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Month: April 2025

Universal Epic Universe is the theme park resort’s biggest bang yet in Florida

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — From Harry Potter to Super Mario Bros. to Frankenstein’s monster, Universal Orlando Resort is pulling out all the pop culture stops at its newest and largest theme park in Florida. With five distinctively-themed sections and a 500-room hotel, the multibillion-dollar Universal Epic Universe is slated to

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Authorities shot a suspect minutes after 911 calls reported a shooting at Florida State University. Here’s what we know

By Dalia Faheid and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — As multiple rounds of gunfire erupted near Florida State University’s student union minutes before noon on Thursday, students ran away from the campus trying to get to safety as the sound of emergency sirens grew louder. Just two minutes after 911 calls reported the shooting, the

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Questions emerge about how a deputy’s stepson became the accused gunman in deadly FSU shooting

By KATE PAYNE and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Amid the abandoned chemistry notes and other debris left behind after a deadly shooting at Florida State University are lingering questions about how the stepson of a beloved sheriff’s deputy tasked with school safety at a middle school became the accused gunman. Political

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Four centuries later, Easter’s date remains divisive. Some church leaders want that to change

By DEREK GATOPOULOS, COLLEEN BARRY and LEFTERIS PITARAKIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — For more than 400 years, Catholic and Orthodox churches have used different ways to determine the date of Easter. But this Sunday will mark a special moment for Christians, as the churches celebrate of Jesus’ resurrection on the same day. What’s

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La Tierra se está desprendiendo debajo de la Sierra Nevada, muestra evidencia poco común encontrada por científicos

Por Taylor Nicioli, CNN La sismóloga Deborah Kilb estaba revisando los registros de temblores en California de las últimas cuatro décadas cuando notó algo curioso: una serie de sismos profundos que habían ocurrido bajo la Sierra Nevada a una profundidad en la que la corteza terrestre normalmente estaría demasiado caliente y a alta presión para

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Senator Chris Van Hollen speaks during a press conference at a hotel in San Salvador on April 17.

Sen. Chris Van Hollen says Abrego Garcia described being ‘traumatized’ at CECOT, has been moved to different detention center

CNN By Lauren Fox and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Chris Van Hollen on Friday detailed his recent meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, saying the Maryland man wrongfully deported to El Salvador described being “traumatized” by his time at the country’s notorious CECOT prison and has since been moved. “He said he was not

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Demonstrators raise signs and posters during a rally outside the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau headquarters in Washington

Judge pauses mass firings at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as she considers whether layoffs violated court order

By Tierney Sneed and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge paused the Trump administration’s efforts to lay off nearly 1,500 of the 1,700 employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as she considers whether the mass firing violated a court order halting the dismantling of the agency. Judge Amy Berman Jackson will scrutinize

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Arizona governor vetoes bill requiring local officials to help with federal immigration efforts

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs on Friday vetoed a Republican-backed bill intended to support the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown by requiring local and state officials in Arizona to cooperate with federal enforcement efforts. Under the proposal, local and state officials couldn’t prohibit or restrict cooperation with federal immigration

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NBA Glance

All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB y-Boston 61 21 .744 — x-New York 51 31 .622 10 Toronto 30 52 .366 31 Brooklyn 26 56 .317 35 Philadelphia 24 58 .293 37 Southeast Division W L Pct GB y-Orlando 41 41 .500 — Atlanta 40 42 .488 1 Miami 37

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