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What began last week when Columbia University students refused to end their protest against Israel’s war with Hamas had turned into a much larger movement by Tuesday as students across the nation set up encampments, occupied buildings and ignored demands to leave.

President Joe Biden is marking Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in federal grants for residential solar projects serving 900,000-plus households in low- and middle-income communities. He also plans to expand his New Deal-style American Climate Corps green jobs training program.

After nearly 200 prospective jurors were screened by the judge, Trump’s lawyers and Manhattan prosecutors, a total of 12 New Yorkers and six alternates were selected Friday to hear the first criminal case of any former U.S. president. Trump is accused of falsifying business records to conceal a hush money deal with an adult film actress ahead of the 2016 election. He has pleaded not guilty.

They seem to be going backwards in seating jurors for the trump “hush money” case. A second seated juror was dismissed early, making a  5 seated jurors. An additional  7  were seated by end of day for the total of 12, with 6 alternates yet to be found.

The Baltimore bridge accident may be a sign of bigger problems. The Washington Post reports that 424 cargo ships longer than 600 feet reported losing propulsion — meaning the engines were shut down — in U.S. waters over the past three years. Roughly one every 2 1/2 days.

oseph Fischer spent about four minutes inside the capital building on Jan. 6th, and was charged with seven criminal charges, including a felony count of obstructing an official proceeding. Fischer has pleaded not guilty and is awaiting trial, but first his case will be heard at the Supreme Court, which on Tuesday will consider his claim that the obstruction of Congress charge is illegitimate. If t...

Caitlyn Clark was as expected drafted by the Indiana fever of wnba, on Monday. Billy Joel broadcast his 100th consecutive sellout show live from Madison square garden on Sunday night on cbs, but the network started it late due to the masters coverage, and then abruptly ended the broadcast in the middle of his piano man song angering the artist. In a follow up, CBS apologized, and vows to rerun the...

It is tax day here in the US. Everyone has to have their taxes filed by today or risk penalties. The first of several trials against Former president Donald Trump has begun. This one is to determine if campaign funds were used illegally to pay porn actress stormy Daniels to keep quiet about an affair with Donald trump. Justice Thomas was missing from Mondays Supreme Court session with no explanati...

(This weeks Top Things you should know) If it gets dark outside on Monday afternoon don’t panic, the solar eclipse will be seen across the continental US, though the percent of coverage is less impressive the closer you live to the Pacific or Atlantic coastline. A poultry facility in Michigan and egg producer in Texas both reported outbreaks of avian flu this week. The latest developments on the v...

President Joe Biden threatened on Thursday to condition support for Israel's offensive in Gaza on it taking concrete steps to protect aid workers and civilians, seeking for the first time to leverage U.S. aid to influence Israeli military behavior. It was later reported that Israel will open more aid routes to Gaza and increase deliveries. No Labels, the centrist group which has sought to field a...

Florida will ban abortion past six weeks of pregnancy starting next month matching Georgia as the most permissive abortion laws in the south eastern United States. The Florida state supreme court upheld a 15-week abortion ban, a move that removed the barriers for a separate, six-week ban that takes effect on 1 May. In a separate ruling, the court also agreed to let Florida residents settle the iss...

A tugboat pushing a fuel barge was the first vessel to use an alternate channel to bypass the wreckage of Baltimore’s collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, which had blocked traffic along the vital port’s, main shipping channel. The barge supplying jet fuel to the Department of Defense left late Monday and was destined for Delaware’s Dover Air Force Base, though officials have said the temporary cha...

A biased test has kept thousands of black kidney patients off of transplant lists. More than 14,000 Black kidney transplant candidates so far, have been given credit for lost waiting time, moving them up the priority list for their transplant. At issue is a once widely used test that overestimated how well Black people’s kidneys were functioning, making them look healthier than they really were —...

Baltimore bridge collapse may have port closed for months. Many in Baltimore are concerned about the economic impact. King Charles attended Easter services as his first public event after announcing his cancer diagnosis. Pressure mounts on Benjamin Netanyahu to resign. Families of Israeli hostages join protests calling for Netanyahu to go The NCAA men’s basketball tournament is filled with yet mor...