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• Lawyers for Harvard in Trump administration dispute are no strangers to high-profile legal matters - AP News

  1. Lawyers for Harvard in Trump administration dispute are no strangers to high-profile legal matters  AP News
  2. Harvard just stood up to Trump. How long can it last?  BBC
  3. A professor at Harvard was studying ALS. He lost his funding after the federal freeze  CNN
  4. How Harvard’s pushback against Trump may embolden more US resistance  The Guardian
  5. The Promise of American Higher Education  Harvard University

• Judge rebukes Trump officials for not securing return of wrongly deported man - The Guardian

  1. Judge rebukes Trump officials for not securing return of wrongly deported man  The Guardian
  2. Judge Rebukes Trump Officials, Ordering Steps to Return Abrego Garcia From El Salvador  The New York Times
  3. In its pursuit of a policy, Donald Trump’s government is content to destroy a man  The Economist
  4. Scoop: Top House Democrats are trying to send a delegation to El Salvador  Axios
  5. Judge in Abrego Garcia case says there’s no evidence Trump administration is following her orders  CNN

• Joe Biden will speak about Social Security in his return to national stage - ABC News

  1. Joe Biden will speak about Social Security in his return to national stage  ABC News
  2. Joe Biden gives first speech since leaving White House  BBC
  3. Joe Biden accuses Trump and Musk of taking ‘hatchet’ to social security  The Guardian
  4. Biden returns to podium for first time to slam Trump's Social Security plans: 'Wreck it so they could rob it'  Fox News
  5. Biden, breaking his silence, slams Trump on Social Security cuts  The Washington Post

• Oakland mayor’s race: No winner yet - The Oaklandside

  1. Oakland mayor’s race: No winner yet  The Oaklandside
  2. Live election results: Oakland mayor, city council, measure A  KTVU
  3. Race for Oakland mayor too close to call as Barbara Lee predicts ‘a long week’  Politico
  4. Polls close in Oakland mayor special election  KRON4
  5. Oakland mayoral election: City charter makes governing difficult for whoever is elected  ABC7 San Francisco

• GOP Sen. Grassley faces frustrated Iowans at town hall: ‘Are you proud of Trump?’ - CNN

  1. GOP Sen. Grassley faces frustrated Iowans at town hall: ‘Are you proud of Trump?’  CNN
  2. Grassley Draws Jeers From Constituents at Raucous Town Hall  The New York Times
  3. Listen to voters ask Sen. Grassley if they can ignore court orders like Trump  The Independent
  4. Senator Chuck Grassley grilled at Iowa town hall over ‘shameful’ Trump policies  The Guardian
  5. Grassley gets pressed in Iowa, scuffles at Marjorie Taylor Greene town hall  ABC News

• Exclusive: Top Hegseth adviser Dan Caldwell put on leave in Pentagon leak probe - Reuters

  1. Exclusive: Top Hegseth adviser Dan Caldwell put on leave in Pentagon leak probe  Reuters
  2. Top Hegseth advisor Dan Caldwell placed on administrative leave by Defense Department  Fox News
  3. Top Pentagon Adviser Dan Caldwell Put on Leave in Leak Probe  The New York Times
  4. Hegseth adviser placed on leave after investigation into Pentagon leaks  The Guardian
  5. Trump admin live updates: Hunter Biden whistleblower expected to be acting IRS chief, sources say  ABC News

• Protesters tased, arrested at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's Georgia town hall - ABC News

  1. Protesters tased, arrested at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's Georgia town hall  ABC News
  2. Protester tasered and arrested at Republican town hall  BBC
  3. 2 Protesters at Marjorie Taylor Greene Town Hall Are Subdued With Stun Guns  The New York Times
  4. Police tase 2 demonstrators at Marjorie Taylor Greene's town hall  NBC News
  5. Marjorie Taylor Greene laughs off protests to deliver pro-Trump message at Georgia town hall  AP News

• White House exploring legality of sending U.S. citizens to foreign prisons - Axios

  1. White House exploring legality of sending U.S. citizens to foreign prisons  Axios
  2. Attorney general dodges question on Trump proposal to jail US citizens in El Salvador  The Guardian
  3. 'Obviously illegal': Experts pan Trump's plan to deport ‘homegrown criminals’  NBC News
  4. Experts: $6 million payment to Salvadoran prison likely violates US human rights law  Baltimore Sun
  5. Trump 'looking into' legality of deporting U.S. citizens to foreign prisons, White House says  CNBC

