A senior U.S. military official said Thursday the U.S. is on track to begin delivering aid using the new port and pier by early May.
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Ariel Henry resigns as prime minister of Haiti, paving the way for a new government to take power
It’s hoped that political change will help quell the gang violence that has killed thousands.
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Tennessee lawmakers OK bill criminalizing adults who help minors receive gender-affirming care
The bill mirrors almost the same language from a so-called “anti-abortion trafficking” proposal Tennessee Republican lawmakers approved just a day prior.
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USC cancels graduation ceremony as anti-war protests grow
Protests against the Israel-Hamas war continue to spread; dozens of students are arrested on other campuses.
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Strict new EPA rules would force coal-fired power plants to capture emissions or shut down
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan says the new rules are targeting pollution that’s ‘pushing our planet to the brink.’
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Bernie Williams is back in center – only this time Lincoln Center for New York Philharmonic debut
The former New York Yankee performed a work he composed in his second career as a classical guitarist.
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The National Enquirer was the go-to American tabloid for many years. Trump helped change that
For all the ridicule the tabloid received from “serious” journalists, Enquirer reporters hustled and broke some genuine news.
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Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providers
The move effectively reinstates a net neutrality order the commission first issued in 2015 during the Obama administration; under then-President Donald Trump, the FCC subsequently repealed those rules in 2017.
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Judge rejects Trump’s bid for a new trial in $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll defamation case
The decision came as Trump, the presumed Republican candidate for president, spent the day in a criminal courtroom where he is on trial for hush money payments.
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Former tabloid publisher testifies about scheme to shield his old friend Trump from damaging stories
At the same time, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a different criminal matter involving Trump, who has claimed that he should be immune from prosecution over his efforts to reverse his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden.