Pope Francis made his first trip outside Rome in seven months on Sunday, visiting a prison for women in Venice ahead of a mass in the city. The Pope has not travelled since visiting the French city of Marseille in September 2023. Amid concerns over his health, the 87-year-old pontiff arrived by helicopter at 8:00am …
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Tornadoes sweep across heartland leaving 5 dead, including infant, and dozens injured
Authorities confirmed on Sunday that a four-month-old baby was among two people killed in Oklahoma, in the wake of severe storms and multiple tornadoes that spread across four states. The Oklahoma tornadoes Saturday night were the latest in a series of tornadoes that have battered the Midwest beginning last week and into the weekend. According …
High schooler arrested in shooting death of fellow student on Texas school campus
Police have arrested a 17-year-old in the shooting death of a high school student on the campus of an Arlington, Texas, high school. Arlington Police Chief Al Jones said 18-year-old Etavion Barnes was found unresponsive with multiple gunshot wounds on Wednesday afternoon outside portable buildings on the campus of Bowie High School. According to police, …
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New York Appeals Court overturns Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape and sexual assault convictions
The New York State Court of Appeals has overturned Harvey Weinstein‘s rape conviction from 2020, making the 4-3 decision on Thursday, April 25 on the basis that the judge on the trial prejudiced Weinstein with “egregious” improper rulings, including a decision to let women testify about allegations that weren’t part of the case. According to …
President Biden signs $95 billion foreign aid package for assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan
After months of negotiations, President Biden signed into law a foreign aid package on Wednesday that includes tens of billions of dollars in assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, along with a measure that could lead to a ban on TikTok in the U.S. The White House first sought the foreign aid more than six …
FDA assures milk supply is safe after fragments of bird flu virus are found in pasteurized dairy
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it has discovered fragments of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) — more commonly referred to as bird flu — in some samples of dairy milk products. An update from the FDA said they tested milk samples by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and found the presence of fragments …
Google has fired 50 employees after protests over Israel cloud contract
Google confirmed it has fired 20 additional workers that it says were involved in protests last week in NYC and Sunnyvale, CA, denouncing the tech giant’s cloud computing deal with the Israeli government, bringing the total number of workers fired to 50 (per CNN). The group organizing the demonstrations, No Tech for Apartheid, told The …
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DOJ announces $139M settlement with victims of ex-Team USA doctor Larry Nassar
The Department of Justice (‘DOJ’) announced on Wednesday said that a civil settlement had been reached with the victims of ex-Team USA doctor Larry Nassar, who was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison for sexually assaulting gymnasts — resolving their claims of wrongdoing against the FBI in its failures to investigate allegations of …
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President Biden marks Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in federal solar power grants
President Joe Biden marked Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in federal grants for residential solar projects serving 900,000-plus households in low- and middle-income communities while visiting Prince William Forest Park in Virginia on Monday to mark Earth Day. The White House also plans to also expand Biden’s New Deal-style American Climate Corps green jobs …
Clothing retailer Express files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, will close 95 stores
Clothing retailer Express, the parent of the Bonbons and UpWest brands, announced on Monday that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and will be closing 95 stores (including all of its UpWest stores) with closing sales spanning across more than 30 states and Washington, D.C. to begin on Tuesday. Express said its remaining stores …
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