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• Frontier Airlines cuts flights after travel demand fell in March

  11-04-2025 23:50 via nbcnews.com
  
  Frontier Airlines joined Delta Air Lines in pulling its full-year outlook and cutting flights due to a drop in demand and an “uncertain environment.”
  
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• Judge allows Menendez brothers' resentencing effort to move forward

  11-04-2025 23:46 via nbcnews.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — A Southern California judge on Friday cleared the way for a legal process to determine if Erik and Lyle Menendez should be resentenced for the 1989 shotgun murders of their parents.
  
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• Florida district won't renew teacher's contract for using student's preferred name

  11-04-2025 23:44 via nbcnews.com
  
  A Florida school district said it won't renew the contract of a teacher who used a student's preferred name, instead of legal name, without parental permission, in violation of state law.
  
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• Trump legal tracker: Supreme Court jumps in on deportations and mass firings

  11-04-2025 23:07 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Supreme Court intervened this week in a number of cases involving President Donald Trump's efforts to dramatically transform the government, maintaining legal guardrails for deportations while also allowing the administration to continue with mass firings of federal workers.
  
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• Diddy on Trial: The fall of a hip-hop 'Bad Boy'

  11-04-2025 23:00 via nbcnews.com
  
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• Gazans speak out against Hamas for the first time in 18 years

  11-04-2025 22:51 via foxnews.com
  
  The abject desperation in the Gaza Strip is emboldening the population there. For the first time since Hamas seized power 18 years ago, they are speaking out against Hamas at great personal risk."Since Oct. 7 people have been blaming Hamas and recognizing Hamas started this war," Moumen Al Natour said.A Gaza lawyer and former political prisoner of Hamas, Al Natour knows very well the risk he is taking by making public statements against Hamas. "I would be lying if I said I was not afraid,"
  
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• Lawyer: Government playing a ‘game’ by not providing information on mistakenly deported Maryland man

  11-04-2025 22:38 via nbcnews.com
  Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, attorney for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, discusses today's court hearing and the government’s inability to provide any information about his client's current whereabouts.
  
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• PM aims to pass emergency law on Saturday to 'take control' of British Steel plant

  11-04-2025 21:57 via bbc.com
  
  Parliament will be recalled on Saturday in a bid to save the firm's Scunthorpe plant.
  
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• England's record wicket-taker Anderson to be knighted

  11-04-2025 21:26 via bbc.com
  
  England's all-time leading Test wicket-taker James Anderson is to be given a knighthood for services to cricket.
  
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• Why is British Steel in trouble and who owns it?

  11-04-2025 21:20 via bbc.com
  
  MPs are having an emergency debate on the future of the UK's only remaining plant making virgin steel.
  
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• RFK Jr pledges to find the cause of autism by September

  11-04-2025 20:38 via bbc.com
  
  Autism researchers and experts call the effort, which is short on detail, misguided and unrealistic.
  
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• Federal judge refuses to block immigration enforcement operations in houses of worship

  11-04-2025 20:33 via nbcnews.com
  
  U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich in Washington handed down the ruling in a lawsuit filed by more than two dozen Christian and Jewish groups representing millions of Americans.
  
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• Supreme Court rules Trump officials must 'facilitate' release of man deported to El Salvador

  11-04-2025 20:25 via bbc.com
  
  The government has said Kilmar Abrego Garcia was deported in error, but has resisted returning him to the US.
  
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• Dominican families plead for remains of relatives killed in roof collapse amid autopsy backlogs

  11-04-2025 19:57 via nbcnews.com
  
  No nation in the world is equipped to conduct hundreds of autopsies in one day, the Minister of Public Health Victor Atallah said; the death toll as of Friday was 225 people.
  
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• Teachers in England say they would strike over pay

  11-04-2025 19:45 via bbc.com
  
  Members of the National Education Union have rejected a 2.8% pay rise recommended by the government.
  
