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    Interior Secretary Deb Haaland joins White House press secretary Jen Psaki's briefing

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    • Frantic hunt for submarine missing with 53 on board

      Frantic hunt for submarine missing with 53 on board

      The hunt for a missing Indonesian submarine with a crew of 53 reached a critical phase due to limited supplies of oxygen aboard the 44-year-old vessel.

      Contact lost Wednesday during torpedo drill »
      • George W. Bush reveals who won his 2020 vote

        George W. Bush reveals who won his 2020 vote

      • Anger as George Floyd mural is vandalized with racial slur

        Anger as George Floyd mural is vandalized with racial slur

      • Capitol riot arrests involving officials rises to 52

        Capitol riot arrests involving officials rises to 52

      • 1 dead, 4 injured in San Diego shootings; suspect arrested

        1 dead, 4 injured in San Diego shootings; suspect arrested

      • Ma'Khia Bryant's family: 'She was just a teenage girl'

        Ma'Khia Bryant's family: 'She was just a teenage girl'

    • 'You want to see a temper tantrum?': Arizona Republican sides with Democrats, blocks voting bill
      Politics
      NBC News

      'You want to see a temper tantrum?': Arizona Republican sides with Democrats, blocks voting bill

      A bill that would stop some voters from getting a ballot automatically mailed to them each election failed unexpectedly in Arizona's state Senate Thursday after a single Republican joined Democrats in voting against the legislation. GOP state Sen. Kelly Townsend explained her surprise "no" vote on the state Senate floor amid a tense episode that saw the senator get into a heated confrontation with the bill's sponsor. "I am for this bill, but I am not voting for it until after the audit," she said, referring to an audit orchestrated by Senate Republicans of ballots in Maricopa County reportedly set to get underway this week and last through mid-May. The audit is a continuation of GOP efforts to question the results of the 2020 election in a state President Joe Biden won by over 10,000 votes.

      • Fight to vote: Arizona county’s ‘ludicrous’ election audit
        Fight to vote: Arizona county’s ‘ludicrous’ election audit
        The Guardian
      • Arizona Republicans to begin auditing 2020 ballots in effort to undermine election results
        Arizona Republicans to begin auditing 2020 ballots in effort to undermine election results
        The Guardian
    • A cheerleader's Snapchat profanity gets U.S. Supreme Court's attention
      U.S.
      Reuters

      A cheerleader's Snapchat profanity gets U.S. Supreme Court's attention

      (Reuters) - Two days after Mahanoy Area High School in Pennsylvania held its cheerleading tryouts, ninth-grader Brandi Levy was still fuming about being passed over for a spot on the varsity squad. While a younger girl had been picked for varsity, Levy was facing another year relegated to the junior varsity cheer squad. Levy, age 14 at the time, posted the photo to the Snapchat social media platform, adding a caption using the same curse word four times to voice her displeasure with cheerleading, softball, school and "everything."

    • Gender reveal party prompts fears of 'earthquakes' after US couple detonates 80 pounds of explosives
      U.S.
      The Telegraph

      Gender reveal party prompts fears of 'earthquakes' after US couple detonates 80 pounds of explosives

      Explosives used for a gender reveal party in New Hampshire were so loud that residents across state lines thought there was an earthquake. Locals in the Rockingham County area reported the foundations of their homes cracking and walls rocking to police, who located the origin of the blast in a quarry, where a family admitted to holding the gathering. “It was earth-shaking,” a neighbor who lives near Torromeo Industries in Kingston, where the explosives were set off at 7pm EST on Tuesday, told NBC news.

      • Gender Reveal Party Is Behind Massive Blast That Rocked Several New Hampshire Towns
        Gender Reveal Party Is Behind Massive Blast That Rocked Several New Hampshire Towns
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      • Gender reveal explosion rocks New Hampshire towns
        Gender reveal explosion rocks New Hampshire towns
        Associated Press Videos
    • The Derek Chauvin solitary confinement predicament
      U.S.
      The Week

      The Derek Chauvin solitary confinement predicament

      Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is being held in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day following his conviction for the murder of George Floyd. Chauvin's solitary confinement is protective, and he's hardly languishing in a dank hole. A brief separation is one thing, but extended isolation from human contact is "cruel and unusual punishment," in constitutional parlance.

