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Police dog finds missing Florida toddler safe in woods after following scent from blanket

K-9 Midnight of the DeLand Police Department in Florida helped find a missing 3-year-old boy and reunited him with his family on Friday.

Easter weekend storm hits Southern California with rain and mountain snow

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An Easter weekend storm has slammed into Southern California, bringing more rain and mountain snow to a region already drenched by winter weather.

San Diego spot makes one of the 'wildest and wackiest waffle wonders': Yelp

Some waffle-makers in North Park are being credited for adding their own unique twist to one of the most sought after breakfast comfort foods.

Crews carefully start removing first piece of twisted steel from collapsed Baltimore bridge

Engineers in Maryland are working on the daunting task of removing the remains of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge from the Patapsco River.

US Census changes how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity

Story at a glance The 2030 U.S. Census will include new race and ethnicity checkboxes for Hispanic people and people of Middle Eastern and North African descent, the Office of Management and Budget announced Thursday, a major change in how the government tracks demographics.

Most Americans support cannabis legalization for medical, recreational use: Pew

Story at a glance Most Americans — 88 percent — think cannabis should be legal for medical or recreational use, according to a recently published Pew Research Center survey.

Pope Francis makes appeal for peace in Gaza in Easter message

Pope Francis made a strong appeal for a cease-fire in Gaza and the “prompt” release of all Israel hostages during his traditional Easter message.

Around the world

Vatican confirms pope will preside over Easter Vigil after he skipped Good Friday at last minute

The Vatican confirmed Pope Francis would preside over the Easter Vigil service on Saturday night, after he decided at the last minute to skip his participation in the Good Friday procession at the Colosseum as a health precaution.

Florida car chase in 2020 may be linked to Havana syndrome: report

A high-speed chase in Key West, Florida, may be linked to the mysterious phenomenon known as "Havana syndrome," according to a new report set to air Sunday.

Child, 8, is sole survivor after bus plunges off South African bridge, killing 45

A bus carrying worshippers on a long-distance trip from Botswana to an Easter weekend church gathering in South Africa plunged off a bridge on a mountain pass Thursday and burst into flames as it hit the rocky ground below, killing at least 45 people, authorities said.

Cindy McCain says hunger in Haiti is ‘catastrophic’ amid gang violence

Cindy McCain, the executive director of the United Nations's World Food Program (WFP), sounded the alarm on hunger in Haiti as gang violence rages on in the Caribbean nation. "It's catastrophic.

US military says it destroyed Houthi drones over the Red Sea and in Yemen

The U.S. military says its forces have destroyed two unmanned aerial vehicles in the Houthi-held areas in Yemen and over the crucial shipping route in the Red Sea.

2 dead as Russia launches attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian cruise missile strike on infrastructure in Ukraine’s western Lviv region killed one man, while another died in an attack in the northeast, officials said Sunday. The attack in Lviv destroyed a building and sparked a fire, Gov.

Ships with a second round of aid for Gaza have departed Cyprus as concerns about hunger soar

JERUSALEM (AP) — A three-ship convoy left a port in Cyprus on Saturday with 400 tons of food and other supplies for Gaza as concerns about hunger in the territory soar.

Technology

Trump social media company defies expectations in stock market debut

The parent company of former President Trump’s Truth Social platform defied expectations in its first week on the stock market. Trump Media & Technology Group stock closed at roughly $62 per share Thursday after a whipsaw week of trading. Shares of Digital World Acquisition Corp.

Study says since 1979 climate change has made heat waves last longer, spike hotter, hurt more people

A new study says climate change is making giant heat waves crawl slower across the globe and they are baking more people for a longer time with higher temperatures over larger areas.

VP Harris says US agencies must show their AI tools aren't harming people's safety or rights

U.S. federal agencies must show that their artificial intelligence tools aren't harming the public, or stop using them, under new rules unveiled by the White House on Thursday.

