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    • COVID infection rate nearing highest of pandemic so far

      COVID infection rate nearing highest of pandemic so far

      The number of new coronavirus cases per week has nearly doubled globally over the past two months, approaching the highest rate seen so far during the pandemic.

      'Situation is extremely challenging' »
      • FedEx gunman ID'd as 19-year-old Brandon Scott Hole

        FedEx gunman ID'd as 19-year-old Brandon Scott Hole

      • No response as divers knock on capsized ship hull off La.

        No response as divers knock on capsized ship hull off La.

      • Police watch Chauvin trial with interest and angst

        Police watch Chauvin trial with interest and angst

      • Waters tells Jordan 'shut your mouth' in tense exchange

        Waters tells Jordan 'shut your mouth' in tense exchange

      • Pfizer CEO: COVID booster likely needed within a year

        Pfizer CEO: COVID booster likely needed within a year

    • U.S. government formally blames Russian spies for SolarWinds breach
      Politics
      Yahoo News

      U.S. government formally blames Russian spies for SolarWinds breach

      The White House Thursday morning accused the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, or SVR, of orchestrating the recent massive breach that affected private sector networks and U.S. government agencies through the popular IT monitoring software made by SolarWinds. The statement linking the SVR's hacking group, also known as “Cozy Bear,” to the “broad-scope cyber espionage campaign” is the most concrete connection the Biden administration has made between the hack and Russia. “The SVR's compromise of the SolarWinds software supply chain gave it the ability to spy on or potentially disrupt more than 16,000 computer systems worldwide,” according to the White House statement, which also included a number of measures directed against the Russian government for a range of malign activities in addition to the SolarWinds breach.

    • Spain acquits man of sexually abusing 14-year-old stepdaughter who gave birth to his child
      World
      The Telegraph

      Spain acquits man of sexually abusing 14-year-old stepdaughter who gave birth to his child

      A Spanish court has provoked outrage by acquitting a man of sexually abusing his 14-year-old stepdaughter despite the fact she gave birth to his child. The Pamplona court accepted the defendant's claim that the teenager had sat astride him while he was asleep on the sofa and engaged in penetrative sex. The girl's mother reported the father for alleged sexual abuse of her daughter, who initially said she had been raped in the street before changing her story to corroborate her stepfather's claim that he had not been conscious when they had sex.

    • Israel says it will 'definitely' stop Iran from getting bomb
      World
      Associated Press

      Israel says it will 'definitely' stop Iran from getting bomb

      Israel's foreign minister said Friday that his country was determined to stop Iran from building a nuclear weapon, after Tehran promised to step up its uranium enrichment process. “We will do whatever it takes to prevent the extremists (in Iran) from succeeding, and definitely will prevent this regime from having a nuclear weapon,” Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi told reporters on a visit to Cyprus. Iranian officials say the country will begin enriching uranium up to 60% purity following an attack on its nuclear facility at Natanz, in central Iran, on Sunday, that it blamed on Israel.

      • Iran starts enriching uranium to 60%, its highest level ever
        Iran starts enriching uranium to 60%, its highest level ever
        Associated Press
      • Iran, world powers resume nuclear talks amid strains over enrichment, Natanz attack
        Iran, world powers resume nuclear talks amid strains over enrichment, Natanz attack
        Reuters
    • Spanish volunteer firefighter jailed for sparking wildfire
      World
      Reuters

      Spanish volunteer firefighter jailed for sparking wildfire

      A Spanish court has jailed a volunteer firefighter for three and a half years and ordered him to pay 158,000 euros ($189,200) in damages for starting a blaze that burned through nearly 150 hectares of forest in the northern Cantabria region. Cantabria's provincial court found Luis Trueba, former volunteer fire brigade chief in the village of Ramales de la Victoria, used gasoline to deliberately start the forest fire in February 2019 in what it said was an apparent, and failed, attempt to show off his skills in putting out the blaze.

    • Beijing warns US, Japan against collusion vs China
      World
      Associated Press

      Beijing warns US, Japan against collusion vs China

      China said Friday it has expressed “serious concerns” to the United States and Japan over what it calls negative moves and collusion between the two countries against China. The statement from Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian came just before President Joe Biden welcomes Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to the White House on Friday in his first face-to-face meeting with a foreign leader. That meeting is seen as reflecting Biden's emphasis on strengthening alliances to deal with a more assertive China and other global challenges.

