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• Powerful Mayor Turns on BLM: 'I Thought Black Lives Mattered'

  16-04-2022 23:52
  
  In his most pointed attack on the city’s Black Lives Matter activists yet, New York City Mayor Eric Adams condemned the movement for not showing up on the streets to protest escalating gun violence, calling them “hypocrites.”
  Adams’ remarks came in the wake of a mass shooting on board a Brooklyn subway car on Tuesday in which 10 people were shot.
  Despite the fact the shooting has received massive media attention, less attention has been paid to the alleged shooter’s
  
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• Zuck Draws Fire from Senate: 'Greatest Billionaire Assault' on Elections Ever - 'Rigged' Film Brings Down FB Founder

  16-04-2022 23:39
  
  This article was sponsored by Citizens United Productions.
  Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, spent hundreds of millions of dollars on the 2020 election. Despite how they may characterize this spending, they had a partisan reason for it.
  “Rigged” exposes Zuckerberg’s entire plot to help President Joe Biden win in 2020, and it is out right now. You can get your copy here for just $4.99.
  In the film, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas explained exactly where Zu
  
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• As Third Texas Bus Unloads Another Wave of Migrants on DC Streets, Open Border Politicians Should Be Coming to a Grim Realization

  16-04-2022 23:08
  
  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is to be commended for sticking to his pledge made last week to start sending migrants who cross the border illegally to Washington, D.C., so lawmakers can get a taste of the havoc President Joe Biden’s administration has created.
  Fox News reported that a third migrant bus arrived near Capitol Hill Friday morning.
  “We are sending them to the United States Capitol where the Biden administration will be able to more immediately address the needs of the people tha
  
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• Analysis: Biden's numbers are collapsing among a group you wouldn't expect

  16-04-2022 22:53 via cnn.com
  
  Young Americans have turned on Joe Biden.
  
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• 'Broken Arrow' Incident Possible as Russian Flagship Sinks Into the Black Sea

  16-04-2022 22:38
  
  On Thursday, the Ukrainian military launched two missiles at the Moskva, the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea fleet, off the Crimean coast.
  The strike triggered an ammunition explosion that caused massive damage to the ship. As the Moskva, a guided-missile cruiser, was being towed to the nearby port of Sevastopol, it sank.
  Now, analysts are concerned that the ship may have been carrying two nuclear warheads, according to the Daily Mail. They’re calling for an immediate investigation in
  
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• Invictus Games opens with Prince Harry tribute to Ukrainians

  16-04-2022 22:21 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Invictus Games competition for wounded, injured and ill service personnel and veterans opened Saturday night in the Netherlands with a standing
  
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• Baltimore aims to be one of the first cities to address police staffing shortages by hiring civilian investigators

  16-04-2022 22:12 via cnn.com
  
  The Baltimore Police Department is planning to become one of the first law enforcement agencies in the country to hire civilians as investigators in its detective force as it continues to face staffing shortages amid rising homicides and shootings.
  
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• Will Trump be able to wade his way out of troubled waters again?

  16-04-2022 22:04 via cnn.com
  
  Frank Luntz, a longtime GOP pollster, said in a recent interview that many Republicans are laughing at former President Donald Trump in private. "They won't say it, but behind his back, they think he's a child. They're laughing at him...Trump isn't the same man he was a year ago. Even many Republicans are tired of going back and rehashing the 2020 election," Luntz told the Daily Beast this week.
  
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• Opinion: Will Trump be able to wade his way out of troubled waters again?

  16-04-2022 22:04 via cnn.com
  
  Frank Luntz, a longtime GOP pollster, said in a recent interview that many Republicans are laughing at former President Donald Trump in private. "They won't say it, but behind his back, they think he's a child. They're laughing at him...Trump isn't the same man he was a year ago. Even many Republicans are tired of going back and rehashing the 2020 election," Luntz told the Daily Beast this week.
  
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• Authorities seize over 400 pounds of meth, cocaine and heroin at border crossing

  16-04-2022 21:42 via cnn.com
  
  US Customs and Border Protection officers in California have discovered more than 400 pounds of methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin concealed in toolboxes that were being transported to the United States.
  
