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Thursday, March 28, 2024
March 28, 2024

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Nation & World

Trump slow to invest in states that could decide election as some in GOP fear ‘skeleton’ campaign

March 27, 2024, 8:01am Nation & World

In his bid to retake the White House, few states hold as much promise for Donald Trump as Michigan. Read story

Activists forming human chain in Nashville on Covenant school shooting anniversary

March 27, 2024, 7:59am Nation & World

When a former student killed three 9-year-old children and three adults at the Covenant School in Nashville, a group of Tennessee moms decided they had to do something. Read story

Ahmaud Arbery’s killers ask a US appeals court to overturn their hate crime convictions

March 27, 2024, 7:59am Nation & World

Attorneys are asking a U.S. appeals court to throw out the hate crime convictions of three white men who used pickup trucks to chase Ahmaud Arbery through the streets of a Georgia subdivision before one of them killed the running Black man with a shotgun. Read story

The presidents of France and Brazil meet and announce a $1.1 billion investment plan for the Amazon

March 27, 2024, 7:58am Nation & World

The Brazilian and the French presidents on Tuesday announced a plan to invest 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) in the Amazon, including parts of the rainforest in neighboring French Guiana. Read story

Hunter Biden’s tax case heads to a California courtroom as his defense seeks to have it tossed out

March 27, 2024, 7:45am Business

Attorneys for Hunter Biden are expected in court Wednesday in Los Angeles, where he is accused in what prosecutors call a four-year scheme to avoid paying $1.4 million in taxes while living an extravagant lifestyle. Read story

A container ship rests against wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge near sunrise on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, in Baltimore, Md. Recovery efforts resumed Wednesday for the construction workers who are presumed dead after the cargo ship hit a pillar of the bridge, causing the structure to collapse.

Titanic law helps ship owner limit bridge collapse liability

A container ship rests against wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge near sunrise on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, in Baltimore, Md. Recovery efforts resumed Wednesday for the construction workers who are presumed dead after the cargo ship hit a pillar of the bridge, causing the structure to collapse.

March 27, 2024, 7:44am Business

The owner of the ship that rammed into a Baltimore bridge could face hundreds of millions of dollars in damage claims after the accident sent vehicles plunging into the water and threw the eastern U.S. transportation network into chaos. Read story

Russia persists in blaming Ukraine for concert attack despite IS claim

March 26, 2024, 6:58pm Nation & World

Russian officials persisted Tuesday in saying Ukraine and the West had a role in last week’s deadly Moscow concert hall attack despite vehement denials of involvement by Kyiv and a claim of responsibility by an affiliate of the Islamic State group. Read story

Ukraine: Third of Russian warships sunk, disabled

March 26, 2024, 6:56pm Nation & World

Ukraine has sunk or disabled a third of all Russian warships in the Black Sea in just over two years of war, the navy spokesman said Tuesday, a heavy blow to Moscow’s military capability. Read story

Schools to reopen in South Sudan after heat wave

March 26, 2024, 6:56pm Nation & World

South Sudan’s government on Tuesday said schools will reopen next week following a two-week closure due to extreme heat across the country. Read story

Ukraine ramps up spending on homemade weapons to help repel Russia

March 26, 2024, 5:55pm Latest News

Ukraine needs any edge it can get to repel Russia from its territory. One emerging bright spot is its small but fast-growing defense industry, which the government is flooding with money in hopes that a surge of homemade weapons and ammunition can help turn the tide. Read story