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ICE detainee deaths skyrocket amid immigration crackdown

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U.S. News - FAA accepting bids for AI system to assist air traffic controllers - April 18 (UPI) -- The FAA is working to develop artificial intelligence software to help air traffic controllers manage flights across the nation's airspace.

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U.S. News -- Tornadoes cause damage in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois; no injuries

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Odd News -- Three sentenced for fake bear attack insurance scam -- Three people were sentenced this week in an insurance fraud scam that saw them wear a bear costume while damaging luxury cars in California.

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U.S. News -- Trump signs order to speed research on psychedelics for mental health -- President Donald Trump signed an executive order Saturday to accelerate research for some psychedelic drugs to treat mental health disorders.

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U.S. News -- Judge blocks Trump administration's pre-emptive lawsuit against Hawaii -- A federal judge on Friday blocked a suit against the state of Hawaii that was filed by the federal government to prevent it from suing oil companies.

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Baby elephant Linh Mai makes first public appearance

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This week in Washington

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NASA successfully launches Artemis II

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Protestors rally as ousted Maduro has court appearance in NYC

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The Met previews 'Raphael: Sublime Poetry' exhibition

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Entertainment News -- Parent company of QVC files for chapter 11 protection -- The parent company of QVC, which owns the QVC and Home Shopping Network group of channels, plans to file for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

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U.S. News -- Nearly one-third of U.S. may see aurora borealis overnight -- Nearly one-third of the U.S. could be among areas the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said could see the aurora borealis in the sky.

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U.S. News -- Carnival Cruises ordered to pay $300,000 for overserving woman -- Carnival Cruise Line must pay a California woman $300,000 in a lawsuit over serving her 14 shots of tequila before she fell down a stairwell.

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U.S. News -- French widow, 85, released from ICE custody and returned home -- An 85-year-old woman from France whose late husband was a U.S. veteran returned to France Friday after being detained by ICE for 16 days.

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U.S. News -- Anthropic CEO meeting White House chief of staff -- Dario Amodei, CEO of AI company Anthropic, is meeting with White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles Friday amid a lawsuit against the administration.

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U.S. News -- Analilia Meijia keeps New Jersey House seat for Democrats -- Analilia Mejia won the vacant U.S. House seat in New Jersey in a special election on Thursday, maintaining control of the seat for Democrats.

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U.S. News -- GOP wins temporary extension of FISA surveillance powers in House -- Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives backed a 10-day extension of a controversial surveillance clause of the FISA Act to prevent it expiring.

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World News -- Trump says Iran has agreed to 'hand back' its enriched uranium stocks -- President Donald Trump claimed Iran has bowed to U.S. pressure that it should never have a nuclear weapon and agreed to hand over its 'nuclear dust.'

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U.S. News -- Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons to step down May 31 -- Todd Lyons is to resign as acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to the Trump administration.

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U.S. News -- Judge halts above-ground White House ballroom construction -- All above-ground construction of the White House ballroom must be stopped amid litigation, a federal judge ordered Thursday, in ongoing litigation.

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U.S. News -- Singer D4vd arrested on suspicion of murdering missing teen -- Police arrest singer D4vd for the murder of a missing 14-year-old girl, whose decomposing body had been found in the trunk of his Tesla.

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U.S. News -- U.S. bars entry to 26 people as visa restriction policy expands -- The United States blacklisted 26 people under an expansion of a visa restriction policy that seeks to expand U.S. influence in the Western Hemisphere.

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Iran blocks Strait of Hormuz, fires on commercial ships

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Pope Leo XIV flies to Angola, says he is not debating Trump

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Supreme Court rules for Chevron in Louisiana wetlands damage case

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Life jacket of Titanic survivor sold for $900K at auction

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Donald Trump, Melania Trump host Easter Egg Roll

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