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• Haiti nearing ‘point of no return’ amid gang violence, UN representative warns

  21-04-2025 23:52 via theguardian.com
  María Isabel Salvador tells security council the country could face ‘total chaos’ without necessary international aidHaiti, where rampant gang violence has surged in recent weeks, is approaching a “point of no return” leading to “total chaos”, the UN special representative to the troubled Caribbean nation has warned.“As gang violence continues to spread to new areas of the country, Haitians experience growing levels of vulnerability and increasing
  
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• Pope Francis created a 'seismic shift' toward acceptance, LGBTQ Catholics say

  21-04-2025 23:50 via nbcnews.com
  
  LGBTQ Catholics and theologians said Pope Francis' legacy teaches that change can happen when leaders are willing to listen.
  
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• Trump ramps up his attacks on the Fed chair: From the Politics Desk

  21-04-2025 23:48 via nbcnews.com
  
  In today’s edition, we examine how President Donald Trump’s continued broadsides against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell are affecting the stock and bond markets.
  
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• New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them

  21-04-2025 23:34 via nbcnews.com
  
  Without Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova’s expertise, no one can fully unlock the data’s potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.
  
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• Visa is reinstated for BYU student from Japan who had a fishing citation and speeding tickets

  21-04-2025 23:10 via nbcnews.com
  
  A Brigham Young University student from Japan discovered that his visa was reinstated last week after it had been abruptly revoked a few weeks ago, his attorney told NBC News.
  
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• Psilocybin use is on the rise as public perception changes, report shows

  21-04-2025 23:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  More Americans are using psilocybin, the hallucinogenic compound found in psychedelic mushrooms.
  
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• Involuntary collection of defaulted student loans to resume, Education Department says

  21-04-2025 22:44 via nbcnews.com
  
  The U.S. Department of Education on Monday said it's restarting "involuntary" repayment of federal student loans that are in default.
  
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• Why did Pope Francis restrict the ancient Latin Mass?

  21-04-2025 22:31 via foxnews.com
  
  One of the most controversial aspects of Pope Francis’ legacy as the leader of the Catholic Church is his decision to restrict an older form of the Catholic liturgy known as the Traditional Latin Mass.Francis explained that he decided to restrict the Latin Mass because he was concerned its use was leading to division in the Church. Francis said he felt the more ancient mass was "being used in an ideological way" in reaction to modernity, including the more modern Vatican II mass.The mass &
  
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• Venezuela accuses El Salvador of human trafficking as prisoners caught in row between authoritarians

  21-04-2025 22:29 via theguardian.com
  Nayib Bukele offered to exchange 252 Venezuelan migrants deported to El Salvador for 252 prisoners in VenezuelaVenezuela’s chief prosecutor has accused El Salvador’s president of being a “tyrannical” human trafficker after Nayib Bukele offered to exchange the 252 Venezuelan migrants deported to his country’s prisons by Donald Trump for the same number of political prisoners in Venezuela.Bukele made the offer on Sunday night in a message addressed directly to his aut
  
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• Markets tumble as Trump puts pressure on Federal Reserve

  21-04-2025 22:25 via nbcnews.com
  NBC News Business and Data Correspondent Brian Cheung discusses market volatility after President Trump pressures the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates.
  
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• Logan Paul says he's 'available' amid questions about WWE future

  21-04-2025 22:09 via foxnews.com
  
  Logan Paul made clear he wants to be a WWE superstar and is "available" to compete against anyone WWE Chief Content Officer Paul Levesque matches him with.Paul defeated A.J. Styles in a match on Sunday night at WrestleMania 41. Paul moved to 3-1 in WrestleMania matches with victories in a tag-team match with The Miz and in a triple-threat match against Randy Orton and Kevin Owens.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMAmid questions about how active Paul is on the WWE roster, he made
  
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• Pope Francis' will details burial request after pontiff's death caused by stroke: Vatican officials

