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UK’s top court says definition of a woman is based on biological sex and excludes transgender people

By BRIAN MELLEY, JILL LAWLESS and SYLVIA HUI
Apr 16, 2025 7:09 am - The U.K. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a woman is someone born biologically female, excluding transgender people from the legal definition in a long-running dispute between a feminist group and the Scottish government.
China's economy grew 5.4% in the first quarter as exporters rushed to beat Trump’s tariffs

By ELAINE KURTENBACH
Apr 16, 2025 7:04 am - China's economy expanded at a 5.4% annual pace in January-March, the government said Wednesday, supported by strong exports ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s rapid increases in tariffs on Chinese products.
DOGE sought to assign a team to an independent nonprofit group

By Perry Stein
Apr 15, 2025 7:44 pm - U.S. DOGE Service representatives told leaders of a nonprofit group Tuesday that it wants to assign members of its team to work at all institutes or agencies that receive...
Wink Martindale, the genial game-show host and an early TV interviewer of Elvis Presley, dies at 91

By BETH HARRIS
Apr 15, 2025 7:22 pm - Los Angeles — Wink Martindale, the genial host of such hit game shows as “Gambit” and “Tic-Tac-Dough” who also did one of the first recorded television interviews with a ...
Analysis: Why Musk and Dorsey want to ‘delete all IP law’

By Gerrit De Vynck, Will Oremus and Andrea Jiménez
Apr 15, 2025 6:52 pm - Jack Dorsey, the co-founder of Twitter and CEO of Square, posted a cryptic and drastic demand on Elon Musk’s X over the weekend: “delete all IP law.” The post drew a quic...
Judge will order sworn testimony by Trump officials in case of wrongly deported man

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and BEN FINLEY
Apr 15, 2025 5:18 pm - GREENBELT, Md. — A federal judge said Tuesday that she will order sworn testimony by Trump administration officials to determine if they complied with her orders to facil...
Mass displacement and horrific eyewitness accounts follow Sudan camp attack

By Katharine Houreld and Hafiz Haroun
Apr 15, 2025 3:33 pm - Tens of thousands of people have fled attacks on camps for displaced families in Sudan, the United Nations’ migration agency says, as eyewitnesses and survivors described...
A strong solar storm heads to Earth. Here’s what to know about northern lights

By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN
Apr 15, 2025 2:32 pm - NEW YORK — A strong solar storm headed to Earth could produce colorful aurora displays across more U.S. states than usual Tuesday night. The sun earlier this week bu...
As Trump considers auto tariffs pause, parts exemptions could be key for US industry

By ALEXA ST. JOHN
Apr 15, 2025 2:18 pm - President Donald Trump hinted that he might temporarily relieve the auto industry from “permanent” tariffs he previously imposed on the business. The president didn't specify how long the potential pause would be or what it would entail, but the auto sector is awaiting how rules might change on 25% tariffs based on U.S. parts, if duties remain on assembled vehicles.
Harvard’s challenge to Trump administration could test limits of government power

By COLLIN BINKLEY
Apr 15, 2025 2:16 pm - On one side is Harvard, the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university, with a brand so powerful that its name is synonymous with prestige. On the other side is the Trump administration, determined to go further than any other White House to reshape American higher education.

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