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Guns · LafayetteA 16-month-old boy was fatally shot by his 5-year-old sibling at a northwestern Indiana apartment, authorities said.
16-month-old boy fatally shot by 5-year-old sibling at home in Indiana
61% Center coverage: 57 sources
Helicopter Crash · KentuckyAccident happened at about 10 p.m. on Wednesday when two HH-60 Black Hawk helicopters went down in Trigg County, Kentucky. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said fatalities are expected, though he provided no specific figures. A local radio station said as many as nine people may have died in the crash.
9 killed in Army Black Hawk helicopter crash in Kentucky
59% Center coverage: 85 sources
Evacuations · Kandiyohi CountyA train carrying ethanol derailed Thursday morning in Raymond, Minnesota, and several cars caught fire, officials said, forcing nearby residents to evacuate their homes as a precaution.
Homes evacuated after train carrying ethanol derails and catches fire in Minnesota
64% Center coverage: 120 sources
Elon Musk · WashingtonElon Musk has dethroned former President Barack Obama as the most followed person on Twitter. As of right now, the billionaire has 133,068,709 followers compared to Obama’s 133,042,819, according to the follower counts reported on their respective Twitter profiles.
Elon Musk is now the most-followed person on Twitter
43% Right coverage: 21 sources
Pope Francis · Vatican City The Vatican on Thursday formally repudiated the colonial-era "doctrine of discovery", used centuries ago to justify European conquests of Africa and the Americas, saying "it is not part of Catholic Church teaching".
Vatican repudiates colonial-era 'doctrine of discovery'
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Europe · MoscowRussia’s top security agency says a reporter for the Wall Street Journal has been arrested on espionage charges. The Federal Security Service (FSB), the top KGB successor agency, said Thursday that Evan Gershkovich was detained in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg while allegedly trying to obtain classified information.
Russia arrests Wall Street Journal reporter for espionage
51% Center coverage: 243 sources
Business · New YorkAptly titled "Cup Noodles Breakfast," the meal takes four minutes to cook in the microwave and results in a soup-based ramen that also contains "visible ingredients" of sausage and eggs.
Ramen for breakfast? Cup Noodles launches new breakfast flavored noodles
90% Center coverage: 41 sources
Black Lives Matter · Los AngelesProsecutors charged seven California Highway Patrol officers and a nurse with involuntary manslaughter on Wednesday in connection with the 2020 death of a man who screamed “I can’t breathe” while multiple officers restrained him as they tried to take a blood sample.
CHP sergeant, 6 officers and a nurse charged in 2020 death of man
53% Center coverage: 65 sources
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Ron DeSantis · OrlandoBoard members picked by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to oversee the governance of Walt Disney World said Wednesday that their Disney-controlled predecessors pulled a fast one on them by passing restrictive covenants that strip the new board of many of its powers.
DeSantis’ board says Disney stripped them of power
41% Center coverage: 53 sources
Vladimir Putin · MoscowRussian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Thursday that Moscow would continue to notify the United States of any intercontinental or submarine ballistic missile launches despite suspending the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the two countries, the Interfax news agency reported.
Russia to keep notifying US of ballistic missile launches
55% Center coverage: 29 sources
Business · New YorkU.S. applications for jobless benefits rose last week but remain at historically low levels despite efforts by the Federal Reserve to cool the economy and the job market in its fight against inflation.
More Americans file for jobless claims; layoffs remain low
47% Center coverage: 17 sources
Twitter · San FranciscoTwitter says it has removed thousands of tweets showing a poster promoting a “trans day of vengeance” protest in support of transgender rights in Washington, D.C., on Saturday.
Twitter removes tweets about ‘Trans Day of Vengeance’
46% Center coverage: 37 sources
Sam Bankman-FriedSam Bankman-Fried is expected to plead not guilty on Thursday to new U.S. criminal charges. The new charges include conspiring to violate campaign finance laws and bribe Chinese authorities. He was arrested in December after a flurry of customer withdrawals spurred by concerns about commingling of funds between the exchange and Alameda Research.
FTX's Bankman-Fried to plead not guilty to campaign finance, China bribery charges
50% Center coverage: 6 sources
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Business · New YorkAptly titled "Cup Noodles Breakfast," the meal takes four minutes to cook in the microwave and results in a soup-based ramen that also contains "visible ingredients" of sausage and eggs.
Ramen for breakfast? Cup Noodles launches new breakfast flavored noodles
90% Center coverage: 41 sources
Black Lives Matter · Los AngelesProsecutors charged seven California Highway Patrol officers and a nurse with involuntary manslaughter on Wednesday in connection with the 2020 death of a man who screamed “I can’t breathe” while multiple officers restrained him as they tried to take a blood sample.
CHP sergeant, 6 officers and a nurse charged in 2020 death of man
53% Center coverage: 65 sources
Ron DeSantis · OrlandoBoard members picked by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to oversee the governance of Walt Disney World said Wednesday that their Disney-controlled predecessors pulled a fast one on them by passing restrictive covenants that strip the new board of many of its powers.