• Major DC budget cuts include hiring freeze, no more overtime pay - WTOP

  1. Major DC budget cuts include hiring freeze, no more overtime pay  WTOP
  2. Bowser now preparing for possible furloughs and layoffs in DC government  WUSA9
  3. DC mayor orders government hiring, spending freezes  NBC4 Washington
  4. D.C. Mayor Prepares City for Cuts After Congress Goes on Break  The New York Times
  5. Breakfast links: Bowser invokes 2009 law to soften budget cuts  Greater Greater Washington

• Dallas high school shooting suspect in custody after four students wounded - The Guardian

  1. Dallas high school shooting suspect in custody after four students wounded  The Guardian
  2. Suspect in connection to Wilmer-Hutchins High School shooting in custody  NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
  3. At least 4 students injured in shooting at Wilmer-Hutchins High School in Dallas  Fox News
  4. Dallas school shooting: 4 hurt at Wilmer-Hutchins High School, suspect in custody  FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth
  5. At least 4 hospitalized in Dallas ISD's Wilmer-Hutchins High School shooting, suspect in custody, officials say  WFAA

• Supreme Court to announce ruling on definition of a woman - BBC

  1. Supreme Court to announce ruling on definition of a woman  BBC
  2. UK supreme court to rule on legal definition of a woman  The Guardian
  3. UK's highest court to rule on definition of 'woman' under equality laws  Reuters
  4. What could the For Women Scotland judgment mean for women’s rights?  The Spectator
  5. U.K. Supreme Court to rule on landmark challenge over legal definition of a woman  NPR

• Four journalists who were accused of working for Kremlin foe Navalny are convicted of extremism - AP News

  1. Four journalists who were accused of working for Kremlin foe Navalny are convicted of extremism  AP News
  2. Journalists accused of working for Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny convicted of extremism  NBC News
  3. Four Russian journalists linked to late Kremlin critic Navalny sentenced at Moscow court  CNN
  4. Russia jails former DW journalists over Navalny ties  DW
  5. Russian journalists jailed for 5-1/2 years for alleged extremist ties to Navalny  Reuters

• Trump envoy demands Iran eliminate nuclear programme in apparent U-turn - The Guardian

  1. Trump envoy demands Iran eliminate nuclear programme in apparent U-turn  The Guardian
  2. Witkoff in Apparent Reversal Says Iran Must Halt Nuclear Enrichment  WSJ
  3. Trump holds Situation Room meeting on Iran, officials say  Reuters
  4. Iran’s Negotiating Position Gets Worse and Worse  The Atlantic
  5. Iran ‘must stop and eliminate’ nuclear enrichment, says US envoy Witkoff  Al Jazeera

• A colossal squid is filmed in its natural habitat for the first time - NPR

  1. A colossal squid is filmed in its natural habitat for the first time  NPR
  2. The First Ever Sighting of a Colossal Squid  The New York Times
  3. Scientists captured the first-ever footage of a colossal squid in the deep sea after a 100-year search. It's a baby.  Yahoo
  4. In a surprising deep sea first, a colossal squid is caught on camera  National Geographic
  5. First ever confirmed image of a colossal squid in the deep ocean  New Scientist

• China Q1 GDP growth beats expectations, but US tariff shock looms large - Reuters

  1. China Q1 GDP growth beats expectations, but US tariff shock looms large  Reuters
  2. Trump tariffs: China warns of trade war impact even as economy grows faster than expected  BBC
  3. China Girds for Economic Stress of Trump’s Tariffs  The New York Times
  4. Strong China GDP Growth Fails to Stem Calls for Urgent Stimulus  Bloomberg.com
  5. China posts unexpectedly strong economic growth before tariffs bite  CNN

• S&P 500 futures slide as Nvidia shares tumble, traders await retail sales data: Live updates - CNBC

