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Fever add 11 TV markets for Caitlin Clark’s rookie season
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Adidas names Candace Parker president of women’s basketball
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USC’s faculty senate censures president and provost over commencement
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Biden looks to thwart surge of Chinese imports
President Joe Biden is warning that a new surge of cheap Chinese products poses a threat to American factories. Read more
Forecasters say potentially severe thunderstorms, flooding possible by weekend
Man, 20, indicted in fatal Kalihi shooting
Ethan Taumua was indicted on charges of second-degree murder and two firearms offenses. Read more
Civil rights leader Daisy Bates statue unveiled at U.S. Capitol
The bronze statue depicts Bates, who died in 1999 at the age of 84, with a newspaper in one hand and a notebook and pen in the other. Read more
Ing fined another $18,250 in campaign spending violations
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Honolulu Zoo is now home to a new male Sumatran tiger
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Biden says U.S. will withhold weapons from Israel if it invades Rafah
Biden’s comments represent his strongest public language to date in his effort to deter an Israeli assault on Rafah. Read more
FAA delays the start of new air traffic control rest rules
FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker said on April 19 that the new rules would take effect in 90 days. Read more
U.S. confronts China over Volt Typhoon cyber espionage
Under the campaign named Volt Typhoon, American officials say China aims to leverage the access it has gained into U.S. organizations in the event of a war or conflict – a nod to escalating U.S.-China tensions over Taiwan. The Chinese have previously dismissed such allegations as groundless. Read more
Beyond Meat reports wider-than-expected loss as sales decline
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Naomi Osaka knocks off Clara Burel in first round at Rome
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Russia’s biggest airstrike in weeks damages Ukraine’s power grid
Ukraine’s air force said it shot down 39 of 55 missiles and 20 of 21 attack drones used for the attack. Read more
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