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Supreme Court may approve the first religious charter school

The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled in June 2024 the state’s attempt to establish a publicly funded Catholic charter school was unconstitutional. Now, the issue is before the U.S. Supreme Court, which heard arguments on April 30. The Oklahoma Supreme Court’s 6-2 decision blocked the launch of St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School – which would have been the first publicly funded religious charter school in the U.S. The court found that approving the school violated both the Oklahoma Constitution and the U.S. Constitution’s Establishment Clause, which prohibits government endo

RFK Jr. announces U.S. autism research initiative amid controversy

Students trigger evacuations with 'Chromebook Challenge'

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Tory Lanez reportedly hospitalized after stabbing at Tehachapi Prison

Canadian rapper Tory Lanez has reportedly been rushed to the hospital after being stabbed by another inmate. The incident took place on the grounds of the California Correctional Institution at Tehachapi Monday, TMZ reported. The outlet’s sources said the stabbing occurred in the prison’s yard, and that Lanez’s injury was not life-threatening. No motive was identified. Lanez is serving the second year of a 10 year prison sentence for shooting rapper Megan Thee Stallion in 2020. Megan testified in court that Lanez had shot at her feet as she walked away from the vehicle in

California faces Real ID deadline with millions still unprepared

Top LAFD union officers suspended after audit flags $800K credit card purchases

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Will Trump’s proposed tariff on foreign films help or harm Hollywood?

President Donald Trump has proposed a 100% tariff on all films produced outside the U.S., claiming international movie production poses a national security threat and is contributing to Hollywood’s decline. The announcement on Truth Social left entertainment executives, trade officials, and foreign governments grappling with the possible implications of a dramatic shift in U.S. film trade policy. “The Movie Industry in America is DYING a very fast death,” Trump wrote. “This is a concerted effort by other Nations and, therefore, a National Security threat. It is, in addition to e

‘Mini heat wave’ to bring near-record temps to SoCal this weekend

War fears surge as India launches multi-site attacks on Pakistan

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Trump's tariffs roil company plans, threatening exports and investment

Businesses around the globe on Thursday faced up to a future of higher prices, trade turmoil and reduced access to the world's largest market after U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed their worst fears by instituting broad tariffs worldwide.Trump ramped up his trade war with tariff rates from 10% to nearly 50%. He says the levies will bring jobs back to the United States, but company executives were focused on possible increases to prices, reducing shipments or cutting back investment activity outright. But markets shuddered at Trump's actions, which could undo decades of global trade p

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China vows to counter Trump’s ‘bullying’ tariffs as global trade war escalates

China has vowed to hit back after President Donald Trump announced major new tariffs on its exports to the United States as part of his radical overhaul of a century of American global trade policy.Trump unveiled 54% tariffs on all Chinese imports into the US Wednesday, in a move poised to push a major reset of relations and escalate a trade war between the world’s two largest economies.“China firmly opposes this and will resolutely take countermeasures to safeguard its own rights and interests,” China’s Ministry of Commerce said in a statement Thursday morning.The ministry slammed the

Key takeaways from Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs

Hear Trump break down tariffs on various countries

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Federal judge to consider case of Georgetown fellow arrested by ICE

A federal judge is set to consider motions to release Georgetown University fellow Badar Khan Suri on bond while litigation continues over his revoked visa.Khan Suri’s attorneys have also asked the court to compel ICE to transfer him back to the federal district in Virginia where his petition was filed. The hearing is scheduled for April 11.After his arrest March 17, according to the bond motion, Khan Suri was held in a staging facility in Louisiana before being driven days later to a detention center in Alvarado, Texas, where he’s now being held.The Indian national has been housed in a cr

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Former Costa Rican president who compared Trump to ‘Roman emperor’ says US has revoked his visa

Former Costa Rican President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Óscar Arias says he has had his visa to enter the United States revoked.Arias, 84, said he doesn’t know why his visa was canceled but accepts that the US has the right to make such a decision.Miguel Guillén, the secretary general of Arias’ National Liberation Party, said the former president had received an email notifying him of the move.“I don’t know if the revoking of my visa is the product of some sort of retaliation, because I say what I think (and) write what I say,” Arias told a press conference Tuesday.In recent we

‘The most powerful type of liar’: Tapper asks Anna Delvey how she views her criminal past

Tornadoes, heavy rains rip across central, southern US

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Israel announces expansion of military operation in Gaza to seize ‘large areas’ of land, ordering residents to leave

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced Wednesday a major expansion of the military’s operation in Gaza involving the seizure of large areas of land that would be “incorporated into Israel’s security zones.”In the statement, Katz said the operation would also involve a “large-scale evacuation of Gaza’s population from combat zones,” without specifying details.Signs of the operation’s expansion are yet to be seen on the ground, although the enclave saw heavy airstrikes that have so far killed dozens people in the last 24 hours, according to local authorities, including at

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Trump and Zelenskiy meet one-on-one in Vatican basilica to seek Ukraine peace

U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in Rome for the funeral of Pope Francis, met one-on-one in a marble-lined Vatican basilica on Saturday to try to revive faltering efforts to end Russia's war with Ukraine.Zelenskiy said the meeting could prove historic if it delivers the kind of peace he is hoping for, and a White House spokesperson called it "very productive."The two leaders, leaning in close to each other with no aides around them while seated in St. Peter's Basilica, spoke for about 15 minutes, according to Zelenskiy's office, and images of the meeting re

Former Costa Rican president who compared Trump to ‘Roman emperor’ says US has revoked his visa

Israel to seize parts of Gaza as military operation expands

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Middle East latest: Israel is establishing a new military corridor across Gaza

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel is establishing a new security corridor across the Gaza Strip to pressure Hamas, suggesting it would cut off the southern city of Rafah, which Israel has ordered evacuated, from the rest of the Palestinian territory. The announcement came after Netanyahu’s defense minister said Israel would seize large areas of Gaza and add them to its so-called security zones. A wave of Israeli airstrikes overnight into Wednesday killed more than 40 Palestinians, nearly half of them women and children,

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The Taliban senses an opening as it pushes for diplomatic recognition in talks with Trump administration

In the two months since Donald Trump became president, the Taliban has ratcheted up its efforts to ingratiate itself with the Trump administration, appearing to sense an opening to re-establish official ties and a presence in the US, according to people familiar with the American conversations with the group, which is still designated as a terrorist organization by Washington.“There’s a path that’s positive and if they walk that path, we walk that path,” said an American official who described the early conversations as “exploratory” and fluid.“I wouldn’t rule out negative thin

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Trump administration brings first terror-related case against alleged high-ranking Tren de Aragua gang member

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US Treasury's Bessent urges IMF, World Bank to refocus on core missions

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Wall Street ends higher on earnings, hopes of easing tariff tensions

U.S. stocks rebounded on Tuesday as a spate of quarterly earnings reports and hints at the de-escalation of U.S.-China trade tensions brought buyers in from the sidelines.

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Former CDC official reveals why he left after RFK Jr. took over

CNN's Anderson Cooper speaks with former CDC communications director Kevin Griffis about his decision to step down after President Donald Trump's pick to lead the agency, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., took over.

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Trump said he didn’t sign controversial proclamation. The Federal Register shows one with his signature

President Donald Trump downplayed his involvement in invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport Venezuelan migrants, saying for the first time that he hadn’t signed the proclamation, but that he stood by his administration’s move. The proclamation invoking the Alien Enemies Act appears in the Federal Register with Trump’s signature at the bottom. CNN’s Kaitlan Collins reports.

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