  1. S&P 500 futures slide as Nvidia shares tumble, traders await retail sales data: Live updates  CNBC
  2. Trump administration backs off Nvidia's 'H20' chip crackdown after Mar-a-Lago dinner  NPR
  3. Asian Stocks, US Futures Slide After Nvidia Curbs: Markets Wrap  Bloomberg.com
  4. Exclusive: Nvidia kept some China customers in the dark about new US chip clampdown, sources say  Reuters
  5. Asian shares fall as Nvidia, other tech companies are walloped by US controls on AI chips  5 EYEWITNESS NEWS

• United Airlines Stock Jumps on Earnings. What to Know. - Barron's

  1. United Airlines Stock Jumps on Earnings. What to Know.  Barron's
  2. CNBC Daily Open: Turbulence in economy forces United Airlines to offer 2 earnings forecasts  CNBC
  3. United says it will cut flights this summer as airlines brace for an economic slowdown  Business Insider
  4. United Airlines Is So Unsure About the Economy It Offers Two Profit Scenarios  Bloomberg.com
  5. United Airlines Reduces Domestic Capacity, Citing ‘Current Demand Environment’  PYMNTS.com

• Nvidia Supplier Stocks Drop on Latest China Export Restrictions - Bloomberg.com

  1. Nvidia Supplier Stocks Drop on Latest China Export Restrictions  Bloomberg.com
  2. Critical chip firm ASML posts lower-than-expected net bookings in first quarter  CNBC
  3. ASML Orders Miss Forecasts as It Warns on Tariff Volatility  WSJ
  4. Global Tech Stocks Slump as ASML Warning Adds to Nvidia Curbs  Yahoo Finance
  5. ASML says tariffs cloud outlook for 2025 and 2026  Reuters

• For security, Android phones will now auto-reboot after three days - TechCrunch

  1. For security, Android phones will now auto-reboot after three days  TechCrunch
  2. Google Update Makes Your Android More Like An iPhone  Forbes
  3. Your Android phone is getting a new security secret weapon - how it works  ZDNET
  4. Google rolling out auto-restart security feature to Android phones  9to5Google
  5. Android phones will soon reboot themselves after sitting unused for 3 days  Ars Technica

• Skullcandy partners with Bose for its new $99 ANC earbuds - The Verge

  1. Skullcandy partners with Bose for its new $99 ANC earbuds  The Verge
  2. Skullcandy’s new Method 360 ANC earbuds have been tuned by Bose  Engadget
  3. Skullcandy Rail ANC Review: Premium Sound And Features At A Mid-Range Price  Mashable India
  4. Skullcandy and Bose team up to launch Method 360 ANC earbuds  KalingaTV
  5. Skullcandy announce the new Method 360 ANC earbuds with sound by Bose  EFTM

• Alleged Pixel 10 series wallpapers leak with vibrant colors and a strange new theme [Gallery] - 9to5Google

  1. Alleged Pixel 10 series wallpapers leak with vibrant colors and a strange new theme [Gallery]  9to5Google
  2. Download the Google Pixel 10 wallpapers here  Android Authority

• Google brings Veo 2 video generation to Gemini Advanced - Engadget

  1. Google brings Veo 2 video generation to Gemini Advanced  Engadget
  2. Generate videos in Gemini and Whisk with Veo 2  Google Blog
  3. Google Launches Expanded AI Text-to-Video Generation Tools  Social Media Today
  4. Google's Veo 2 AI text-to-video generator is now available - how to try it  ZDNET
  5. Google Gemini's AI Videos Are Here, but They're Underwhelming at Launch  CNET

• Betsy Arakawa, Gene Hackman’s Wife, Asked About Flulike Symptoms Before Deaths - The New York Times

  1. Betsy Arakawa, Gene Hackman’s Wife, Asked About Flulike Symptoms Before Deaths  The New York Times
  2. Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa’s cluttered, rodent ‘breeding ground’ home seen in new police photos  Yahoo
  3. Santa Fe County Sheriff releases body camera footage of Hackman investigation  KRQE
  4. Investigators in Gene Hackman's death release footage from inside home, wife Betsy's online search history  Fox News
  5. Gene Hackman investigation findings: Rodents on property, dog stayed by Betsy Arakawa’s side  NBC News

• Emily Ratajkowski Slams All-Female Blue Origin Space Flight: “Privilege Is Not an Accomplishment” - The Hollywood Reporter