      • Derek Chauvin Is Being Held In Solitary Confinement For 23 Hours A Day
        Derek Chauvin Is Being Held In Solitary Confinement For 23 Hours A Day
        HuffPost
      • Derek Chauvin placed in solitary confinement at max security prison in Minnesota
        Derek Chauvin placed in solitary confinement at max security prison in Minnesota
        The Independent
    • 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 overcome Republican opposition and passed legislation this year reworking voting laws, toughening gun background checks and fulfilling other party goals.

      • Democrats move 2 bills, showing momentum but also limitations
        Democrats move 2 bills, showing momentum but also limitations
        Yahoo News Video
      • U.S. House passes bill to make Washington, D.C., the 51st state
        U.S. House passes bill to make Washington, D.C., the 51st state
        Reuters
    • Covid: India sees world's highest daily cases amid oxygen shortage
      World
      BBC

      Covid: India sees world's highest daily cases amid oxygen shortage

      India has recorded the highest one-day tally of new Covid-19 cases anywhere in the world - and the country's highest number of deaths over 24 hours. It has close to 16 million confirmed cases, second only to the US. Families are waiting hours to perform funeral rites, Reuters news agency reports, with at least one Delhi crematorium resorting to building pyres in its car park in order to cope with the numbers arriving.

      • India posts world record COVID cases with oxygen running out
        India posts world record COVID cases with oxygen running out
        Reuters
      • India COVID-19 cases surge as oxygen runs out
        India COVID-19 cases surge as oxygen runs out
        Reuters Videos
    • Politics
      Politico

      Democrat Joe Manchin says there’s one GOP senator he’d endorse ‘in a heartbeat’

      The West Virginia senator is backing Alaska GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski's reelection bid in the face of a pointed challenge from former President Donald Trump, whom Murkowski voted to convict of inciting an insurrection. It's a wrath that Manchin knows all too well, having faced a Trump-inspired challenge of his own three years ago. But Manchin doesn't want to see his friend Murkowski defeated by a Trump-endorsed Republican — or a Democrat.

    • Biden will unveil eye-popping new tax rates for wealthiest Americans
      Politics
      Axios

      Biden will unveil eye-popping new tax rates for wealthiest Americans

      President Biden in the next few days will unveil eye-popping new tax rates for the wealthiest Americans —a top marginal income tax rate of 39.6% and a capital gains rate of 43.4%. Why it matters: The proposal, to be announced ahead of Biden's address to Congress next Wednesday, is an opening bid for Hill negotiations. Practically and politically, the White House needs buy-in from Congress to pay for social spending in the next phase of his plan to reshape the American economy, the American Families Plan.

      • Breaking down proposed Biden's capital gains tax hike
        Breaking down proposed Biden's capital gains tax hike
        Yahoo Finance Video
      • QUOTES 3-Biden to propose hike in capital gains taxes - sources
        QUOTES 3-Biden to propose hike in capital gains taxes - sources
        Reuters
    • Couple planned wedding at Florida mansion without owner's OK.
      U.S.
      NBC News

      Couple planned wedding at Florida mansion without owner's OK.

      A Florida couple attempted to host a two-day wedding celebration at a mansion they didn't have permission to use, and when the owner found out about it on the day of their planned nuptials, he called the police. Courtney Wilson, the groom, and Shenita Jones, the bride, sent elaborate invitations to family and friends to attend their wedding at their "dream home and estate." When Wilson showed up with another person on the morning of his wedding day, ready to begin "setting up," Finkel saw them at the gate and immediately called the police, according to WTVJ.