A London court will rule on whether WikiLeaks founder Assange can challenge extradition to the US

LONDON (AP) — A London court is scheduled Tuesday to rule whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gets one final appeal in England to challenge extradition to the United States on espionage charges.

Deno boosts dependency management with JSR

Deno 1.42, the latest release of the JavaScript, TypeScript, and WebAssembly runtime, introduces support for JSR, a new package registry for JavaScript and TypeScript. The release also improves Node and NPM compatibility and startup times. Deno 1.42 was announced March 28.

VP Harris says US agencies must show their AI tools aren't harming people's safety or rights

U.S. federal agencies must show that their artificial intelligence tools aren't harming the public, or stop using them, under new rules unveiled by the White House on Thursday.

Secret Facebook project spied on Snapchat user data, documents say

The operation, codenamed "Project Ghostbusters," came at Mark Zuckerberg's request, newly unsealed court documents allege.

Sports News

A’s 4, Guardians 3: Only 4,118 see walk-off winner to cap season-opening series

The A's avoided a season-opening sweep to the Cleveland Guardians and won 4-3 Sunday on a bases-loaded walk in the ninth inning.

WWE star's widow: 'Not surprised' by McMahon lawsuit

Martha Hart, the widow of late WWE star Owen Hart, says she was not surprised by the allegations against Vince McMahon.

N.C. State and its 2 DJs headed to 1st Final Four since 1983 after 76-64 win over Duke

Bruising big man DJ Burns Jr. scored a season-high 29 points, DJ Horne scored 20 and 11th-seeded North Carolina State reached its first Final Four in four decades, beating Atlantic Coast Conference rival Duke 76-64 in the South Region final.

Scores from around the Valley on a big night in Baseball

We had a great night in baseball and softball in the Grand Valley - at both the college and high school levels.

Ramirez hoping for successful "second chapter" with De La Hoya

FRESNO, Calif. - Avenal native Jose Ramirez will be returning to the ring in Fresno on April 27th at the Save Mart Center, hoping to begin a successful "second chapter" of his boxing career under the promotional umbrella of one of his childhood idols, boxing legend Oscar De La Hoya.

New Stanford basketball coach cries while talking about resources school can provide his special needs son

(KRON) -- New Stanford men's basketball coach Kyle Smith sees the school as his dream job -- not just for what could happen on the court, but also for how the university can help his family.

Olivia Culpo reveals 'most difficult part' of planning wedding with Christian McCaffrey

Olivia Culpo, the model fiancée of San Francisco 49ers star Christian McCaffrey, revealed the most difficult part of wedding planning so far.

Politics News

MTA expected to vote on final congestion pricing rates at board meeting

NEW YORK (PIX11) – It’s been a long time coming and has faced a lot of pushback, but we may have a final answer on the MTA’s controversial congestion pricing plan on Wednesday.

Council recommends $12 million to fight invasive carp

A proposal to install a barrier to prevent invasive carp from moving up the Mississippi River got a surprise boost this week. The Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council makes recommendations on how to spend money from a dedicated sales tax.

Can a candidate be replaced after winning the presidential primary?

Both presumptive candidates for the presidential election in 2024 will be at least 78 years old or older by Inauguration Day 2025. One is also charged in four criminal cases and facing 88 felony counts, which could lead the party to shift tactics pending a conviction.

Alabama special election to test political potency of abortion, IVF

A special election in an unusual purple Alabama state House district is testing the political potency of reproductive rights in a red state after a major ruling there last month led to a temporary pause on in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment.

Democrats unite against RFK Jr.

Democrats desperate to see President Biden reelected are calling for more coordinated force against Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Bring Chicago Home backers retreat and regroup

CHICAGO — Days after Chicago voters said no to raising the real estate transfer tax on property sales over $1 million to combat homelessness in the city, supporters of the measure struck a tone of humility.

Some state lawmakers want school chaplains as part of a 'rescue mission' for public education

Lawmakers in more than a dozen states have proposed legislation to allow spiritual chaplains in public schools.