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The political battle between Disney and Florida Gov. DeSantis heats up

5:07am April 19, 2023

by Danielle Prieur

The fight between Ron DeSantis and Disney enters another round Wednesday as the governor's appointees on a new oversight board try to regain some power over land-use permits around the Disney parks.

Some of the fastest sea level rise in the world is happening in Galveston, Texas.

Why Texans need to know how quickly Antarctica's ice is melting

5:01am April 19, 2023

Ice in Antarctica is melting rapidly. That's driving sea level rise around the world. But some places are threatened more than others, and Texas is in the crosshairs.

Wildfires are getting bigger. Arctic ice is melting. Now, scientists say they're linked.

The surprising connection between Arctic ice and Western wildfires

5:00am April 19, 2023

The ice that covers the Arctic Ocean is shrinking as the climate gets hotter. Scientists are finding it could be linked to weather that's helping fuel disasters.

Local officials issued evacuation orders for at least 20 homes as temperatures spiked and snowmelt coursed through the streets on Wednesday, April 12, 2023, in Kaysville, Utah. A record-breaking snow season has raised fears of spring flooding throughout Utah as the weather in mountain regions warms.

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Utah is in a state of emergency as melting snow is likely to cause months of flooding

4:47am April 19, 2023

by Ayana Archie

The state experienced record snowfall last winter, and as snow melts, it could cause natural disasters, such as avalanches and mudslides, Gov. Spencer Cox says.

A coroner rules the singer Aaron Carter drowned in a tub from sedatives and inhalant

2:48am April 19, 2023

by The Associated Press

Aaron Carter, the younger brother of the Backstreet Boys' Nick Carter, was found submerged and dead at age 34 in the bathtub of his home in Lancaster, California, last November.

Multiple white nationalist groups march with torches through the University of Virginia campus on Aug. 11, 2017, in Charlottesville, Va.

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Multiple torch-carrying marchers in the Charlottesville rally are indicted

1:48am April 19, 2023

by The Associated Press

Nearly six years after white nationalists in Virginia clashed with counter-protesters, a grand jury indicted multiple people on felony charges for carrying flaming torches intended to intimidate.

Cars are seen piled on top of each other at the scene of a partial collapse of a parking garage in the Financial District of New York, Tuesday, April 18, 2023, in New York.

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1 person is dead after a parking garage collapses in New York City

1:05am April 19, 2023

by The Associated Press

A parking garage collapsed Tuesday in lower Manhattan's Financial District, killing one worker, injuring five and crushing cars as concrete floors fell on top of each other, officials said.

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Fox News averts major defamation trial by settling with Dominion Voting Systems

7:00pm April 18, 2023

by David Folkenflik

Fox News lawyers reached a settlement with Dominion Voting Systems just before trial was to begin. The voting-tech company sued Fox for falsehoods it broadcast after the 2020 presidential election.

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Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt delivers his State of the State address on Feb. 6 in Oklahoma City. He's calling on county officials heard making racist remarks to resign.

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Oklahoma governor wants officials who made violent, racist remarks on tape to resign

6:51pm April 18, 2023

by Joe Hernandez

Four county officials in Oklahoma were caught on tape allegedly making violent and racist remarks and jokes. A local newspaper said it recorded the comments at a public meeting.

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Kansas City mayor on the shooting of a Black teenager

4:41pm April 18, 2023

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas about the investigation into the shooting of a Black teenager by a white homeowner after the teen mistakenly arrived at the wrong address.

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