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March 28, 2024

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Nation & World

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to announce his VP pick for his independent White House bid

March 26, 2024, 8:22am Nation & World

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to announce his running mate Tuesday as he races to secure a place on the ballot for his independent campaign for president. Read story

Kyiv endures a third bombardment in 5 days as Russia steps up targeting of Ukrainian cities

March 26, 2024, 8:20am Nation & World

Russia launched missiles against Kyiv for the third time in five days and also targeted other regions Monday as Moscow escalated its aerial bombardment of Ukrainian cities while the front line in the war remains largely stationary. Read story

NYC subway rider is pushed onto tracks and killed, latest in a series of attacks underground

March 26, 2024, 8:01am Nation & World

A subway rider was pushed onto the tracks and killed by a train, the latest in a string of violent episodes in New York City’s transit system that have prompted officials to beef up policing in the subway system. Read story

The stock price for Truth Social is shown at the Nasdaq building Tuesday, March 26, 2024, in New York. Trump Media, which runs the social media platform Truth Social, now takes Digital World&rsquo;s place on the Nasdaq stock exchange.

Trump’s social media company soars nearly 50% in its first day of trading on Nasdaq

The stock price for Truth Social is shown at the Nasdaq building Tuesday, March 26, 2024, in New York. Trump Media, which runs the social media platform Truth Social, now takes Digital World&rsquo;s place on the Nasdaq stock exchange.

March 26, 2024, 8:01am Business

Shares of Donald Trump’s social media company jumped nearly 50% in the first day of trading on the Nasdaq, boosting the value of Trump’s large holdings in the company as well as the smaller stakes of fans who purchased shares as a show of support for the former president. Read story

Bird flu, weather and inflation conspire to keep egg prices near historic highs for Easter

March 26, 2024, 7:52am Business

Egg prices are at near-historic highs in many parts of the world as the spring holidays approach, reflecting a market scrambled by disease, high demand and growing costs for farmers. Read story

Demonstrators hold placards after Stella Assange, wife of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, released a statement outside the Royal Courts of Justice, in London, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Two High Court judges said they would grant Assange a new appeal unless U.S. authorities give further assurances about what will happen to him. The case has been adjourned until May 20.

UK court says Assange can’t be extradited on espionage charges until U.S. rules out death penalty

Demonstrators hold placards after Stella Assange, wife of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, released a statement outside the Royal Courts of Justice, in London, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Two High Court judges said they would grant Assange a new appeal unless U.S. authorities give further assurances about what will happen to him. The case has been adjourned until May 20.

March 26, 2024, 7:51am Nation & World

A British court ruled Tuesday that Julian Assange can’t be extradited to the United States on espionage charges unless U.S. authorities guarantee he won’t get the death penalty, giving the WikiLeaks founder a partial victory in his long legal battle over the site’s publication of classified American documents. Read story

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appears at a pretrial hearing in his securities fraud case before state District Judge Andrea Beall, Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at Harris County Criminal Courts at Law in Houston.  Prosecutors announced an agreement with Paxton that would ultimately dismiss securities fraud charges he has been facing for nearly a decade.

Texas AG Ken Paxton reaches deal to end securities fraud charges after 9 years

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appears at a pretrial hearing in his securities fraud case before state District Judge Andrea Beall, Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at Harris County Criminal Courts at Law in Houston.  Prosecutors announced an agreement with Paxton that would ultimately dismiss securities fraud charges he has been facing for nearly a decade.

March 26, 2024, 7:50am Nation & World

Prosecutors on Tuesday announced an agreement with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton that would ultimately dismiss securities fraud charges he has been facing for nearly a decade. Read story

Tractors are parked in market square during &ldquo;a food march&rdquo; in Kuopio, Finland, Friday, as farmers protest against perceived inequalities in food production profits.

Major European nature protection plan stumbles at final hurdle

Tractors are parked in market square during &ldquo;a food march&rdquo; in Kuopio, Finland, Friday, as farmers protest against perceived inequalities in food production profits.

March 25, 2024, 5:44pm Nation & World

A major European Union plan to better protect nature in the 27-nation bloc and fight climate change was indefinitely postponed Monday, underscoring how farmers’ protests sweeping the continent have had a deep influence on politics. Read story

FILE - Music mogul and entrepreneur Sean &quot;Diddy&quot; Combs arrives at the Billboard Music Awards, May 15, 2022, in Las Vegas. Two properties belonging to Combs&rsquo; in Los Angeles and Miami were searched Monday, March 25, 2024, by federal Homeland Security Investigations agents and other law enforcement as part of an ongoing sex trafficking investigation, two law enforcement officials told The Associated Press.

Feds search Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ properties as part of sex trafficking probe, AP sources say

FILE - Music mogul and entrepreneur Sean &quot;Diddy&quot; Combs arrives at the Billboard Music Awards, May 15, 2022, in Las Vegas. Two properties belonging to Combs&rsquo; in Los Angeles and Miami were searched Monday, March 25, 2024, by federal Homeland Security Investigations agents and other law enforcement as part of an ongoing sex trafficking investigation, two law enforcement officials told The Associated Press.

March 25, 2024, 4:35pm Entertainment

Two properties belonging to rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs in Los Angeles and Miami were searched Monday by federal Homeland Security Investigations agents and other law enforcement as part of an ongoing sex trafficking investigation by federal authorities in New York, two law enforcement officials told The Associated Press. Read story

IRS has 940K unclaimed tax refunds from 2020 that are about to expire

March 25, 2024, 4:30pm Nation & World

The IRS is warning taxpayers that they may be leaving more than $1 billion on the table. Read story