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WTA roundup: Teenager Linda Noskova pulls off upset in Stuttgart

BigNewsNetwork.com (sports) 

(Photo credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports) Czech 19-year-old Linda Noskova fired eight aces and took down No. 8 seed Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia 6-3, 6-1 in the first round of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix on Tuesday in Stuttgart, Germany. Noskova saved 8 of 9 break points while going 5-for-5 on her opportunities to break Ostapenko. It's already Noskova's third win over a top 10 opponent this year, including an upset of



Tennessee VW workers hold key unionization vote

NAIJ.COM (Nigeria News) 

Volkswagen employees in Tennessee will begin casting ballots Wednesday in a vote that could make theirs the first foreign carmaker to unionize in the American South, expanding gains made by organized labor in the auto heartland of Detroit.

Pillow Queens – ‘Name Your Sorrow’ album review

Paper Blog 

Pillow Queens new album ‘Name Your Sorrow’ is more exposed than ever before. Taking influence from the Irish poet Eavan Boland – alongside the likes of Tool, Barbara Streisand and Frank Ocean – it’s a raw account of life, love and self-worth as the band consider a question posed in Boland’s poem ‘Love’: ‘Will we ever live so intensely again?’

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How the Mayorkas impeachment trial could play out

CBSNews.com 

Senators will be sworn in as jurors Wednesday in the historic impeachment of Alejandro Mayorkas. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane has the details on how the trial against the Homeland Security secretary is expected to play out.

Citing safety, USC makes rare cancellation of speech by valedictorian who supported Palestinians

Times Union 

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The University of Southern California canceled a commencement speech by its 2024 valedictorian who has publicly supported Palestinians, citing security concerns, a rare decision that was praised by several pro-Israel groups and lambasted by free speech advocates and the country’s largest Muslim civil rights organization.

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Man arrested after 3 shot to death in central Indiana apartment complex

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

A 24-year-old Indianapolis man has been arrested in connection with the fatal shootings of three people at an apartment complex in central Indiana. Lawrence police say Tuesday the man faces three preliminary counts of murder and charges from an unrelated warrant. The man has not yet been formally charged. Police say officers found the two women and one man dead around 7:15 p.m. Friday in Lawrence while responding to reports of gunfire. They were identified as 19-year-old Aaliyah Wortman of Marion... Читать дальше...

‘Nightmare Scenario’: The Risks Of Escalation As Israel Mulls Iran Response – Analysis

Eurasia Review 

By Kian Sharifi

(RFE/RL) — Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel has put the Middle East in uncharted territory.

Tehran fired scores of drones and missiles at Israel on April 13, its first-ever direct attack on its archfoe.

In the wake of the assault, Israel has been weighing up its options, which analysts say could range from a diplomatic offensive to isolate Iran to directing military strikes on the Islamic republic.

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Qatar calls Hoyer's criticism of its mediation efforts in Gaza 'not constructive'

TheHill.com 

Qatar called Rep. Steny Hoyer’s (D-Md.) criticism of the country’s mediation efforts in the Israel-Hamas war “not constructive” and rebuked the lawmaker for "threatening" to “reevaluate” the U.S. relationship with Doha. Hoyer stated on Monday that Qatar should signal to Hamas that "repercussions" will ensue if the militant Palestinian group stalls “progress” toward releasing the...

US court rejects a request by tribes to block $10B energy transmission project in Arizona

Times Union 

A federal judge has rejected a request by Native American tribes and environmentalists to stop work on a $10 billion electricity transmission line slated to run through a remote valley in southern Arizona. The judge issued her ruling Tuesday after hearing oral arguments weeks ago on Pattern Energy’s SunZia transmission project. It will carry electricity from wind farms in New Mexico to more populated markets in Arizona and California. Critics had accused the U.S. Interior Department and Bureau of... Читать дальше...

OKCFD battling apartment fire in NW OKC

Kfor.com 

The Oklahoma City Fire Department is responding to an apartment fire near Northwest 16th Street and North Rockwell Ave. Heavy smoke and visible flames were seen coming from the structure.

US to impose new sanctions against Iran after attack on Israel

BigNewsNetwork.com 

Washington, DC [US], April 17 (ANI): White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has said that the US will impose new sanctions on Iran's missile and drone programmes and new sanctions against entities backing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Iran's Defence Ministry in the coming days. In a statement, Sullivan said, "Following Iran's unprecedented air attack against Israel, President Biden is coord





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