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JD Vance meets Pope Francis on Easter Sunday after flap over migration

Sunday, April 20 by SRN News

VATICAN CITY (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance met briefly with Pope Francis on Easter Sunday as the pontiff recovers from pneumonia. Vance’s motorcade entered Vatican City through a side gate and parked near Francis’ hotel residence while Easter Mass was being celebrated in... Read More.

15 years after Deepwater Horizon oil spill, lawsuits stall and restoration is incomplete

Sunday, April 20 by SRN News

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Fifteen years after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded off the Gulf Coast, killing 11 and sending 134 million gallons (507.2 million liters) of crude gushing into the ocean, the effects of the nation’s worst offshore oil spill are still... Read More.

Marijuana holiday 4/20 coincides with Easter and Passover this year. Here’s what to know

Sunday, April 20 by SRN News

Marijuana culture’s high holiday, known as 4/20, falls this year on Easter Sunday, as well as the last day of Passover, meaning cannabis fans can celebrate in some unusual ways, including an “Easter nug hunt” in Los Angeles, kosher-style THC gummies in New York... Read More.

Man who fatally shot 23 at El Paso Walmart set to plead guilty to murder nearly 6 years on

Saturday, April 19 by SRN News

DALLAS (AP) — The long-running criminal case against a Texas gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack targeting Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart in El Paso in 2019 is on the verge of coming to a close. Patrick Crusius, 26, is expected... Read More.

Everglades restoration would protect Florida Keys while scientists watch drought conditions

Saturday, April 19 by SRN News

ISLAMORADA, Fla. (AP) — The Everglades is more than just swamps, fan boats and alligators and restoration efforts impact more than the land between Florida’s east and west coasts. Florida Bay, a body of water located between the southern end of mainland Florida and the... Read More.

Ousted Pentagon officials question leak investigation claims

Saturday, April 19 by SRN News

By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Dan Caldwell, once one of U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s most senior advisors, issued a joint statement on Saturday along with two other Pentagon officials casting doubt on an internal leak investigation that led to... Read More.

Oregon community college coach and player killed when truck collides with softball team bus

Saturday, April 19 by SRN News

ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon college softball team traveling from a game was involved in a two-vehicle crash that killed an athlete and coach, authorities said Saturday. The driver of a pickup crossed a center line and crashed head-on into a bus carrying... Read More.

Oregon community college coach and player killed when truck crashes into bus carrying softball team

Saturday, April 19 by SRN News

ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon college softball team traveling from a game was involved in a two-vehicle crash that killed an athlete and coach, authorities said Saturday. The driver of a pickup truck crossed a centerline and crashed head-on into a bus carrying... Read More.

Three Hegseth aides ousted in leak investigation decry ‘baseless attacks’

Saturday, April 19 by SRN News

WASHINGTON (AP) — Three former senior advisers to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth decried on Saturday what they called “baseless attacks” after each was escorted from the Pentagon in an expanding probe on information leaks. Dan Caldwell, a Hegseth aide; Colin Carroll, chief of staff to... Read More.

Anti-Trump protesters rally in New York, Washington and elsewhere across the country

Saturday, April 19 by SRN News

NEW YORK (AP) — Opponents of President Donald Trump’s administration took to the streets of communities large and small across the U.S. on Saturday, decrying what they see as threats to the nation’s democratic ideals. The disparate events ranged from a march through midtown Manhattan... Read More.

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