as concern grows over nuclear activity

Israel orders evacuation from Rafah area in south Gaza

Massive rescue effort as floods inundate southern Brazilian metropolis

EU to drop rule-of-law proceedings against Poland