      • Chilly reception: Florida couple try to get married at someone else’s mansion
        Chilly reception: Florida couple try to get married at someone else’s mansion
        The Guardian
      • A Florida couple tried to host their wedding at a $5.7 million mansion that wasn't theirs. Then the owner showed up.
        A Florida couple tried to host their wedding at a $5.7 million mansion that wasn't theirs. Then the owner showed up.
        INSIDER
    • How Biden's new U.S. climate target compares with those of California and world
      U.S.
      LA Times

      How Biden's new U.S. climate target compares with those of California and world

      But it's unclear yet whether the administration's pledge will require California to do more to cut its pollution, in part because of differences in how the state and federal government track emissions, researchers and state officials said. The target to reduce U.S. emissions 50 to 52% below 2005 levels by 2030 is among the "most ambitious 2030 commitments when it comes to economy-wide emission reductions below historical levels,” according to an analysis by the research firm Rhodium Group. Those ambitions fall behind only the United Kingdom, and are similar to what the European Union has pledged to reduce from 2005 levels, according to the analysis.

      • Biden Pledges U.S. Will Cut Climate-Changing Pollution At Least In Half By 2030
        Biden Pledges U.S. Will Cut Climate-Changing Pollution At Least In Half By 2030
        HuffPost
      • World is still waiting for U.S. climate target on eve of Biden summit
        World is still waiting for U.S. climate target on eve of Biden summit
        Reuters
    • Wisconsin Sen. Johnson questions need for vaccinations
      Politics
      Associated Press

      Wisconsin Sen. Johnson questions need for vaccinations

      Contrary to what medical experts advise, Johnson has said he doesn't need to be vaccinated because he had COVID-19 in the fall. Johnson's comments come as health officials in the U.S. and around the world urge people to get vaccinated for COVID-19 as soon as possible, saying that reaching herd immunity is the best shot at stopping the uncontrolled spread of the virus. Herd immunity occurs when enough people have been vaccinated or have immunity from natural infection that the virus can't easily spread and the pandemic fizzles out.

      • Ron Johnson questions government's "big push to make sure everybody gets a vaccine"
        Ron Johnson questions government's "big push to make sure everybody gets a vaccine"
        Axios
      • So, Do We Have Herd Immunity Yet?
        So, Do We Have Herd Immunity Yet?
        Refinery29
    • Letters to the Editor: Unless Judge Carter can end income inequality, he can't fix homelessness
      U.S.
      Los Angeles Times Opinion

      Letters to the Editor: Unless Judge Carter can end income inequality, he can't fix homelessness

      To the editor: No question that David O. Carter is a well-intentioned, frustrated federal judge with a strong judicial cudgel at his disposal. His order for Los Angeles to shelter every person living on skid row within three to six months and set aside $1 billion for the effort will bring some relief to some people. "A judge is forcing L.A. to do things his way on homelessness.

      • Judge Orders Los Angeles To Provide Housing To Skid Row's Entire Homeless Population
        Judge Orders Los Angeles To Provide Housing To Skid Row's Entire Homeless Population
        HuffPost
      • LA ordered to provide housing to all homeless residents on Skid Row
        LA ordered to provide housing to all homeless residents on Skid Row
        TheGrio
    • A deadly fight 33 years ago shows just how destructive a war between the US and Iran could get
      World
      Business Insider

      A deadly fight 33 years ago shows just how destructive a war between the US and Iran could get

      In April 1988, the US attacked Iran in the Persian Gulf in retaliation for the mining of a US ship. Operation Praying Mantis, the largest US naval action since World War II, was brief but deadly. Just before 8:00 a.m. on April 18, 1988, members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) stationed on the Sassan and Sirri oil platforms in the Persian Gulf received a warning from US Navy ships several thousand yards away.

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      KTRK – Houston

      Man shot in the face during armed robbery at million dollar home

      Police said the couple was followed to the home after leaving a restaurant in a McLaren. They were ambushed in the garage and robbed.

    • 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

      “Something just came through the windshield and hit my mom in the head!” 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. “There's so much blood,” the driver says.