  21-04-2025 22:03 via foxnews.com
  
  Vatican officials have shared the will left behind by Pope Francis, which details his burial request, hours after the pontiff passed away from a cerebral stroke that led to heart failure."Feeling that the sunset of my earthly life is approaching and with lively hope in the Eternal Life, I wish to express my testamentary will only with regard to the place of my Burial," the document begins.Written in June 2022, the will details the pope's burial preferences, which differ from pontiffs from the pa
  
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• Education Department to resume collections on defaulted federal student loans for first time since 2020

  21-04-2025 22:00 via foxnews.com
  
  The Department of Education is poised to resume collections on defaulted federal student loans in May for the first time since 2020. While the first Trump administration paused referring federal student loans to collections in March 2020 at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the extended lapse has prompted Trump administration officials to worry that the federal student loan portfolio is "headed toward a fiscal cliff if we don't start repayment in collections," according to a senior depart
  
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• Eagles star AJ Brown says car was stolen but recovered: 'Now you got to deal with the consequences'

  21-04-2025 21:58 via foxnews.com
  
  A.J. Brown said on social media that his car was recovered shortly after it was stolen in the middle of the night on Monday.The Philadelphia Eagles star wide receiver said his car was stolen before 4 a.m., and he made a plea with the culprit online to "just bring the whip back.""You stole my whip last night? I'll make a deal with you, bro, to whoever you are, which I'ma find out soon, I'll make a deal with you bro - just bring the whip back, bro, I won't press charges, just bring the whip back,
  
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• Whooping cough surges as uptake of vaccines falters

  21-04-2025 21:51 via nbcnews.com
  
  The spread of whooping cough has been increasing since the early 2000s. But in 2025, there have been more than 8,000 cases of pertussis, more than twice as 2024.
  
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• 'White Lotus' star's takedown of 'SNL' skit is reminder comedy 'can go too far,' cast member admits

  21-04-2025 21:45 via foxnews.com
  
  Though it's been over a week since Aimee Lou Wood slammed "Saturday Night Live" for the "White Lotus" skit that mocked her appearance, she's now getting some support from a cast favorite. During a recent interview with Extra, "SNL" cast member Bowen Yang admitted that sometimes comedians can "go too far" and explained the importance of taking accountability. "However she reacted to that sketch is completely valid," the comedian said. "You kind of forget the sort of human, emotional cos
  
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• Coachella promoters ‘blindsided’ by band’s vulgar anti-Israel rhetoric at festival

  21-04-2025 21:44 via foxnews.com
  
  A concert promoter involved in organizing the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California, was reportedly "blindsided" by anti-Israel rhetoric espoused by a rock band that performed at the event.Irish hip-hop group Kneecap made calls to "free Palestine" and "F--k Israel" during their set on Friday at the Sonora tent. They also made references to genocide and condemned the U.S. military for its support of Israel, according to The Hollywood Reporter."Kneecap followed up its Coach
  
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• Trump says Hegseth is ‘doing a great job’ despite reports of second Signal chat

  21-04-2025 21:40 via theguardian.com
  US president dismisses criticism of defense secretary sharing information on strikes in Yemen to his familyDonald Trump offered public support for defense secretary Pete Hegseth a day after it emerged that Hegseth had shared information about US strikes in Yemen last month in a second Signal group chat that included family, his personal lawyer and several top Pentagon aides.“He’s doing a great job. Ask the Houthis how he’s doing,” Trump said dismissively, referring to the
  
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• Army suspends commander after Trump, Vance, Hegseth vanish from command board

  21-04-2025 21:34 via foxnews.com
  
  The commander of Fort McCoy was relieved of duty after the U.S. Army base failed to install photos of President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on a wall displaying their chain of command. Col.  Sheyla Baez Ramirez was suspended as garrison commander of Ft. McCoy in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. "This suspension is not related to any misconduct," the U.S. Army Reserve Command said in a statement, "We have no further details to provide at this time
  
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• Texas constable deputy shot in Houston outside Family Law Center, suspect wounded

  21-04-2025 21:28 via foxnews.com
  
  A female Texas deputy was shot Monday near the Harris County Family Law Center in downtown Houston and the suspect was also wounded, authorities said. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said authorities received reports of a shooting at the Criminal Justice Complex at around 12:30 p.m. The injured Harris County Pct. 1 constable deputy, identified as Sheila Jones, was taken to the Memorial Hermann Medical Center by helicopter.TEXAS TRACK MEET STABBING SUSPECT TOLD RESPONDING OFFICERS HE &lsqu
  
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• King Charles and Queen Camilla have 'heavy hearts'

  21-04-2025 21:28 via bbc.com
  
  The King paid tribute to Pope Francis's "compassion" and "tireless commitment" to people of faith.
  
