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Trump says US to help some ships exit Hormuz starting Monday

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President Donald Trump said the U.S. will begin guiding some neutral ships trapped in the Persian Gulf out through the Strait of Hormuz starting Monday.

“The Ship movement is merely meant to free up people, companies, and Countries that have done absolutely nothing wrong — They are victims of circumstance,” Trump wrote Sunday in a social ...Read more

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Eight people arrested after protest erupts as ICE detains man at Brooklyn hospital

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ICE agents brought a man they had detained to a Brooklyn hospital, sparking a chaotic protest in which nine people were arrested, police said Sunday.

Video of the scene shows ICE agents dragging a man outside Wykoff Heights Medical Center in Bushwick, where a large crowd of protesters quickly gathered, about 10:35 p.m. Saturday. One of the ...Read more

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Trump says US to start guiding trapped ships through Hormuz

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President Donald Trump said the U.S. will begin guiding some neutral ships trapped in the Persian Gulf out through the Strait of Hormuz starting Monday.

“The Ship movement is merely meant to free up people, companies, and Countries that have done absolutely nothing wrong — They are victims of circumstance,” Trump wrote Sunday in a social ...Read more

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Amy Klobuchar unveils anti-fraud plan in governor race as she works to distinguish herself from Tim Walz

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U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar promised to “transform” Minnesota’s government if elected governor in the fall, announcing a plan Sunday, May 3, to reduce fraud while speeding up business permitting, state services and homebuilding.

Klobuchar pitched herself as a force for change as she works to counter Republicans on the campaign trail arguing ...Read more

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Supreme Court asked to restore access to mail-order abortion pills

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Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey joined calls across the nation urging the Supreme Court to immediately reverse the decision to cut access to mailing the abortion medication mifepristone after an appeals court ruling over the weekend.

“This decision will hurt the health and wellbeing of women and should be immediately reversed,” Healey ...Read more

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Why stomach pain, 'scromiting,' and compulsive hot showering are sending cannabis users to the ER

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PHILADELPHIA — The morning after Christmas, 37-year-old Taylor Armendariz awoke in her South Jersey apartment with stomach pain and nausea like nothing she had ever experienced.

A self-described “avid” cannabis user, she had smoked before her holiday meal of beef Wellington, mashed potatoes, and ice cream-topped apple pie. “In the ...Read more

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Devil is in the details: The Satanic Temple congregates in Baltimore

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BALTIMORE — “Hail Satan!” Roughly 400 members of The Satanic Temple chanted in unison at the Satanic Revival in Mobtown Ballroom on Saturday.

Surprisingly, it turns out that The Satanic Temple does not believe Satan is real. Founded in 2012, the organization does not believe in the existence of the supernatural and instead embraces Satan ...Read more

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Trump casts doubts on Iran peace proposal as details emerge

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Efforts continued to broker an end to the Iran war, now into its third month, as U.S. President Donald Trump suggested the Islamic Republic’s latest peace proposal might not be enough to satisfy him.

Iran’s suggestions include setting a one-month deadline on talks for a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end both the U.S. naval ...Read more

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Rubio plans Italy visit after Trump's clashes with Meloni, Pope

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Rome later this week, according to people familiar with the matter, after Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and President Donald Trump clashed over the Iran war and her defense of Pope Leo XIV.

Rubio’s staff sent details of his visit to Italian counterparts last week, the people said, speaking...Read more

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Bessent says US is 'suffocating' Iran with oil industry creaking

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. is “suffocating” Iran with economic and financial pressure, suggesting that the rulers in Tehran will eventually buckle.

“We are running a marathon over the past 12 months and now we are sprinting toward the finish line,” Bessent said Sunday on Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures. “They ...Read more

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Two US service members go missing during exercise in Morocco

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Two U.S. Army service members went missing in Morocco during a training exercise, the U.S. Africa Command said Sunday.

The service members were reported missing Saturday near the city of Tan Tan while participating in African Lion, the command’s largest annual joint exercise with African partner countries.

The Wall Street Journal cited a ...Read more

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Trump assassination suspect Cole Allen's attorney wants him taken off suicide watch

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An attorney for Cole Tomas Allen is seeking the removal of suicide precautions while the Torrance man remains jailed on charges of attempting to kill President Donald Trump.

In a motion filed Saturday in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia, federal public defender A. J. Kramer argued that Allen is being unlawfully punished by his ...Read more

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Disneyland becomes more reliant on facial recognition despite privacy concerns

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Photos are an expected part of almost any visit to Disneyland.

Whether it’s first-time international visitors or longtime returnees, just about everyone is clicking photos at some point.

That everyone, however, is extending more and more to Disneyland personnel.

My colleague Hannah Fry documented the growing use of facial recognition ...Read more

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NYC schools panel, once a rubber stamp, flexes political muscle in debate over AI, school closures

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NEW YORK — Days before the city’s Panel for Educational Policy was set to vote on controversial plans to open an AI-focused high school and relocate three Upper West Side schools, Chancellor Kamar Samuels unexpectedly pulled them off the agenda, a decision he attributed to needing more time to listen to families.

But last week’s ...Read more

California braces for uncertainty as last shipment of Persian Gulf oil arrives in Long Beach

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The last California-bound oil tanker to pass through the Strait of Hormuz since war erupted is at the Port of Long Beach offloading its valuable cargo — 2 million barrels of crude destined to be transformed into gasoline, jet fuel and diesel.

The New Corolla loaded up in Iraq on Feb. 24 — just days before U.S. and Israeli forces launched ...Read more

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Control of US House hinges on historically low number of seats

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A shrinking number of seats will determine control of the U.S. House after both Republicans and Democrats spent much of the past year redrawing congressional maps to erase swing districts.

Even before Florida’s legislature approved a new Republican-leaning map last week, just 16 seats were listed as “tossups” by the Cook Political Report,...Read more

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Trump casts doubts on Iran peace proposal as details emerge

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Efforts continued to broker an end to the Iran war, now into its third month, as U.S. President Donald Trump suggested the Islamic Republic’s latest peace proposal might not be enough to satisfy him.

Iran’s suggestions include setting a one-month deadline on talks for a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end both the U.S. naval ...Read more

Ukraine says Russia's Primorsk oil export port damaged in attack

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Ukraine said it damaged Russia’s Primorsk port on the Baltic Sea, a key oil export hub, in a drone barrage that also targeted several vessels.

A Karakurt-class missile ship, patrol boat and tanker from Russia’s shadow fleet were hit in the attacks, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday in a post on the X platform.

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Greens' Polanski says marches don't make Jews 'actively unsafe'

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Zack Polanski rejected calls to curb pro-Palestine marches in response to a wave of antisemitic attacks in the UK, days ahead of what’s expected to be a breakthrough election for his Green Party.

Polanski said on Sunday that ensuring the freedom of speech of those protesting against Israel’s military campaign in Gaza was more important ...Read more

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Food stamp work rules don't increase employment, researchers say

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DELBARTON, W.Va. — A half-dozen cars had been in the queue for nearly four hours by the time the House of Hope mobile food pantry line began to move. Seventy or so more idled behind them by 11:30 a.m., when the food distribution began.

The plan was to begin handing out boxes of groceries at 11, but the Facing Hunger Foodbank truck delivering ...Read more