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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — An explosives-filled trailer that Australian politicians earlier described as an antisemitic terrorism plot and a foiled mass casualty event was staged by criminals in a complicated hoax — and was never meant to be detonated, police

U.S.-funded international networks reach more than 420 million people in more than 100 countries each week. Some network leaders fear that Kari Lake intends to cancel all funding for them. (Image credit: Alexander Nemenov)

Donald Trump’s tariffs hurting US business, Republican lawmakers warn – US politics live  The Guardian US

ACLU warns pro-Palestinian activist’s arrest meant ‘to intimidate and chill speech’ – live  The Guardian US

The crash happened around 3 p.m. Sunday just south of Lancaster Airport in Manheim Township. All five victims were taken to hospitals. Nobody on the ground was hurt. (Image credit: Logan Gehman)

Ukraine latest: Ukraine to push for truce with Russia in sea and sky in talks with US in Saudi Arabia  BBC.com Ukraine to push air and sea ceasefire with Russia during US talks in Saudi – Europe live  The Guardian US-Ukraine Talks

The COVID-19 lockdown “felt like solitary confinement,” a San Diego resident tells NPR. Even after many pandemic rules lifted, American society remains deeply fractured.

Family of missing Loudoun Co. college student seeks kidnapping investigation in Dominican Republic  WTOP American college student believed to have drowned in big wave: report  Fox News College student from Virginia reported missing in Dominican Republic  WRIC ABC 8News University of Pittsburgh student

Family of missing Loudoun Co. college student seeks kidnapping investigation in Dominican Republic  WTOP University of Pittsburgh student from Virginia reportedly drowned in Dominican Republic  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Land, air and sea search underway for college student from US missing in Dominican Republic  CNN

Five years on, scientists are starting to understand how the virus can lead to long-term, sometimes invisible changes.