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Firing workers from US weather and oceans agency risks lives and the economy, former agency heads warn  PBS NewsHour Trump officials fire 800 employees at weather forecasting and oceans agency  CNN Trump’s firings at US weather agency will put lives at risk,

Man convicted of hate crime in fatal stabbing of 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy  ABC News Mother testifies her 6-year-old son watched in horror as attacker stabbed her before killing boy  NBC News Jury Convicts Landlord in Fatal Stabbing of Palestinian American Boy  The New

Iowa’s governor signs a bill removing gender identity protections from the state’s civil rights code  The Associated Press Iowa governor signs bill removing transgender protections from civil rights code  Fox News Businesses express support for LGBTQ+ Iowans as new law will end

President Trump and Vice President JD Vance castigated President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine for not being grateful enough for U.S. aid. “You’re gambling with World War III,” Trump told Zelensky.

Geraldo Rivera: Zelensky walked into Oval Office ‘ambush’  The Hill Zelensky bristled at his berating by Trump and Vance. After three years of war, what did they expect?  CNN “Flew To Washington, Walked Into Kremlin”: A Clash That Shook The World  NDTV Zelenskyy

Pope has ‘isolated’ breathing crisis in hospital, Vatican says  BBC.com Pope Francis on breathing machine after suffering sudden respiratory episode  CNN Pope Francis Suffers a Health Setback, Inhaling Vomit  The New York Times Pope Francis experiences respiratory relapse  NPR Pope Francis suffers ‘sudden worsening’

Man convicted of hate crime in fatal stabbing of 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy  ABC News Illinois jury announces verdict in killing of Palestinian American boy  Fox News Mother testifies her 6-year-old son watched in horror as attacker stabbed her before killing boy  NBC News

Firing workers from US weather and oceans agency risks lives and the economy, former agency heads warn  PBS NewsHour Trump officials fire 800 employees at weather forecasting and oceans agency  CNN Trump’s firings at US weather agency will put lives at risk,

Federal employees have received a second email from the Office of Personnel Management asking them what they did last week. (Image credit: Jim Watson)

Vaccine hesitancy has been rising for years in the United States. Doctors and parents in one rural county are confronting the consequences.