$1.3 billion Powerball jackpot winner is a Laotian immigrant battling cancer (www.nbcnews.com)
Cheng “Charlie” Saephan, who was born in Laos and immigrated to the U.S. in 1994, plans to split the money with a friend and find himself a “good doctor.”...
White House considers welcoming some Palestinians from war-torn Gaza as refugees (www.cbsnews.com)
Bird flu virus has been spreading in US cows for months, RNA reveals (www.nature.com)
A strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza has been silently spreading in US cattle for months, according to preliminary analysis of genomic data. The outbreak is likely to have begun when the virus jumped from an infected bird into a cow, probably around late December or early January. This implies a protracted, undetected...
3 law officers killed, 5 others wounded trying to serve warrant in North Carolina, authorities say (apnews.com)
Fox News takes down Hunter Biden ‘mock trial’ miniseries after lawsuit threat (www.cnn.com)
Secret document says Iran security forces molested and killed teen protester (www.bbc.com)
Elon Musk goes ‘absolutely hard core’ in another round of Tesla layoffs (www.theverge.com)
Israeli Minister Reportedly Asks IDF To Kill Palestinians Instead Of Arresting Them (www.huffpost.com)
The Israeli Defense Force’s chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, briefed ministers at a security cabinet meeting last week about recent operations in Gaza, where Israel has been carrying out a military offensive for almost seven months now in response to Hamas’ attack on Oct. 7 that killed about 1,200 people and captured...
Woman facing eviction told she would cope living on the streets (www.bbc.com)
A 56-year-old woman who is due to be evicted on 1 May has been told she should be able to “function reasonably well” if she ends up on the streets....
Bird flu outbreak is driving up egg prices --- again (www.cbsnews.com)
Biden administration restores protections for gay and transgender Americans seeking health care (www.cnn.com)
Cable News Viewers Have a Skewed Attitude Toward Gaza War, Survey Finds (theintercept.com)
Americans who get their news primarily from cable are the only people who believe that Israel is not committing a genocide in Gaza, according to according to a new survey that examined the relationship between attitudes toward the war and news consumption habits....
Tesla facing federal probe days after fatal Autopilot crash in Monroe, WA (www.seattletimes.com)
Federal auto regulators announced Friday they are opening an investigation into the safety of Tesla’s Autopilot feature, less than a week after a Tesla driver believed to be using it allegedly struck and killed a motorcyclist in Monroe....
Lawmakers and advocates scramble to extend affordable internet subsidy (www.pbs.org)
Twenty-three million families in the U.S. will have bigger internet bills starting in May. That’s because a federal broadband subsidy program they’re enrolled in is nearly out of money....
Columbia University threatens suspension over pro-Palestinian protests (www.aljazeera.com)
Columbia University, a prestigious Ivy League school in the United States, has announced that its negotiations with student protesters has fallen through, opening up the potential for severe consequences for those involved in a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus....
Sword-wielding man attacks passersby in London, killing a 14-year-old boy and injuring 4 others (apnews.com)
Israel fears ICC will issue arrest warrants for Netanyahu and other top officials (www.nbcnews.com)
US finds five Israeli military units guilty of 'gross human rights violations' (www.middleeasteye.net)
“After a careful process, we found five Israeli units responsible for individual incidents of gross violations of human rights. All of these were incidents much before October 7th and none took place in Gaza,” State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel said Monday....
Chinese scientist who first published COVID sequence protests after being locked out of his lab (apnews.com)
The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China was staging a sit-in protest after authorities locked him out of his lab....
Live Updates: Police Arrest Protesters Occupying Columbia Campus Building (www.nytimes.com)
Officers in riot gear began removing demonstrators who had seized Hamilton Hall, a building with a history of student takeovers. Scores of other arrests were made on campuses across the country....
Hunter Biden threatens to sue Fox News for airing 'revenge porn' (abcnews.go.com)
US challenges 'bogus' patents on Ozempic and other drugs in effort to spur competition (www.seattletimes.com)
Federal regulators are challenging patents on 20 brand name drugs, including the blockbuster weight-loss injection Ozempic, in the latest action by the Biden administration targeting industry practices that drive up pharmaceutical prices....