      • Japan's Suga comes to US for China-focused talks with Biden
        Japan's Suga comes to US for China-focused talks with Biden
        Associated Press
      • Biden to welcome Japanese Prime Minister Suga to White House for talks on China, climate change, Olympics
        Biden to welcome Japanese Prime Minister Suga to White House for talks on China, climate change, Olympics
        USA TODAY
    • J&J scientists refute 'class effect' to blame for clots in those who got its COVID-19 vaccine
      Health
      Reuters

      J&J scientists refute 'class effect' to blame for clots in those who got its COVID-19 vaccine

      Scientists at Johnson & Johnson on Friday refuted an assertion in a major medical journal that the adenovirus-based design of their COVID-19 vaccine, which is similar AstraZeneca's, may explain why both have been linked to very rare brain blood clots in some vaccine recipients. The United States earlier this week paused distribution of the J&J vaccine to investigate six cases of a rare brain blood clot known as cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST), accompanied by a low blood platelet count, in U.S. women under age 50, out of about 7 million people who got the shot. The blood clots in patients who received the J&J vaccine bear close resemblance to 169 cases in Europe reported with the AstraZeneca vaccine, out of 34 million doses administered there.

      • Coronavirus update: J&J vaccine pause remains, Oxford studies blood clots and COVID-19 vaccines
        Coronavirus update: J&J vaccine pause remains, Oxford studies blood clots and COVID-19 vaccines
        Yahoo Finance
      • America is about to hit a 'vaccine wall' as demand drops — with or without Johnson & Johnson
        America is about to hit a 'vaccine wall' as demand drops — with or without Johnson & Johnson
        Yahoo News
    • The 9 Best Wireless Headphones for Every Kind of Use
      Lifestyle
      Architectural Digest

      The 9 Best Wireless Headphones for Every Kind of Use

      From the most comfortable pair to the best value buy, these headphones will carry you through the spring, summer, and beyond Originally Appeared on Architectural Digest

    • France urges citizens to leave Pakistan amid anti-French protests
      World
      BBC

      France urges citizens to leave Pakistan amid anti-French protests

      France has urged all its citizens in Pakistan to leave the country temporarily amid violent anti-French protests across the country. The country's embassy in Pakistan warned of "serious threats to French interests in Pakistan", saying protests were increasing nationwide. The protests were sparked months ago after France defended the right to show cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.

      • France asks citizens to leave Pakistan amid violent protests
        France asks citizens to leave Pakistan amid violent protests
        Associated Press
      • Pakistan briefly blocks social media amid anti-France rally
        Pakistan briefly blocks social media amid anti-France rally
        Associated Press
    • New blast at St. Vincent volcano; cruise ship helps evacuees
      World
      Associated Press

      New blast at St. Vincent volcano; cruise ship helps evacuees

      La Soufriere volcano shot out another explosive burst of gas and ash on Friday as a cruise ship arrived to evacuate some of the foreigners who had been stuck on a St. Vincent island coated in ash from a week of violent eruptions. Friday morning's blast “wasn't a big explosion compared to the ones that we last weekend, but it was big enough to punch a hole through the clouds," said Richard Robertson, lead scientist at the University of the West Indies Seismic Research Center, in an interview with local NBC radio. During a comparable eruption cycle in 1902, explosive eruptions continued to shake the island for months after an initial burst killed some 1,700 people, though the new eruptions so far have caused no reported deaths among a population that had received official warning a day earlier that danger was imminent.

      • St Vincent fears COVID-19 outbreak with volcano evacuations
        St Vincent fears COVID-19 outbreak with volcano evacuations
        Associated Press
      • St Vincent volcano: UN warns humanitarian crisis will last months
        St Vincent volcano: UN warns humanitarian crisis will last months
        BBC
    • A week after she was found in a Florida Keys swimming pool, Georgia toddler dies
      U.S.
      The State

      A week after she was found in a Florida Keys swimming pool, Georgia toddler dies

      A 2-year-old Georgia girl died Thursday, almost a week after she was found unresponsive in the swimming pool of the Florida Keys vacation rental home in which she and her family were staying. Leland Rudeen's family released a statement on Facebook Thursday saying that she had died a day after undergoing an MRI at Nicklaus Children's Hospital near South Miami. “Shortly after the devastating MRI results, as we were trying to wrap our head around some hard decisions ahead of us, Leland took the choice out of our hands and started her painless decline,” the statement reads.

