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Minnie Phillips is a news writer for PM-News, where she writes about politics, health, business, parenting, and finance. She has been writing since she was in high school. Minnie is also a mother of two and loves to travel. In her spare time she likes to go hiking and read books by her favorite author James Patterson.

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Israel Reportedly Launches Retaliatory Airstrike Into Iran

Israel launched missiles toward Iran on Thursday evening—the first retaliatory strike to follow an Iranian missile and drone attack on Israeli soil last weekend, U.S. officials told CBS and ABC News. It’s unclear how many missiles—if any—reached Iran and how effective they may have been on impact. The country’s anti-missile defenses were activated early Friday […]

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Maryland high school student arrested after authorities discovered a 129-page document detailing school shooting plan, police say

A Maryland high school student was arrested and charged with threat of mass violence after police say they discovered evidence revealing the teen had plans to commit a school shooting, authorities said Thursday. The arrest on Wednesday came after authorities discovered a 129-page document they say was written by 18-year-old Alex Ye, the Montgomery County

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History made as US military conducts first ever human vs AI dogfight

The US military has carried out the first ever dogfight between a human pilot and an AI-controlled fighter jet. The computer-controlled F-16 jet took on a manned F-16 aircraft in aerial combat at Edwards air force base in California in September last year, the US air force has announced. Travelling at speeds of up to

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Fact Check: People Are Claiming Trump Never Attended His Children's Graduations. Here's What We Found

Claim: Former President Donald Trump has not attended any of his children’s high school or college graduation ceremonies, as of April 2024. Rating: Rating: False Context: With one possible exception, Trump has been present at each of his children’s high school and college graduations, according to contemporaneous reports and the recollections of other attendees.  

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Trump Savagely Dragged by Another Hush-Money Trial Juror

During jury selection at Donald Trump’s hush-money trial on Thursday, a potential juror was excused for making an apt comparison: The former president reminded him of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. The man, who is originally from Italy, said it would be “hard to be fair and impartial” because of the similarities. Berlusconi and

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Trump loses bid to halt Jan. 6 lawsuits while he fights criminal charges in the 2020 election case

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump lost a bid Thursday to pause a string of lawsuits accusing him of inciting the U.S. Capitol attack, while the former president fights his 2020 election interference criminal case in Washington. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington denied defense lawyers’ request to put the civil cases seeking to hold

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Okla. Fisherman Who Thought Friend Was Trying to Feed Him to Bigfoot Convicted of Murder

A judge found Larry Doil Sanders guilty of murder Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation Larry Doil Sanders A man who claimed he killed his friend because he believed the victim was summoning Bigfoot was convicted of murder. Larry Doil Sanders was found guilty by an Oklahoma judge April 17, according to reports from The Oklahoman,

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Convenience store chain where Biden bought snacks while campaigning hit with discrimination lawsuit

A convenience store chain where President Joe Biden stopped for snacks this week while campaigning in Pennsylvania has been hit with a lawsuit by federal officials who allege the company discriminated against minority job applicants. Sheetz Inc., which operates more than 700 stores in six states, discriminated against Black, Native American and multiracial job seekers

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