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600 pounds of marijuana stolen from Colorado State Patrol evidence trailer

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DENVER — About 600 pounds of marijuana scheduled to be destroyed was stolen from a Colorado State Patrol evidence trailer last week, according to the agency.

The theft was discovered Friday morning when an evidence technician was conducting a property walkthrough of the Arapahoe County facility, according to a news release from Colorado State...Read more

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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer pushes for 'strategic' tariffs in D.C. speech ahead of Trump meeting

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WASHINGTON — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called for a tariff exemption for autos and energy ahead of a planned meeting Wednesday with President Donald Trump.

She made the pitch as part of a morning speech on manufacturing policy about a block from the White House.

"Let's carve out autos and energy, both of which are critical to ...Read more

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Rep. Jamie Raskin, lawmakers seek 'urgent meeting' over deep cuts at Maryland-based FDA

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WASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin and other Maryland lawmakers are seeking an “urgent meeting” with the Maryland-based Food and Drug Administration’s new commissioner over deep cuts that lawmakers fear could undermine its mission, including its response to the bird flu outbreak.

“Entire offices were reportedly eliminated, ...Read more

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NYC Mayor Eric Adams' office issues order allowing ICE, fed agencies on Rikers Island

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NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ office issued an executive order late Tuesday allowing ICE agents to operate on Rikers Island — a move sought by President Donald Trump’s administration that comes on the heels of his Justice Department securing a dismissal of the mayor’s federal corruption indictment.

Adams first said on Feb...Read more

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Roof collapse at Dominican nightclub kills 113, including merengue icon Rubby Pérez

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In one of the deadliest tragedies in the Dominican Republic’s history, at least 113 people were killed when the roof of a popular Santo Domingo nightclub collapsed early Tuesday morning. Among the victims was legendary merengue singer Rubby Pérez, who was performing at the time of the collapse.

The incident occurred at Jet Set, one of the ...Read more

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China raises tariffs on US goods to 84% as trade rift worsens

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China retaliated against new tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump by announcing it would raise duties on U.S. goods, roiling markets and deepening a trade war between the world’s largest economies.

The Chinese government will impose an 84% tariff on all imports from the U.S. starting April 10, the Finance Ministry said in a statement ...Read more

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Former red-light camera company exec to testify in bribery trial of Illinois Sen. Emil Jones III

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CHICAGO — Former red-light camera company executive Omar Maani, one of the more prolific FBI moles in recent Chicago history, is expected to take a federal witness stand for the first time Wednesday as the bribery trial of state Sen. Emil Jones III kicks off in earnest.

Maani, a co-founder of SafeSpeed LLC who began cooperating with federal ...Read more

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ULA sets up for 1st launch of year on landmark Amazon satellite mission

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United Launch Alliance has not had a rocket lift off since last fall, but its first one of 2025 is set to open the gates for dozens planned to proliferate Amazon’s internet satellite constellation Project Kuiper.

An Atlas V rocket is targeting liftoff at 7 p.m. from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 41 on the Kuiper ...Read more

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Georgia public health board frets over measles, Kennedy vaccine message

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ATLANTA — Georgia public health leaders on Tuesday underscored the gravity of the Texas measles outbreak, and expressed concern over the impact of misinformation from Washington.

Three unvaccinated people are the only Georgia measles cases so far this year. All recovered. Georgia Department of Public Health workers in a public meeting Tuesday...Read more

Colorado’s early childhood education workers face burnout and health disparities, but a wellness campaign could help

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A lot of research has been done on the outcomes of young children who receive care in early education programs across the country. High-quality early childhood education programs positively shape young children’s development. Far less research has focused on the early childhood workforce that powers these programs.

We set out to ...Read more

Americans die earlier at all wealth levels, even if wealth buys more years of life in the US than in Europe

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Americans at all wealth levels are more likely to die sooner than their European counterparts, with even the richest U.S. citizens living shorter lives than northern and western Europeans. That is the key finding of our new study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

We also found that while the wealthiest Americans live ...Read more

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China raises tariffs on US goods to 84% as trade rift worsens

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China retaliated to new tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump, announcing it would raise duties on U.S. goods to 84%, deepening a trade war between the world’s largest economies.

The latest Chinese countermeasures are effective April 10, according to a government statement Wednesday. China’s move came hours after Trump’s sweeping ...Read more

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Netanyahu tightens grip on Israel with Trump back in power

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is used to weathering storms over almost three decades in and out of power — and is starting to flex his muscles again after a recent run of adversity.

Bolstered by a right-wing ruling coalition that’s held firm throughout the war in Gaza and simmering tensions with Iran, the Israeli leader has ...Read more

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Supreme Court immigration ruling: Due process in theory, deportation in practice

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court's ruling allowing the Trump administration to continue deporting immigrants under an 18th century wartime law was hailed as a victory by both the federal government and those challenging the deportations.

The high court left many questions about the law unanswered, experts said, which explains, in part, the ...Read more

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'It's a shambles': DOGE cuts bring chaos, long waits at Social Security for seniors

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When Veronica Sanchez called a Social Security hotline Thursday, she waited two hours before her call was abruptly disconnected.

On Friday, she was on hold for six hours and still did not get through to anyone.

“I’m gonna have to take time out of my work to stand in line and hopefully get this resolved,” the 52-year-old medical practice ...Read more

Serial child molester gets 480-year sentence for abusing young relatives

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LOS ANGELES — An Oxnard man who served time in the late 1980s for child molestation was sentenced Monday to 480 years to life in prison after prosecutors say he spent nearly a decade after his release sexually assaulting two young children in his family.

A jury last month found Marcelino Arias Arca, 68, guilty of six felony counts of lewd ...Read more

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NYC Mayor Eric Adams' office issues order allowing ICE, fed agencies on Rikers

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NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams’ office issued an executive order late Tuesday allowing ICE agents to operate on Rikers Island — a move sought by President Donald Trump’s administration that comes on the heels of his Justice Department securing a dismissal of the mayor’s federal corruption indictment.

Adams first said on Feb. 13 he would ...Read more

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About 90% of migrants sent to El Salvador lacked US criminal record

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Trump administration officials have described the men deported to El Salvador prisons last month as “the worst of the worst,” suggesting they were gang members involved in murder, rape and kidnapping.

The reality is that of 238 migrants — mostly Venezuelan — that officials accused of belonging to the Tren de Aragua gang and expelled to...Read more

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Capitulate or resist? Trump threats spur different responses, and alarm for democracy

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Alarmed by President Donald Trump's unprecedented effort to punish law firms he doesn't like, UC Berkeley Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky emailed nearly 200 fellow law school deans across the country last month, asking them to join him in condemning the attacks.

"The government should not use its enormous power to exact retribution," ...Read more

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4 novels of murder, set in the picturesque beauty of national parks

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Road trip! Pack your rations, hiking boots and water bottles.

Join me on a literary tour through four atmospheric mysteries, set in and around our country’s national parks.

A Murder in Zion

First stop is Zion National Park in Utah, where the sun cresting over the mountains bathes rock cliffs in a “ruby light.” In Nicole Maggi’s ...Read more