    • Search for kayaker’s body suspended after dog was found in Colorado lake, cops say
      U.S.
      Raleigh News and Observer

      Search for kayaker’s body suspended after dog was found in Colorado lake, cops say

      Crews have suspended the search for a missing man, who is now presumed dead, after officials spotted a capsized kayak on Sunday and rescued his dog from Carter Lake in Colorado, according to officials. The Larimer County Sheriff's Office officials said on Friday that the search has been suspended after teams have spent more than 700 hours looking for the man believed to be from Loveland. Rangers found an uninjured dog wearing a flotation device and a kayak in the lake Sunday afternoon but no kayaker.

    • World
      Yahoo News Video

      Daunte Wright's mother calls for accountability

      On Thursday, Katie Wright, the mother of Daunte Wright, the 20-year-old Black man shot and killed by police in Brooklyn Center, Minn. expressed her grief and called for accountability for her son's death.

    • ‘Alarm is growing’: Michigan governor faces shutdown dilemma as Covid cases rise
      Politics
      The Guardian

      ‘Alarm is growing’: Michigan governor faces shutdown dilemma as Covid cases rise

      The coronavirus lockdowns and restrictions that Michigan's governor, Gretchen Whitmer, enacted in March last year were among the nation's toughest, and the governor's leadership is thought to have saved lives. Now, as Michigan faces another surge of cases and hospitalizations, its worst yet, Whitmer has changed tack. Despite past success and growing calls for another lockdown from public health experts, and doctors managing hospitals with Covid patients, the governor is resisting further restrictions, and is instead largely relying on a vaccination rollout and a voluntary suspension of in-person dining services.

      • Michigan governor talks about spring surge of COVID cases in her state
        Michigan governor talks about spring surge of COVID cases in her state
        ABC News Videos
      • Gretchen Whitmer Resists Biden Administration on Coronavirus Lockdowns
        Gretchen Whitmer Resists Biden Administration on Coronavirus Lockdowns
        National Review
    • Woman killed, 3 injured in crash on Highway 114 near Texas Motor Speedway; lanes closed
      U.S.
      Fort Worth Star-Telegram

      Woman killed, 3 injured in crash on Highway 114 near Texas Motor Speedway; lanes closed

      Lanes of Highway 114 near the Texas Motor Speedway were closed on Friday morning after a woman was killed and three men were injured in a crash involving a box truck and a pickup truck, authorities said. Of those injured, two had serious injuries and one had minor injuries, according to MedStar. The identity of the woman wasn't immediately released.

    • U.S.
      Raleigh News and Observer

      Durham man pleads guilty to shooting grandfather in the head at 16. Why did he do it?

      Nearly six years after William Evans was found shot and cold in a Durham parking lot, his grandson pleaded guilty to shooting the 65-year-old man with his own gun. Under a plea agreement, Dominick Jackson pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to up to nearly 10 years in prison, with credit for the more than five years he spent in jail awaiting trial. Under North Carolina sentencing laws, courts must consider mitigating and aggravating factors that could decrease or increase the sentence.

    • Mitt Romney, Liz Cheney, and other GOP lawmakers who criticized Trump or voted to impeach him have spent tens of thousands of dollars on private security
      Politics
      Business Insider

      Mitt Romney, Liz Cheney, and other GOP lawmakers who criticized Trump or voted to impeach him have spent tens of thousands of dollars on private security

      Lawmakers who criticized Trump or voted to impeach him spent thousands to improve personal security after the Capitol attack. Republicans including Mitt Romney and Liz Cheney beefed up their security, per Punchbowl News. Prominent lawmakers spent tens of thousands of dollars on private security guards and other protection following the Capitol riots, a Punchbowl News analysis of campaign finance records shows.