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• Bill Maher hits back at critics after Trump meeting, says it's not bad he doesn't 'hate' the president

  21-04-2025 21:26 via foxnews.com
  
  HBO host Bill Maher hit back at his liberal critics on Sunday who've continued to attack him for talking about his positive dinner with President Donald Trump last month."I told you the truth. That's all I did. I went there and I told the truth of what happened. And they would prefer that I had lied," Maher said on his "Club Random" podcast."They just don't feel like this is a real person," Maher told conservative guest Charlie Kirk of the left's perception of Trump. "It's so weird to say that a
  
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• Secretary Noem's bag snatched from DC restaurant with $3K in cash inside

  21-04-2025 21:25 via abcnews.go.com
  Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's bag was stolen at a Washington restaurant over the weekend, according to a DHS official.
  
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• The Chainsmokers surprise frat party performance leads to police shut down

  21-04-2025 21:15 via foxnews.com
  
  Music duo The Chainsmokers crashed a college fraternity party over the weekend, leading to a police shutdown of the event.The DJ group shared a video of the moment on Instagram, writing, "We crashed a frat in Arizona and …"After only 13 minutes, the police showed up and attempted to get the possibly underage crowd to disperse. "Listen up, if you are under the age of 21, I'm gonna tell you to leave right now, or I'm gonna start writing tickets and start arresting folks," an officer sa
  
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• The Death of the Pope

  21-04-2025 21:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Vatican says Pope Francis died of stroke and subsequent irreversible heart failure.
  
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• Leeds United promoted back to Premier League

  21-04-2025 20:58 via bbc.com
  
  Leeds United are promoted back to the Premier League after two years in the Championship.
  
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• West Brom sack head coach Mowbray

  21-04-2025 20:56 via bbc.com
  
  Championship club West Bromwich Albion sack head coach Tony Mowbray after defeat by Derby County.
  
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• Final days of Pope who joined Vatican crowds at Easter despite doctors' advice

  21-04-2025 20:48 via bbc.com
  
  Francis did what he had always done, receiving visitors and meeting people from every walk of life.
  
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• Young People Encouraged To Hit The Links

  21-04-2025 20:37 via foxnews.com
  
  More kids are hitting the links.According to the National Golf Foundation, 3.7 million young people, ages 6 thru 17, played golf on a course in 2024, an increase of close to 50 percent from five years earlier.One of the all-time greats, Annika Sörenstam, is behind a new effort to help even more young people play the sport.  Sörenstam has partnered with Bank of America for an initiative called "Golf With Us.""This initiative is close to my heart because it's a way to help grow the
  
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• Pope Francis and US presidents: A look back at his legacy with the nation's leaders

  21-04-2025 20:29 via foxnews.com
  
  U.S. presidents mourned the death of Pope Francis, who served as the leader of the Catholic Church for 12 years, on Monday following the Vatican’s announcement of the pope’s passing. "Rest in Peace Pope Francis!" President Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Monday. "May God Bless him and all who loved him!"The College of Cardinals elected Pope Francis, 88, to serve as the pope following Pope Benedict XVI in March 2013. His election marked the first time a non-Europea
  
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• Delta passengers in Orlando evacuate plane due to engine fire

  21-04-2025 20:25 via foxnews.com
  
  A Delta Air Lines flight was evacuated just before takeoff at Orlando International Airport in Florida on Monday after flames began shooting out of one of the plane’s engines, the airline told Fox News Digital.Delta Flight 1213 from Orlando to Atlanta was on the tarmac when people inside the airport captured video of passengers on the flight using the emergency slides to evacuate the aircraft. Moments later, flames were seen shooting out from part of the plane.The Airbus A330 was carrying
  
