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Month: April 2024

Tunisian opposition wants political prisoners freed before taking part in presidential election

By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s main opposition coalition says it won’t take part in the upcoming presidential election unless political opponents are freed and judicial independence is restored. More than 20 political opponents have been charged or imprisoned since President Kais Saied consolidated power in 2021 by suspending parliament and

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The Latest | Stormy Daniels’ former lawyer, others called to witness stand in Trump hush money trial

NEW YORK (AP) — Witness testimony in Donald Trump’s criminal trial has advanced with the executive director of the C-SPAN archives and Keith Davidson, a lawyer who represented former Playboy model Karen McDougal and port actor Stormy Daniels in hush money negotiations, among those taking the stand. McDougal and Daniels have alleged extra-marital sexual encounters

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Hamas to consider ceasefire-hostage release proposal that Israeli sources say could avert Rafah invasion

CNN By Becky Anderson and Jeremy Diamond, CNN Riyadh and Jerusalem (CNN) — Hamas is considering a new framework proposed by Egypt that calls for the group to release as many as 33 hostages kidnapped from Israel in exchange for a pause in hostilities in Gaza, an Israeli source familiar with the negotiations and a foreign diplomatic source told CNN. The latest proposal, which Israel helped

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Hamas to consider ceasefire-hostage release proposal that Israeli sources say could avert Rafah invasion

By Becky Anderson and Jeremy Diamond, CNN Riyadh and Jerusalem (CNN) — Hamas is considering a new framework proposed by Egypt that calls for the group to release as many as 33 hostages kidnapped from Israel in exchange for a pause in hostilities in Gaza, an Israeli source familiar with the negotiations and a foreign diplomatic source told CNN. The latest proposal, which Israel helped craft

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EPA implements toughest restrictions yet on use of highly toxic chemical in paint stripper

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The US Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule Tuesday that will end many uses of the highly toxic, cancer-causing solvent methylene chloride. The chemical will still be available for certain purposes, but with new guidelines meant to keep workers safe. Activists have been pushing for such regulations for decades,

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Haiti’s transitional council names new prime minister in hopes of quelling stifling violence

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s newly installed transitional presidential council has chosen former Sports Minister Fritz Belizaire as the country’s prime minister as it presses forward in its monumental task of trying to establish a stable new government amid stifling violence. Belizaire replaces Michel Patrick Boisvert, the former minister of

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TDECU Launches Cares Foundation to Strengthen Community Ties and Boost Local Support in Houston

By Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story     April 30, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — Texas Dow Employees Credit Union (TDECU), a beacon of community involvement and support in Houston, has further solidified its commitment to local development through the creation of the TDECU Cares Foundation. Spearheaded by TDECU’s dynamic leadership team,

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Supreme Court declines to block enforcement of age-verification requirements for porn sites

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Texas to enforce age-verification requirements for porn sites, rejecting a request from the adult entertainment industry to block the law on First Amendment grounds. Texas’ law requires any website that publishes a substantial amount of content that is “harmful to minors” to verify

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