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Biden calls for peace following major clashes on prominent campuses

Biden calls for peace following major clashes on prominent campuses

After a night of tumultuous pro-Palestinian protests and sizable arrests at prominent campuses on the East and West Coasts, President Biden on Thursday forcefully urged demonstrators to remain peaceful in his first extensive statements on the unrest that has swept universities nationwide.

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United Methodists end anti-LGBTQ+ policies

The United Methodist Church, one of the largest organized Christian groups in America, ended a slew of anti-LGBTQ+ policies this week, including a ban on gay clergy and on penalties for clergy who conduct same-sex marriages.
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Whistleblower for Boeing contractor Spirit Aerosystems dies

Joshua Dean, a former quality auditor who alleged he was fired from his job at a major Boeing contractor in retaliation for raising concerns about the 737 Max jet, died Tuesday morning after a brief illness, according to press reports and social media posts from family members.
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Your cellphone may be causing nearsightedness, now at epidemic levels

Around half of the global population could need corrective lenses by 2050 — a health care burden that already costs Americans an estimated $7.2 billion annually. It’s because myopia, also known as nearsightedness, is at epidemic levels, according to Rochester Institute of Technology professor Andrew Herbert.  
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Tornadoes in Kansas and Oklahoma wreak havoc, with more storms forecast

Deadly thunderstorms, including several tornadoes, ripped across the Great Plains and Corn Belt on Tuesday - capping an abnormally active week and month for twisters in the central states. A violent tornado in Kansas killed one person and injured three more, while a family of tornadoes - including a deviant vortex that spun backward - danced in the dark in southwestern Oklahoma.
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‘He’s like a Talented Mr. Ripley’: Serial scammer Joey Cipolla faces sentencing for life of fraud

By outside appearances, Joey Cipolla was living large. The 30-something Chicago businessman had seemingly made a small fortune buying and selling luxury cars and leasing private airplanes. He was living in a 12,000 square-foot mansion in west suburban Bloomingdale with a Lamborghini and Bentley in the driveway. He piloted his own Cessna, spent money like water and gambled thousands of dollars at a time in Las Vegas and at local casinos. 
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Greene says she’ll trigger motion to vacate next week

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Wednesday she’ll call for a vote to oust Speaker Mike Johnson the week of May 6, escalating her long-running feud with the speaker over his bipartisan dealmaking and decision to put a Ukraine aid package on the House floor.
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Almost 300 protesters arrested in N.Y.; LAPD on UCLA campus

Police arrested about 300 protesters at Columbia University and the City College of New York, authorities said Wednesday morning, after officers in riot gear entered Columbia’s campus Tuesday night, breaching the Hamilton Hall building occupied by pro-Palestinian protesters.
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8 major newspapers join legal backlash against OpenAI, Microsoft

Eight major daily newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune and the New York Daily News, sued OpenAI and Microsoft on Tuesday, joining the backlash to artificial-intelligence companies that have used copyrighted work to train their algorithms without compensating content owners.
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