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Auroras illuminate night skies around the world, expected to continue through Sunday
Night skies were lit up by the northern lights Friday in locations the auroras don't normally shine as a severe solar storm supercharged the phenomenon.
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Calls for accountability intensify after Houston police chief retires amid scandal over dropped cases
For months, a police accountability group in Houston demaded that Finner resign after it was revealed that thousands of cases, including for serious offenses such as sexual assault, were inexplicably dropped over the years.
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AP PHOTOS: Lotus Lantern Festival draws thousands in Seoul to celebrate upcoming Buddha's birthday
Holding umbrellas and pink paper lotus flowers, thousands of South Koreans joyously filled the wet streets of Seoul in an annual festival anticipating Buddha’s birthday the coming week. Despite the rain, organizers expected a turnout of around 50,000 people for Saturday’s Yeon Deung Hoe, or Lotus Lantern Festival, whose evening parade draws huge crowds out to see the featured floats, some carried and others rolled on wheels along the downtown area of the capital, Seoul. Thousands of people gathered Saturday at Seoul’s Dongguk University, the parade’s starting point, to head to the Jogyesa Temple where thousands of colorful lanterns were hung at the temple’s grounds, forming the sentence: “It’s peaceful just the way it is,” which could be seen from the air.
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Ex-GOP Gov. Hogan is popular with some Maryland Democrats, but not enough to put him in the Senate
Some Maryland Democrats have a soft spot for Larry Hogan, their former two-term Republican governor in a heavily blue state. Party voters in Tuesday’s primary will decide which candidate they think is in the best position to beat Hogan in November in a state that hasn’t elected a Republican senator in more than 40 years. David Trone, who's in his third term as a congressman, and Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks are the leading contenders among the 10 candidates.
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Joe Biden wants to remind 2024 voters of a record and an agenda. Often it's Donald Trump's
President Joe Biden is running for reelection on a record and an agenda -- often Donald Trump’s. In a hotel ballroom in Seattle, at fancy homes in California and at stops in Illinois and Wisconsin over the past week, Biden has been betting that reminding voters about Trump's presidency and highlighting his Republican opponent's latest campaign statements will work to the Democrat's advantage. At a Seattle fundraiser Friday night, Biden brought up Trump's recent interview with Time magazine in which Trump said states should be left to determine whether to prosecute women for abortions or to monitor their pregnancies.
USA TODAY
DOJ wants 40 year sentence for man who attacked Nancy Pelosi's husband with a hammer
Prosecutors are arguing David DePape's crimes should be treated as terrorism. He attacked Nancy Pelosi's husband with a hammer inside their home.
USA TODAY
Israel orders Palestinians to evacuate from more areas of Gaza's Rafah
More than 1 million displaced people have sought refuge in the southern city in the Gaza Strip during the seven-month-old war.
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A top Cambodian opposition politician is charged with inciting disorder for criticizing government
Sun Chanthy of the Nation Power Party, established late last year, was formally charged Friday by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court and sent to pre-trial detention in the northwestern province of Pursat, according to Choung Chou Ngy. Cambodia's government has long been accused of using the judicial system to persecute critics and political opponents.
The Conversation
Finding objective ways to talk about religion in the classroom is tough − but the cost of not doing so is clear
Many countries wrestle with whether to include any kind of education about religion in public school lessons, and each one takes its own approach.
Reuters
Colombia paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso released by Bogota court
A court in Colombia granted conditional release to former paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso, his defense team confirmed on Saturday. Mancuso, a former top commander of the paramilitary United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), was sent back to Colombia from the United States in February after serving a drug trafficking sentence there.
The Conversation
How active are the microorganisms in your yogurt? We created a new tool to study probiotic activity — and made it out of cardboard
Probiotics are great for your gut, but which sources contain the most beneficial bacteria? Newly developed sensors are helping scientists figure it out.
Yahoo Finance
America's love affair with the SUV is killing the trusty sedan
The Chevy Malibu has gone the way of the dodo. The long-running Malibu nameplate has had two separate runs with Chevrolet, with its first stint dating back 50 years. GM sold 10 million Malibus during its time, but in recent days it's a rarity — a sedan.
CNN
Beethoven’s hair reveals new insights into the composer’s health issues
This week, learn secrets unlocked by studying Ludwig van Beethoven’s hair, explore lava tubes where Stone Age people lived, see the cosmic “God’s Hand,” and more.
The Conversation
Do you hear what I see? How blindness changes how you process the sound of movement
Detecting and tracking motion is key to survival. The ability to extract auditory information from a noisy environment changes when your brain isn’t wired to rely on vision.
CNN
With a surprise cross-border attack, Russia ruthlessly exposes Ukraine’s weaknesses
For Ukraine, May is turning out to be the cruellest month.
The Conversation
Digital inaccessibility: Blind and low-vision people have powerful technology but still face barriers to the digital world
Assistive technology like screen readers for the blind help people with disabilities use computers and smartphones, but they can be tripped up if webpages or documents are improperly formatted.
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Sudan’s military fends off an attack by paramilitary forces on a major Darfur city
Sudan’s military and allied armed groups have staved off an attack by a paramilitary group and Arab militias on a major city in the western region of Darfur, officials and residents said on Saturday. The attack on Friday was the latest by the Arab-dominated Rapid Support Forces against el-Fasher, the provincial capital of North Darfur province, where hundreds of thousands of people are sheltering, many of them having fled fighting elsewhere in Darfur. The RSF, which has been at war with the military for more than a year, has built forces up in recent months to wrestle control of el-Fasher, the last city that is still held by the military in the sprawling Darfur region.
USA TODAY
The northern lights danced across the US last night. It could happen again Saturday.
The northern lights were seen as far south as Florida, Oklahoma, Texas and Arizona overnight. Saturday night could bring another spectacular display.
CNN
An American soldier went missing in the Korean War. How his late mother’s faith he’d come home has finally been realized
A soldier who went missing during the Korean War has been identified after 70 years. It was the hope of his mother that he would come home again.
Politico
WABC Radio suspends Rudy Giuliani for flouting ban on discussing discredited 2020 election claims
The former New York City mayor had been warned twice not to discuss “fallacies of the November 2020 election.”

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