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Latest Houthi strike in Red Sea hits oil tanker: US officials

The latest attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels in the Red Sea struck a Greek-owned and operated oil tanker with a ballistic missile early Saturday, according to U.S. officials.  The Iranian-backed group hit the oil tanker Wind at around 1 a.m. local time, with one anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM). Wind, a Panamanian-flagged ship, was most recently...

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The pivotal role of a tiny hydropower plant in preserving the Colorado River's future

A sprawling water district that serves residents, ranchers and recreators on the Western Slope of the Rocky Mountains is preparing to invest a mammoth $98.5 million on a tiny hydropower plant in a bipartisan, multi-sectorial effort to help secure the Colorado River's future. In the coming weeks, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) is expected to...

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Hogan argues abortion pivot during Maryland Senate race not 'a major transformation'

Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R), the GOP nominee for retiring Democratic Sen. Cardin's seat in Maryland, argued Friday that his recent pivot on abortion, is not “a major transformation.” Hogan said he supports "restoring Roe as the law of the land" and called himself "pro-choice" in an interview published Thursday in The New York...

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Congress can help colleges counter antisemitism through free speech

The recent shocking torrent of antisemitism has awakened Americans. More and more are speaking up. The First Amendment provides them — as well as faculty and students — with opportunities to educate the public about Israel, Jewish history and antisemitism.

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Did colleges give away the store in deals with student protesters?

Colleges that used police force to end their recent on-campus student protests are facing criticism for their handling of the situation, but so are the small handful that cut deals to end the demonstrations. The few universities that successfully negotiated to end the pro-Palestinian encampments — among them Northwestern, Brown, Rutgers and Johns Hopkins —...

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Trump demands drug test for Biden ahead of first debate

Former President Trump said he wants President Biden to be drug-tested before their first debate. “I'm gonna demand a drug test too, by the way,” Trump said at the Minnesota Republican Party’s Lincoln Reagan Dinner Friday. “I am, no I really am. I don't want him coming in like the State of the Union, he...

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Judge rules man who stabbed ex-cop Derek Chauvin in prison can represent self at trial

The inmate who is charged with stabbing former Minneapolis police office Derek Cahuvin in an Arizona prison is allowed to represent himself in court, a judge ruled. John Turscak, the federal inmate who attacked Chauvin, stabbed him 22 times with a makeshift knife at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Tucson last November. Chauvin killed...

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Police investigation concludes Boeing whistleblower took his own life

A police investigation into a former Boeing manager who raised questions about safety at the company and was found dead after giving depositions concluded Friday, with law enforcement saying their findings point to the manager having taken his own life. John Barnett, 62, was found dead on March 9. He was a longtime Boeing quality-control...

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LeVar Burton chimes in on House Oversight fight with 'words of the day'

Former “Reading Rainbow” host LeVar Burton chimed in Friday on the recent fight in the House Oversight and Accountability Committee. “Words of the day; bleach, blond, bad, built, butch and body,” Burton said in a post on the social platform X. Burton’s post refers to a question posed by Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) amid a...

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Raskin calls Greene House Oversight brawl 'a failure of leadership'

House Oversight and Accountability Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (R-Md.) called the recent verbal battle in his committee sparked by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-Ga.) words “a failure of leadership.” “So, this was a failure of leadership,” Raskin said on CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront” Friday. “When the chairman of the committee declined simply to rule...

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Democrats request probe of ballot signatures for Michigan GOP candidates

Democrats in Michigan are requesting state election official investigate whether GOP Senate candidates and another forged or wrote fraudulent signatures on petitions. The letter, obtained by The Detroit Free Press, is signed by the Michigan Democratic Party and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. It asks the organizations to investigate if the GOP senate candidates and...

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Is COVID-19 still a 'pandemic?'

On March 11, 2020, the director-general of the World Health Organization told the world that COVID-19 "can be characterized as a pandemic." Is that still the case?