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ARIES (March 21-April 19). Danger has its allure to your warrior heart. You’ll seek novel experiences. It’s essential to balance this desire with a responsible and mindful approach to risk-taking. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Worry is a natural response to uncertain situations. You’ll alleviate your trepidation by focusing on what you can influence. What part of this is within your control? GEMINI (May 21-June 21). There are different names for people who will spread the word quickly. They are gossips, broadcasters, publicity agents... Use ...

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International

Myanmar raises death toll from Cyclone Mocha to 54 BANGKOK (AP) — At least 54 people were killed and more than 185,000 buildings damaged in Myanmar by a powerful cyclone last weekend, state television MRTV reported Thursday. Communication difficulties in the affected areas, where infrastructure was already poor, and the military government’s tight control over information leave the actual extent of casualties and destruction unclear. Cyclone Mocha roared in from the Bay of Bengal on Sunday with high winds and rain slamming a corner of neighboring Bangladesh and a ...

National

US metros are growing, many reversing 2021 drops, new estimates show ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The flight from urban areas that took place during the first year of the pandemic either reversed or slowed in its second year, as last year metropolitan areas in Texas and Florida boomed and declines in New York and Los Angeles were halved, according to new estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. During the first full year of the pandemic in 2021, more than half of the 20 largest U.S. metro areas lost residents, and all U.S. metro areas grew by just 0.1%, as fear of the virus ...

People in the News

NEW YORK (AP) — Veteran correspondent Christiane Amanpour became the most p r o m i n e n t CNN journalist to publicly criticize her network for airing last week’s town hall with former President Donald Trump. Amanpour told a group of graduating students at Columbia University’s graduate school of journalism on Wednesday that she would have “dropped the mic at ‘nasty person,’” a reference to when Trump lobbed that insult at moderator Kaitlan Collins. CNN was criticized for hosting Trump at a live event in New Hampshire, where the 2024 presidential candidate repeated ...

Supreme Court avoids ruling on law shielding internet companies

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with Google, Twitter and Facebook in lawsuits seeking to hold them liable for terrorist attacks. But the justices sidestepped the big issue hovering over the cases, the federal law that shields social media companies from being sued over content posted by others. The justices unanimously rejected a lawsuit alleging that the companies allowed their platforms to be used to aid and abet an attack at a Turkish nightclub that killed 39 people in 2017. In the case of an American college student who was killed in an Islamic State ...