    • Bookmark These 11 Places on HipCamp for Your Next Outdoor Retreat
      World
      Architectural Digest

      Bookmark These 11 Places on HipCamp for Your Next Outdoor Retreat

      A WiFi break? Yes, please Originally Appeared on Architectural Digest

    • Hundreds of Jewish supremacists chant 'Death to Arabs' as tensions boil over in Jerusalem clashes
      World
      INSIDER

      Hundreds of Jewish supremacists chant 'Death to Arabs' as tensions boil over in Jerusalem clashes

      Members of the supremacist group, Lehava, chanted "death to Arabs" as they marched to the Old City. Police were able to separate the two crowds, but The Jerusalem Post still reported incidents of violence and arrests. Planned protests among far-right Jewish extremists and Arab crowds escalated in Jerusalem's Old City Thursday night and early Friday morning amid increasing tensions in the city.

      • Police clash with Palestinians, far-right march in Jerusalem
        Police clash with Palestinians, far-right march in Jerusalem
        Associated Press
      • Israeli police arrest dozens in night of chaos in Jerusalem
        Israeli police arrest dozens in night of chaos in Jerusalem
        Associated Press
    • Republicans blew up after a Democratic congressman accused them of spreading 'racist trash' in a debate over giving Washington, DC, statehood
      Politics
      Business Insider

      Republicans blew up after a Democratic congressman accused them of spreading 'racist trash' in a debate over giving Washington, DC, statehood

      GOP lawmakers erupted after Rep. Mondaire Jones accused them of spreading "racist trash." The argument came as the House was debating a bill to grant statehood to Washington, DC. Jones withdrew his comment but said the GOP was scared its "white-supremacist politics" wouldn't work in DC.

      • Rep. Mondaire Jones slams GOP’s arguments against DC statehood as ‘racist trash’
        Rep. Mondaire Jones slams GOP’s arguments against DC statehood as ‘racist trash’
        TheGrio
      • Mondaire Jones accuses GOP lawmakers of bringing ‘racist trash’ to House debate as DC statehood bill passes
        Mondaire Jones accuses GOP lawmakers of bringing ‘racist trash’ to House debate as DC statehood bill passes
        The Independent
    • Biden preparing to recognise Armenian genocide, risking backlash from Turkey
      Politics
      The Independent

      Biden preparing to recognise Armenian genocide, risking backlash from Turkey

      The US president Joe Biden is preparing to declare the Ottoman empire's killings of over a million Armenians during the First World War an act of genocide. The move, even though symbolic, could impact the already strained ties US has with Turkey and is a big shift from the country's previous stand. According to Reuters, which quoted three sources familiar with the matter, Mr Biden is likely to use the word “genocide” as part of a statement on 24 April when annual commemorations for the victims are held around the world.

      • Biden Preparing To Recognize Armenian Massacres As Genocide: Reports
        Biden Preparing To Recognize Armenian Massacres As Genocide: Reports
        HuffPost
      • Biden poised to recognize Armenian genocide soon, officials say
        Biden poised to recognize Armenian genocide soon, officials say
        Yahoo News Video
    • Republican House leader rejects George W. Bush's condemnation of the party as 'isolationist, protectionist' and 'nativist'
      Politics
      Business Insider

      Republican House leader rejects George W. Bush's condemnation of the party as 'isolationist, protectionist' and 'nativist'

      House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy dismissed former President George W. Bush's recent condemnation of the GOP. Bush said his party had become "isolationist, protectionist, and to a certain extent nativist." McCarthy insisted Bush is wrong because the GOP has more House members who are women and people of color than ever before.

