Good afternoon. It's Saturday, April. 27, and we're covering clearing pro-Hamas encampment, ordering Alexei Navalny's prison death, MLB history with incredible performance, and much more. First time reading? Sign up here. | | American Fact of the Day! | Pennsylvania - Presque Isle is the Most-Visited State Park in PA: Erie is home to PA's most-visited state park. That's saying a lot considering the state has 124 of them! What's really wild is that none of PA's state parks charge an entrance fee! If you're into the outdoors, Presque Isle is your go-to place. With beautiful beaches, hiking trails, and lagoons, there is something for everyone. It's why the park is visited by over 5 million people every year. |
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| | Breaking Updates | | District of Columbia Police Reject George Washington University Request to Clear Pro-Hamas Encampment | On Friday, the District of Columbia police department declined a request from George Washington University (GWU) officials to clear an "encampment" of students and others protesting Israel's ongoing actions in Gaza. The District police cited the "optics of moving against a small group of peaceful protestors" as one of the reasons for not acting.
D.C. police rejected pleas from George Washington University officials to clear pro-Palestinian demonstrators out of an on-campus encampment early Friday morning, saying they worried about the optics of moving against a small number of peaceful protesters, according to two officials familiar with the talks.
Officers had assembled around 3 a.m. and were prepared to enter the encampment, but senior leaders in the police chief's and mayor's office ordered them to stand down, the officials said. The demonstrators were small in number and largely peaceful, and the city officials told their university counterparts they wanted to avoid images of violent altercations between police and protesters flashing across TV screens across the country.
A spokeswoman for George Washington University did not answer questions about school officials' discussions with law enforcement authorities. The school said in a statement, "After demonstrators refused multiple instructions to relocate, GWPD requested additional support from the DC Metropolitan Police to ensure the safety and security of all our community members through a measured and orderly approach."
D.C. police also declined to comment on agency officials' discussions with the university, and it was not immediately clear what tactics they considered using as officers prepared to enter the encampment Friday morning. | Read more updates here |
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| | US Intelligence Community Pronounces Putin Totally Not Involved in Ordering Alexei Navalny's Prison Death | The US Intelligence Community has reached a consensus that the February death of Russian nationalist Alexei Navalny in an Arctic penal colony was not the result of a direct order from Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Navalny's death caused new sanctions against the Russian economy and government officials. It allegedly derailed negotiations to free US prisoners who were not WNBA players with a thing for marijuana. I say allegedly because I've yet to see any evidence that the Biden White House cares about US prisoners abroad whose release will not affect some leftist identity group or demographic.
Some European intelligence agencies have been told of the U.S. view. Certain countries remain skeptical that Putin wouldn't have had a direct hand in Navalny's death, according to security officials from several European capitals. In a system as tightly controlled as Putin's Russia, it is doubtful that harm could have come to Navalny without the president's prior awareness, those European officials said.
One of the primary data points was the presumption that Putin was afraid that Navalny's murder might overshadow the hotly contested March 17 Russian elections. By determining that rogue actors killed Navalny without official sanction, it could, conceivably, permit the removal of some of the sanctions imposed after Navalny's death. | Read more updates here |
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| | American Sports & Culture
|  | What keeps eyes glued to NBA playoffs? It's all the action. | The modern NBA draws its fair share of criticism, but the excitement and tension of it all cannot be topped, especially when the Timberwolves are in the playoffs. |
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|  | Bailey made MLB history with incredible performance in Giants' win | Patrick Bailey made history on Friday night by doing something no MLB catcher ever has done. |
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|  | Roger Goodell tries to reconcile the NFL's embrace of sports betting | New talking point obscures the fact that the owners have found a way to make a lot of money. |
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| | American Business & Markets
|  | How to use loud budgeting to get on top of your money | What is it about money that makes it so difficult to talk about? The cost of living crisis is still hitting the headlines, but that doesn't mean people are actually discussing their financial fears… |
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|  | A 32-year-old entrepreneur launched a clothing company in college with $500 and grew it to seven figures. | He'd ask himself four questions: "What am I passionate about? What is a big market? What is the problem? How am I going to solve it?" |
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|  | Grad school experiences lead to success for technology entrepreneur | It's not unusual for a college student to take a part-time job at the corner sandwich shop to help make |
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| | American Politics | |  | Meta AI is free, but it cannot be trusted: Report | Blaze Media | Meta has recently released a large language model, Llama 3, that powers "Meta AI," which is a chatbot that has been implemented into several of the company's social media apps. But some in the tech world have noted that it is free to use, which, unfortunately, reflects the quality of the artificiall... |
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|  | Dave Walsh: Grid Operators are 'Sounding the Alarm' over EPA Rules | Dave Walsh said in an interview that grid coordinators are warning they will not be able to meet demands for electricity under the EPA's latest rules. |
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|  | More than 50-year-old New York City cold case victim identified after DNA matched with 9/11 victim | A 16-year-old girl believed to have been killed in 1969, has finally been identified 21 years after her remains were found after her DNA was matched to a relative who died on 9/11. |
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