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Louisiana Gunman Kills at Least 8 Children in Morning Shooting Spree
By Jacki Thrapp At least eight children were killed during a shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana, on the morning of April 19. The deceased victims range in age from 1 to approximately 14 years old, according to preliminary crime scene data shared by Shreveport Police. Shreveport Police Department spokesperson Christopher Bordelon confirmed that some of the…
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Abbott Threatens $200 Million in Funding Cuts Across Texas’s Largest Cities Over ICE Policies
By Kimberly Hayek Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on April 16 threatened to cut more than $200 million in public safety grants from Houston, Dallas, and Austin if the cities continue local policies that Abbott’s office says illegally limit police collaboration with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Dallas and Austin received formal warning letters on…
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USDA Disqualifies 1,562 Retailers, Prevents $835 Million in Fraudulent SNAP Transactions
By Naveen Athrappully The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service has disqualified 1,562 retailers associated with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and disabled 760 illegal point-of-sale devices since Oct. 1, 2025. This has resulted in the prevention of nearly $835 million in fraudulent SNAP transactions, Stephen Vaden, deputy secretary of the Department…
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$521 Billion Fraud Landscape: What to Know
By Sylvia Xu The federal government lost up to half a trillion dollars to fraud each year over a five-year period, according to an April 15 report from the Government Accountability Office. That’s enough to employ a million people for seven years or purchase a million homes. Federally funded, state-run programs are major targets, according…
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Coast Guard Offloads $28 Million Worth of Seized Cocaine in Miami Beach
By Naveen Athrappully The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tampa offloaded roughly 3,825 pounds of cocaine valued at over $28 million at Base Miami Beach on Thursday. The seized cocaine is enough to kill more than 1.4 million U.S. citizens, the U.S. Coast Guard said in an April 16 statement. The seizure was the…
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2nd Round of Iran Peace Talks Could Come This Weekend, Trump Says
By Ryan Morgan A second round of peace talks between the United States and Iran could take place this weekend, President Donald Trump told reporters on April 16. “It’s looking very good that we’re going to make a deal with Iran, and it’s going to be a good deal. It’s going to be a deal…
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Trump Says Israel, Lebanon Agree to 10-Day Ceasefire After Calls
By Owen Evans U.S. President Donald Trump said Israel and Lebanon have agreed to begin a 10-day ceasefire. In an April 16 post on Truth Social, Trump said he had “excellent conversations” with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, adding that the two sides agreed to formally begin a ceasefire at…
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Alzheimer’s Drugs Have No ‘Meaningful Effect’ on Cognitive Decline: Review
By Zachary Stieber A class of Alzheimer’s drugs that have only been available for several years did not appear to have any “clinically meaningful effects,” according to a new review of clinical trial data. Monoclonal antibodies that target plaque called amyloid beta in the brain showed little impact across 17 trials, Francesco Nonino, a neurologist…
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Gas Prices Could Return to $3 by September: Treasury Secretary
By Andrew Moran Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said gasoline prices could ease back toward $3 a gallon by September following a sharp increase triggered by the war in Iran. The conflict—now nearing its eighth week—has driven a rapid surge in fuel costs. The national average was about $2.90 per gallon before the fighting began. As…
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Trump Says He’s Prepared to Nominate Multiple Supreme Court Justices
By Jack Phillips President Donald Trump in an interview that was aired Wednesday said he is ready to name replacements for any Supreme Court justice should they retire. “It could be two, could be three, could be one. I don’t know—I’m prepared to do it,” he told Fox Business’s Maria Bartiromo in an interview that…
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