67 m. ago Thousands of pilgrims trek through New Mexico desert to historic adobe church for Good Friday

Thousands of Catholics are making the trek to a historic adobe church in the hills of northern New Mexico as part of a Holy Week tradition spanning generations

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82 m. ago ‘Simply unsustainable’: The stark Easter message from Scotland’s business leaders

“Without immediate intervention, we will see more businesses cut back or close entirely” – Liz Cameron, SCC

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1 hour ago Cops struggling to stop gang war escalating as union warn "more lives at risk"

David Kennedy, General Secretary of the Scottish Police Federation, has called for investment in frontline policing as staffing shortages make it hard for officers to respond.

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2 h. ago ‘We’re going to stand up to Trump,’ says Mark Carney in second Canadian election debate

PM focuses on threat from across the border as most polls show his Liberals leading Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative party in tight raceCanada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, faced sustained attacks from his Conservative rival at an election debate on Thursday but the Liberal leader sought to focus attention on what he calls Canada’s top threat: Donald Trump, the US president.Most opinion polls show Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative party trailing Carney’s Liberals ahead of the 28 April vote for Canada’s federal government. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Federal judge in Baltimore temporarily limits DOGE access to Social Security data

A federal judge has imposed new restrictions on the Department of Government Efficiency’s access to Social Security systems that hold personal data on millions of Americans

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4 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: China arming Russia and building weapons on its soil, says Zelenskyy

Just as much Russian bombing under energy ceasefire, says Ukrainian president. What we know on day 1,150China is supplying weapons to Russia, including gunpowder and artillery, and Chinese representatives are involved in weapons production on Russian territory, Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said on Thursday, citing reporting by Ukrainian security and intelligence agencies. “We are ready to speak in detail about this,” Zelenskyy said, adding that Ukraine expects to share documentation to support the claims next week.Zelenskyy said: “We have finally received information that China is supplying weapons to the Russian Federation. We believe that Chinese representatives are engaged in the production of some weapons on Russian territory We see the cooperation between these two countries in this area, and we must acknowledge it is happening.” The Associated Press could not confirm Zelenskyy’s statement. At the time of writing there was no response from China to the latest claim...

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5 h. ago Luigi Mangione is indicted on federal charges over UnitedHealthcare CEO's murder

Luigi Mangione was indicted Thursday on a federal murder charge in the killing of CEO Brian Thompson, a necessary step for prosecutors to seek the death penalty.

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5 h. ago Judge dismisses lawsuit against Mormon church over how it uses donations

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit alleging The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints investment arm misused hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations by investing the money instead of using it for charitable purposes

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6 h. ago Cincinnati officials plead for parents to stop betting on kids sports and causing fights at games

The betting has allegedly led to violence and an increase in security fees

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6 h. ago Bikers to descend on Westminster for veterans protest against Legacy Act repeal

Organisers say there could be around 1,000 demonstrators gathering on Whitehall in central London on Friday.

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7 h. ago Former teacher with no tech experience shares four resume changes he made to land job at Google

In 2015, Keith Anderson, now 36, left his $27,000-a-year job as an English teacher to pursue a position at a Big Tech company.

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7 h. ago Fears of the economy tanking are now higher than they were at the height of the Covid pandemic

Dismal fund manager sentiment comes as Federal Reserve warns of increased inflation and slowing growth due to tariffs

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7 h. ago James Tavernier asks Rangers to make Barry Ferguson manager as man himself fires powerful answer in response

The interim boss insists that's not even in his thinking but vowed he won't be leaving without a fight

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7 h. ago George Santos is 'unrepentant' as he faces years in prison for fraud, prosecutors say

Federal prosecutors say disgraced former U.S. Rep. George Santos “remains unrepentant” as he faces years in federal prison for fraud and identity theft

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7 h. ago Passengers on Southwest flight evacuated after engine fire forces plane's return

All passengers on a Southwest Airlines flight are safe after their plane had to be evacuated when an engine fire forced it to return to a Houston airport

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8 h. ago Menendez brothers resentencing updates: Erik and Lyle plead self

The Menendez brothers are behind bars for the 1989 murder of their parents

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8 h. ago White House proposes eliminating Head Start funding as part of sweeping budget cuts

The Trump administration is asking Congress to eliminate the Head Start program, a move that would cut early education for some of the nation’s neediest children as part of drastic proposed cuts to federal health funding

Economics

8 h. ago Cucurella goal sees Chelsea through despite defeat by inspired Legia Warsaw

Enzo Maresca is still not feeling the love. This was another uneven performance from Chelsea, who at times seemed intent on raising Legia Warsaw’s hopes of a comeback for the ages, and few at Stamford Bridge seemed minded to celebrate their side securing a Conference League semi-final.It was not supposed to be this difficult. Legia were 2-1 winners on the night and there were times when Chelsea, who went through 4-2 on aggregate, toyed with humiliation. Filip Jörgensen, Robert Sánchez’s understudy, was jittery in goal and the worries for Maresca extended to Palmer failing to take an opportunity to end his barren run against meagre opposition. Palmer, who has gone 15 games without a goal, cut a frustrated figure in the final third. He was not alone. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago While RFK Jr. warns of an ‘autism epidemic’, his department cut research money to reduce autistic suicides

Laura Graham Holmes received a grant to find interventions to reduce suicide among autistic people. Now that grant has been cut

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8 h. ago Power restored to more than half of Puerto Rico after island

Wednesday’s outage the latest in series of blackouts to affect Puerto Rico in wake of Hurricane Maria in 2017About 58% of Puerto Rico has has had power restored following an island-wide blackout on Wednesday, the government of Puerto Rico federal affairs administration said on Thursday.It added that current generation stands at 1,439MW. A total of 31 generation units are online, with 16 additional units in the process of being brought back online, it said. Continue reading...

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