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• Smoking Gun Found on Laptop: If These Messages Are as Bad as They Look, Joe Biden Is Done For

  16-04-2022 21:29
  
  Ever wonder how members of Congress make $174,000 per year, usually support two households, and end up incredibly rich?
  Exhibit A: Joe Biden.
  The Hunter Biden laptop continues to churn out amazing stories of riches flowing to the Biden family, including to the Big Guy himself.
  If you or I mingled our business and personal accounts we would have a lot of questions to answer from the Internal Revenue Service.
  But growing evidence shows President Biden and his son Hunter mixed all kinds of personal
  
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• Russia Warns of 'Unpredictable Consequences' After Biden Announces Another Arms Shipment to Ukraine

  16-04-2022 21:08
  
  Russia has protested against the U.S. sending military aid to Ukraine, warning of “unpredictable consequences.”
  In a diplomatic note sent to the U.S. this week, Moscow expressed its opposition to the Biden administration assisting Ukraine, which is fiercely resisting a Russian invasion.
  The Russian Embassy in Washington, D.C, forwarded the document — titled “On Russia’s concerns in the context of massive supplies of weapons and military equipment to the Kiev regime&
  
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• Fatigue is starting to put safety at risk, pilots say

  16-04-2022 20:39 via cnn.com
  
  Pilots at Southwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines say pilot exhaustion is on the rise, and they're pressing the airlines treat fatigue and the mistakes that result as a safety risk.
  
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• Pope Francis' Good Friday Message on Refugees: 'We Are Racists'

  16-04-2022 20:17
  
  There are few holy days in the Christian calendar that are as unifying as Good Friday. The Baptist, the Roman Catholic, the Brethren, the non-denominational Protestant: We all agree that it was the day Jesus Christ was crucified under Pontus Pilate for the sins of all mankind. Three days later, he rose from the dead.
  There are a million other quibbles of theology and doctrine between churches and individuals — but, on this one foundational moment, Christians are in accordance.
  It should be
  
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• Sheriff's Office Helps Rescue 23 Abandoned Rabbits Living in Florida Park

  16-04-2022 20:13
  
  It was no joke when 40 volunteers showed up on April 1 at a park in Orlando to catch bunnies.
  It sounds like a strange Easter event, but in reality it was a rescue effort aimed at securing dozens of domesticated rabbits that had been making the park their home.
  The rescue was orchestrated by Orlando Rabbit Care & Adoptions (ORCA), which had received reports that as many as 50 rabbits were in Azalea Park, according to a statement from the group.
  People magazine shared that reports of domestic
  
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• Good Samaritans Desperately Try to Save Couple Trapped by Window Security Bars During House Fire

  16-04-2022 20:10
  
  There are plenty of ways to help make your home a more secure place: You can install doorbell cameras, make sure to keep doors and windows locked and even have security bars installed over your windows to really deter potential thieves.
  But in some emergencies, certain precautions can become liabilities, as one Houston couple tragically found out on Sunday.
  Reports came in at around 10:40 a.m. Sunday that a house in northeast Houston was on fire. The residents, a man and a woman, were unable to
  
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• Miracle Boy Celebrates Milestone Birthday After Doctors Told His Family He Wouldn't Live Past 12

  16-04-2022 20:05
  
  With the season of death, life and miracles upon us, it’s fitting to hear stories of people defying death in the form of disheartening medical prognoses and experiencing the miracle that life truly is.
  Dylan Young was born with a rare condition that made itself known at age six months. When he was just half a year old, he had his first seizure.
  Just a few years later, when he was in kindergarten, the boy was experiencing up to 200 seizures a day. His family was finally given a diagnosis: H
  
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• Trump Reveals 1 Thing He'd Do Differently if Re-Elected as President

  16-04-2022 20:03
  
  Former President Donald Trump reacted to the crises facing the U.S. in a Wednesday interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity.
  Trump contrasted President Joe Biden’s governance with his own, offering policy solutions to energy and national security problems.
  However, Trump brought up one approach to the presidency he’d fundamentally change in the event he returns to the White House.
  Hannity asked Trump what he would “do differently a second time.”
  “I think one of t
  
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• Sweet, Blind, Old Dog Rescued from Dog Fighting Is Just Looking for a Home to Spend His Final Days

