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Apr 2024
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Columbia University is bracing for a seventh day of protests, as students around the US hold demonstrations in solidarity. A judge in New York will hear arguments over whether former President Donald Trump has broken a gag order in his hush money trial. Soldiers in Ukraine are holding their breath as US lawmakers hold the next vote on an aid package. Baltimore is filing a legal claim against the owner and manager of the ship that caused the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse. Plus, many Americans may have had their health data stolen.

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