      • Liz Cheney's Answer On If She'd Ever Vote For Trump Stumps Fox News Anchor
        Liz Cheney's Answer On If She'd Ever Vote For Trump Stumps Fox News Anchor
        HuffPost
      • Romney, Cheney, and other Trump critics spend 'tens of thousands' on security after Capitol riot
        Romney, Cheney, and other Trump critics spend 'tens of thousands' on security after Capitol riot
        The Week
    • Mike Tindall pays tribute to Prince Philip with photograph of Duke with great-granddaughter Mia
      Celebrity
      The Telegraph

      Mike Tindall pays tribute to Prince Philip with photograph of Duke with great-granddaughter Mia

      Mike Tindall has paid tribute to his grandfather-in-law, the Duke of Edinburgh, calling him a "devoted family man who we will forever miss but always love." The former England centre who married the Queen and Prince Philip's granddaughter, Zara Phillips paid a personal tribute on Instagram, sharing a photo of his eldest daughter Mia enjoying a picnic at a log cabin with the Duke. "It's been a very sad week but it has given us time to reflect on great memories and stories both personal and shared," Mr Tindall said.

      • Zara's husband Mike Tindall praises Prince Philip as 'devoted family man' with never-before-seen picture
        Zara's husband Mike Tindall praises Prince Philip as 'devoted family man' with never-before-seen picture
        Yahoo News UK
      • The Royal Family Shared a Rare Photo of Prince Philip With His Great-Grandchildren
        The Royal Family Shared a Rare Photo of Prince Philip With His Great-Grandchildren
        Hello Giggles
    • Biden condemns ‘stain’ of gun violence in wake of Indiana mass shooting
      U.S.
      The Independent

      Biden condemns ‘stain’ of gun violence in wake of Indiana mass shooting

      President Joe Biden has echoed his demands to Congress to pass gun control legislation in the wake of another mass shooting and the deaths of eight people fatally shot at a FedEx facility in Indiana on Thursday night. “Last night and into the morning in Indianapolis, yet again families had to wait to hear word about the fate of their loved ones,” he said. In a statement on Friday, the president condemned the “epidemic” of gun violence in the US following the killings, just one week after his administration issued a series of executive actions with the Justice Department to curb the proliferation of certain firearms.

      • Indiana sports community reacts on Twitter after mass shooting at Indianapolis FedEx facility
        Indiana sports community reacts on Twitter after mass shooting at Indianapolis FedEx facility
        Yahoo Sports
      • Biden says gun violence 'stains our character and pierces the very soul of our nation' in response to Indianapolis mass shooting
        Biden says gun violence 'stains our character and pierces the very soul of our nation' in response to Indianapolis mass shooting
        Business Insider
    • GOP Reps. Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene were the only 'no' votes on a bill reauthorizing the National Marrow Donor Program
      Politics
      Business Insider

      GOP Reps. Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene were the only 'no' votes on a bill reauthorizing the National Marrow Donor Program

      GOP Reps. Greene and Boebert voted against a bill that would renew the National Marrow Donor Program. "Nothing in this bill prevents the funding of aborted fetal tissue," a spokesman for Greene said. GOP Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Lauren Boebert of Colorado were the only members of Congress to vote against a bill that would provide patients who suffer from leukemia or other blood diseases access to potentially life-saving bone marrow transplants.

      • ‘Comically evil’: Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert cause outrage by voting against bone marrow donor program
        ‘Comically evil’: Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert cause outrage by voting against bone marrow donor program
        The Independent
      • Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert are lone lawmakers to vote against National Marrow Donor Program
        Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert are lone lawmakers to vote against National Marrow Donor Program
        The Week
    • World
      WABC – NY

      Woman shot and killed on street, boyfriend hits suspect with car

      A 52-year-old woman walking with her boyfriend in the Bronx was fatally shot Wednesday afternoon, and her boyfriend then ran down the suspect with his car.

    • Shop Troye Sivan’s Eclectic Home Style
      Entertainment
      Architectural Digest

      Shop Troye Sivan’s Eclectic Home Style

      Take a page out of the stylish young star's book, from must-have splurges to affordable accessories Originally Appeared on Architectural Digest

    • S&P 500, Dow hit record highs as Wall St indexes eye weekly gains
      Business
      Reuters

      S&P 500, Dow hit record highs as Wall St indexes eye weekly gains

      (Reuters) -The S&P 500 and the Dow posted fresh highs on Friday as investors pushed the benchmark indexes toward weekly gains on the back of strong economic data, falling Treasury yields and positive earnings from big U.S. banks. Seven of the 11 S&P indexes were higher. The S&P 500 and the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average are on course for their fourth straight week of gains, while the technology-heavy Nasdaq is less than a percent below its own all-time closing high achieved on Feb. 12.

