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Gas prices have been soaring in the United States with costs jumping by about $1.33 since the war started. It is now up to $4.30 a gallon. This is the highest it has been in the last four years. This is because of the closing of the Straight of Hormuz in Iran.

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Some drivers seeking workarounds as gas soars to highest prices in 4 years

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Some consumers conceded they can no longer afford to top off their tanks and others said they’ve parked their cars and are taking public transportation.

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There is potential for the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament to expand to 76 teams. March Madness as many people know it has become a staple of sports and basketball culture over the years. The exciting event which is now at 68 games could add 8 more. This proposal is meant to make the tournament more exciting and it gives more teams chances at the tournament. Many people are wondering if this idea would be good or if it could be disastrous.

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NCAA's March Madness field could grow to 76 teams for 2027 season | CNN

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The NCAA is still deliberating expanding March Madness on both the men's and women's sides to 76 teams for next season.

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Jeffery Epstein's cellmate found a suicide note the day before Jeffery allegedly killed himself. Beforehand the jail antagonized Jeffery about his mental state and if he had suicidal thoughts, but he denied all of it even saying that his life was amazing. They stopped suicide watch but still kept an eye out for him. In 2023 his cellmate was convicted with killing Jeffery and got charged in 2024. His appeal is still pending to this day.

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Ex-cellmate says he found suicide note from Jeffrey Epstein following earlier suicide attempt

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A suicide note purportedly written by Jeffrey Epstein is locked inside the case file of Nicholas Tartaglione, Epstein’s ex-cellmate, Tartaglione told The New York Times.

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A franchise once known as baseball’s lovable losers are, for the moment, merely baseball’s most expensive losers.

The New York Mets wrapped a shocking April by losing 5-4 to the Washington Nationals on Thursday, dropping to a major league worst 10-21 and burrowing even deeper into last place in the National League East.

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The world’s most expensive losers: the New York Mets are very rich … and very, very bad

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The Mets have the second-highest payroll in baseball. They also own the worst record in the major leagues

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Tornado watches and reports have skyrocketed throughout the last month, with about 25 in Kansas City metro alone. May is considered the peak of tornado season and storm watchers are encouraging everyone in the midwest area to take nessessary precautions and pay attention to the news when a thunderstorm is predicted.

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Tracking tornadoes in the US in maps and charts | CNN

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More than 1,000 tornadoes roar across the United States in an average year, causing billions of dollars in damage and killing scores of Americans. Track them here.

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CEO pay has increased greatly, and the workers pay hasn't. CEOs are making crazy money. People think they need to increase workers pay instead of giving more money to the rich, this article was proposing adding a wealth limit or a cap for CEOs and give the rest to the workers. All in all CEOs are making good money and their pay is increasing especially in 2025 and workers pay is slightly increasing but not as much as some people like.

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CEO pay soared in 2025, 20 times faster than workers’ pay

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Analysis finds real wages fell 12% since 2019, with inequality widening in the US beyond global levels

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The white house approved to fund DHS, specifically ICE, officially ending the longest recorded government shutdown in history, which was 76 days long. Trump wanted to fund ice with 70 billion dollars and congress didn't want to.

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House approves bill to fund DHS, ending record-long partial shutdown

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The bill funds all DHS agencies except immigration enforcement operations.

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Trump is loosing Americans trust, during economic stress he decided to suddenly bulldoze the East Wing of the White House to build a big, fancy ballroom to hold parties with powerful people. Which did not turn out well. He also plowed forward with his highly unorthodox efforts to affix his moniker and likeness to all manner of government building and products.

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Analysis: Americans really don’t like Trump’s attempts at ornamentation | CNN Politics

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Up until now, there’s been little polling about President Donald Trump’s efforts to gild the nation’s capital and government. But as it turns out, Americans seem to regard these things as about as ghastly as they might seem.

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Gerrymandering or redistricting is strategic manipulation of electoral district boundaries to give one political party, incumbent, or group an unfair advantage over others. Virginia recently had redistricting but, was voted on before it took place. Texas also redistricted to help the republican party. Gerrymandering has had multiple bills to get rid of it, but has not passed yet. Throughout, the upcoming years, gerrymandering has been used more.

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Supreme Court decision sets off gerrymandering scramble | CNN Politics

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Republican-led states are eying changes to boost the GOP's gerrymandering effort at the expense of voters of color

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The Rockets recently beat the Lakers 99-93 bringing the series to 3-2. Houston has won two straight even without top scorer Kevin Durant, who has missed four of the series' five games with injuries. No team has ever recovered from a 0-3 deficit to win an NBA playoff series, but the Rockets are halfway. Only four of the 159 teams to start a series down 0-3 have ever even forced a Game 7.

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Four students and a school security officer were injured in a stabbing at a high school in Washington state. The five students and the security officer were transported to area hospitals, but their current condition is unknown. The situation is still under investigation, and officers are trying to get answers as quickly as they can.

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5 injured in reported stabbing at high school in Washington state, suspect in custody: Police

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Four students and a school security officer were transported to area hospitals, according to the Tacoma Police Department. The suspect was also injured, police said.

