Good morning. It’s Thursday, April 18, and if you want to dig deeper into Donald Trump’s criminal cases, check out The Post’s new video podcast, “The Trump Trials: Sidebar.” Now let’s get to the news. |
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| A Russian strike in northern Ukraine killed at least 18 people yesterday. |
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| Jury selection in Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York resumes today. |
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| The Senate voted to dismiss impeachment charges against Alejandro Mayorkas. |
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| Arizona Republicans blocked a vote to repeal a Civil War-era abortion ban. |
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| A New Mexico city has had illegal levels of arsenic in its drinking water for years. |
- The details: The toxin — which can cause cancer, diabetes and heart disease — has been found in samples in each of the past 16 years in Sunland Park, which is 94% Latino.
- What’s being done? The state levied a $251,580 fine against the city’s water operator last month and is pushing for an investigation.
- The bigger picture: The case is a reminder that the U.S. fails to deliver safe drinking water to everyone. Low-income areas and communities of color are most impacted.
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| A massive volcanic eruption sent plumes nearly 70,000 feet high. |
Mount Ruang spewing lava and smoke. (Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation/AFP/Getty Images) |
- Where? Mount Ruang in Indonesia. It has erupted at least three times this week, forcing evacuations. Yesterday’s eruption shot ash twice as high as commercial aircraft fly.
- Is it dangerous? People have been told to stay at least 2½ miles away. The eruption led to falling ash and communication issues in one village.
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| An escaped elephant roamed the streets of a Montana city. |
- What you’re looking at: A female elephant belonging to a circus visiting Butte. She was spooked by a backfiring car on Tuesday and broke free of her handlers.
- Then what? She strolled through traffic and pooped on someone’s lawn, reports said. She was then returned to the circus. PETA reported the incident to federal authorities.
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