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NEW YORK (Reuters) -Tensions appeared to ease at Columbia University on Wednesday after it extended a deadline for students to remove an encampment set up to protest Israel’s Gaza incursion, while violence broke out at other...
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Surging auto insurance rates squeeze drivers, fuel inflation
NEW YORK (AP) — Relentlessly rising auto insurance rates are squeezing car owners and stoking inflation.
Auto insurance rates rose 2.6% in March and are up 22% from a year ago. Premium...
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Senate overwhelmingly passes aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan with big bipartisan vote
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has passed $95 billion in war aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, sending the legislation to President Joe Biden after months of delays and contentious debate...
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Health - Columbia extends deadline on encampment as other protests turn violent
World - Airlines will now be required to give automatic cash refunds for canceled and delayed flights
Business - USDA updates rules for school meals that limit added sugars for the first time
Health - Biden pardons 11 people, commutes sentences of five others
U.S. - Boeing’s financial woes continue, while families of crash victims urge US to prosecute the company
Business - Surging auto insurance rates squeeze drivers, fuel inflation
Business - Senate overwhelmingly passes aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan with big bipartisan vote
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U.S.
- Pennsylvania redesigned its mail-in ballot envelopes amid litigation. Some voters still tripped up
- Investigator says Trump, allies were uncharged co-conspirators in plot to overturn Michigan election
- Oklahoma prosecutors charge fifth member of anti-government group in Kansas women’s killings
- Biden pardons 11 people and shortens the sentences of 5 others convicted of non-violent drug crimes
- Biden meets 4-year-old Abigail Edan, an American who was held hostage by Hamas
World
- Hamas releases video showing well-known Israeli-American hostage
- Authorities in Togo are cracking down on media and the opposition, report says ahead of election
- Rwanda’s Hope Hostel once housed young genocide survivors. Now it’s ready for migrants from Britain
- The family of imprisoned Belarusian opposition figure hasn’t heard from her for over 400 days
- Spanish PM Sanchez shocks country again putting his continuity on the line
Politics
- Pennsylvania redesigned its mail-in ballot envelopes amid litigation. Some voters still tripped up
- Investigator says Trump, allies were uncharged co-conspirators in plot to overturn Michigan election
- Biden just signed a bill that could ban TikTok. His campaign plans to stay on the app anyway
- Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to let Arizona doctors provide abortions in California
- Arizona House lawmakers vote to repeal 1864 abortion ban
Business
- Ford’s 1Q net income falls 24% as combustion engine unit sees sales and revenue decline
- Missouri House backs legal shield for weedkiller maker facing thousands of cancer-related lawsuits
- Southwest Airlines flight attendants ratify a contract that will raise pay about 33% over 4 years
- Meta more than doubles Q1 profit but revenue guidance pulls shares down after-hours
- Kansas’ governor vetoed tax cuts again over their costs. Some fellow Democrats backed it
Religious News
- Cisco Systems joins Microsoft, IBM in Vatican pledge to ensure ethical use and development of AI
- A Russian Orthodox priest who took part in services for Navalny is suspended by the patriarch
- The Latest | Germany will resume working with UN relief agency for Palestinians after a review
- Australian police arrest 7 alleged teen extremists linked to stabbing of a bishop in a Sydney church
- The Rev. Cecil Williams, who turned San Francisco’s Glide Church into a refuge for many, has died
Sports
- Bears unveil plan for lakefront stadium and seek public funding to make it happen
- Nootbaar, Gibson spark Cardinals to 5-1 victory over Diamondbacks
- Rebuilding Sharks fire coach David Quinn after 2 disappointing seasons
- Golf-Woods, McIlroy to receive loyalty payouts from PGA Tour, report says
- A day later, ‘The Save’ still had Panthers marveling at Bobrovsky’s NHL playoff heroics
Health
- More doctors can prescribe a leading addiction treatment. Why aren’t more people getting help?
- Key moments in the U.S. Supreme Court’s latest abortion case that could change how women get care
- Missouri House backs legal shield for weedkiller maker facing thousands of cancer-related lawsuits
- Tennessee would criminalize helping minors get abortions under bill heading to governor
- Jill Biden launches bike ride for wounded service members, stresses need to support vets
Science
- Meta more than doubles Q1 profit but revenue guidance pulls shares down after-hours
- Biden just signed a bill that could ban TikTok. His campaign plans to stay on the app anyway
- Tesla driver in Seattle-area crash that killed motorcyclist told police he was using Autopilot
- Lam Research forecasts quarterly revenue above estimates on AI chip boom
- Meta forecasts higher AI spending and weaker revenue
