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		<title><![CDATA[Minnesota Senate clears sweeping assault weapons bill in wake of Annunciation shooting]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota state Senate has approved a sweeping
violence prevention bill taken up after a violent year that saw the
shooting deaths of two Minneapolis schoolchildren and the assassination
of House DFL Leader Melissa Hortman and ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>May/04/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Trump's quip about sending warship to take Cuba struck a nerve on the island]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cuban leader Miguel Diaz-Canel ramped up his rhetoric this weekend,
calling the current U.S. administration “fascist,” after President
Donald Trump suggested, apparently in jest, that he could send a U.S.
aircraft carrier “on its way back ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/newsheadlines/s-4089186</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/04/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[University of California, unions and state lawmakers back $23 billion bond to counter Trump's funding cuts]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When President Donald Trump returned to the
White House, he began canceling federal grants that helped fund research
across University of California campuses. The university system
estimates that over 1,600 grants awarded to...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/newsheadlines/s-4089183</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/04/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[They boarded a luxury Antarctic cruise. Then hantavirus took a deadly toll]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hantavirus is suspected of spreading aboard a luxury cruise ship,
killing three passengers and sparking new concerns as a once obscure
disease, with an extraordinarily high death rate, rises amid changing
climate conditions.

Officials are still ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/newsheadlines/s-4089182</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/04/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pulitzer Prizes honor Miami Herald's Julie K. Brown for Epstein reporting]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Miami Herald investigative reporter Julie K. Brown on Monday was
honored by the Pulitzer Prize Board for her groundbreaking and impactful
investigation into sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and the people and
institutions that enabled him to abuse ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[DOJ sues Minnesota over climate lawsuit, says it intrudes on federal authority]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Minnesota over the state’s
lawsuit that aims to hold fossil fuel companies liable for climate
change.

It’s the latest legal challenge to the state’s case, which
alleges that Exxon Mobil, Koch ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/newsheadlines/s-4089158</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/04/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Minnesota Legislature: Senate Democratic Farmer-Labor Party passes assault weapons ban bill]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Democratic-Farmer-Labor majority in the
Minnesota Senate passed a gun control package Monday that includes a ban
on so-called assault weapons and limits on magazine capacities.

Its passage comes after years of debate at ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>May/04/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signs laws banning 3D-printed guns, creating new overtime rules for ag workers]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[DENVER — Coloradans will no longer be able to make 3D-printed guns
and agricultural workers will have to work 56 hours in a week before
they qualify for overtime under a pair of bills signed into law by Gov.
Jared Polis on Monday.

House Bill
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/newsheadlines/s-4089151</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/04/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[NC lawmakers gave autism nonprofit $2 million. Much went to a former colleague]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. — Former North Carolina state Rep. Cecil Brockman won
$2 million in state funding for a nonprofit in High Point that provides
services for people with autism and other disabilities in 2023. Since
then, nearly a fifth of that money ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/newsheadlines/s-4089150</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/04/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Florida man accused of abusing boy, 5, to 'beat gay' out of him]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ORLANDO, Fla. — A Polk County man who told deputies he was trying
to “beat the gay out of” a 5-year-old boy has been charged with
aggravated child abuse for hurting that child, who suffered a fractured
wrist and other injuries, and two ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/newsheadlines/s-4089147</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/04/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[NYC public schools get lousy grade on protecting student privacy]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — NYC public schools suffer from glaring omissions in
student data privacy policies, a new audit by State Comptroller Tom
DiNapoli found, raising fresh concerns about the embrace
of artificial intelligence in the classroom.

For example...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/newsheadlines/s-4089146</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/04/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Moore touts Md. for foreign investment, announces new global partnerships]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gov.
Wes Moore on Monday pitched Maryland as a “natural home” for
foreign investment during a panel at an international business
conference, as his administration announced a series of new partnerships
aimed at boosting global relations in the...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/newsheadlines/s-4089130</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/04/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Alberta vote nears as separatists claim 301,000 signatures]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[CALGARY, Canada — Alberta, the major oil-producing province of
Canada, is one step closer to a referendum on independence after leaders
of a separatist group said they’ve gathered more than enough
signatures to force a vote.

The group, Stay ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/newsheadlines/s-4089127</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/04/2026</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pulitzers go to Washington Post, NY Times, Bloomberg and others

NEW YORK — The Washington Post won the Pulitzer Prize for Public
Service journalism for its reporting on the Trump administration’s
overhaul of federal agencies that resulted in ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/newsheadlines/s-4089125</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/04/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Alaska lawmakers fall 2 votes short of overriding Gov. Dunleavy's veto of election bill]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[JUNEAU, Alaska — The Alaska Legislature narrowly voted to sustain
Gov.
Mike Dunleavy’s veto of a sweeping elections reform bill
Monday.

In a 38-22 vote, lawmakers fell two votes shy of the 40 votes needed
to override the veto. Sen. Bert ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/newsheadlines/s-4089103</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/04/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Chicago Tribune wins Pulitzer Prize for local reporting]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO — The Chicago Tribune won the Pulitzer Prize for local
reporting Monday for its coverage of Operation
Midway Blitz, the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement
mission in the Chicago area last fall.

Awarded by Columbia ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/newsheadlines/s-4089101</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/04/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[With tone of defiance and new laws, Connecticut leaders push back hard against Trump and ICE]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[HARTFORD, Conn. — Standing on the steps of the Connecticut Supreme
Court, top state leaders sent a clear message Monday to President
Donald Trump’s administration that they will
not back down in the face of federal power.

Dozens of leaders ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>May/04/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Suspected arsonist behind Palisades fire looked up to Luigi Mangione as hero, prosecutors say]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — The man who started the Palisades fire, one of the
costliest disasters in U.S. history, was motivated by a resentment for
the rich and viewed accused United Healthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione
as a Robin Hood-like figure, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[A surprise witness in Texas murder trial, cousin testifies former FedEx driver Tanner Horner sexually abused him]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[FORT WORTH, Texas — Tanner Horner’s defense attorneys called
their final witness Monday in the trial of the former FedEx driver who
has pleaded guilty to killing 7-year-old Athena Strand. The state
presented rebuttal witnesses today in ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/newsheadlines/s-4089098</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/04/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pulitzers go to Washington Post, NY Times, Bloomberg and others]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — The Washington Post won the Pulitzer Prize for Public
Service journalism for its reporting on the Trump administration’s
overhaul of federal agencies that resulted in massive job cuts. The New
York Times took home three awards, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/newsheadlines/s-4089097</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/04/2026</pubDate>
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