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🌪 Tornado confirmed in Virginia's Fairfax County
A tornado was spotted Thursday evening, according to the National Weather Service. No injuries have been reported but several buildings suffered structural damage.
Several severe weather warnings were issued throughout the afternoon and late evening on Thursday, including tornado warnings in DC and the Montgomery, Arlington, Fairfax and Prince George's counties.
From 2005 - 2021, 436 tornado warnings were issued across the DMV, but only six included the DC metro region.
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A tornado was spotted Thursday evening, according to the National Weather Service. No injuries have been reported but several buildings suffered structural damage.
Several severe weather warnings were issued throughout the afternoon and late evening on Thursday, including tornado warnings in DC and the Montgomery, Arlington, Fairfax and Prince George's counties.
From 2005 - 2021, 436 tornado warnings were issued across the DMV, but only six included the DC metro region.
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‼️ US scraps Minuteman III test after launch initially postponed over Russia nuclear tensions
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COVID-19 asylum limits at US-Mexico border to end May 23
The policy, known as the Title 42 authority, is named for a 1944 public health law to prevent communicable disease. The termination of the policy takes effect May 23 to give border officials time to prepare.
The government said it was already making plans to erect tents and take other steps to prepare for an expected influx of migrants. The policy went into effect under President Donald Trump in March 2020. Since then, migrants trying to enter the US have been expelled more than 1.7 million times.
An immediate end to the asylum ban could have sparked a rush on under-staffed border and immigration facilities. Homeland Security officials said this week that about 7,100 migrants were coming daily, compared with an average of about 5,900 a day in February.
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The policy, known as the Title 42 authority, is named for a 1944 public health law to prevent communicable disease. The termination of the policy takes effect May 23 to give border officials time to prepare.
The government said it was already making plans to erect tents and take other steps to prepare for an expected influx of migrants. The policy went into effect under President Donald Trump in March 2020. Since then, migrants trying to enter the US have been expelled more than 1.7 million times.
An immediate end to the asylum ban could have sparked a rush on under-staffed border and immigration facilities. Homeland Security officials said this week that about 7,100 migrants were coming daily, compared with an average of about 5,900 a day in February.
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🌱 New Mexico launches cannabis sales within Texans’ reach
New Mexico is bringing sales of recreational marijuana to the doorstep of Texas, the largest prohibition state, as the movement toward broad legalization sweeps up even more of the American West. As of Friday in New Mexico, anyone 21 and older can purchase up to 2 ounces (57 grams) of marijuana — enough to roll about 60 joints or cigarettes — or comparable amounts of marijuana liquid concentrates and edible treats.
Friday’s launch still represents a sea change for local law enforcement, taxation officials, commercial growers and residents who thought full-blown legal access to pot would never come. New Mexico is among 18 states and the District of Columbia that have legalized pot for recreational use, with implications for both cannabis tourism and conservative Texas, where legalization efforts have made little headway.
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New Mexico is bringing sales of recreational marijuana to the doorstep of Texas, the largest prohibition state, as the movement toward broad legalization sweeps up even more of the American West. As of Friday in New Mexico, anyone 21 and older can purchase up to 2 ounces (57 grams) of marijuana — enough to roll about 60 joints or cigarettes — or comparable amounts of marijuana liquid concentrates and edible treats.
Friday’s launch still represents a sea change for local law enforcement, taxation officials, commercial growers and residents who thought full-blown legal access to pot would never come. New Mexico is among 18 states and the District of Columbia that have legalized pot for recreational use, with implications for both cannabis tourism and conservative Texas, where legalization efforts have made little headway.
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‼️ Will Smith resigns from Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences over Chris Rock slap.
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🚙 New vehicles must average 40 mpg by 2026, up from 28 mpg
New vehicles sold in the US will have to average at least 40 miles per gallon of gasoline in 2026, up from about 28 mpg, under new federal rules unveiled Friday.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said its new fuel economy requirements will reduce gasoline consumption by more than 220 billion gallons over the life of vehicles.
