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Republicans set to largely avoid town halls during recess

April 14, 2025

India strikes and Kashmir attack follow long history of tension and war
The mountainous state of Jammu and Kashmir, which at the time was still a kingdom, soon became a flashpoint. Pakistan backed an insurgency there, leading to the first war with India. Kashmir’s Maharaja Hari Singh sought help from the Indian milit in exchange for ceding territory, and in Janu 1949 the war ended in a…
Missing climate targets set to condemn tens of millions of children
Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email Failing to limit global warming to 1.5°C would condemn 83 per cent of today’s five-year olds to dangerous levels of extreme heat in their lifetimes, new research published today has…
Will the next pope reflect Francis’ values?
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Republican Jefferson Griffin concedes N.C. Supreme Court race after months of legal battles
Republican Jefferson Griffin conceded the North Carolina Supreme Court race on Wednesday to Democratic incumbent Allison Riggs, brining an end to the last unresolved contest from the 2024 election that dragged on for months due to a barrage of lawsuits. The announcement came two days after a federal judge ruled against Jefferson’s legal challenge to…
Moderna’s combo Covid and flu mRNA shot outperforms current vaccines in large trial
Moderna’s combined Covid and flu shot outperformed the existing standalone vaccines for both viruses, according to the results of a phase 3 clinical trial published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The vaccine uses the same messenger RNA technology as Moderna’s approved Covid vaccine. (There are no approved mRNA-based flu shots.) The…
60% of Japan towns in megaquake zone lack critical supplies
TOKYO — Roughly 60% of Japanese localities in the area where the next megaquake is expected to hit lack one or more critical supplies that would serve the needs of evacuees, according to a Nikkei study. Up to 12.3 million people are expected to be displaced if a massive earthquake rocks the Nankai Trough zone,…
Pakistan says it downed 5 Indian aircraft, stresses right ‘to avenge’
ISLAMABAD — After India launched attacks on Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir early Wednesday morning, Islamabad said that its forces shot down Indian fighter jets and destroyed multiple Indian security force checkpoints along the Line of Control, the de facto border between the nuclear-armed neighbors. Pakistan’s government, after holding its National Security Committee, issued a statement on…
‘Boardwalk Empire’ star Michael Pitt arrested for sexual abuse
‘Boardwalk Empire’ star Michael Pitt was arrested on Friday and charged with a series of sex crimes and assaults that occurred throughout 2020 and 2021. Pitt is facing several charges in Brooklyn for four different alleged incidents, including two counts of sexual abuse in the first degree; one count of a criminal sexual act in…
Japan’s Sumitomo acquires US medical product supplier ActivStyle
TOKYO — Japanese trading house Sumitomo Corp. said on Wednesday that it acquired U.S.-based ActivStyle, spending an undisclosed sum on a company that sells home health care products for urin incontinence. ActivStyle, founded in 1997, provides subscription delivery services for products like adult diapers to patients with urin incontinence. The company partners with about 200…