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Trump warns he may not accept Wisconsin election results

Story by James Oliphant 1h WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump said he may not accept the 2024 election results in Wisconsin, a key battleground state in his matchup with President Joe Biden, leaving open the possibility of post-election turmoil. In an interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Wednesday, Trump said that if he doesn't believe the result in November's election was legitimate, "you have to fight for the right of the country." Trump added, "If ev ...

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Face of a 75,000-year-old Neanderthal woman revealed by scientists

LONDON — She looks pretty good for 75,000 years old. Particularly given that her skull was smashed into 200 pieces, possibly by a rockfall, before it was meticulously pieced together by scientists over the last six years. This is Shanidar Z, a Neanderthal woman whose face was recreated by archaeologists at England’s University of Cambridge. By reimagining her facial features, rather than just the skull itself, the university said a report published on its website Thursday, that expert ...

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Trump pleads with Mar-a-Lago judge to toss case because Dr. Deborah Birx wasn't prosecuted for her 'boxes' of docs

May 2nd, 2024, 11:59 am Attorneys for Donald Trump asked the Mar-a-Lago judge to throw out his indictment, arguing that he is being prosecuted under the Espionage Act unlike several similarly situated others, including Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House COVID-19 pandemic response coordinator remembered for squirming in a chair upon hearing the then president suggest at a press conference that a disinfectant “injection” could help treat coronavirus. The defense began its argument Thursday by a ...

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Robert Kraft says elite schools are to blame for 'hate' on campus

The billionaire owner of the New England Patriots, who was a major donor to Columbia University, took out full-page ads on Thursday blasting elite universities. "The leadership and faculty of so many of our leading educational institutions have failed their students," the 82-year-old sports exec wrote. "They have not only given up their positions of authority but also their moral compasses in upholding the core missions of these colleges and universities — to protect their stude ...

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Apple announces largest-ever $110 billion share buyback as iPhone sales drop 10%

Apple reported fiscal second-quarter earnings on Thursday that were slightly higher than Wall Street expectations, but showed overall revenue down 4%, and iPhone sales falling 10%. Apple announced that its board had authorized $110 billion in share repurchases, the largest in the company’s history, and a 22% increase over last year’s $90 billion authorization. Apple shares rose 3% in extended trading. Apple did not provide formal guidance, but Apple CEO Tim Cook told CNBC’s Steve Kovach tha ...

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Biden says "order must prevail" on college campuses, but National Guard should not intervene

(CBS News) President Biden on Thursday said "order must prevail" on college campuses, as some of the pro-Palestinian protests have turned violent, insisting it's his responsibility to protect the "rule of law" as much as freedom of expression. But Mr. Biden told reporters Thursday that "no," the National Guard should not intervene on college campuses. He also said the protests do not change his position and policies toward the Hamas-Israel war.

"Vandalism, trespassing, breaking windows, shutting down campuses, forcing the cancellation of classes and graduations — none of this is a peaceful protest," the president said from the White House's Roosevelt Room. "Threatening people, intimidating people, instilling fear in people is not a peaceful protest. It's against the law. Dissent is essential to democracy, but dissent must never lead to disorder or to denying the rights of others so students can finish the semester and their college education." The president said "dissent is essential to democracy," but that dissent must not turn into chaos and violence.

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Louisiana Lawmakers Move to Criminalize Possession of Abortion Pills

(Rolling Stone) Louisiana lawmakers are trying to quietly criminalize possession of the most commonly used abortion pills. In a move that took the state’s abortion advocates and OB-GYNs by surprise, last-minute amendments that would place mifepristone and misoprostol on the state’s list of controlled substances were added to a bill focused on making “coerced criminal abortion by means of fraud” a crime. Abortion is almost completely illegal in Louisiana. Mifepristone and misoprostol both have other uses.

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Democrats target statehouses to bolster abortion efforts in 2024

(USA Today) Voters in a slew of states could see abortion protections explicitly on the ballot this year, in the form of proposed constitutional amendments. To be effective, though, Democrats say they’ll also need to secure statehouse victories in 2024. The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, an organization focused on electing Democrats at the state level, said in a memo Thursday that these referendums “can be an immediate or initial fix, but the long term building of power in state legislatures is the most effective way” to secure abortion access for Americans across the country.

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US military pier to begin operations off Gaza as soon as this weekend

(Politico) The U.S. military-built pier off the coast of Gaza will be up and running as early as this weekend, and aid is expected to begin flowing into the enclave soon afterward, according to a U.S. official and a European official. Officials are expected to make a decision on allowing the project to begin operations by Friday, meaning aid could begin flowing to Palestinians as early as Saturday or Sunday, the U.S. official said.

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Israel allows trucks from newly reopened Erez crossing into Gaza after U.S. pressure

(Reuters) Israel reopened the sole crossing on the northern edge of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, allowing aid trucks to pass through the Erez checkpoint following U.S. demands to do more to address the growing humanitarian crisis. Reopening the Erez crossing has been one of the main pleas of international aid agencies for months, to alleviate hunger which is believed to be most severe among the hundreds of thousands of civilians in the enclave's northern sector.

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Biden calls US ally Japan 'xenophobic' along with India, Russia and China

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Robert Kraft says elite schools are to blame for 'hate' on campus

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Face of a 75,000-year-old Neanderthal woman revealed by scientists

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East Texas veteran who assaulted police on Jan. 6 Capitol gets nearly 7 years in federal prison

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Trump pleads with Mar-a-Lago judge to toss case because Dr. Deborah Birx wasn't prosecuted for her 'boxes' of docs

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