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    • 'Window of time is not going to last for long': Thunberg

      'Window of time is not going to last for long': Thunberg

      Greta Thunberg warned U.S. lawmakers Thursday that history will hold them accountable for climate catastrophes if they do not stop subsidizing the fossil fuel industry.

      'We have to end fossil fuel subsidies' ยป
      • 'A horrendous tragedy': 16-year-old killed in Columbus

        'A horrendous tragedy': 16-year-old killed in Columbus

      • 'Yet another example of senseless gun violence'

        'Yet another example of senseless gun violence'

      • Chauvin verdict brings the police relief, resentment

        Chauvin verdict brings the police relief, resentment

      • India's COVID curve is so steep, it's almost vertical

        India's COVID curve is so steep, it's almost vertical

      • Indian tribe upsets neighbors with plan to build casino

        Indian tribe upsets neighbors with plan to build casino

    • Democrats move 2 bills showing strength and limits of power
      Politics
      Associated Press

      Democrats move 2 bills showing strength and limits of power

      The House voted along party lines to make the nation's capital the 51st state, and two hours later, the Senate overwhelmingly approved bipartisan legislation to address violence against Asian Americans. Thursday's twin victories let Democrats display momentum just six days before President Joe Biden's maiden speech to Congress. Despite a minuscule majority, House Democrats have passed legislation this year reworking voting laws, toughening gun background checks and fulfilling other party goals.

      • House Passes Bill That Would Make Washington, D.C. the 51st State
        House Passes Bill That Would Make Washington, D.C. the 51st State
        Rolling Stone
      • House Approves Bill That Would Make Washington, D.C. 51st State
        House Approves Bill That Would Make Washington, D.C. 51st State
        Complex
    • Chatham man freed in 1975 murder can have DNA evidence used against him in new one
      U.S.
      Raleigh News and Observer

      Chatham man freed in 1975 murder can have DNA evidence used against him in new one

      Willie Womble walked free in 2014 after nearly 40 years in prison, cleared for a convenience store robbery and murder he didn't commit. Now 67, Womble faces new charges in a Chatham County slaying, in which a 54-year-old Pittsboro woman was found stabbed to death with a pair of scissors. Womble faced a setback this week when the NC Court of Appeals ruled a lower court erred by suppressing DNA evidence found at the scene.

    • It's 'fair' to call me a private education hypocrite, says Scottish Labour leader
      World
      The Telegraph

      It's 'fair' to call me a private education hypocrite, says Scottish Labour leader

      Anas Sarwar has admitted it is a โ€œfairโ€ to call him a hypocrite after he unveiled plans for an attack on private education despite sending his own children to a fee-paying school. Scottish Labour's manifesto, published Thursday, calls for the charitable status of private schools to be revoked and for any public sector backing for them to end. Mr Sarwar, the party leader, sends his own children to Hutchesons' Grammar School in Glasgow, which he also attended, and currently charges annual fees of up to ยฃ12,924 per pupil.

    • Israel says Syrian missile was not aimed at nuclear reactor
      World
      Associated Press

      Israel says Syrian missile was not aimed at nuclear reactor

      The Israeli military said Thursday that a Syrian missile that reached deep into Israeli territory and set off air raid sirens near the country's top-secret nuclear reactor was the result of a misfire and not a deliberate attack. The missile landed in southern Israel early Thursday, prompting Israel to respond with airstrikes on the missile launcher and other targets in Syria. The army's chief spokesman, Brig. Gen. Hidai Zilberman, was quoted as telling military correspondents that the Israeli air force was already operating in Syrian airspace when the anti-aircraft missile was fired.

      • Syrian missile explodes near Israeli reactor
        Syrian missile explodes near Israeli reactor
        Reuters Videos
      • Israel says it struck targets in Syria after missile attack
        Israel says it struck targets in Syria after missile attack
        Politico
    • After reading 'all 14 pages' of the Green New Deal, Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's ready to debate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
      Politics
      The Week

      After reading 'all 14 pages' of the Green New Deal, Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's ready to debate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

      Now that she's done her homework, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is ready to spar. One day after seemingly admitting she had never finished reading "all 14 pages" of the Green New Deal, a bill she's repeatedly criticized while throwing barbs at sponsor Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Greene has now finally perused the full policy โ€” and dubbed it a "Communists manifesto." Greene incriminated herself on Wednesday, while tweeting a surreptitiously-taken photo of the two lawmakers chatting on Capitol Hill.

      • Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Admits She Hasn't Even Read The Proposal She Keeps Attacking
        Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Admits She Hasn't Even Read The Proposal She Keeps Attacking
        HuffPost
      • Marjorie Taylor Green says she's ready to debate AOC after initially admitting that she had not read 'all 14 pages' of the Green New Deal
        Marjorie Taylor Green says she's ready to debate AOC after initially admitting that she had not read 'all 14 pages' of the Green New Deal
        Business Insider
    • 12 Outdoor Furniture Sets for Living Alfresco
      Lifestyle
      Architectural Digest

      12 Outdoor Furniture Sets for Living Alfresco

      With warmer weather just around the corner, we're taking our home-design focus to the great outdoors Originally Appeared on Architectural Digest

      • 19 Best Outdoor Furniture Stores to Turn Your Space Into an Oasis
        19 Best Outdoor Furniture Stores to Turn Your Space Into an Oasis
        Architectural Digest
      • Bookmark These 11 Places on HipCamp for Your Next Outdoor Retreat
        Bookmark These 11 Places on HipCamp for Your Next Outdoor Retreat
        Architectural Digest
    • Other ex-officers charged in George Floyd's killing are 'almost 100 percent' going to plead guilty after Derek Chauvin's conviction, experts say
      U.S.
      INSIDER

      Other ex-officers charged in George Floyd's killing are 'almost 100 percent' going to plead guilty after Derek Chauvin's conviction, experts say

      The three remaining former officers charged in George Floyd's death are awaiting trial in August. The officers will want to avoid going to a jury trial, criminal justice experts tell Insider. Experts say the officers are likely to take a plea deal if offered, or ask for a bench trial.

      • โ€˜All I Heard Was Guilty, Guilty And Guiltyโ€™: George Floydโ€™s Brothers On Chauvin Conviction
        โ€˜All I Heard Was Guilty, Guilty And Guiltyโ€™: George Floydโ€™s Brothers On Chauvin Conviction
        HuffPost
      • Philonise Floyd Says Teenager Who Filmed His Brother's Murder 'Changed The World'
        Philonise Floyd Says Teenager Who Filmed His Brother's Murder 'Changed The World'
        HuffPost
    • Germany rejects idea of redrawing Western Balkans borders - minister
      World
      Reuters

      Germany rejects idea of redrawing Western Balkans borders - minister

      Germany rejects a redrawing of borders in the Western Balkans along ethnic lines and the idea has been "put back into a drawer", Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Thursday. The idea was raised in an unofficial European Union diplomatic note that alarmed Bosnians, who saw it as a threat to their country's territorial unity, two decades after ethnic conflicts led to war in the region. The note, seen by Reuters, suggested that creating a Greater Serbia, a Greater Albania and a Greater Croatia could help resolve national tensions holding up EU integration in the region.

    • US troops in Afghanistan begin packing gear in pullout prep
      World
      Associated Press

      US troops in Afghanistan begin packing gear in pullout prep

      The U.S. military has begun shipping equipment and winding down contracts with local service providers ahead of the May 1 start of the final phase of its military pullout from Afghanistan, a U.S. Defense Department official said Thursday. The pullout under U.S. President Joe Biden marks the end of America's longest war after a 20-year military engagement. Currently, some 2,500 U.S. soldiers and about 7,000 allied forces are still in Afghanistan.

    • Foreign aid destined for China will be diverted to fighting human rights abuses
      World
      The Telegraph

      Foreign aid destined for China will be diverted to fighting human rights abuses

      Chinese foreign aid will be devoted to fighting human rights abuses in Xinjiang, Dominic Raab has said. It comes after the Government was criticised last year for funding schemes to China including a photography project to understand the country's past, syphilis tests for gay men and improving cancer screening in rural areas. The Foreign Secretary told the International Development Committee that he had cut China's Official Development Assistance by 95 per cent.

    • The U.S. is the biggest carbon emitter in history. Where do other nations stand?
      World
      LA Times

      The U.S. is the biggest carbon emitter in history. Where do other nations stand?

