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For conservative, anti-abortion Christians, former President Donald Trump delivered in four years what no other Republican before him had been able to do. He transformed the U.S. Supreme Court into a conservative majority that would go on to overturn Roe v. Wade. With abortion legalization now controlled by each state, Trump made clear Monday that he would not be leading the push for a national abortion ban as he vies for his second term in the Oval Office. Some religious advocates criticized his approach... Читать дальше...

Court documents say a man charged with setting a fire outside the Vermont office of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders had been staying at an area hotel for nearly two months. Shant Michael Soghomonian was spotted outside Sanders’ office the day before and the day of the fire. Federal agents say Shant Michael Soghomonian entered the building on Friday and went to Sanders’ third-floor office where security video showed him dumping a liquid on the bottom of the door and setting it afire. The building’s interior... Читать дальше...

The stars of HGTV's new show "Renovation Aloha" detail what it takes to flip a house in paradise.

A retired three-star Venezuelan army general who twice tried to mount coups against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has been sentenced to over 21 years in prison after he admitted providing weapons to drug-funded rebels. Cliver Alcalá was sentenced Monday by federal Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein in Manhattan. Alcalá pleaded guilty last year to providing material support to a terrorist group and providing weapons to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC — considered by the United States to be a foreign terrorist organization. Читать дальше...

Politicians and news outlets have expressed outrage over the expulsion of a Colorado politics reporter from a Republican gathering over the weekend. Sandra Fish, a reporter for the Colorado Sun, was told Saturday that the state party chairman believed her reporting was “very unfair.” Journalists and some elected officials, including the former chair of the Colorado Republican Party, have defended Fish on social media. The party chairman, Dave Williams, said he had no apologies for kicking Fish out... Читать дальше...

The longest-serving incumbent in the Wisconsin Legislature has announced he will retire rather than run in a district now more favorable to Democrats or move under new district boundaries that take effect in November. Sen. Rob Cowles made the announcement Monday after previously saying he planned to move and run again to represent the bulk of the district he currently serves. The 73-year-old was first elected to the Senate in 1982 after serving four years in the Assembly. Under the new maps, Cowles... Читать дальше...

Monday's eclipse delighted people across North America.

A tower of smoke was rising high above Angel Island in San Francisco Bay on Monday.

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DALLAS (AP) — Millions across North America witnessed the moon block out the sun during a total solar eclipse Monday.

Authorities say three people died Monday in a shooting inside a law office in the affluent Summerlin neighborhood of Las Vegas. Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill said at a news conference that the shooter was among the dead. Police officers believe the man killed himself. McMahill says the two victims were a man and a woman. The shooting was reported just after 10 a.m. on the fifth floor of an office building in the masterplanned community. Summerlin stretches along the city’s western edge, about 30 minutes west of the Las Vegas Strip.

Donald Trump still says he’s proud that the Supreme Court justices he nominated overturned Roe v. Wade. Yet he spent much of the last year avoiding tough questions about abortion, including whether he would support a national abortion ban should he return to the White House. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee tried to put the issue to rest on Monday. In a video statement, Trump did not call for a national abortion ban. Instead, he said each state should decide its own abortion law. Just six months before Election Day... Читать дальше...

A notorious desert dwelling in Ivins, UT, with ties to Ruby Franke and Jodi Hildebrandt is the most viewed home on Realtor.com.

For nearly two decades, Mitch McConnell’s only job uncertainty hinged on whether he’d serve as Senate majority or minority leader after the next election. With his days as Republican leader now numbered, the Kentuckian is back in the Bluegrass State and talking more expansively about his priorities once he’s no longer calling the shots for his party. He says topping his to-do list is fighting back against what he sees as his party’s increasing shift toward an isolationist foreign policy. McConnell... Читать дальше...

Connecticut’s top prosecutor says four state troopers who may have falsified data about traffic stops won’t face state criminal charges. Chief State’s Attorney Patrick Griffin’s office said in a statement Friday that none of the officers can be prosecuted, despite an independent investigation that found the number of traffic stops they reported was higher than the number they actually made. Griffin's office says the statute of limitations has expired. A federal grand jury probe is ongoing.

Donald Trump is asking a New York appeals court to reverse a judge's gag order and move his hush-money criminal trial out of Manhattan in an eleventh-hour bid for a delay just a week before it is scheduled to start. A judge in the state’s mid-level appeals court was set to hold an emergency hearing Monday afternoon after the former president’s lawyers filed paperwork challenging Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan’s pretrial rulings. The documents themselves were placed under seal, but a person familiar... Читать дальше...

The moon blocks the sun as a total solar eclipse reaches North America in Mexico.

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Global Forecast as of 18:00 GMT Monday, April 8, 2024

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Abidjan, Ivory Coast;A passing shower;32;27;A t-storm around;32;27;SSW;17;75%;76%;13

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates;Sun... Читать дальше...

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The Justice Department is blasting Republicans’ effort to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt over his refusal to turn over unredacted materials related to the special counsel probe into President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents. That's according to a letter obtained Monday by The Associated Press. The department in that letter rejected Reps. Jim Jordan and James Comers' demand to turn over the unredacted audio of Special Counsel Robert Hur’s interviews with Biden and his ghostwriter. Читать дальше...

The Bay Bridge sideshow was one of several across the Bay Area over the weekend.

An appellate court has granted Disney’s request for a two-month pause in its federal lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his appointees to Walt Disney World’s governing district. The request filed last Friday came after Disney and the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District settled separate litigation in state court. The company and the district had been fighting over how Disney World will be developed in the future. A previous board had given Disney design and construction rights. Under the settlement, that deal will be voided. Читать дальше...

Kevin Costner’s multi-episode epic “Horizon, An American Saga” will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival next month, festival organizers announced Monday. The first chapter of “Horizon” will debut at the French film festival on May 19, giving the world its first glimpse of Costner’s ambitious Western epic. The first two parts of “Horizon” are set to open in quick succession this summer, with Warner Bros. releasing chapter one in theaters June 28 and the second installment on Aug. 16. The 77th Cannes Film Festival runs May 14-25. Читать дальше...