President Joe Biden on Friday touted the promises his administration has kept for Black Americans, but warned of "extreme voices" that want to "turn back the clock" on racial equality. House Speaker Mike Johnson met with former President Donald Trump Friday as he faces threats to the gavel. One person is dead and at least 14 are injured after a stolen 18-wheeler crashed into a Texas Department of Public Safety building Friday, authorities said. A suspect was arrested on the scene. Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli died in Florence Friday. He was 83. The United States is restricting travel for government employees and their families in Israel as Iran threatens to retaliate for a April 1 airstrike on its embassy in Damascus. Sony Pictures released a music video for "The Garfield Movie" on Friday. Keith Urban sings and Snoop Dogg raps for the track. Lifetime announced a new true crime movie and special on Friday. "The Girl Locked Upstairs: The Tanya Kach Story" and "Beyond the Headlines: The Tanya Kach Story with Elizabeth Smart" will air this summer. Paramount+ announced the renewal of "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" for a fourth season, ahead of the third, and that the fifth season of animated "Lower Decks" will be the final season. A Pew Research poll published Friday shows 75% of American Catholics have favorable views of Pope Francis. It's a drop of 8 points from a 2021 poll. Eugenio Derbez was set to voice Speedy Gonzales in a movie, but says the project is on hold because Warner Bros. was afraid the animated character was offensive. Longtime PBS news anchor Robert MacNeil died Friday. He was 93. Attendees at the National Beard and Mustache Championships in Florida broke three Guinness World Records for the longest chains of beards, mustaches and partial beards. Sophomore Kyle Filipowski and freshman Jared McCain, who led the Duke Blue Devils in scoring last season, declared for the 2024 NBA Draft, they announced Friday on social media. The U.S. House passed its latest FISA bill, reauthorizing its government surveillance powers on a 273-147 bipartisan vote. House Speaker Mike Johnson failed at first to get it passed due to division with the GOP confer Northwestern University scientists said Friday they had confirmed that the cause of the brightest gamma-ray burst ever observed in October 2022 was an exploding star, known as a supernova, 2.4 billion light years away. A Colorado advocacy group says it now has enough signatures to add a measure to the ballot in November that would enshrine access to abortion in the state's constitution. As Democrats and Republicans jostle for control of the U.S. Senate in the November elections, Arizona and its large population of independent voters is a particularly contentious battleground. An increasing number of young men and women have decided they never want parenthood in the wake of the Dobbs decision revoking the constitutional right to an abortion, a new study finds. In preparation for the upcoming World Quantum Day, the Federal Bureau of Investigation outlined its commitment to keep emerging technologies, such as quantum computing, out of the hands of foreign adversaries. A chlamydia vaccine has triggered immune responses in an early trial, raising hopes that one day it might help curb the spread of the sexually transmitted infection (STI). COVID-19 lockdowns prompted countless American seniors to become socially isolated. Now, new research finds that many have still not fully rejoined society. The European Union pharmaceutical watchdog said on Friday that diabetes and weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are not tied to arise in suicidal thoughts and self-injury. Walton Goggins said he wanted to play The Ghoul in the new sci-fi series, "Fallout," because he could explore who the character was before and after a nuclear apocalypse. The United States is imposing sanctions against four members of Hamas based in Gaza and Lebanon, the Treasury Department announced Friday. Polish lawmakers Friday advanced four draft bills aimed at loosening the nation's near-total ban on abortion. |
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