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Puerto Rico is plunged into darkness after a fire at one of its largest power plants

9:00am April 07, 2022

by The Associated Press

The outage was one of the biggest in recent months for the island's crumbling electrical grid, which has seen its periodic blackouts grow worse the last few years.

Magellan penguins stand in their enclosure at the Blank Park Zoo on Tuesday in Des Moines, Iowa. Zoos across North America are moving their birds indoors and away from people and wildlife as they try to protect them from the highly contagious and potentia

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Zoos across North America are moving birds indoors to protect them from avian flu

8:50am April 07, 2022

by The Associated Press

Penguins may be the only birds visitors to many zoos can see right now, because they already are kept inside and usually protected behind glass, making it harder for the bird flu to reach them.

Rioters loyal to former President Donald Trump rally at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021.

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Judge issues the first outright acquittal of a defendant charged over the Jan. 6 riot

8:41am April 07, 2022

by The Associated Press

A federal judge on Wednesday acquitted a New Mexico man of misdemeanor charges that he illegally entered the U.S. Capitol and engaged in disorderly conduct during last year's riot.

The federal government is starting to forecast the budget impacts of climate change. Hurricane damage is a big driver, and could cause up to an additional $94 billion annually in coastal disaster response costs by 2100.

The future cost of climate inaction? $2 trillion a year, says the government

7:54am April 07, 2022

by Laura Benshoff

The federal government has begun tallying the damage climate change could do to the economy and its budget. This comes as scientists warn time is running out to avoid catastrophic global warming.

The California city of Palm Springs has taken the first step in developing a universal basic income program for transgender and nonbinary residents.

Palm Springs looks to create a universal basic income pilot for trans residents

5:00am April 07, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

The Palm Springs City Council took the first step in approving funding for two organizations to develop a universal basic income pilot program that prioritizes trans and nonbinary residents.

Then-White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications Dan Scavino delivers a recorded address for the Republican National Convention on Aug. 26, 2020, in the empty Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C.

House approves criminal contempt referrals for 2 Trump aides over the Jan. 6 attack

7:42pm April 06, 2022

by Claudia Grisales

The House voted to hold former Trump White House advisers Dan Scavino Jr. and Peter Navarro in contempt of Congress and refer the matter to the Justice Department for possible prosecution

U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona delivers remarks in Washington, D.C., in January. The department has extended the freeze on federal student loan payments several times since the pandemic began in March 2020.

The student loan pause has been extended until the end of the summer

7:04pm April 06, 2022

by Cory Turner

The Biden administration extended the freeze on student loan payments yet again, this time until September, and announced a reset for borrowers in default.

Remy Martin reacts as Kansas Jayhawks players and coaches hold up the National Championship trophy after defeating the North Carolina Tar Heels in the 2022 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament National Championship on Monday in New Orleans.

As Kansas celebrates victory, a years-long NCAA investigation hangs over the school

6:47pm April 06, 2022

by Jeff Dean

The University of Kansas just won the NCAA men's basketball championship, but the results of an investigation into recruiting violations may spoil the party.

What U.S. intelligence got right and wrong about the war in Ukraine

4:51pm April 06, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman and Fred Kagan of the Critical Threats Project at the American Enterprise Institute about U.S. intelligence in the war in Ukraine.

Emily Wales, interim CEO of Planned Parenthood Great Plains Votes, speaks to a group of abortion rights advocates outside the state Capitol in Oklahoma City on Tuesday. The Oklahoma House gave final legislative approval to a bill that would make performin

Oklahoma's vote to ban most abortions comes at a key moment for reproductive rights

4:43pm April 06, 2022

by Joe Hernandez

It's the latest conservative legislature to approve a new restriction on abortion, as the country awaits a Supreme Court decision that could upend Roe v. Wade.