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A Palestinian student arrested at US citizenship interview will stay in detention for now, ahead of a hearing next week

By Gloria Pazmino and Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — A Palestinian student at Columbia University who was arrested at an interview for US citizenship will remain detained in Vermont after a judge ordered his attorneys and the Department of Justice to provide additional briefing papers to the court. Attorneys for Mohsen Mahdawi and the Department

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High stakes at Harvard, measles misinformation, the truth about ‘chalet girls’: Catch up on the day’s stories

By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Measles misinformation is spreading in the US, a new poll found, and most people aren’t sure what they believe. False claims are circulating, including that the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine causes autism. It doesn’t. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day: 5 things

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Pro-Palestinian protesters gathered at Yale University on April 22.

Palestinian supporters confront far-right Israeli security minister as he leaves an event near Yale

By Brynn Gingras, Carolyn Sung, Shimon Prokupecz and Holly Yan, CNN New Haven, Connecticut (CNN) — Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir was confronted by some pro-Palestinian demonstrators Wednesday night in New Haven, Connecticut, according to a statement and videos shared by Ben Gvir’s office. “Water bottles were thrown” at Ben Gvir, his office

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Smoke rises after Israeli attacks over Tuffah neighborhood in Gaza City on April 17.

Palestinian Authority president calls Hamas ‘sons of dogs,’ demands release of hostages and disarmament

By Ibrahim Dahman, Pauline Lockwood and Oren Liebermann, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has called Hamas “sons of dogs,” demanding the release of the remaining Israeli hostages in Gaza and the disarmament of the militant group. Abbas said the priority is to stop “the Israeli genocide that the Gaza Strip is

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5 things to know for April 23: New Jersey wildfire, Himalayas attack, State Department, Economy, Fertility rate

Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — The Environmental Protection Agency fired around 280 staffers and reassigned around 175 others — on Earth Day. The employees were tasked with ensuring that federal policies, grants and initiatives protected underserved communities from disproportionately experiencing negative health and environmental impacts from pollution and climate change. Last month, the Trump administration

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Video shared by the  Beachwood Vol. Fire Department shows a sky filled with smoke over a residential neighborhood on April 22.

Evacuation orders lifted and portion of Garden State Parkway reopens as crews battle New Jersey wildfire

KYW, X, @LAKEWOODSCOOP, CNN, X/@LAKEWOODSCOOP By Taylor Romine, Taylor Ward and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Weather conditions are improving Wednesday as firefighters continue to battle a still-growing wildfire that has burned at least 13,250 acres in southern New Jersey since it ignited on Tuesday, prompting about 5,000 evacuations and briefly shut down part of

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People gather in St. Peter's Square as they await the arrival of the body of Pope Francis.

Under a basilica’s splendor, thousands gather for a final glimpse of a pope who led a simple life

By Caitlin Danaher, Christopher Lamb, Lauren Kent, Antonia Mortensen, Barbie Latza Nadeau and Sebastian Shukla, CNN Vatican City (CNN) — In the splendor of St. Peter’s Basilica, with the sunshine glinting across the bronze canopy that towers over the main altar, thousands of Catholic pilgrims streamed in to glimpse the body of Pope Francis on

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Eliot House at Harvard University

Harvard’s fight with the Trump administration is just getting started. The cost is already high

By Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — A picture of Dr. David Walt, a pioneering scientist whose research helped significantly lower the costs of DNA sequencing, greets visitors to Harvard University’s website right next to a large headline: Research Powers Progress. Since Harvard has become embroiled in an ideological battle with the Trump administration, Walt has

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends a meeting of the Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias Task Force at the Justice Department in Washington

Trump slams Zelensky for refusing to recognize Russian control of Crimea

By Todd Symons, Rob Picheta and Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump slammed Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday for his comments that Ukraine wouldn’t recognize Russian control of Crimea, calling the remarks “very harmful to the Peace Negotiations with Russia.” “It’s inflammatory statements like Zelenskyy’s that makes it so difficult to settle

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