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11-year-old boy shot in head in St. Paul, Minnesota; 2 in custody including 13-year-old girl

ST. PAUL, Minn. —Police are investigating after they say an 11-year-old boy was shot in the head on Friday night. The shooting happened around 9 p.m. on the 800 block of Pierce Butler Route in St. Paul. The 13-year-old suspected shooter was found five minutes away along Charles Avenue, according to police. She was taken into custody. Wheeler said she …

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Bay Area animal rescues urge parents to avoid adopting Easter bunnies for their kids

As Easter arrives, Bay Area parents are being urged to avoid buying real bunnies for their kids. It’s the time of year when rabbits show up in shelters, after families realize they are unable to care for them. Just days before Easter, Ben Vandivier, a father of two, found himself in a hare-raising predicament. “You tell your kids that you’re …

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Christians in Jerusalem cautiously celebrate Easter amid Israel-Hamas war

As the war between Israel and Hamas continues in Gaza, many Christian pilgrims have stayed away from the Holy Land this Easter, but in Jerusalem, the thousands of Christians who live in the city have begun to celebrate annual rituals amid an increasingly hostile environment. On Good Friday, Christian pilgrims could be seen filling the city’s ancient alleyways, praying and …

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Timeline to reopen Port of Baltimore unclear as collapsed Key Bridge cleanup begins

BALTIMORE — A massive salvaging effort is underway to reopen the Port of Baltimore after the deadly collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The Navy has mobilized a 1,000-ton lift capacity derrick barge, a 400-ton lift-capacity revolving crane barge and a 160-ton revolving crane to help lift debris from the water, a huge undertaking in the works. Officials say …

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Israel accused of killing dozens of Syria troops and Hezbollah fighters with major airstrikes near Aleppo

Beirut— The Syrian army said Friday that Israeli airstrikes near the northern city of Aleppo had killed or wounded “a number of” people and caused damage. A war monitoring group said the strikes killed 44 people, most of them Syrian troops. The U.K.-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor group, said Israeli strikes hit missile depots belonging …

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What U.S. consumers should know about the health supplement linked to 5 deaths in Japan

The recall of red yeast products linked to at least five deaths in Japan may have Americans questioning the safety of a range of dietary supplements containing the ingredient and readily found online and in stores. Billed as a natural means of lowering cholesterol, the products recalled by Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. contain benikoji, an ingredient derived from a species of …

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3 cheapest ways to pay off credit card debt

Credit card debt can be expensive. Depending on how high your credit card debt is, you could end up paying thousands of dollars in interest on what you owe — and thepay-off process could take decades. And, right now, your credit card debt could be costing you more than it has in the past. The federal funds rate is currentlypaused …

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Californias fast-food workers are now the highest paid in U.S. with new $20 per hour wage

Most California fast-food workers are now earning at least $20 an hour — the highest minimum wage across the U.S. restaurant industry. Yet the pay hike, which went into effect on April 1, is sparking furious debate, with some restaurant owners warning of job losses and higher prices for customers, while labor advocates tout the benefits of higher wages. The …

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Fulton County DA Fani Willis plans to take a lead role in trying Trump case

Two weeks after Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis survived a bid by defense lawyers to have her disqualified from the Georgia election interference case, she has all but taken over the case personally, focusing intensely on legal strategy and getting her team in fighting form for trial. In a significant move along these lines, according to a source close …

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Trump and co-defendants ask appeals court to review ruling allowing Fani Willis to stay on Georgia election case

Former President Donald Trump and eight other defendants accused of illegally trying to interfere in the 2020 election in Georgia on Friday submitted a formal application to appeal a judge’s ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to remain on the case. Trump and other defendants had tried to get Willis and her office tossed off the case, saying …

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