Automakers are investing billions of dollars to develop and build electric vehicles, but say government support is needed to get people to buy them. The companies want government tax credits to reduce prices, as well as more money for EV charging stations to ease anxiety over running out of juice.
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New vehicles sold in the US will have to average at least 40 miles per gallon of gasoline in 2026, up from about 28 mpg, under new federal rules unveiled Friday.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said its new fuel economy requirements will reduce gasoline consumption by more than 220 billion gallons over the life of vehicles.
Automakers are investing billions of dollars to develop and build electric vehicles, but say government support is needed to get people to buy them. The companies want government tax credits to reduce prices, as well as more money for EV charging stations to ease anxiety over running out of juice.
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Amazon workers in NYC vote to unionize in historic labor win
Amazon workers in Staten Island, New York, voted to unionize on Friday, marking the first successful US organizing effort in the retail giant’s history and handing an unexpected win to a nascent group that fueled the union drive.
Warehouse workers cast 2,654 votes — or about 55% — in favor of a union, giving the fledgling Amazon Labor Union enough support to pull off a victory. Amazon workers are seeking longer breaks and an hourly wage of $30, up from a minimum of just over $18 per hour offered by the company.
The union campaigns come at a time of widespread labor unrest at many corporations. For instance, workers at more than 140 Starbucks locations around the country have requested union elections, and several of them have already been successful.
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Amazon workers in Staten Island, New York, voted to unionize on Friday, marking the first successful US organizing effort in the retail giant’s history and handing an unexpected win to a nascent group that fueled the union drive.
Warehouse workers cast 2,654 votes — or about 55% — in favor of a union, giving the fledgling Amazon Labor Union enough support to pull off a victory. Amazon workers are seeking longer breaks and an hourly wage of $30, up from a minimum of just over $18 per hour offered by the company.
The union campaigns come at a time of widespread labor unrest at many corporations. For instance, workers at more than 140 Starbucks locations around the country have requested union elections, and several of them have already been successful.
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⚖️ Judge upholds Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking conviction
A US judge refused to throw out Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking conviction Friday, despite a juror’s failure to disclose he’d been a victim of childhood sexual abuse before the trial began.
The British socialite was convicted in December 2021 of helping American financier Jeffrey Epstein with sexually abusing multiple teenage girls.
US Judge Alison J. Nathan declined to order a new trial weeks after questioning the juror under oath in a New York courtroom about why he failed to disclose his personal history as an abuse survivor on a questionnaire during the jury selection process. The US attorney’s office declined comment Friday.
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A US judge refused to throw out Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking conviction Friday, despite a juror’s failure to disclose he’d been a victim of childhood sexual abuse before the trial began.
The British socialite was convicted in December 2021 of helping American financier Jeffrey Epstein with sexually abusing multiple teenage girls.
US Judge Alison J. Nathan declined to order a new trial weeks after questioning the juror under oath in a New York courtroom about why he failed to disclose his personal history as an abuse survivor on a questionnaire during the jury selection process. The US attorney’s office declined comment Friday.
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❗️ Zelensky on Belgorod oil depot fire: I do not discuss any of my orders
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⚡️ Chinese trade with Russia should not be hit by Ukrainian crisis – Foreign Ministry
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💰 The US created 431,000 jobs in March, missing forecasts as the economy faced even-higher inflation
The economy created 431,000 non-farm payrolls last month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced Friday morning. The figure ell short of the median forecast for 490,000 new jobs from economists polled by Bloomberg.
The unemployment rate slid to 3.6% from 3.8%, according to the report. Economists had expected the rate to drop to 3.7%. Although the rate now sits just a hair above its record pre-crisis low of 3.5%, millions of Americans still haven't rejoined the workforce.
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The economy created 431,000 non-farm payrolls last month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced Friday morning. The figure ell short of the median forecast for 490,000 new jobs from economists polled by Bloomberg.