  16-04-2022 19:58
  
  Despite his gentle name, “Souffle” has led a tough life, and his sad story is etched into his body.
  He’s blind, old and was rescued from a fighting ring where he likely still was being used as a breeder.
  Souffle was rescued along with 33 other dogs in Pennsylvania in a bust that included drugs, guns and other alleged crimes involving a convicted dog fighter, Newsweek reported earlier this month.
  “A portion of the dogs were on heavy chains outside, and the remainder were i
  
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• Police Respond to House Fire; Neighbor Tells Them Puppies Are Trapped in Burning Garage

  16-04-2022 19:55
  
  On April 4, a mother dog and several of her puppies nearly died when a house fire broke out in Glendale, Arizona, and no one was home.
  Thankfully for the dogs, an observant neighbor spotted smoke shortly before 1:30 a.m. and called 911. The neighbor also knew to warn first responders that there were dogs in the garage, KSAZ-TV reported.
  Help arrived to find that a fire had started in the attic, burning through the roof and into sections of the house and garage.
  When police pried open the garage
  
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• First Responders 'Blown Away' by Mother's Request After They Saved Her 25-Week-Old Baby

  16-04-2022 19:49
  
  From the very beginning, children are their own people. Expecting parents can plan out every detail in the world, find out if they’re having a boy or a girl, prep the nursery — and yet babies arrive on their own timeline.
  At 25 weeks pregnant, most mothers-to-be would expect to be pregnant for a few more months. When Kitana Garret of Columbia, Tennessee, reached 25 weeks, though, her teeny-tiny, little daughter made her debut.
  On Oct. 5, while Garrett was home alone, she went into la
  
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• Georgia man accused of leaving grandmother in freezer to die

  16-04-2022 19:46 via nbcnews.com
  Police say a northwest Georgia man killed his grandmother by stuffing her in a freezer while she was still alive.
  
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• Dog Stood Up at Valentine's Adoption Meet-and-Greet Finally Finds Home After 225 Days at Shelter

  16-04-2022 19:46
  
  Plenty of people look forward to spending time with their special someone on Valentine’s Day, and that was no less true for a pup named Luke.
  Staff at the Battersea Dogs & Cats Home in Kent, England, had an extra-special event planned for Luke: a themed meet-and-greet where he would be able to find the love of his life and finally land a forever home.
  Except nobody showed up.
  The poor dog had already been at the shelter for over 200 days. A 5-year-old mixed breed who enjoys quiet comfo
  
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• Women Being Stalked in Creepy New Way - Check if This Small Device Is Anywhere Around You

  16-04-2022 19:40
  
  Stalkers have found a new tool to track women — the Apple AirTag.
  The AirTag was designed to track things. Put one in your purse or backpack, and if it goes missing you can use the gizmo and an iPhone to find it.
  But Vice reported that AirTags are being used for darker purposes.
  In a sampling of reports from eight police departments that Vice did not name, 150 complaints mentioned AirTags.
  About 50 of those were from women who were notified that they were being tracked by an AirTag they di
  
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• Portable nuclear device missing from stolen vehicle in Pennsylvania

  16-04-2022 19:36 via nbcnews.com
  
  Authorities in Pennsylvania are searching for a missing portable nuclear device containing radioactive material that belongs to a local construction inspection
  
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• Young Girl Waiting on Easter Bunny Hit by Gunfire During Botched Shoplifting

  16-04-2022 19:31
  
  What began as a 9-year-old California girl’s trip to a mall for pictures with someone dressed as the Easter Bunny, ended up as a trip to the hospital instead.
  On Tuesday, Victorville police responded to the Mall of Victor Valley after a shooting incident left a girl wounded, according to a news release from the Victorville Police Department.
  It took a while, but police learned that she was the victim of an accidental shooting.
  Police said Marqel Cockrell, 20, who they identified as the co-
  
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• Ten-Foot Swamp Monster Crawls Under Truck, Driver Terrified by Its Next Move

  16-04-2022 19:27
  
  Daniel Jay Kaufman got a ride on the way home from work recently that he won’t soon forget.
  The Venice, Florida, resident was stopped at a traffic light about 5 p.m. on April 7 when he noticed a Snap-on Tools van backing up on the opposite side of the highway and saw that traffic had come to a complete stop, according to The Miami Herald.
  Then he saw it.
  He watched as a 10-foot alligator slowly made its way across two lanes of traffic. Kaufman noticed the ponderous beast was missing a foot
  
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• Good Samaritan Learns How to Sew to Help the Homeless Land Jobs, Finds Sense of Purpose

