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Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham was attacked and doused with an unknown substance in Los Angeles

Lindsey Buckingham, the 76-year-old rock guitarist best known for his decades with Fleetwood Mac, was attacked while arriving for an appointment in Santa Monica on Wednesday. A woman hurled an unidentified substance at Buckingham as he entered the building, then…
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Jonathan the tortoise is alive: viral death post was a crypto scam, not an April Fools' joke

The world's oldest known tortoise is not dead. Jonathan, the roughly 193-year-old giant tortoise who lives on the grounds of Plantation House on the remote island of St Helena, is alive and well, despite a viral social media post that…
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Florida teacher allegedly dated the student's mother to sexually assault her 13-year-old daughter

A former Florida middle school teacher stands accused of one of the more calculated predatory schemes in recent memory: dating a student's mother for the sole purpose of gaining access to her 13-year-old daughter. Daniel Le Lievre, 41, was arrested…
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Congress finds time to invite King Charles but not to reopen DHS after 46 days

Bipartisan leaders of the House and Senate have formally invited King Charles III to address a joint meeting of Congress on April 28, 2026. The invitation, confirmed by reporter Jake Sherman on April 1, arrives while the Department of Homeland…
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Trump signs executive order requiring citizenship verification for mail-in ballots before 2026 midterms

President Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday, tightening the rules around mail-in voting, directing federal agencies to build state-by-state citizenship verification lists that will determine who receives an absentee ballot ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The order is…
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Trump signals U.S. exit from Iran within weeks, says nuclear goal 'has been attained'

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Operation Epic Fury in Iran will wrap up in two to three weeks, declaring the core objective of the campaign already accomplished. "I think two or three weeks; we'll leave, because there's no reason…
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Cory Booker accuses Trump of corruption on MSNBC, offers no evidence, and no alternative

Sen. Cory Booker took to MSNBC on Tuesday to level sweeping accusations of corruption against President Donald Trump, claiming on "Deadline" that the president is "openly grifting millions of dollars" through cryptocurrency ventures. The accusations arrived without a single named…
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D.C. mayor demands permanent youth curfew as council faces Tuesday vote on emergency extension

Mayor Muriel Bowser wants Washington, D.C.'s youth curfew made permanent, calling the council's repeated cycle of temporary extensions "games" as lawmakers prepare to vote Tuesday on whether to keep the emergency measure alive past its April 15 expiration date. The…
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Ohio doctor accused of paying a teen girl vape pens and cash for sex was found dead before his arraignment

Francis J. Kearse III, a 43-year-old emergency medicine specialist in Ohio, was found dead from a suspected self-inflicted gunshot wound just before 6 p.m. on March 27 in the 5400 block of Howe Road in Trenton, a rural city halfway…
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American journalist Shelly Kittleson was kidnapped in Iraq by a suspect with ties to an Iranian-backed militia

Al-Monitor announced Tuesday that Shelly Kittleson, an award-winning American journalist and freelance contributor to the outlet, has been kidnapped in Iraq. Her whereabouts and condition remain unknown. The State Department quickly pointed to a familiar villain. Assistant Secretary of State…
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