The unemployment rate slid to 3.6% from 3.8%, according to the report. Economists had expected the rate to drop to 3.7%. Although the rate now sits just a hair above its record pre-crisis low of 3.5%, millions of Americans still haven't rejoined the workforce.
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🎤 Miley Cyrus: Getting COVID on Tour Was ‘Definitely Worth It’
Pop singer Miley Cyrus announced Friday that she got COVID while on her world tour but claimed “it was definitely worth it.”
The singer wrote on Twitter: “Traveling around the world, playin for a 100,000 people a night & meeting hundreds of fans a day the chances of getting Covid are pretty high.”
On March 26, Cyrus tweeted that she had bronchitis but went on to perform in Brazil that night.
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Pop singer Miley Cyrus announced Friday that she got COVID while on her world tour but claimed “it was definitely worth it.”
The singer wrote on Twitter: “Traveling around the world, playin for a 100,000 people a night & meeting hundreds of fans a day the chances of getting Covid are pretty high.”
On March 26, Cyrus tweeted that she had bronchitis but went on to perform in Brazil that night.
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⚡️ The Inspector General of the German armed forces has ruled out sending troops to Ukraine
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⚡️ US refusing to lift sanctions on Russian space industry, Rogozin says
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⚡️ Over the course of one day, 588 people were evacuated from Mariupol, DPR headquarters says
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Vishnu Gupta, the President of the Hindu Sena organisation, has slammed the Biden's administration, accusing the US President of escalating "the Ukraine-Russia Crisis" and US VP Kamala Harris of "gigglying" over the misery of "Ukrainians & Russian citizens".
The statement comes as a protest against the "continuous bullying of India" by the Biden administration, amid increasing pressure from the United States on India to adopt sanctions against Moscow over Russia's special operation in Ukraine.
🗣 "India doesn't need a history lesson from a country which invaded Yugoslavia and Iraq without even United Nations approval and has destroyed at least a dozen countries for not bending their knee to American Imperialism," a Hinda Senu press release reads
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The statement comes as a protest against the "continuous bullying of India" by the Biden administration, amid increasing pressure from the United States on India to adopt sanctions against Moscow over Russia's special operation in Ukraine.
🗣 "India doesn't need a history lesson from a country which invaded Yugoslavia and Iraq without even United Nations approval and has destroyed at least a dozen countries for not bending their knee to American Imperialism," a Hinda Senu press release reads
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⚡️ Russia cannot cooperate with ISS partners unless all sanctions are lifted without preconditions, Roscosmos Chief says
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📌 The Russian Defence Ministry has briefed the press on the Ukraine op:
▪️ Russian Armed Forces, using high-precision air-based and sea-based weapons, have destroyed Ukrainian gasoline and diesel fuel storage facilities this morning;
▪️ Russian Armed Forces, using high-precision air-based missiles, have disabled Ukrainian military airfields in Poltava and Dnepropetrovsk.
▪️ Russian air defence have shot down 2 Ukrainian Mi-24 helicopters and 24 Ukrainian drones;
▪️ In total, 124 aircraft and 84 helicopters, 381 drones, 1,882 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 203 multiple launch rocket systems, 786 field artillery and mortars, as well as 1,764 special military vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been destroyed during the operation
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▪️ Russian Armed Forces, using high-precision air-based and sea-based weapons, have destroyed Ukrainian gasoline and diesel fuel storage facilities this morning;
▪️ Russian Armed Forces, using high-precision air-based missiles, have disabled Ukrainian military airfields in Poltava and Dnepropetrovsk.
▪️ Russian air defence have shot down 2 Ukrainian Mi-24 helicopters and 24 Ukrainian drones;
▪️ In total, 124 aircraft and 84 helicopters, 381 drones, 1,882 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 203 multiple launch rocket systems, 786 field artillery and mortars, as well as 1,764 special military vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been destroyed during the operation
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Russian MoD has published footage showing the country's military conducting humanitarian demining on the territory of the Lugansk People's Republic
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