      • George W. Bush Reveals Who He Voted For In 2020
        George W. Bush Reveals Who He Voted For In 2020
        HuffPost
      • George W. Bush calls GOP 'isolationist' 'protectionist' and 'nativist'
        George W. Bush calls GOP 'isolationist' 'protectionist' and 'nativist'
        FOX News Videos
    • Ma'Khia Bryant was arguing about cleaning the house when she got into the fight that ended in the police killing her, her foster mom says
      U.S.
      INSIDER

      Ma'Khia Bryant was arguing about cleaning the house when she got into the fight that ended in the police killing her, her foster mom says

      Ma'Khia Bryant was having an argument over housekeeping before she got into a fight and a police officer fatally shot her in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, her foster mom said. Angela Moore told CNN that two of her former foster children had come to celebrate her birthday when the dispute started that led to the death of Bryant, who was 16. Moore, who was at work at the time of the shooting, related what one of the former foster children told her had happened.

      • Columbus Officer Who Killed 16-Year-Old Ma'Khia Bryant Identified
        Columbus Officer Who Killed 16-Year-Old Ma'Khia Bryant Identified
        HuffPost
      • Latest on shooting of Ma’Khia Bryant in Ohio
        Latest on shooting of Ma’Khia Bryant in Ohio
        ABC News Videos
    • Derek Chauvin: how has he been charged and when will he be sentenced?
      U.S.
      The Independent

      Derek Chauvin: how has he been charged and when will he be sentenced?

      Officer Derek Chauvin has been found guilty for the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man whose neck Chauvin knelt on for nine minutes and 29 seconds. The Floyd family's lawyer, Ben Crump, said it marked a "turning point in history" for the US. Chauvin's bail was immediately revoked and the disgraced officer will remain in custody until his sentencing.

      • 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
      • George Floyd's brother Philonise backs Raiders owner Mark Davis after tweet fallout: 'Let's take this breath together'
        George Floyd's brother Philonise backs Raiders owner Mark Davis after tweet fallout: 'Let's take this breath together'
        Yahoo Sports
    • Trump administration officials thought they'd be memorialized in statues for doing such a great job negotiating with China, former Obama official says
      Politics
      Business Insider

      Trump administration officials thought they'd be memorialized in statues for doing such a great job negotiating with China, former Obama official says

      A former Obama official recounted early transition meetings with the Trump administration in 2016. When the administration won, the Trump official said, there would be "statues built in our honor." A former Obama official said Trump administration officials believed they would do so well negotiating with China that statues would be erected in their honor one day.

    • How state-supported ‘clean energy’ loans put borrowers at risk of losing their houses
      U.S.
      Kansas City Star

      How state-supported ‘clean energy’ loans put borrowers at risk of losing their houses

      This article is copublished with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Diana Thomas needed a new furnace and four small basement windows for her two-story home on the east side of Kansas City. In late 2016, a contractor told her about a loan program that required no money down and would let her pay off the balance over time as part of her annual property tax bill.

    • ‘Gaslighting 101’: Ted Cruz ridiculed over claim GOP has never tried to pack the Supreme Court
      Politics
      The Independent

      ‘Gaslighting 101’: Ted Cruz ridiculed over claim GOP has never tried to pack the Supreme Court

      Ted Cruz has been accused of “gaslighting” for saying Republicans never tried to “rig the game” by altering the size of the Supreme Court, a response to Democrats introducing legislation to expand the court to 13 judges. The Republican senator for Texas was accused of contradicting his stance from 2016, when late Justice Antonin Scalia died unexpectedly and Mr Cruz endorsed an unprecedented partisan blockade in the Supreme Court to insist that the high court have eight members for 11 months. The criticism came after Mr Cruz, along with fellow Repulicans Lindsey Graham and Marsha Blackburn, held a press conference in front of the Supreme Court on Thursday and accused Democrats of a “power grab” by introducing the legislation.

    High-speed rail: The future or fantasy?
    • “High-speed rail is bold and attention-grabbing, but the scale of the project makes it near impossible.”

    • “While a long, slow train ride across the country can be a great thing, the US needs real high-speed rail too.”

    • “Liberals are right that America has a car problem — but it's commutes, not road trips, that suck.”

    • “Investments into a high-speed rail system wouldn’t just improve the railroads — automobile traffic could also see some relief.”

    • “Big cities that are reasonably close together is pretty much a prerequisite for high-speed rail.”

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