      It's not just the United States โ€” other major polluters around the world have also been falling behind the climate goals they set for themselves under the Paris agreement. As the Biden administration virtually hosts the leaders of more than three dozen countries Thursday and Friday to discuss the need for more action on climate change, here's a look at where others stand, and what's preventing them from fulfilling their promises. China is the biggest emitter of planet-warming greenhouse gases, responsible for about 28% of the global total.

      • The U.S. And China Inch Toward Cooperation On Climate โ€” Thrilling Other Countries
        The U.S. And China Inch Toward Cooperation On Climate โ€” Thrilling Other Countries
        HuffPost
      • U.S., other countries deepen climate goals at Earth Day summit
        U.S., other countries deepen climate goals at Earth Day summit
        Reuters
    • News
      Yahoo News Video

      Minneapolis-based therapist shares how local community copes with tragedy: โ€˜Black folks are constantly under traumaโ€™

      For many Twin Cities residents, Tuesday's guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial epitomized the emotional whiplash of the past 10 years, in which short-lived moments of hope gave way to ever-present fears and frustrations. Minneapolis-based therapist Jamil Stamschror-Lott had a pit in his stomach before the verdict, then a sudden feeling of relief. Quickly, though, those feelings turned to fear.

    • Venezuela prosecutor who defied Maduro implicated in bribery
      World
      Associated Press

      Venezuela prosecutor who defied Maduro implicated in bribery

      A former Venezuelan attorney general who defied President Nicolas Maduro by siding with his opponents has been implicated in a major corruption case involving a Venezuelan businessman who this week pleaded guilty to paying $1 million in bribes, two people familiar with the case said Thursday. The former official, Luisa Ortega, isn't mentioned by name in the Miami federal case. But in quietly pleading guilty Monday to a single charge of conspiring to defraud the United States, businessman Carlos Urbano Fermin admitted to paying around $1 million in bribes to a โ€œhigh-ranking prosecutorโ€ in Venezuela as โ€œinsuranceโ€ against any investigations into his extensive construction contracts with state-...

    • Missouriโ€™s Hawley is only senator to oppose anti-hate crimes bill on final action
      U.S.
      Kansas City Star

      Missouriโ€™s Hawley is only senator to oppose anti-hate crimes bill on final action

      Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley was the lone senator Thursday to oppose a bill meant to curb hate crimes against Asian Americans. The bill passed the Senate, with broad support from both parties, by a vote of 94 to 1. It's too broad.

      • Josh Hawley Pummeled For Being Sole Vote Against Anti-Asian Hate Crimes Bill
        Josh Hawley Pummeled For Being Sole Vote Against Anti-Asian Hate Crimes Bill
        HuffPost
      • U.S. Senate passes bill to fight anti-Asian hate crimes
        U.S. Senate passes bill to fight anti-Asian hate crimes
        Reuters
    • Pregnant mom driving drunk caused crash that killed son, injured 2 others, PA cops say
      U.S.
      Raleigh News and Observer

      Pregnant mom driving drunk caused crash that killed son, injured 2 others, PA cops say

      A pregnant woman had a blood alcohol content three times the legal limit in a February crash that resulted in the death of her 11-year-old son, Pennsylvania police said. Police released details Thursday about the Feb. 23 crash in Manheim Township and announced 22 charges against Jennifer Johnson, 35. Johnson was traveling with her son and driving up to 69 mph in a 25 mph zone at the time of the crash, according to police.

    • Minutes into a 911 call a Florida driver realizes what smashed through her windshield
      U.S.
      Miami Herald

      Minutes into a 911 call a Florida driver realizes what smashed through her windshield

      โ€œSomething just came through the windshield and hit my mom in the head!โ€ a woman cried out to a 911 dispatcher after she pulled over on Interstate 95 while driving to Daytona Beach on Wednesday. On the 911 call, the driver, heeding directions from the dispatcher, works to stem the bleeding, using towels. โ€œThere's so much blood,โ€ the driver says.