  16-04-2022 19:23
  
  Many times when we want to help others, we’re encouraged to draw from our skillsets and knowledge bases to provide unique services to those who need them.
  But sometimes, the required qualifications are simply a heart to serve and a willingness to learn — something Colleen Coulbourne of Eugene, Oregon, knows a bit about.
  Coulbourne has volunteered at Eugene Mission for around two years. According to their Facebook page, the organization is “Eugene/Springfield’s only full-s
  
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• Op-Ed: When Jesus Came Back from the Dead, Something Important Came with Him

  16-04-2022 19:20
  
  Have you ever been in a situation so bleak it seemed as though it would never change?
  Maybe things were going wonderfully in your life, and then suddenly you were hit with a severe illness or the loss of a loved one. You didn’t know how you were going to get through it.
  Researchers have found that disappointment is one of the most challenging emotional experiences. The Cut pointed out that “the feeling is inextricably linked with the brain chemical dopamine.”
  When somethin
  
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• Meet the Trump-Appointed Prosecutor Who Will Decide Whether to Indict Hunter Biden

  16-04-2022 19:20
  
  The New York Times’ quiet admission last month that the emails found on Hunter Biden’s abandoned laptop were authentic was a signal it was trying to get out ahead of something. The Washington Post, CNN, ABC and NBC acknowledging the same thing nearly simultaneously two weeks later was further evidence — something was up.
  The case against the President Joe Biden’s son had just become real.
  At the very least, these late concessions came because they’d learned that the
  
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• Christians Become Untouchables After Being Given Filthy Jobs in Muslim Country

  16-04-2022 19:16
  
  On major Christian holidays, the faithful like to remind ourselves we’re fortunate — and not only that, but many of our brothers and sisters are far less fortunate than us.
  We’re usually vague about what “less fortunate” entails. Perhaps we think they lead simpler lives; poor, without access to education or the necessities of daily life. Perhaps they’re persecuted, kept out of the mainstream of society because of their faith. Perhaps that persecution goes as f
  
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• CO Gov. Marks Christ's Resurrection from Death by Giving Death Sentence to Babies Across State

  16-04-2022 19:10
  
  If you think that Pope John Paul II’s condemnation of a “culture of death” in which moral “crimes” like abortion and euthanasia are seen as individual rights is just outmoded religious rhetoric, think again.
  On April 4, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill codifying the “fundamental right” to abortion, contraception and other forms of “reproductive health care,” as reported by National Review. This is one of the most extreme pro-abortion d
  
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• Former Porn Star Finds Jesus During Easter Service; Now He's a Pastor: 'That Moment Changed My Life'

  16-04-2022 19:05
  
  When Joshua Broome was a young man interested in acting, he moved to Los Angeles and got caught in a trap that many have fallen into.
  Struggling with bills and only able to land an occasional modeling gig or low-budget film part, his interest was piqued when customers at a restaurant where he was working told him to try acting in pornography.
  He met with an agent, was promised he would be famous, and was sold “a counterfeit version” of the life he’d been dreaming of living.
  &ld
  
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• After Years of Waiting, Community Resumes Special Christian Easter Tradition Celebrated Since 1634

  16-04-2022 18:52
  
  Plenty of traditions are observed by the faithful leading up to Easter. Depending on your location and local church, there are a variety of ways to participate in remembering the price Christ paid to redeem us.
  One very special celebration is held in Oberammergau, Germany, every 10 years because of a promise made centuries ago. It’s called the “Passionsspiele,” or “Passion Play,” and it commemorates a time of healing for a small town and the covenant that resulted.
  
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• Jen Psaki Responds to Backlash Over Her Vulgar Shot at Fox News' Peter Doocy

  16-04-2022 18:48
  
  White House press secretary Jen Psaki says her denigration of Fox News reporter Peter Doocy was just professionals talking the way professionals do.
  On Thursday, Psaki was interviewed for the podcast “Pod Save America,” during which a reference was made to a January hot mic comment in which President Joe Biden, irked by a Doocy comment, called the reporter a “stupid son of a b—h.”
  Psaki was asked whether that actually was a fair characterizat
  “He works for a n
  
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• Former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms says she was denied service over leggings

  16-04-2022 18:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  Former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms called out Capital Grille after she said she was turned away from the restaurant for wearing leggings."I was just
  
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• Twitter Hastily Enacts New Rule in Desperate Attempt to Stop Elon Musk

  16-04-2022 17:52
  
  The left is scheming hard to prevent free speech advocate Elon Musk from being able to mount an effort to set social media giant Twitter back on the road to freedom and liberty.
  Musk delivered his offer Thursday to buy Twitter out so he can move in and begin restoring free speech there:I made an offer https://t.co/VvreuPMeLu
  — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 14, 2022But shortly after he made his offer, the company moved to set up new rules to cut the billionaire entrepreneur off at the knees.
  