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• President Trump and first lady Melania Trump hold White House Egg Roll: 'Easter is special'

  21-04-2025 20:15 via foxnews.com
  
  A time-honored White House tradition has taken place once again in celebration of Easter as President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump invited Americans to the White House Egg Roll on Monday. Over 30,000 visitors were reported to be walking through the grounds.Held on the South Lawn, this year’s festivities include the beloved egg roll, a Be Best Military Card Writing Station, Be Best Hop Scotch, and the Reading Nook.There were also different activities, such as flo
  
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• Lisa Rinna threatened to kill husband Harry Hamlin due to 'horrible' postpartum depression

  21-04-2025 20:14 via foxnews.com
  
  Lisa Rinna's postpartum depression led her to threaten her own husband.Rinna and Harry Hamlin spoke about the reality TV star's experience with postpartum depression on an episode of their joint podcast."I had horrible postpartum depression, but I didn’t know it," the 61-year-old said on an episode of "Let's Not Talk About the Husband." "I didn’t know what it was. When you have your first baby, you don’t know. You just don’t know."After giving birth to the couple's younge
  
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• Texas legislation could weaken protections against frivolous lawsuits, warn free speech advocates

  21-04-2025 20:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Free speech advocates in Texas are warning about new bills being considered in the state that they say would weaken protections for ordinary citizens and journalists against intimidating lawsuits.Lawsuits launched by powerful and deep-pocketed interests for the purpose of silencing and effectively harassing people exercising free speech rights are known as SLAPPs (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation). The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press describes SLAPPs as being filed "f
  
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• Pandemic, price tags and privacy concerns: Why it took 20 years to implement REAL ID

  21-04-2025 20:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem's announcement that REAL IDs will be required to fly starting May 7 has forced Americans to finally get compliant – 20 years after Congress passed the law. On May 11, 2005, President George W. Bush signed the REAL ID Act into law to enhance national security in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Passed by the U.S. Congress, the act set federal standards for issuing identification cards, like driver's licenses.Starting nex
  
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• New Mexico judge resigns after alleged TdA member arrested at his home

  21-04-2025 19:59 via foxnews.com
  
  A New Mexico judge resigned from the bench after an alleged Tren de Aragua gang member was arrested at his home.Doña Ana County Magistrate Judge Joel Cano's resignation letter is dated March 3, but a spokesman for the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) told Fox News Digital it was not received by the Supreme Court and 3rd Judicial District Court until March 31.  Back in January, Homeland Security Investigations Las Cruces began looking into Venezuelan native Cristhian Ortega-L
  
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• Trump backs defence secretary after reports of second Signal chat leak

  21-04-2025 19:53 via bbc.com
  
  The private messaging group included the US defence secretary's wife, brother and personal lawyer, sources tell US media.
  
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• Media personality Steve Hilton enters California gubernatorial race

  21-04-2025 19:50 via foxnews.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: The California 2026 gubernatorial race just got a major shakeup with Republican Steve Hilton entering the race to be Gov. Gavin Newsom's successor. The former Fox News contributor and author of "Califailure" said he's hoping to "Make California Golden Again," especially for the "working people" of the state."A big decision that I've made, which I can now share with you, that I am, in fact, going to be running for governor of California for 2026. I love this state. It's the best p
  
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• State Dept defends human rights abuse report changes, says streamlined process eliminates 'political bias'

  21-04-2025 19:48 via foxnews.com
  
  The State Department is pushing back against criticism of its changes to the process of reporting human rights abuses. NPR reported last week that the Trump administration was scaling back annual reports meant to inform congressional decisions on allocating foreign aid to countries, claiming the State Department was "changing its mind on what it calls human rights." Fox News Digital is told the 2024 Human Rights Report has been restructured to remove redundancy, increase readability, a
  
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• Passengers evacuate Delta plane after engine fire

  21-04-2025 19:48 via bbc.com
  
  Almost 300 people were on board the flight that was scheduled from Orlando to Atlanta, the airline said.
  
