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'This is what democracy looks like.' Thousands protest Trump administration at Kansas City march
Thousands gathered to “March for Democracy” in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, on Saturday, voicing concerns about what several marchers called an overreach by the federal government on citizens' rights.
Furrowed brows, smiles, shouts and tears occupied the faces of passionate protesters, who bellowed chants that echoed off the concrete sky...Read more

UCF provost Trump taps for NASA CFO is keen on Mars, wary of China
A University of Central Florida faculty member President Trump nominated for NASA chief financial officer sees the moon as a stepping stone to Mars but warns the U.S. needs to fix its space game if it’s going to outplay China.
Trump tapped Greg Autry on Monday for the post. He joined the university in 2024 as associate provost for Space ...Read more

Tesla protests across Bay Area ignite Trump resistance, but intraparty strife ahead
The day after President Donald Trump was inaugurated for the first time in 2017, Cate Schroeder donned a rebellious pink “pussy hat” and took to the streets, joining a momentous Women’s March in downtown San Jose.
On the eve of his second inauguration two months ago, she posted a message with her Facebook group to remember “self-care,�...Read more

Massachusetts Tesla Takedown: Truck driver strikes, injures two protesters in Watertown
The Watertown Police Department is investigating an incident that unfolded at a protest at a Tesla Service Center involving two individuals being injured when a driver of a “black pickup truck” struck them.
According to a press release, police said “the side mirror” of the moving vehicle struck the two individuals during the protest.
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Danish Prime Minister to Visit Greenland Next Week
(Bloomberg) — Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen plans to visit Greenland next week to bolster the commonwealth between the two countries, as the US ramps up its rhetoric about taking over the Arctic island.
Frederiksen will start a three-day tour on April 2, during which she’ll meet with the new Greenlandic premier — Jens-Frederik ...Read more

Israel sends counter-proposal on Gaza deal, moves into Rafah
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said it conveyed a counteroffer to mediators, in coordination with the U.S., following reports that Hamas had agreed to an Egyptian proposal on a potential new truce in Gaza.
Hamas agreed to release five living hostages in exchange for a 50-day ceasefire beginning over Eid al-Fitr, according to ...Read more

Gov. Little touts 'medical freedom' in Idaho, vetoes bill to ban vaccine mandates
Idaho schools for now will be able to continue actions to prevent spreading diseases, after Gov. Brad Little on Saturday vetoed a bill that would prohibit mandates on medical interventions.
Little vetoed Senate Bill 1023, which would have expanded on the state’s previous law prohibiting businesses from requiring COVID-19 vaccines. The bill ...Read more

Southern California health care agencies fear cuts to HIV prevention will cost lives
Statements from the Trump administration that officials are considering cuts to key programs for the prevention of HIV and AIDS are generating outrage among two of the largest LGBTQ+ service organizations in Southern California.
Leaders of the LGBT Center in Los Angeles and DAP Health in the Coachella Valley said that a sharp cut in the Centers...Read more

A Pa. man scratched a swastika into a Tesla, police allege. Musk fans are not pleased
Depending on where you look, it is a bad time to be a Tesla owner.
As the electric vehicle manufacturer’s CEO, Elon Musk, continues his politically divisive slashing of the federal bureaucracy, a protest movement against the billionaire and his company is growing with members of the political left.
Tesla dealerships nationwide have become ...Read more

Israel sends counter-proposal on Gaza deal, moves into Rafah
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said it conveyed a counteroffer to mediators, in coordination with the U.S., following reports that Hamas had agreed to an Egyptian proposal on a potential new truce in Gaza.
Hamas agreed to release five living hostages in exchange for a 50-day ceasefire beginning over Eid al-Fitr, according to ...Read more

ICE agents detain University of Minnesota international graduate student
An international graduate student at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management was detained Thursday by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a situation the U described as “deeply concerning.”
In a statement to students Friday, U President Rebecca Cunningham and two other school officials said the student, ...Read more

'Misguided mission': Senators blast detaining migrants at Guantanamo
Senators who visited the U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where the Trump administration has flown hundreds of migrants for deportation, on Saturday called on the Trump administration to "immediately cease this misguided mission."
The delegation of senators — four Democrats and one Independent — said they were angered that they ...Read more

Denmark rebukes US for tone after Vance's Greenland trip
Denmark’s foreign minister responded to the “tone” of US remarks after Vice President JD Vance visited Greenland, the remote and resource-rich Arctic island coveted by President Donald Trump.
Lars Lokke Rasmussen said Denmark is open to discussions with the U.S., but urged an end to Washington’s hostile messaging.
“Of course, we ...Read more

Cannabis terpenes shown to prevent pain in new study
It's common knowledge that many use cannabis and natural products to treat pain symptoms, especially as the nation reckons with the deadly consequences of the opioid epidemic. But what if aromatic compounds in cannabis could treat chronic pain alone, without the side effects of THC?
These aromatic compounds, called terpenes, give cannabis ...Read more

Trump drama drowns out Canadian Conservatives' election message
Pierre Poilievre seemed to be on an unstoppable march to political victory.
It was late December and Justin Trudeau’s government was in disarray. The Canadian prime minister had lost his finance minister, was deserted by key members of his party and had gone into hiding from the media. Poilievre’s Conservative Party, already well ahead in ...Read more
Evacuations continue Saturday from rapidly spreading North Carolina mountain wildfires
Mandatory evacuations continued in the North Carolina mountains Saturday from rapidly spreading wildfires that firefighters from across the United States have battled for days, emergency officials said.
Three fires that merged to form the Black Cove Complex fire have burned nearly 7,000 acres in Polk and Henderson counties, N.C. Forest Service ...Read more

How is classified information typically shared and can officials declassify secrets whenever they want? A national security expert explains
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg on March 27, 2025, ordered top Trump administration officials to preserve records of their messages sent on the messaging app Signal from March 11 to March 15 following a transparency watchdog group’s lawsuit alleging that the officials have violated the Federal Records Act.
This marked the latest ...Read more

After fires, a concrete Malibu mansion infamously owned by Kayne West might be desirable again
LOS ANGELES -- The tony Malibu home that gained notoriety when Kanye West gutted it before selling it at a multimillion-dollar loss is once again for sale.
The property, listed at $39 million, is in the midst of renovation as its new owner undoes Ye's head-scratching remodeling choices. The home, completed in 2013, was designed by Pritzker ...Read more

'He is my lifeline': Man in limbo after brother from Venezuela is detained by ICE while trying to donate kidney
CHICAGO — For the past year, three days a week for four hours, Alfredo Pacheco, 37, has been undergoing dialysis. Most days, even if he feels ill, he pushes himself to work after the procedure, thinking of his three young children who wait to see him again one day back in Venezuela.
As time passes, however, he feels weaker and a bit more ...Read more

In Altadena, RV dwellers live next to their homes, straddling burn zone and normalcy
LOS ANGELES — To stand in Greg Gill's frontyard in Altadena is to straddle two worlds: The Eaton fire burn zone. And normalcy — or, at least, the appearance of it.
Look to the east down Crosby Street, and there's his neighbor Tina Kardos' house. Still standing. As are houses all down the block. Across the street, there's Mariya Mazarati's ...Read more
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