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Cicadas are coming out in droves this spring.
- The Canadian Press
Canada's Syla Swords eyes Olympic chance after closing impressive high school career
Following the recent end of an impressive high school career, the goal for Syla Swords has shifted to making the Canadian women's basketball team heading to Paris. Swords, from Sudbury, Ont., is a five-star recruit who committed to Michigan for the fall as the Wolverines' highest-ever ranked prospect at No. 11. After falling in the high school national championship game with Long Island Lutheran, Swords played in three major events this month: the Nike Hoop Summit, McDonald's all-American game a
- Associated Press
Tennessee governor signs bills to allow armed teachers nearly a year after deadly Nashville shooting
Tennessee teachers and staff will be allowed to carry concealed handguns on public school grounds under legislation signed into law by Gov. Bill Lee on Friday. Lee, a Republican, had announced his support for the proposal just the day before while flanked by top Republican legislative leaders who had helped shepherd the bill through the GOP-dominant General Assembly. As the idea of arming teachers began to gain support inside the General Assembly, gun control advocates and families began swarming to the Capitol to show their opposition.
- USA TODAY
Los Angeles 'Domestead' listed for $2.3M with 'whimsical' gardens: Take a look inside
A geometric, dome-shaped house in the hills of Los Angeles, California is for sale at $2.3 million. It was designed by architect William King. Photos.
- ABC News
More than 150 people in West Virginia exposed to measles: Health officials
About 152 people across 30 counties in West Virginia have been exposed to measles, state health officials said Friday. Earlier this week, the first confirmed case of measles in the state since 2009 was identified, according to the West Virginia Department of Health (WVDH). The patient was someone who was undervaccinated and had a history of recent international travel, the department said.
- USA TODAY
Jelly Roll has 'never felt better' amid months-long break from social media 'toxicity'
After his wife Bunnie XO revealed he had been off social media for several months, Jelly Roll opened up about how it's made him feel "healthier."
- Investor's Business Daily
Skechers Breaks Out To Record High On 30% Earnings Jump, Hiked Outlook
SKX stock leapt to a new high Friday after crushing Q1 earnings and posting record revenue. Skechers has a new 2024 earnings forecast.
- The Independent
Who are the 18 indicted co-conspirators in the Arizona fake electors’ scheme?
So far, the state’s attorney general’s office has disclosed 16 identities of the 18 people indicted for their role in an alleged scheme to overturn the 2020 presidential election, reports Kelly Rissman
- The Canadian Press
Why you might have heard Paul Simon’s ‘The Sound of Silence’ at Spanish Mass
(RNS) — One song has stuck with Julio Cuellar Gonzales for practically his entire life. Among his first memories of church in the 1970s in Villa Serrano, a town in the Bolivian region of Chuquisaca, Cuellar remembers singing a specific version of the Our Father. At the time, Cuellar thought it was written by a priest. He didn’t imagine that the beloved Our Father’s tune was actually written by Paul Simon for Simon & Garfunkel’s 1960s hit “The Sound of Silence.” The words were different from the
- The Independent
Delta Airlines Boeing plane loses emergency slide in mid-air
The flight bound for Los Angeles was forced to return to New York’s JFK airport.
- Miami Herald
Police catch man point laser at plane as they investigate 40 incidents, Florida cops say
Investigators narrowed down the possible location of the incidents to a home in Tampa.
- Investor's Business Daily
Why Position Size Was An Important Element Of Trade Risk On Dell
Dell shows how we made that adjustment as the market fell into a correction. As market indexes corrected at the beginning of April we shifted our exposure on SwingTrader to try to stay on the right side of the trend. Dell Technologies had a very different look from the indexes.
- Miami Herald
Dolphins’ top pick uses speed to take the fast track to success
Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel and defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver greeted edge rusher and top pick Chop Robinson when he arrived in South Florida.
- Evening Standard
QPR seal Championship survival and Leicester promoted to Premier League as R's beat Leeds
Whites open door for Ipswich to snatch second automatic spot
- Evening Standard
Championship promotion permutations: Who can seal top-flight status and who can qualify for play-offs
Leeds lose at QPR as pressure rises
- Storyful
Tornado Seen in Lincoln, Nebraska
Weather officials urged residents of Lincoln, Nebraska, to seek shelter “immediately” as a tornado moved through the region on Friday, April 26.The National Weather Service (NWS) confirmed radar indicated a tornado in the Lincoln area on Friday.Footage taken by Yong Xue shows the tornado on the horizon. Credit: Yong Xue via Storyful
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Employment Numbers Round out Next Week
Monday U.S. Featured Earnings NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) (Q1) EPS of $2.78, ...
- The Canadian Press
Biden officials indefinitely postpone ban on menthol cigarettes amid election-year pushback
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration is indefinitely delaying a long-awaited menthol cigarette ban, a decision that infuriated anti-smoking advocates but could avoid a political backlash from Black voters in November. In a statement Friday, Biden’s top health official gave no timeline for issuing the rule, saying only that the administration would take more time to consider feedback, including from civil rights groups. “It’s clear that there are still more conversations to have
- WWD
The Best and Worst Looks of the NFL Draft 2024
Breaking down the many silk suits and diamond necklaces of the NFL draft.
- Associated Press
Military veteran charged with attempting to make ricin to remain jailed
Russell Vane, 42, of Vienna, Virginia, was arrested two weeks ago after authorities searched his house and found traces of ricin along with lab equipment and castor beans, from which ricin is derived, in a laundry room in a home he shares with his wife and two young children, according to court papers. Subsequent tests confirmed the presence of ricin, according to court records.