DeSantis’ board says Disney stripped them of power
41% Center coverage: 53 sources
Vladimir Putin · MoscowRussian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Thursday that Moscow would continue to notify the United States of any intercontinental or submarine ballistic missile launches despite suspending the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the two countries, the Interfax news agency reported.
Russia to keep notifying US of ballistic missile launches
55% Center coverage: 29 sources
Business · New YorkU.S. applications for jobless benefits rose last week but remain at historically low levels despite efforts by the Federal Reserve to cool the economy and the job market in its fight against inflation.
More Americans file for jobless claims; layoffs remain low
47% Center coverage: 17 sources
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Schools to receive guidance on gender issues after 'concerning' report, says Rishi Sunak
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Twitter · San FranciscoTwitter says it has removed thousands of tweets showing a poster promoting a “trans day of vengeance” protest in support of transgender rights in Washington, D.C., on Saturday.
Twitter removes tweets about ‘Trans Day of Vengeance’
46% Center coverage: 37 sources
Sam Bankman-FriedSam Bankman-Fried is expected to plead not guilty on Thursday to new U.S. criminal charges. The new charges include conspiring to violate campaign finance laws and bribe Chinese authorities. He was arrested in December after a flurry of customer withdrawals spurred by concerns about commingling of funds between the exchange and Alameda Research.
FTX's Bankman-Fried to plead not guilty to campaign finance, China bribery charges
50% Center coverage: 6 sources
Entertainment · Los AngelesAs Hollywood emerged from the pandemic, its biggest film productions dipped in diversity after years of incremental progress, according to a new study by UCLA researchers. Opportunities were notably greater for women and people of color on streaming platforms than in theatrically released films.
Study: Biggest Hollywood films still go mostly to white men
50% Center coverage: 10 sources
Vatican · VaticanVatican says 15th-century papal bulls did not adequately reflect rights of Indigenous peoples. Indigenous leaders welcomed the statement, even though it continued to take some distance from acknowledging actual Vatican culpability. Vatican offered no evidence that the three papal bull (Dum Diversas in 1452, Romanus Pontifex in 1455 and Inter Caetera in 1493) had themselves been formally abrogated.
Responding to Indigenous, Vatican rejects Discovery Doctrine
45% Center coverage: 24 sources
Joe Biden · WashingtonHouse Republicans are set to approve a sprawling energy package that seeks to undo virtually all of President Joe Biden’s agenda to address climate change.
House GOP pushes sprawling bill to 'unleash' American energy
48% Left coverage: 25 sources
Kamala Harris · WashingtonU.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will step onto the front lines of the battle for democracy in Africa on Thursday, spending time in Tanzania as it makes fragile progress toward restoring its reputation as a more inclusive government.
Harris enters the fray over democracy with visit to Tanzania
47% Center coverage: 28 sources
China · BeijingAs Taiwan’s president begins a stopover in the United States on her way to Central America, China says it is closely watching developments. A Foreign Ministry spokesperson has reiterated China’s furious objections to any meetings between President Tsai Ing-wen and U.S. officials.
China renews warnings as Taiwan’s Tsai stops over in US
53% Left coverage: 17 sources
Europe · The HagueJudges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague will on Thursday rule on a claim from Iran that Washington illegally allowed courts to freeze assets of Iranian companies.
World Court to rule on Iran-US frozen assets claim
48% Center coverage: 27 sources
Pope Francis · Fort CampbellSeveral people have reportedly died after two military helicopters crashed in Kentucky. Crew members were flying two HH60 Blackhawk helicopters during a routine training mission before the crash at Fort Campbell at around 10pm local time on Wednesday, the military base has said in a statement.
Several feared dead after two US military helicopters crash in Kentucky
59% Center coverage: 204 sources
Transgender · CharlestonWest Virginia Republican Gov. Jim Justice on Wednesday signed a bill banning gender-affirming care for minors, joining at least 10 other states that have enacted laws restricting or outlawing medically supported treatments for transgender youth.
West Virginia governor signs ban on gender-affirming care
66% Center coverage: 60 sources
War · WashingtonThe Senate voted 66-30 to repeal the authorization for use of military force it gave to former President George W. Bush 20 years ago to invade Iraq. It's the first significant movement on the issue in years, and it comes just days after the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. The House will still need to pass the repeal before President Joe Biden can sign it.
Senate votes to repeal Iraq war authorizations
58% Center coverage: 107 sources
Grand Jury · WashingtonThe Manhattan grand jury examining Donald Trump’s alleged role in a hush money payment to a porn star isn’t expected to hear evidence in the case for the next month largely due to a previously scheduled hiatus, according to a person familiar with the proceedings.
Manhattan Trump grand jury set to break for a month
65% Center coverage: 107 sources