  1. Emily Ratajkowski Slams All-Female Blue Origin Space Flight: “Privilege Is Not an Accomplishment”  The Hollywood Reporter
  2. When Did Katy Perry & Husband Orlando Bloom Split Up? Relationship Update for 2025  Yahoo
  3. Lauren Sánchez and Gayle King Hit Back at Blue Origin Flight Criticism: ‘I Get Really Fired Up’  People.com
  4. The Perfect Pop Star for a Dumb Stunt  The Atlantic
  5. Katy Perry and Blue Origin flight crew blasted by celebrities ‘disgusted’ over mission  Fox News

• Seth Rogen's Joke About Donald Trump At Breakthrough Prize Cut Out Of Awards Show Following Livestream - Deadline

  1. Seth Rogen's Joke About Donald Trump At Breakthrough Prize Cut Out Of Awards Show Following Livestream  Deadline
  2. Seth Rogen’s Criticism of Silicon Valley’s Support for Trump Was Cut From the “Full” Stream of Breakthrough Prize  The Hollywood Reporter
  3. Seth Rogen calls out Silicon Valley’s Trump support in cut awards-show remarks: Report  The Hill
  4. Seth Rogen’s Onstage Roast of Trump Edited Out of Awards Show After Livestream: He ‘Single-Handedly Destroyed All of American Science’  Variety
  5. Seth Rogen’s Trump joke cut by awards ceremony co-founded by Mark Zuckerberg  The Independent

• Wink Martindale, the genial game show host and an early TV interviewer of Elvis Presley, dies at 91 - AP News

  1. Wink Martindale, the genial game show host and an early TV interviewer of Elvis Presley, dies at 91  AP News
  2. Wink Martindale, Popular Game Show Host on ‘Tic-Tac-Dough’ and More, Dies at 91  The New York Times
  3. Wink Martindale, Host of ‘Tic-Tac-Dough’ and ‘Gambit,’ Dead at 91  Rolling Stone
  4. Wink Martindale, the king of the television game show, dies at 91  Yahoo
  5. Wink Martindale, iconic game show host, dead at 91  Fox News

• NBA play-in tournament: Curry and Warriors hold off Grizzlies for No 7 seed - The Guardian

  1. NBA play-in tournament: Curry and Warriors hold off Grizzlies for No 7 seed  The Guardian
  2. Warriors outlast Grizzlies to lock up playoff berth  ESPN
  3. Grizzlies-Warriors takeaways: Playoff Jimmy, clutch Steph and questions about Ja and Memphis  Yahoo Sports
  4. Warriors vs. Rockets first-round NBA playoff series set after Golden State's win  NBC Sports Bay Area & California
  5. Nightly Pulse: NBA news & highlights from April 15  NBA

• Atlanta Hawks vs. Orlando Magic Live Score and Stats - April 15, 2025 Gametracker - CBS Sports

  1. Atlanta Hawks vs. Orlando Magic Live Score and Stats - April 15, 2025 Gametracker  CBS Sports
  2. Magic 120-95 Hawks (Apr 15, 2025) Final Score  ESPN
  3. Cole Anthony propels his Magic teammates to the playoffs: ‘That felt so good’  The New York Times
  4. Atlanta Hawks vs. Orlando Magic - Final Score - April 15, 2025  FOX Sports
  5. Hawks vs. Magic odds, prediction, time: 2025 NBA Play-In Tournament picks, April 15 bets from proven model  CBS Sports

• Travis Hunter suggests he won’t play, if he can’t play both ways - NBC Sports

  1. Travis Hunter suggests he won’t play, if he can’t play both ways  NBC Sports
  2. Travis Hunter would rather stop playing vs. playing one position; chats Browns fit, why Shedeur Sanders is QB1  CBS Sports
  3. Hunter says game over if he can't play both ways  ESPN
  4. Travis Hunter on balancing combo WR/DB cognitive load: ‘Super easy for me’  Yahoo Sports
  5. John Harbaugh Doubts Two-Way Players Can Be 'Completely Immersed' in Both Positions  Sports Illustrated

• Tennis player Harriet Dart apologizes for saying opponent should put on deodorant during match - CNN