      • Stock market news live updates: Stocks jump, S&P 500 and Dow hit record highs after retail sales, jobless claims top estimates
        Stock market news live updates: Stocks jump, S&P 500 and Dow hit record highs after retail sales, jobless claims top estimates
        Yahoo Finance
      • S&P 500, Dow hit record highs on bank earnings boost
        S&P 500, Dow hit record highs on bank earnings boost
        Reuters
    • Lawyer for the police officer who shot Adam Toledo complained that people hadn't asked how his client was doing
      U.S.
      INSIDER

      Lawyer for the police officer who shot Adam Toledo complained that people hadn't asked how his client was doing

      Eric Stillman fatally shot the 13-year-old Adam Toledo in Chicago on March 29. A lawyer for the police officer who fatally shot the 13-year-old Adam Toledo in Chicago has complained that few people have asked how his client is doing. The lawyer for Eric Stillman said in a statement quoted by The Daily Beast: "What is amazing and disheartening is that very few have asked about the welfare of the officer."

      • Chicago Releases Video Of Police Fatally Shooting 13-Year-Old Adam Toledo
        Chicago Releases Video Of Police Fatally Shooting 13-Year-Old Adam Toledo
        HuffPost
      • Chicago releases video of fatal police shooting of 13-year-old boy
        Chicago releases video of fatal police shooting of 13-year-old boy
        Yahoo News Video
    • Democrats to unveil bill adding four new justices to the Supreme Court
      Politics
      The Independent

      Democrats to unveil bill adding four new justices to the Supreme Court

      House and Senate Democrats are planning to introduce a legislation on Thursday that seeks to expand the number of Supreme Court justices from nine to 13. The bill, bound to draw fierce opposition from Republican lawmakers, is led by senator Ed Markey and representatives Jerrold Nadler, Hank Johnson and Mondaire Jones who will introduce it in both the chambers. The legislation comes days after president Joe Biden announced the formation of a bipartisan commission to study potential Supreme Court reforms including the expansion and limiting terms of the justices.

      • Democrats Introduce Bill To Expand The Supreme Court
        Democrats Introduce Bill To Expand The Supreme Court
        HuffPost
      • Cool reception for Democratic proposal to expand U.S. Supreme Court
        Cool reception for Democratic proposal to expand U.S. Supreme Court
        Reuters
    • Adam Toledo shooting – latest: Further protests expected today as AOC says prosecutor lied about about killing
      U.S.
      The Independent

      Adam Toledo shooting – latest: Further protests expected today as AOC says prosecutor lied about about killing

      Chicago is bracing for further protests on Friday after officials released a graphic body-camera video showing police officer Eric Stillman shooting and killing a 13-year-old boy as he appeared to be raising his hands. The nine-minute video from Mr Stillman's body camera showed the 34-year-old officer running after Adam Toledo in an alley at 2.30am on 29 March in Little Village, a Mexican neighbourhood on the city's West Side. The officer yells “Stop” to Toledo, who begins raising his hands less than a second before the officer fires his gun and kills him.

      • Chicago releases video of fatal police shooting of 13-year-old boy
        Chicago releases video of fatal police shooting of 13-year-old boy
        Yahoo News Video
      • Don Lemon defends officer in Adam Toledo shooting: 'Not all police shootings are the same'
        Don Lemon defends officer in Adam Toledo shooting: 'Not all police shootings are the same'
        Yahoo TV
    Companies speak out on voting rights
    • “There’s no ‘both sides of the debate’ when it comes to active voter suppression.”

    • “Companies that do this ooze contempt for their own customers and employees who are not in the leftmost quarter of opinion.”

    • “The truth is that Fortune 500 companies were never taking moral stances from the goodness of their corporate hearts.”

    • “The truth is, the companies hold the cards…If companies stick to their guns, Georgia is likely to back down as well.”

    • “When a company folds to the unfounded outrage of a few misinformed nuts, they are forever at the mob’s beck-and-call.”

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