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Book Review: ‘The Tiny Things Are Heavier’ is a reflection on young adulthood and migration

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press “The Tiny Things Are Heavier,” by author Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo, is a reflection on young adulthood, migration, cultural misunderstanding and family relationships. Okonkwo’s debut novel is at turns amusing and heartbreaking as it follows Sommy, a Nigerian graduate student trying to navigate her new life in Iowa. Lonesome and homesick,

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Judge seeks more information about Trump administration’s cuts to Voice of America

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge who blocked the Trump administration from dismantling Voice of America is seeking more information from the government about whether it is complying with his order preserving the 83-year-old international news service. During a hearing on Monday, U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth asked a Justice

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— KANSAS – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— US–NTSB-BOEING DESCRIPTION: The National Transportation Safety Board will confirm what investigators determined caused a door plug to

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— KANSAS – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— US–NTSB-BOEING DESCRIPTION: The National Transportation Safety Board will confirm what investigators determined caused a door plug to

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— KANSAS – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— US–NTSB-BOEING DESCRIPTION: The National Transportation Safety Board will confirm what investigators determined caused a door plug to

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— KANSAS – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— US–NTSB-BOEING DESCRIPTION: The National Transportation Safety Board will confirm what investigators determined caused a door plug to

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Poeple walk across the Big Four Bridge as the sun sets at Waterfront Park on June 22 in Louisville

Heat waves are getting more dangerous with climate change — and we may still be underestimating them

By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — The intensifying and expansive heat wave affecting around 150 million people in the United States from Wisconsin to Washington, DC, bears the hallmarks of human-caused global warming. Hundreds of daily temperature records are threatened during the next few days, particularly along the East Coast, and some all-time June high

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Police raided locations across DFW in a year-long investigation into THC sales. The Allen Police Department

75,000 pounds of THC products seized in DFW raids as Texas Gov. Abbott weighs statewide ban

By Andrea Lucia, Kelsy Mittauer Click here for updates on this story     ALLEN, Texas (KTVT) — Police raided locations across DFW on Tuesday in a year-long investigation into THC sales. The Allen Police Department, with help from the DEA, seized products at three warehouses in Dallas, while other agencies raided the owners’ homes in Carrollton,

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WNBA Glance

All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB New York 10 3 .769 — Atlanta 10 4 .714 ½ Indiana 6 7 .462 4 Washington 6 8 .429 4½ Chicago 3 10 .231 7 Connecticut 2 12 .143 8½ WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Minnesota 12 1 .923 — Phoenix 11 4 .733

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NBA Playoff Glance

All Times EDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Eastern Conference New York 4, Detroit 2 Saturday, April 19: New York 123, Detroit 112 Monday, April 21: Detroit 100, New York 94 Thursday, April 24: New York 118, Detroit 116 Sunday, April 27: New York 94, Detroit 93 Tuesday, April 29: Detroit 106, New York 103

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NBA Daily Playoff Glance

All Times EDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Saturday, April 19 Indiana 117, Milwaukee 98 Denver 112, L.A. Clippers 110, OT New York 123, Detroit 112 Minnesota 117, L.A. Lakers 95 Sunday, April 20 Oklahoma City 131, Memphis 80 Boston 103, Orlando 86 Cleveland 121, Miami 100 Golden State 95, Houston 85 Monday, April 21

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