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March Madness is one of the best times of the year. It could get even better and potentially more exciting if there are more teams added. Currently we have 68 teams but having these more teams would create more revenue and allow more underdogs to have a chance to win. This would also make more seeds in the tournament and make it even more impossible to get a perfect bracket.

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NCAA's March Madness field could grow to 76 teams for 2027 season | CNN

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The NCAA is still deliberating expanding March Madness on both the men's and women's sides to 76 teams for next season.

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A suicide note purportedly written by the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is locked inside the case file of his former cellmate, convicted quadruple murderer Nicholas Tartaglione, who told The New York Times it was written on paper from a yellow legal pad and tucked inside a book.

According to the Times, Tartaglione found the note in July 2019, after Epstein unsuccessfully tried to kill himself -- about two weeks before Epstein died by suicide in his lower Manhattan jail cell.

Epstein was found in his cell on July 23, 2019, "with a homemade noose fashioned around his neck," according to a Bureau of Prisons incident report.

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Ex-cellmate says he found suicide note from Jeffrey Epstein following earlier suicide attempt

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A suicide note purportedly written by Jeffrey Epstein is locked inside the case file of Nicholas Tartaglione, Epstein’s ex-cellmate, Tartaglione told The New York Times.

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As of Thursday, gas prices have hit an all time high in the last 4 years. The national average for gas hit about $4.30 a gallon, making it difficult for some people to afford gas now. The cost has jumped by about $1.33 since the war in Iran started. The jump in price is believed to correlate with the shutdown of the Straight of Hormuz, which was a very prominent passage for oil trade. The prices could potentially hit $4.50 an hour in the next week according to some.

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Some drivers seeking workarounds as gas soars to highest prices in 4 years

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Some consumers conceded they can no longer afford to top off their tanks and others said they’ve parked their cars and are taking public transportation.

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Iran signals that their diplomacy is not entirely frozen. It is sent out as Trump continues to hold a Naval Blockade that is causing rising gas prices up to 4 dollars a gallon. Iran is offering the U.S to open back up the Strait of Hormuz and end the war which has postponed nuclear plans.

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Iran gives the U.S. new response on draft peace deal

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5 people were in the hospital recovering after a mass stabbing in Washington state. The suspect was booked into Pierce County jail for five accounts of first degree assault. The altercation was due to a fight for a battery of a vape.

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Six wounded after stabbing attack at high school in Washington state

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Four students are in critical condition and security guard and suspect also injured after stabbing in Tacoma

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When equitment was used by Iran we were very confused how they got our weapons. Iran not to long ago had backed Houthis, Yemen and they had already had possession of U.S. military equipment. They had all sorts of weapons from the U.S. which we don't know still why Yemen was able to have this possession of our weapons. We do still know what Iran was doing. They knew that Yemen had possession of these weapons so they purposely backed Yemen just to get the weapons they wanted.

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How US equipment ended up in the hands of Iran’s allies in Yemen as USAID was disbanded | CNN Politics

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The Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen seized US funded equipment, including vehicles, after the Trump administration suspended and slashed humanitarian funding around the world and began dismantling the US Agency of International Development.

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Gas prices have hit $4.30 per gallon, the highest it has become in the past four years. This was caused by the shutdown and closing of the Straight of Hormuz in Iran because of the ongoing war.

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Some drivers seeking workarounds as gas soars to highest prices in 4 years

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Some consumers conceded they can no longer afford to top off their tanks and others said they’ve parked their cars and are taking public transportation.

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Over 1,000 tornadoes move around the U.S. every year. This rounds up to billions of dollars in destruction. On average, 70 people die from tornadoes each year. "Since 1991, nearly 70 people have been killed by them each year on average. That figure is inflated somewhat by 2011, when 553 people were killed. More than 300 of those were killed in a late-April outbreak that was one of the deadliest and costliest outbreaks ever recorded." Stay safe during tornado seasons, and take shelter when severe weather is on its way.

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Tracking tornadoes in the US in maps and charts | CNN

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More than 1,000 tornadoes roar across the United States in an average year, causing billions of dollars in damage and killing scores of Americans. Track them here.

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Suspect Cole Allen is scheduled to be in court today, Thursday April 29 for trying to assasinate the president at the correspodnents dinner. Authorities said he planned his arrival in the Washington Hilton hotel very prisicley and even tracked Trump's location at the hotel ballroom two minutes before the shooting. Detectives found additional ammunition and knives in his hotel room. More information about this case is still yet to be released in these upcoming days.

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Alleged White House correspondents’ dinner suspect took photo before attack: Feds

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The Justice Department released more images of alleged White House correspondents’ dinner attack suspect Cole Allen just moments before the attack.

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Ariana Grande announces new album 'Petal'

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Ariana Grande's new album cover and name were released Tuesday April 27th. Ariana's 8th album Has been teased for weeks and is now out. The album 'Petal' should be released July 31. The new album should come out durring her "Eternal Sunshine Deluxe: Brighter Days Ahead" tour this summer, starting June 6th.