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Southern Poverty Law Center charged with defrauding donors with payments to extremist informantsApr 21, 2026 7:17 pm - The Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted Tuesday on federal fraud charges alleging it improperly raised millions of dollars to pay informants to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan and other extremist groups, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said.
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Republicans launch a new effort to fund the Department of Homeland SecurityApr 21, 2026 6:26 pm - The Senate voted on Tuesday to launch a new effort to reopen the Department of Homeland Security and end the longest partial government shutdown in history.
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Music Review: Foo Fighters’ ‘Your Favorite Toy’ is a high-energy return that takes some risksApr 21, 2026 3:38 pm - Frontman Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters had a tumultuous two years. But on “Your Favorite Toy,” Foo Fighters’ 12th full-length studio album out Friday, April 24, the 15-time Grammy winners are clearly having fun. They headline Chicago’s Soldier Field on Aug. 8.
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Alan Osmond, the eldest member of the Osmonds, has died at 76Apr 21, 2026 3:07 pm - Alan Osmond, the eldest member of the chart-topping family act The Osmonds, died Monday after decades with multiple sclerosis. He was 76.
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Democrat Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida resigns before the House can sanction her in ethics caseApr 21, 2026 2:14 pm - Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida resigned on Tuesday moments before a hearing was to begin to consider what punishment to recommend after a House ethics panel found she had committed numerous campaign finance and reporting violations.
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Apple’s new CEO John Ternus steps into the spotlight after flying under the radar for yearsApr 21, 2026 11:35 am - Apple's next CEO John Ternus is a company veteran who rose through the iPhone maker's hardware engineering ranks but until now has maintained a low profile. Ternus will take over as chief executive in September for Tim Cook, who turned Apple into a $4 trillion tech colossus during his 15-year run after the death of co-founder Steve Jobs.
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Japan scraps a ban on lethal weapons exports in a change of its postwar pacifist policyApr 21, 2026 9:26 am - Japan on Tuesday scrapped a ban on lethal weapons exports, a major change in its postwar pacifist policy as the country seeks to build up its arms industry amid worries over Chinese and North Korean aggression.
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Zach Galifianakis brings humor to gardening in a Netflix series premiering on Earth DayApr 21, 2026 9:19 am - In “This Is a Gardening Show,” a six-part series premiering Wednesday, April 22, on Netflix for Earth Day, Zach Galifianakis brings a kind of wide-eyed curiosity to gardening that feels at once sincere and ridiculous.
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Did Pope Leo find his voice in Africa? Or did the world finally hear him?Apr 21, 2026 9:12 am - There is a case to be made that Pope Leo XIV found his voice on his epic and ongoing trip through Africa. He has been criticizing the “handful of tyrants” and “chains of corruption” that have held parts of the continent hostage for centuries.
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Cook to step down as Apple CEO in SeptemberApr 21, 2026 8:53 am - Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down from the job that he inherited from the late Steve Jobs, ending a 15-year reign that saw the company’s market value soar by more than ...