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• N.J. mayor feuds with Jon Bon Jovi over restaurant providing food to unhoused people

  11-04-2025 19:27 via nbcnews.com
  
  A New Jersey mayor lashed out Friday at Jon Bon Jovi's charitable, "pay it forward" restaurant, claiming the eatery is attracting a problematic number of unhoused people to the town of Toms River.
  
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• Ukraine allies pledge €21bn in fresh military aid

  11-04-2025 19:22 via bbc.com
  
  Europe's defence ministers said they saw no sign of an end to the war.
  
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• Why Salah turned down '£500m Saudi move' for Liverpool stay

  11-04-2025 19:12 via bbc.com
  
  BBC Sport senior football correspondent Sami Mokbel lifts the lid on why Mohamed Salah decided to stay at Liverpool despite interest from Saudi Arabia.
  
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• Elton celebrates 'extraordinary' 10th number one album

  11-04-2025 18:58 via bbc.com
  
  The star says he's "blown away" to top the UK album chart, 52 years after he first achieved the feat.
  
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• Red Cross chief says Gaza is 'hell on earth' as Israeli assault continues

  11-04-2025 18:57 via bbc.com
  
  "No state... can be exempt from the obligation not to commit war crimes, not to commit genocide, not to commit ethnic cleansing," Mirjana Spoljaric tells the BBC.
  
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• Trump administration reviewing case of FBI informant convicted of lying about Bidens

  11-04-2025 18:18 via abcnews.go.com
  The DOJ said it is reviewing the criminal case brought against Alexander Smirnov and is moving for a judge to release him from prison immediately.
  
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• Boulter fights back to help GB beat Germany in BJK Cup

  11-04-2025 18:12 via bbc.com
  
  British number one Katie Boulter produces a fine comeback to lead the side to victory over Germany in their Billie Jean King Cup qualifying tie.
  
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• 'I was stabbed with a syringe and almost died - but may never know why it happened'

  11-04-2025 17:40 via bbc.com
  
  Gary Lewis was stabbed with a syringe full of muscle relaxant in a seemingly random attack.
  
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• Officers banned after speeding ticket lie

  11-04-2025 17:30 via bbc.com
  
  Two officers were banned from the force after breaching honesty and integrity standards.
  
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• Man guilty of selling fake halal meat to restaurants

  11-04-2025 17:26 via bbc.com
  
  Hamil Miah was found guilty of 10 counts of fraud and food safety offences on Friday.
  
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• 3 people dead after small plane crashes near Boca Raton Airport in Florida

  11-04-2025 17:26 via nbcnews.com
  
  Three people onboard a small plane died after it crashed Friday morning near the Boca Raton Airport in Florida.
  
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• US special envoy Witkoff holds talks with Putin on Ukraine ceasefire

  11-04-2025 17:00 via bbc.com
  
  The US envoy will hold a third round of talks with the Russian president as agreement on a ceasefire in Ukraine remains elusive.
  
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• Funny or 'anti-social'? Minecraft Movie director reacts to audience response

  11-04-2025 16:38 via bbc.com
  
  Audience members have been shouting, jumping and throwing popcorn in the air during some screenings.
  
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• Michael Gove gets peerage in Rishi Sunak's resignation honours list

  11-04-2025 15:58 via bbc.com
  
  The veteran former cabinet minister is among several Conservative figures to be given peerages.
  
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• Wall Street opens as China imposes 125% tariffs on U.S. goods

  11-04-2025 15:55 via nbcnews.com
  Following nearly a week of volatile stock swings, U.S. markets opened after China imposed its own 125% tariffs on imports from the U.S. Investopedia Editor-in-Chief Caleb Silver breaks down how the escalating trade war between the U.S. and China could impact your wallet.
  
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• Disabled staff may lose jobs as government owes businesses thousands, BBC told

  11-04-2025 15:10 via bbc.com
  
  One firm says it is owed £186,000 by the Access to Work scheme and is worried it may have to close.
  
