Deepa Shivaram
Stories
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National
2 men impersonated federal agents to get close to the Secret Service, FBI says
They have been impersonating federal agents since early 2020, the FBI says. They allegedly offered favors to several Secret Service agents, including one assigned to the first lady's detail.
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Food
Kinder Eggs and other chocolates are recalled due to a salmonella outbreak in Europe
The Kinder products are being recalled across Europe and Canada. It was not immediately clear whether the recall involved products sold in the United States.
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National
Woman wins $10 million after accidentally pushing the wrong button on lottery machine
LaQuedra Edwards had put $40 into a lottery vending machine at a supermarket in Los Angeles when "some rude person" bumped into her, causing her to buy a different lottery ticket than she intended.
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Health
An anti-abortion group claims it took 115 fetuses from a medical waste truck
Washington, D.C., police originally said it found five fetal remains in one of the group member's apartments. Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising now says there were 115 fetuses in total.
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No, Russian cosmonauts were not making a pro-Ukraine statement with their spacesuits
Mark Vande Hei, a NASA astronaut who returned to earth on March 30, said the yellow and blue colors were from the university the Russian cosmonauts attended.
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Food
A federal judge dismisses a lawsuit that claimed Pop-Tarts aren't strawberry enough
The lawsuit was originally filed in September 2020 by Kelvin Brown, who argued that the strawberry Pop-Tarts box is "misleading" because the pastries also contain apples and pears in their filling.
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World
The pope apologizes for abuse of Indigenous children in Canada's residential schools
Pope Francis met with Indigenous leaders and survivors of Canada's residential schools this week. He had expressed sorrow in the past on behalf of the church, but this is the first formal apology.
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Politics
On Transgender Day of Visibility, White House announces moves to expand trans rights
The administration's announcement comes as several Republican-led states have passed anti-trans legislation in the last few months, which the White House calls "un-American."
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Health
Covid disparities persist for Black Americans. But there are lessons for the future
The Black Coalition Against Covid released a report two years into the pandemic as hospitalization rates for Black people with COVID-19 in the U.S. were the highest they've ever been.
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National
Physician-assisted death in Oregon is no longer limited to just state residents
Under a settlement reached in a federal lawsuit this week, terminally ill patients seeking physician-assisted death in Oregon are no longer required to be residents of the state.