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• Rotting fruit, spoiled vegetables: How Texas just made the supply chain even worse

  16-04-2022 17:51 via cnn.com
  
  A weeklong protest by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott against President Biden's recent immigration policy reached a resolution on Friday, but the gridlock it created has resulted in hundreds of millions of lost dollars and delays in shipments of everything from avocados to automobile parts that will have a longer-term impact.
  
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• Colorado shooting suspect incompetent to stand trial, judge rules

  16-04-2022 16:15 via nbcnews.com
  
  A man charged with killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket last year is still mentally incompetent to stand trial, a judge ruled Friday.
  
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• Biden hits the road, leaving his progressive agenda behind

  16-04-2022 16:09 via nbcnews.com
  
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• Op-Ed: Los Angeles Epidemic Is Overwhelming, But Always Remember Who Is on Our Side

  16-04-2022 16:06
  
  Tomorrow we celebrate the greatest love story ever told. One of great sacrifice — the ultimate sacrifice. It’s a radical story of redemption on which we stake our faith: Jesus gave his life for our sins and died, but rose again!
  As we celebrate Easter and the victory of Jesus’s resurrection, those of us at the Dream Center are celebrating the men and women going through recovery. These are folks who are finding new life while overcoming addiction and the struggles that come wit
  
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• Explosion at duplex in Virginia's Hampton Roads area critically injures 2, official says

  16-04-2022 15:35 via cnn.com
  
  An explosion ripped apart a duplex in the southeastern Virginia city of Franklin on Friday night, critically injuring two people and spurring investigators to try to figure out what caused it, the city manager said.
  
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• Steve Bannon asks judge to dismiss his contempt-of-Congress case ahead of July trial

  16-04-2022 15:22 via cnn.com
  
  Steve Bannon, the onetime adviser to former President Donald Trump who has been charged with contempt of Congress, asked a federal judge Friday to dismiss his criminal case.
  
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• A rare planetary alignment is coming, and skywatchers can view it with the naked eye

  16-04-2022 15:15 via nbcnews.com
  
  Skywatchers are in for a cosmic treat this month: a rare alignment of four planets in the predawn sky.
  
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• The Patrick Lyoya shooting reopens debate about how police interact with Black people. Here are other high-profile cases

  16-04-2022 15:14 via cnn.com
  
  It is an all-too-familiar scenario. A Black person is killed during a routine traffic stop. Days later, video is released, and family attorneys and civil rights leaders often say it conflicts with what police say happened.
  
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• Russia may begin new offensive soon, U.S. officials say, as Ukraine runs through its stock of artillery shells

  16-04-2022 14:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  The next phase of the Russian military campaign could begin in a few days, say two U.S. officials, and Ukraine is running through artillery and shells.
  
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• Trump’s 'poison pill' threatens revival of Iran nuclear deal

  16-04-2022 12:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Trump listed Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as a sponsor of terror. Iran wants Biden to lift the label, and that's holding up a revival of the 2015 nuclear deal.
  
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• Patrick Lyoya escaped violence in Congo for the 'safe haven' of the US. Then police killed him.

  16-04-2022 12:00
  
  Patrick Lyoya's death sheds light on painful irony of Black migrants fleeing violence in their home countries only to encounter it in the U.S.      
  
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• 'Fantastic Beasts' ditches Johnny Depp's baggage — but adds Trump's

  16-04-2022 11:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  'Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore' is worthy of the Harry Potter name. But while it fired Johnny Depp, J.K. Rowling's anti-trans writings linger.
  
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• Dead rivers, polluted oceans: Industry adds to world's mounting water crisis, report warns

  16-04-2022 11:00
  
  A new report from Ceres highlights the industries that cause the most water pollution and calls for investors to hold them accountable.      
  
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