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• Why Beijing is not backing down on tariffs

  11-04-2025 14:53 via bbc.com
  
  Amid a trade war with the US, our China correspondent explains why Beijing doesn't need to change tactics.
  
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• WATCH: Quick-thinking wife saves husband from alligator attack in retirement community

  11-04-2025 14:46 via abcnews.go.com
  A South Carolina wife-turned-warrior fought off an alligator that had attacked her husband in their backyard, authorities said.
  
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• Coup leader favourite in presidential race as Gabon goes to the polls

  11-04-2025 14:11 via theguardian.com
  Self-styled anti-corruption crusader Brice Nguema helped overthrow Bongofamily dynasty in August 2023An estimated 1 million Gabonese citizens head to the polls on Saturday to vote in the country’s first presidential election since an August 2023 coup ended the 55-year Bongo family dynasty. For Brice Nguema, the junta leader turned civilian head of state, it could be a chance to cement his democratic credentials.Last November, 860,000 registered voters approved a referendum for a new consti
  
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• Spanish couple killed in helicopter crash were corporate aristocracy

  11-04-2025 14:09 via bbc.com
  
  The power couple both worked for Siemens, which said it was "deeply saddened" by their deaths.
  
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• Zimbabwe starts compensating white farmers 25 years after land seizures

  11-04-2025 13:46 via theguardian.com
  Step is requirement for restructuring country’s debt, including new IMF programmeZimbabwe has started to make compensation payments to white former farm owners, 25 years after Robert Mugabe’s government began confiscating land.The government paid $3.1m (£2.3m) to a “first batch” of 378 farms, the ministry of finance said in a statement on Wednesday, the first payout under a 2020 agreement to pay $3.5bn in compensation. Continue reading...
  
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• WATCH: Meet the dog who knows more than 1,000 words

  11-04-2025 13:28 via abcnews.go.com
  In 2011, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson visited Chaser, a dog who lived with a retired psychology professor in South Carolina.
  
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• US fires military base chief in Greenland for 'undermining' JD Vance

  11-04-2025 12:55 via bbc.com
  
  The US military said it had lost confidence in Colonel Susannah Meyers' ability to lead.
  
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• Trump demands do-or-die nuclear talks with Iran. Who has the leverage?

  11-04-2025 12:30 via foxnews.com
  
  President Donald Trump remains adamant that his administration will engage in "direct" nuclear talks with Iran on Saturday in Oman, while Tehran appears to remain equally steadfast in its insistence the negotiations will be "indirect."Middle East envoy Stever Witkoff is scheduled to travel to Oman, where he could potentially be meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, though the Iranian official has so far maintained the talks will be held through a third party.While it remains uncl
  
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• 'New breast cancer pill gave me four years of extra time'

  11-04-2025 11:47 via bbc.com
  
  More than 1,000 women a year with advanced cancer could benefit from capivasertib which can slow the disease.
  
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• Trump administration ordered to help return man wrongly deported to El Salvador – US politics live

  11-04-2025 11:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Supreme court upholds earlier order that Kilmar Abrego Garcia should be released after being improperly sent to prisonThe US Senate approved Donald Trump’s nominee to be the nation’s top military officer on Friday after the president abruptly fired the previous chair of the joint chiefs of taff this year.Lawmakers signed off on Dan Caine’s nomination and promotion to four-star general in an early morning vote of 60 to 25 ahead of a two-week recess, reports Agence France-Presse
  
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• Ukraine allies hold Brussels summit as Trump’s envoy makes Kremlin visit – Europe live

  11-04-2025 11:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Representatives of around 50 countries gather to discuss support for Ukraine as Steve Witkoff arrives in RussiaUkrainian defence minister Rustem Umerov has offered an update on talks and commitments made in Brussels, as he posted about Germany’s declaration it would offer €11bn in further military help to Ukraine up to 2029.He said:The deliveries from in 2025 will help us defend our skies (IRIS-T systems with missiles, PATRIOT missiles) and strengthen our positions on the battlefield
  
