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5 things to know for April 7: Historic spaceflight, Tax refunds, Iran war, Georgia special election, March Madness

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN After weeks of war rattling supply chains, some businesses are beginning to pass along higher costs to consumers with sneaky — and not-so-sneaky — price hikes. Several airlines, for example, have raised checked baggage fees, while Amazon and other companies have introduced fuel surcharges. Here’s what else you need to

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5 things to know for April 7: Historic spaceflight, Tax refunds, Iran war, Georgia special election, March Madness

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN After weeks of war rattling supply chains, some businesses are beginning to pass along higher costs to consumers with sneaky — and not-so-sneaky — price hikes. Several airlines, for example, have raised checked baggage fees, while Amazon and other companies have introduced fuel surcharges. Here’s what else you need to

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5 things to know for April 7: Historic spaceflight, Tax refunds, Iran war, Georgia special election, March Madness

By Alexandra Banner, CNN After weeks of war rattling supply chains, some businesses are beginning to pass along higher costs to consumers with sneaky — and not-so-sneaky — price hikes. Several airlines, for example, have raised checked baggage fees, while Amazon and other companies have introduced fuel surcharges. Here’s what else you need to know

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A newly released city camera video from Minneapolis is shedding light on the moments leading up to a shooting involving an ICE agent and two Venezuelan immigrants in January – and why the agency’s initial account of the incident eventually crumbled.

ICE’s story of a Minneapolis shooting fell apart. New video shows what happened before an agent fired

By Lauren Mascarenhas, Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — A newly released city camera video from Minneapolis is shedding light on the moments leading up to a shooting involving an ICE agent and two Venezuelan immigrants in January – and why the agency’s initial account of the incident eventually crumbled. Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis, who was shot

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Trump speaks from the White House on April 1 in Washington

Trump says Iran could be ‘taken out in one night’: What we know about the war, now in its 6th week

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump issued new threats and mused about negotiations at a White House press conference Monday as the war with Iran continues. Earlier, Tehran rejected a temporary ceasefire proposed by negotiators, and Israel announced a new strike on a petrochemical plant in southern Iran. Meanwhile, the humanitarian

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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Russian President Vladimir Putin speak during a meeting in Moscow

Alleged explosives found near gas pipeline raises heat days before Hungary’s pivotal election

By Tim Lister, Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — Hungary and Ukraine are again trading accusations after two backpacks containing explosives were allegedly found by a gas pipeline near the Hungarian border, days before the country’s election. The devices were found in northern Serbia on Sunday, according to Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, close to the pipeline

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An electronic drug test uses a laser to scan for narcotics

These common drug tests lead to tens of thousands of wrongful arrests a year, experts say. One state is fighting back

By Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Bird poop scraped off a man’s car appeared on a drug test as cocaine. A toddler’s ashes registered as methamphetamine or ecstasy. And a great-grandmother’s medicine tested positive for cocaine – spawning a 15-month legal nightmare, forcing her to refinance her home, and spurring a new state law that

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Fifteen people were injured

More than a dozen injured after vehicle hits parade-goers during Louisiana celebration

By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Fifteen people were injured, some seriously, after a vehicle struck multiple pedestrians during the Louisiana Lao New Year Festival parade in rural Louisiana on Saturday, the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office said. The driver of the vehicle is in custody, and the preliminary investigation determined the incident “does not appear

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