Italian Coast Guard Boards Abandoned Migrant Ship

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Judge in Trump's classified documents case cancels May trial date; no new date set
The federal judge in Florida presiding over the classified documents prosecution of former President Donald Trump has canceled the May 20 trial date, postponing it indefinitely. The order from U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon had been expected in light of still-unresolved issues in the case and because Trump is currently on trial in a separate case in Manhattan charging him in connection with hush money payments during the 2016 presidential election. The New York case involves several of the same lawyers representing him in the federal case in Florida.
AFP
US completes construction of Gaza aid pier
The US military has completed construction of its Gaza aid pier, but weather conditions mean it is currently unsafe to move the two-part facility into place, the Pentagon said Tuesday.The vessels and the under-construction pier were moved to the port due to bad weather last week.
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Are Americans losing their taste for Starbucks?
Starbucks, once one of America's most cherished brands, is in a rut. Even long-time former CEO Howard Schultz is worried.
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Shooting outside Drake's Toronto mansion leaves security guard injured
A shooting outside Drake's Toronto mansion early Tuesday morning left a security guard seriously injured, police said.
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Megaraptor discovered in China may have rivaled velociraptors of 'Jurassic Park:' Study
Fossilized footprints found in southeastern China suggest that a six-foot-tall megaraptor once roamed the region during the Cretaceous period.
AFP
Stormy Daniels details alleged sex with Trump at hush money trial
Stormy Daniels, the porn star at the heart of Donald Trump's historic criminal trial, testified Tuesday -– in sometimes explicit detail –- about an alleged 2006 sexual encounter with the former president in a hotel penthouse suite.What followed was detailed testimony about the sexual encounter Daniels said she had with Trump -– his boxer shorts, the sexual position, that he did not wear a condom -– all while the former president stared on in silence, stony faced.
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Former House Speaker Paul Ryan says he’s not voting for Trump : 'Character is too important'
Ryan says he would be writing in a Republican candidate instead of voting for Donald Trump.
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Vermont passes bill to charge fossil fuel companies for damages from climate change
Vermont lawmakers have passed a so-called "Climate Superfund Act" designed to make fossil fuel companies pay for damage from weather disasters fueled by climate change.
Reuters
Pfizer reports patient death in Duchenne gene therapy study
"A fatal serious adverse event was reported as cardiac arrest for a participant in the Phase 2 DAYLIGHT study," a company spokesperson told Reuters in an emailed response. The trial tested boys 2 years to less than 4 years of age with DMD, a genetic muscle wasting disorder in which most patients lack the protein dystrophin which keeps muscles intact.
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Sixth and final construction worker recovered from Key Bridge collapse site
The body of a sixth construction worker was recovered from the Key Bridge wreckage site in Baltimore Tuesday.
AFP
Sideways day on Wall Street as London notches another record
The rally in Wall Street stocks took a pause Tuesday while many overseas bourses pushed higher amid renewed optimism that the US Federal Reserve could cut interest rates this year.Wall Street had risen the last three days following Fed Chair Jerome Powell's statement last week that he does not expect further interest rate hikes.
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China’s booming EV companies eye U.S. competitors they see as ‘not ready’
Chinese companies are forcing Western automakers to change their approach to electric vehicles if they want to remain competitive in a growing global industry.
CNN
Johnson and Greene meet again as speaker faces threat of ouster vote
House Speaker Mike Johnson and GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene are meeting again on Tuesday as the Georgia congresswoman continues to dangle the threat of an ouster vote against the speaker.
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Facebook's Oversight Board to consider if 'from the river to the sea' is hate speech
The independent Oversight Board that hears appeals about content decisions on Facebook and Instagram said Tuesday it would consider whether the pro-Palestinian phrase “from the river to the sea” violates the platforms’ rules including their ban on hate speech.
Yahoo Finance
The challenges facing TikTok as it confronts the US in court
TikTok made good on its promise to sue the US over a new law that could result in a ban of the video app in America. Its claims face a number of hurdles in US courts.
USA TODAY
Rabbi decries act of ‘senseless hatred' after dozens of headstones damaged at Jewish cemetery in NY
Rafi Spitzer, a rabbi in upstate in New York, hopes to reclaim the church's cemetery after over 80 headstones were recently vandalized.
AFP
Europe student Gaza protests spread, sparking clashes, arrests
Student protests to demand that universities sever ties with Israel over the Gaza war spread in Europe on Tuesday, sparking clashes and arrests as fresh protests broke out in the Netherlands, Germany, France, Switzerland and Austria.- France, Switzerland, Austria - In Paris, police on Tuesday twice intervened at Paris's prestigious Sciences Po university to disperse about 20 students who had barricaded themselves in the university's main hall.
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With 2024 presidential contest looming, Georgia governor signs new election changes into law
Gov. Brian Kemp signed legislation Tuesday that makes additional changes to Georgia's election laws ahead of the 2024 presidential contest in the battleground state, including defining probable causes for removing voters from the rolls when their eligibility is challenged. Republican activists — fueled by debunked theories of a stolen election — have challenged more than 100,000 voters in the state in recent years. The bill Kemp signed into law — SB 189 — lists death, evidence of voting or registering in another jurisdiction, a tax exemption indicating a primary residence elsewhere, or a nonresidential address as probable causes for removing voters from the rolls.
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Survivors of alleged abuse in Illinois youth detention facilities step forward
Three men who say they were sexually abused as children while incarcerated at Illinois juvenile detention centers came forward Tuesday as part of a lawsuit that chronicles decades of disturbing allegations of systemic child abuse. Calvin McDowell, 37, who alleged he was abused by a chaplain at a suburban Chicago youth center as a teenager, said he didn’t want others suffering as he did for decades. “Instead of being cared for, I felt more alone than ever,” McDowell said at a Chicago news conference.
Reuters
Palantir shares post biggest daily slide since 2022 after forecast disappoints
Shares of Palantir Technologies fell 15.1% on Tuesday in their biggest daily percentage drop since May 2022, a day after the data analytics company gave a revenue forecast that disappointed. Still, several brokerages raised their price targets following the report, including D.A. Davidson, which raised its target to $24 from $19. "While guidance for FY2024 was increased, it was lighter than expected," D.A. Davidson analysts wrote in their research note, adding that management had noted "they're seeing unavoidable headwinds in Europe."

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