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• China raises tariffs on US goods from 84% to 125%, finance ministry says – business live

  11-04-2025 11:30 via theguardian.com
  
  China ramps up trade war and says it will fight to the end against Donald Trump’s tariffs US stocks fall again after rally following Trump’s shock retreat on tariffsLife in Shanghai, China’s commercial capital, goes on but anti-US sentiment is hardeningThe US dollar slumped on Friday as waning confidence in the US economy prompted investors to ditch US assets to the benefit of safe havens like the Swiss franc, yen and euro, as well as gold.The yellow metal recorded a new all-ti
  
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• Spanish PM offers condolences after family of five killed in New York helicopter crash

  11-04-2025 11:28 via theguardian.com
  
  Spanish family including three children age 11, five and four, killed in crash along with pilot, who has not yet been namedSpain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has offered his condolences to friends and relatives of a Spanish family who died in New York on Thursday after their sightseeing helicopter crashed in the Hudson River, killing all aboard including the pilot.It emerged on Friday that the victims were Agustín Escobar, his wife, Mercè Camprubí, and their
  
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• GDP growth an ‘encouraging sign but we are not complacent’, says Reeves – UK politics live

  11-04-2025 11:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Chancellor says government ‘will remain pragmatic and cool-headed’ while seeking US trade dealThe care minister has defended the government’s cautious response to developments in global trade after the sweeping imposition of tariffs by the US administration in Washington.Stephen Kinnock said “If we were to just jump in one direction or the other every time there’s a new development, we would be jumping around all over the place. I don’t think that that’s
  
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• Weather tracker: early heatwave sweeps northern India

  11-04-2025 11:18 via theguardian.com
  
  Temperatures exceeding 40C trigger deadly thunderstorms, as Mali agency issues hot weather warningNorthern India has been experiencing early extreme heat this week as temperatures topped 40C (104F), including in the capital, New Delhi.Hot weather across the north-west of the country peaked on Tuesday as Barmer, a city in the state of Rajasthan, reached 46.4C – more than 6C above the average maximum in April. Continue reading...
  
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• Euphoria star Eric Dane diagnosed with ALS

  11-04-2025 11:16 via bbc.com
  
  The US actor, who was also in Grey's Anatomy, has the most common form of motor neurone disease.
  
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• Markets slide further amid fears of escalating trade war between China and US

  11-04-2025 11:10 via theguardian.com
  
  European markets slip into red after China ups ante by increasing retaliatory tariffs on US goods to 125%China raises tariffs on US goods to 125%Business live – latest updatesStock markets slid further on Friday amid growing fears of an escalating trade war between the world’s two biggest economies as China announced it would increase its retaliatory tariffs on US goods to 125%.The increase from 84% ups the ante to the same level as the US 125% “reciprocal” tariff on its
  
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• ‘Toxic cocktail’: almost 200 pesticides found in European homes

  11-04-2025 10:37 via theguardian.com
  
  More than 40% of pesticides discovered in dust linked to serious illnesses including cancer, study showsAlmost 200 pesticides have been found by a study examining dust in homes around Europe, as scientists say regulators need to take “toxic cocktails” of chemicals into account when banning or restricting the use of pesticides.Scientists say their research supports the idea that regulators should assess the risks posed by pesticides when they react with other chemicals, as well as ind
  
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• China raises tariffs on US goods to 125% as Xi urges EU to resist Trump ‘bullying’

  11-04-2025 10:33 via theguardian.com
  
  Chinese leader canvasses Spain and other trading partners on how to tackle economic fallout as market turmoil continuesBusiness live – latest updatesWhy did ‘strongman’ Trump back down on tariffs? – podcastChina has raised its tariffs on US products to 125% in the latest salvo of the trade dispute with Washington, just hours after Xi Jinping said there were “no winners in a tariff war”.Xi made the comments during a meeting with the Spanish prime minister in wh
  
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