  1. Tennis player Harriet Dart apologizes for saying opponent should put on deodorant during match  CNN
  2. Harriet Dart: Briton sorry for deodorant comment about opponent Lois Boisson in Rouen Open defeat  BBC
  3. Harriet Dart apologises for requesting that opponent ‘wear deodorant’  The Guardian
  4. Harriet Dart apologizes after requesting opponent wears deodorant: ‘She smells really bad’ - The Athletic  The New York Times
  5. Dart apologises for saying opponent 'smells really bad' at Rouen Open  Reuters

• James Webb telescope reveals the truth about a planet that crashed into its own star in world-first observations - Live Science

  1. James Webb telescope reveals the truth about a planet that crashed into its own star in world-first observations  Live Science
  2. Astronomers spot a planetary ‘suicide’  Science | AAAS
  3. This star burped after eating a planet — but the planet was really asking for it  Space
  4. NASA Webb's Autopsy of Planet Swallowed by Star Yields Surprise  Webb Home
  5. Astroforensics Reveals Surprise Twist in Death of Planet Swallowed by Star  ScienceAlert

• AI reimagines gravitational wave detection with innovative designs - Phys.org

  AI reimagines gravitational wave detection with innovative designs  Phys.org

• There's Something Special About Meteors That Collide With Earth - ScienceAlert

  1. There's Something Special About Meteors That Collide With Earth  ScienceAlert
  2. Perihelion history and atmospheric survival as primary drivers of the Earth’s meteorite record  Nature
  3. Water did not come to Earth from asteroids, Oxford study suggests  The Telegraph
  4. Carbonaceous Meteorites Are Fragile  astrobiology.com
  5. Primitive meteorites : a new study explains why they are so rare on Earth  Observatoire de Paris

• James Webb Space Telescope sees a celestial Venn diagram around a dying star - Space

  1. James Webb Space Telescope sees a celestial Venn diagram around a dying star  Space
  2. With NASA's Webb, Dying Star's Energetic Display Comes Into Full Focus  Webb Home
  3. Webb telescope snaps spectacular view of distant cosmic scene  Mashable
  4. Webb Captures Best Ever Image of Planetary Nebula NGC 1514  Sci.News
  5. With NASA’s Webb, Dying Star’s Energetic Display Comes Into Full Focus  NASA Science (.gov)

• US measles cases are undercounted, experts say, but real numbers are proving hard to pin down - CNN

  1. US measles cases are undercounted, experts say, but real numbers are proving hard to pin down  CNN
  2. Large number of measles cases being missed, CDC says  CBS News
  3. US exceeds 700 measles cases as officials struggle to contain outbreaks  USA Today
  4. What are the symptoms of measles? And other answers to common questions.  Detroit Free Press
  5. US measles cases surpass 700 with outbreaks in six states. Here’s what to know  AP News

• US CDC advisers discuss narrowing use of COVID-19 booster shots - Reuters

  1. US CDC advisers discuss narrowing use of COVID-19 booster shots  Reuters
  2. After delays, first vaccine advisory meeting under RFK Jr. is underway  NPR
  3. Key vaccine committee meets for the first time under Robert F. Kennedy Jr.  AP News
  4. After delay, first CDC vaccine panel under RFK Jr. meets to hash out recommendations  Fierce Pharma
  5. CDC weighing end to universal COVID vaccine recommendations  CBS News

• Measles cases linked to Texas outbreak reach 561, with 20 new infections confirmed - ABC News

  1. Measles cases linked to Texas outbreak reach 561, with 20 new infections confirmed  ABC News
  2. Measles exploded in Texas after stagnant vaccine funding. New cuts threaten the same across the US  AP News
  3. Texas measles outbreak grows; Michigan, Pennsylvania report new outbreaks  CIDRAP
  4. Terrifying look inside US town being overwhelmed by world's most infectious disease  Daily Mail
  5. 20 more measles cases reported in outbreak across West Texas  newschannel10.com

• 1-year-old with measles may have exposed others at 7 locations: Ingham officials - The Detroit News

  1. 1-year-old with measles may have exposed others at 7 locations: Ingham officials  The Detroit News
  2. Parents, health experts react after measles found in Ingham Co. toddler, first case in 30 years  https://www.wilx.com
  3. Michigan baby infected with measles received MMR vaccine day before trip, officials say  Detroit Free Press
  4. ICHD: 1-year-old Ingham County girl vaccinated before contracting measles  Lansing State Journal
  5. Ingham County confirms first measles case since 1994  WLNS 6 News