      • Flying turtle smashes car windscreen in Florida
        Flying turtle smashes car windscreen in Florida
        The Independent
      • Why your car's windshield is the next high-tech frontier
        Why your car's windshield is the next high-tech frontier
        CNET
    • Police: Arrested Michigan lawmaker warned he'd call governor
      U.S.
      Associated Press

      Police: Arrested Michigan lawmaker warned he'd call governor

      A Michigan lawmaker who was arrested for drunken driving and resisting police threatened to call Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and told state troopers it would not be good for them because he oversees their budget, according to an incident report. Rep. Jewell Jones, an Inkster Democrat, was charged in Livingston County last week after driving his Chevy Tahoe into a ditch along Interstate 96 near Fowlerville around 6 p.m. on April 6, following reports of erratic driving. Police said he became so combative that they had to use a Taser and pepper spray.

    • U.S. weekly jobless claims hit 13-month low; home sales tumble
      Business
      Reuters

      U.S. weekly jobless claims hit 13-month low; home sales tumble

      The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell to a 13-month low last week, suggesting layoffs were subsiding and strengthening expectations for another month of blockbuster job growth in April as a re-opening economy unleashes pent-up demand. While the labor market recovery is gaining speed, red flags are emerging in the housing market, the economy's star performer during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sales of previously-owned homes tumbled to a seven-month low in March as prices jumped to a record high amid an acute shortage of houses, other data showed on Thursday.

      • Jobless claims: Another 547,000 Americans filed new unemployment claims, marking a fresh pandemic-era low
        Jobless claims: Another 547,000 Americans filed new unemployment claims, marking a fresh pandemic-era low
        Yahoo Finance
      • US jobless claims fall to 547,000, another pandemic low
        US jobless claims fall to 547,000, another pandemic low
        Associated Press
    • Andrew Yang accused of 'Michael Scott levels of cringe and insensitivity' at forum with LGBTQ group
      U.S.
      The Week

      Andrew Yang accused of 'Michael Scott levels of cringe and insensitivity' at forum with LGBTQ group

      It sounds like a recent attempt by Andrew Yang to secure an endorsement in his New York City mayoral bid didn't exactly go as planned. The candidate on Wednesday met with the Stonewall Democratic Club of New York City to seek the Democratic LGBTQ organization's endorsement, but he ended up offending its members, The New York Times reports. Yang, according to the report, "cited gay members of his staff as apparent evidence of his openness to the club's concerns, and expressed enthusiasm about the prospect of visiting" the New York gay bar Cubbyhole.

      • Andrew Yang offended an LGBTQ political group with 'Michael Scott levels of cringe and insensitivity,' report says
        Andrew Yang offended an LGBTQ political group with 'Michael Scott levels of cringe and insensitivity,' report says
        Business Insider
      • Andrew Yang says Cuomo should "step aside," but would accept his endorsement
        Andrew Yang says Cuomo should "step aside," but would accept his endorsement
        CBS News
    • Taiwan authorities look into Apple supplier hack
      Technology
      BBC

      Taiwan authorities look into Apple supplier hack

      Authorities in Taiwan say they are looking into a ransomware cyber-attack on a major technology firm there. Quanta Computer is a manufacturer of many flagship Apple products, including its MacBook line. The hackers, known as Revil, have published stolen blueprints for unreleased products, and are threatening to release more.

      • Apple supplier is the latest target of a $50 million ransomware hack
        Apple supplier is the latest target of a $50 million ransomware hack
        Engadget
      • Apple Supplier Quanta Hacked In $50M Ransomware Attack By Russian Group: Bloomberg
        Apple Supplier Quanta Hacked In $50M Ransomware Attack By Russian Group: Bloomberg
        Benzinga
    • Restoring service central to Biden's postal board nominees
      U.S.
      Associated Press

      Restoring service central to Biden's postal board nominees

      President Joe Biden's nominees to the governing board of the U.S. Postal Service pledged Thursday to rebuild trust with the American public through prompt deliveries, as they outlined a vison for the agency in their first formal statements to lawmakers. The nominees โ€” Ron Stroman, a former deputy postmaster general; Amber McReynolds, who leads the nonprofit National Vote at Home Institute; and Anton Hajjar, the former general counsel of the American Postal Workers Union โ€” made the remarks during their confirmation hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. If approved by the committee then the full Senate, the nominees would give Democrats and Democratic appointees a majority on the board.

