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April 26, 2024

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  • Bishop Tracy Smith Malone surveys the results of a delegate vote in favor of a worldwide regionalization plan as she presides over a legislative session of the 2024 United Methodist General Conference in Charlotte, N.C., on April 25, 2024. The proposal needed a two-third majority vote to pass.
    United Methodists endorse change that could give regions more say on LGBTQ and other issues
    By Peter Smith, Associated Press
    United Methodist delegates have overwhelmingly endorsed a constitutional amendment seen by advocates as a way of defusing debates over the role of LGBTQ people in the church by giving rule-making autonomy to each region of the international church. Delegates voted 586-164 on Thursday for the “regionalization” proposal on the ...
  • Jerry Seinfeld poses for a portrait to promote the film "Unfrosted" on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, in New York.
    Jerry Seinfeld's commitment to the bit
    By Jake Coyle, Associated Press
    Jerry Seinfeld has been responsible for more movies than you think. Yes, he co-wrote and lent his voice to 2007's “Bee Movie." But before that, “Seinfeld” — where going to the movies, with or without the aid of Moviefone, was nearly as regular a destination as the coffee shop — gave birth to dozens of (fake) films. “Rochelle, Rochelle." “Prognosis ...
  • Zelenskyy presses the US and allies for Patriot missiles, expected in new $6 billion aid package
    By Lolita C. Baldor and Tara Copp, Associated Press
    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Kyiv needs Patriot missiles to create an air shield against further Russian missile attacks, and it's likely he'll get them in an additional $6 billion aid package expected to be announced by ...
  • Rooting for Trump to fail has made his stock shorters millions
    By Bernard Condon, Associated Press
    Rooting for Donald Trump to fail has rarely been this profitable. Just ask a hardy band of mostly amateur Wall Street investors who have collectively made tens of millions of dollars over the past month by betting that the stock price of his social media business — Truth Social — will keep dropping despite ...
  • Egypt sends delegation to Israel, its latest effort to broker a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas
    By Samy Magdy, Bassem Mroue and David Rising, Associated Press
    Egypt sent a high-level delegation to Israel on Friday with the hope of brokering a cease-fire agreement with Hamas in Gaza, two officials said. At the same time, it warned that a possible Israeli offensive focused on Gaza's city of Rafah — on the border with Egypt — could have ...
  • Former President Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal court before his trial in New York, Friday, April 26, 2024.
    Trump's lawyers grill ex-tabloid publisher as 1st week of hush money trial testimony nears a close
    By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Jake Offenhartz and Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press
    After prosecutors’ lead witness painted a tawdry portrait of “catch-and-kill” tabloid schemes, defense lawyers in Donald Trump's criminal trial on Friday sought to dig into an account of the former publisher of the National Enquirer and ...
  • Antony Blinken meets with China's President Xi as US, China spar over bilateral and global issues
    By Matthew Lee, Associated Press
    U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Friday with Chinese President Xi Jinping and senior Chinese officials, stressing the importance of “responsibly managing” the differences between the United States and China as the two sides ...
  • As some universities negotiate with pro-Palestinian protesters, others quickly call the police
    By Noreen Nasir, Aaron Morrison and Nick Perry, Associated Press
    The students at Columbia University who inspired pro-Palestinian demonstrations across the country dug in at their encampment for the 10th day Friday as administrators and police at campuses from California to Massachusetts wrestled with ...
  • A clearance sign is displayed at a retail clothing store in Downers Grove, Ill., Monday, April 1, 2024.
    Fed's preferred inflation gauge shows price pressures stayed elevated last month
    By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press
    A measure of inflation closely tracked by the Federal Reserve remained uncomfortably high in March, likely reinforcing the Fed's reluctance to cut interest rates anytime soon and underscoring a burden for President Joe Biden's re-election bid. Friday's report from the government showed that ...
  • Keck Hospital of USC’s Chief of Operations Jon Reuter, front left, and Transplant Administrator Pat Stricklin, front right, cut a ribbon during the opening of Keck Medicine of USC’s new liver and heart transplant treatment center Thursday, April 25, 2024.
    Heartfelt relief: USC transplant center opening in Las Vegas to ease burden for Nevadans
    By Grace Da Rocha
    Keck Medicine of USC is the Nevada’s first heart transplant treatment center. It will serve as a hub for pre- and postoperative care for the health institution’s heart transplant patients and ...
  • In this courtroom sketch, former President Donald Trump turns to face the audience at the beginning of his trial over charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, in Manhattan state court in New York, Monday, April 15, 2024.
    If justice stumbles on Trump, the job falls to voters
    By Brian Greenspun
    America has no room for kings and monarchs. Getting rid of the king is why the Founding Fathers created this wonderful country. Instead of a monarchy, they gave the job of self-governance to ...
  • Pilgrims rest on a bench while celebrating the anniversary of Saint George in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. Hundreds of Haitians flocked to a hill nestled in the capital of Port-au-Prince on Wednesday for the annual celebration of St. George, a Christian martyr who was believed to be a Roman soldier and is revered by both Catholics and those who practice Voodoo. They offered him money and prayers in hopes they would make it through Haiti's crisis.
    Crisis in Haiti may be a death sentence for many
    By Lauré Adrien
    Is Haiti’s health sector on life support or death row? A recent Miami Herald article on the challenges faced by physicians, doctors and other medical personnel in Haiti, where violence by ...
  • Arizona Senate candidate, Republican Kari Lake, speaks during a rally in Cave Creek, Ariz., on March. 14, 2024. A handful of Arizona Republican legislators looking to overturn a 160-year-old state law that bans nearly all abortions have a new high-profile supporter: Kari Lake, a prominent Senate candidate and a close ally of Donald Trump.
    States with abortion bans should pay mothers for forced births
    By Robin Epley
    This month, the Arizona Supreme Court decided it was legally sound and proper to enforce an 1864 law criminalizing all abortions in the state except when a woman’s life is at stake. The law could take effect as early as ...
  • Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom at his criminal trial at Manhattan state court in New York, Monday, April 22, 2024.
    Trump’s trial will paint a damning portrait of him
    By Harry Litman
    The scheme at the heart of the charges against Donald Trump in New York is well-known: To keep allegations of an affair with the adult-film actress Stormy Daniels from becoming public, Trump is accused of agreeing to pay her $130,000, camouflaged as payments to Michael Cohen for ...
  • This combination of photos shows logos of Twitter, top left; Snapchat, top right; Facebook, bottom left; and TikTok.
    Digital literacy and candid conversations are parents’ best ways to ensure child phone safety
    By Jill Murphy
    Being a parent in today’s digital world isn’t easy. You have to help your children stay vigilant on social media while simultaneously encouraging healthy behaviors like connecting with friends and accessing educational tools and content ...
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