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• What American Catholics thought about Pope Francis

  21-04-2025 19:40 via foxnews.com
  
  Pope Francis, who changed the face of the papacy, was broadly popular with the more than 60 million U.S. Catholics, according to recent public opinion polling.Seventy-eight percent of American Catholics expressed a favorable opinion of the pope in a Pew Poll conducted in early February, shortly before Francis' lengthy hospitalization for a case of double pneumonia. The 88-year-old pope died on Monday Francis' popularity among American Catholics was constant throughout his dozen-year tenure
  
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• Watch: 'Our father has died' - World mourns for Pope Francis

  21-04-2025 19:35 via bbc.com
  
  From mourners outside the Vatican to world leaders, tributes poured for Pope Francis who died aged 88.
  
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• Raducanu pauses search for a full-time coach

  21-04-2025 19:35 via bbc.com
  
  Emma Raducanu pauses the search for a new full-time coach, saying she is happy to "keep things informal" in her partnership with Mark Petchey.
  
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• Raducanu happy with 'informal' coaching set-up

  21-04-2025 19:35 via bbc.com
  
  Emma Raducanu pauses the search for a new full-time coach, saying she is happy to "keep things informal" in her partnership with Mark Petchey.
  
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• Prince William expected at Pope Francis' funeral as family honors relationship with religious leader: expert

  21-04-2025 19:35 via foxnews.com
  
  For over 12 years, Pope Francis, who died on Monday at 88 years old, worked tirelessly to preserve unity within the Church and its allies, including the British royal family. Prince William will attend the funeral services for Pope Francis in representation of the royal family, royal expert Ian Pelham Turner told Fox News Digital. Additionally, says Turner, "Flags are being lowered at half-mast on Royal residences and during the Changing of the Guard daily ceremonies, sombre music will
  
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• Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's bag was stolen, with $3,000 in cash, at a D.C. restaurant

  21-04-2025 19:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  The incident occurred at Capital Burger, a restaurant in downtown Washington, as Noem dined with family members, according to two people familiar with the incident.
  
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• Leavitt goes off on Democrat for taxpayer-funded trip to support deported suspected MS-13 gang member

  21-04-2025 19:24 via foxnews.com
  
  White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt blasted Maryland Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen on Monday after he admitted that his trip to El Salvador to meet a deported illegal immigrant was paid for by taxpayers.Van Hollen took heat from Republicans and one of his constituents, Angel Mom Patty Morin, after he flew to El Salvador in an effort to bring home deported illegal immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whom the White House maintains is an MS-13 gang member.On "Fox & Friends" Monday, Leav
  
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• Radcliffe secures Six Star Medal with Boston Marathon

  21-04-2025 19:17 via bbc.com
  
  Former world record holder and four-time British Olympian Paula Radcliffe completes Boston Marathon to secure the Six Star Medal.
  
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• College softball player, coach dead after being involved in head-on collision while traveling from game

  21-04-2025 19:14 via foxnews.com
  
  A college softball player and her coach are dead after their team bus was involved in a head-on collision in Oregon while traveling home from a game, school officials and law enforcement confirmed over the weekend. Kiley Jones, a freshman on the Umpqua Community College’s softball team, and head coach Jami Strinz were tragically killed on Friday night when the team’s bus was struck by another vehicle while driving home from a game in Coos Bay, Oregon. "We are deep
  
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• Supreme Court to consider whether parents can opt out of kids reading LGBTQ books in the classroom

  21-04-2025 19:03 via foxnews.com
  
  The Supreme Court will consider on Tuesday whether parents can opt out of their kids reading LGBTQ books in the classroom that conflict with their family’s faith. Parents in Montgomery County, Maryland are claiming their children’s schools are violating their religious freedom by not allowing them to opt out of lessons that use books featuring LGBTQ storylines.The controversy began in November 2022 when Montgomery County Public Schools introduced new LGBTQ books into the curricu
  
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