    • NASA-SpaceX set to launch next 4-member crew to International Space Station
      Science
      Reuters

      NASA-SpaceX set to launch next 4-member crew to International Space Station

      NASA and commercial rocket company SpaceX were due to launch a new four-astronaut team to the International Space Station early on Friday in what would be the first crew propelled into orbit by a rocket booster recycled from a previous spaceflight. The company's Crew Dragon capsule, the Endeavour, was set for liftoff atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 5:49 a.m. Eastern time (0949 GMT) from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The nearly 24-hour ride to the space station, which orbits some 250 miles (400 km) above Earth, had been set to begin on Thursday but was delayed for a day by unfavorable weather forecasts along the rocket's flight path.

      • NASA astronaut on future of space exploration
        NASA astronaut on future of space exploration
        Associated Press Videos
      • Bad weather delays SpaceX crew launch until Friday
        Bad weather delays SpaceX crew launch until Friday
        Associated Press Videos
    • Countries from around the world are chipping in to help find Indonesia's missing naval submarine
      World
      Business Insider

      Countries from around the world are chipping in to help find Indonesia's missing naval submarine

      An Indonesian naval submarine went missing on Wednesday off the northern coast of Bali. Countries from around the world are sending reinforcements to assist in the search for a Indonesian naval submarine that went missing on Wednesday. The 53-person crew was participating in a torpedo drill north of Bali but failed to relay the results of the drill, an Indonesian Navy spokesperson told Reuters. Hadi Tjahjanto, the commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces, said the submarine lost contact with the military at 4:30 a.m. local time on Wednesday.

      • Indonesian military says submarine with 53 aboard disappeared near Bali
        Indonesian military says submarine with 53 aboard disappeared near Bali
        Yahoo News Video
      • Indonesia searching for missing submarine with 53 on board
        Indonesia searching for missing submarine with 53 on board
        Associated Press
    • Jaguar Land Rover halts production because of chip shortage
      Business
      Associated Press

      Jaguar Land Rover halts production because of chip shortage

      Jaguar Land Rover said Thursday it's suspending production at two U.K. factories, becoming the latest automaker to fall victim to a global shortage of microchips. The shortage โ€œis having an impact on our production schedules and our ability to meet global demand for some of our vehicles.โ€ Production will be halted for a โ€œlimited period" starting Monday at its Halewood factory near Liverpool and at its Castle Bromwich plant near Birmingham in central England, the company said, without being more specific.

    • A Massachusetts police department apologized for sharing a response to Chauvin's guilty verdict that said Chauvin 'calmly placed his hands behind his back' and to 'imagine if George Floyd had done the same'
      U.S.
      INSIDER

      A Massachusetts police department apologized for sharing a response to Chauvin's guilty verdict that said Chauvin 'calmly placed his hands behind his back' and to 'imagine if George Floyd had done the same'

      "Chauvin immediately stood and calmly placed his hands behind his back," the post read in part. "Imagine if George Floyd had done the same," it continued. The now-deleted Facebook post was shared by the Fall River Police Department in Massachusetts on Tuesday after Chauvin was found guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd.

      • Massachusetts Police Department Facebook Post Attacks George Floyd After Chauvin Verdict
        Massachusetts Police Department Facebook Post Attacks George Floyd After Chauvin Verdict
        HuffPost
      • Teen Who Filmed George Floyd And Other Bystanders React To Chauvin's Guilty Verdict
        Teen Who Filmed George Floyd And Other Bystanders React To Chauvin's Guilty Verdict
        HuffPost
    High-speed rail: The future or fantasy?
    • โ€œHigh-speed rail is bold and attention-grabbing, but the scale of the project makes it near impossible.โ€

    • โ€œWhile a long, slow train ride across the country can be a great thing, the US needs real high-speed rail too.โ€

    • โ€œLiberals are right that America has a car problem โ€” but it's commutes, not road trips, that suck.โ€

    • โ€œInvestments into a high-speed rail system wouldnโ€™t just improve the railroads โ€” automobile traffic could also see some relief.โ€

    • โ€œBig cities that are reasonably close together is pretty much a prerequisite for high-speed rail.โ€

    Read the 360