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What We Know About the Louisville, Kentucky, Bank Shooting
A 25-year-old man shot and killed five colleagues Monday at the downtown bank in Louisville, Kentucky, where he worked, police said. Eight others were wounded, two of them critically. The gunman, who used a rifle and livestreamed the attack, was killed by police after exchanging fire with them.
China Has Reopened to Tourists. The Hard Part Is Getting There.
When the Chinese government announced last month that it would fully reopen its borders to foreign travelers, the news came as a jolt of relief to the millions of Chinese immigrants overseas who have been separated from their relatives since 2020.
‘I’m Planning on Running’ for Reelection in 2024, Biden Says
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday said he was “planning on” seeking reelection next year but was not ready to launch his campaign yet. Biden’s 2024 plans have for months been the subject of speculation, with top aides quietly making plans to build out a campaign. But the president has yet to make a final decision.
DeSantis Pushes Toughest Immigration Crackdown in the Nation
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Led by Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican with presidential ambitions, the Florida Legislature is considering a sweeping package of immigration measures that would represent the toughest crackdown on illegal immigration by any state in more than a decade.
Fight for Roads Into Bakhmut Has Hit a Stalemate, Ukraine Says
KOSTYANTYNIVKA, Ukraine — The seesaw fight for a sunflower field raged for weeks with neither Ukrainian nor Russian forces gaining an upper hand, but for Ukraine’s army, that counts as a win in the crucial battle for access roads into the city of Bakhmut.
New Mexico Is Losing a Form of Spanish Spoken Nowhere Else on Earth
QUESTA, N.M. — When the old regulars gather at Cynthia Rael-Vigil’s coffee shop in Questa, a village nestled in the snow-capped Sangre de Cristo Mountains, they sip lattes and lavender lemonade and gossip in Spanish.
With Dueling Rulings, Abortion Pill Cases Appear Headed to the Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — The dramatic dueling rulings by two federal district judges Friday about access to a widely used abortion pill set up a lower court conflict that legal experts say will almost certainly send the dispute to the Supreme Court.
Fed Up With Mayhem, Miami Beach Wants to Tame Spring Break for Good
MIAMI BEACH — After two fatal shootings on Ocean Drive over a March weekend, Miami Beach leaders followed their recent playbook for dealing with raucous spring break crowds: a state of emergency, a midnight curfew and limited liquor sales.
Georgia Looms Next After Trump’s Indictment in New York
ATLANTA — The indictment of Donald Trump in New York over hush-money payments to a porn actress was a global spectacle, with the former president glumly returning to his old stomping grounds in Manhattan as TV networks closely tracked his procession of black SUVs on their way to the courthouse.
Lawsuit Accuses Former Associate of Harvey Weinstein of Rape
Fabrizio Lombardo, the former head of Miramax in Italy and a close associate of Harvey Weinstein, has been accused of rape in a lawsuit filed April 6 in New York state Supreme Court. The suit was brought by Sara Ziff, a former model and the founder of the Model Alliance, an advocacy group for models and fashion creatives.
Stabbing of Cash App Creator Raises Alarm, and Claims of ‘Lawless’ San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO — The fury erupted within hours as word spread that the 43-year-old man who had been stabbed to death this week in an enclave of high-rise condominiums near the Bay Bridge was Bob Lee, a well-known tech executive.
South Carolina Democrats, Stung by String of Losses, Clash Over Next Leader
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina, a longtime kingmaker in Democratic politics who helped resurrect President Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign, exercised his influence Wednesday over a much smaller race far closer to home: the campaign to determine who will lead his state’s Democratic Party.
Biden Plan Allows Limits on Trans Athletes’ Participation in School Sports
The Biden administration proposed a rule change Thursday that would allow schools to block some transgender athletes from competing on sports teams that match their gender identities. But the proposal would also prevent schools from enacting across-the-board bans.
House GOP’s Plan to Cut Food Stamps Faces a Tough Vote
WASHINGTON — Republican Rep. Marc Molinaro, a former mayor who flipped an open seat in New York’s Hudson Valley last year and helped the GOP take back the House, frequently tells the story of how his mother relied on food stamps and subsidized school lunches to keep him fed as a child.
5 Dead After Tornado in Missouri, as Storms Unsettle Country
Five people died and others were injured in southeast Missouri early Wednesday after at least one tornado and other storms tore through the area, officials said, on a day of tornado watches and blizzard warnings across many regions.
For Lower-Income Students, Big Tech Internships Can Be Hard to Get
Jalaun Ross, a computer science major at Central Connecticut State University, knew it would be difficult to land an internship at a prominent tech company this summer. He had chosen to attend an affordable local public university, not a top computing school, and he did not know anyone in the industry who could put in a good word for him with tech recruiters.
How to Prepare for the Proposed Changes to Telehealth Prescriptions
During the pandemic, the expansion of telemedicine proved transformative for many people, especially those in rural areas. It allowed patients to receive medical care and prescriptions virtually, without the need to meet a provider in person.
Appeals Court Punts on Due Process Rights for Guantánamo Detainees
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Tuesday deferred on deciding whether detainees at the Guantánamo Bay wartime prison have due process rights under the Constitution, pulling back from what could have been a landmark decision about legal protections for noncitizens held there.
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