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April 17, 2024     "Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it." —Julia Child   1 NPR Suspends Editor Who Issued Scathing Critique The NPR editor who issued a scathing critique of his employer has now been suspended by the media outlet. Keep reading   2 A Boston Cop Was Found Dead in the Snow. His Girlfriend Is Accused On January 28, 2022, Boston police officer John O'Keefe and his girlfriend, Karen Read, went out to a couple bars and met up with friends, including one of O'Keefe's fellow officers. Keep reading   From our sponsors People Are Getting Approved for Loans (Pay-off Debts) Get Out of Debt Quick With This New Program. Check your eligibility in 2 minutes and start your journey to debt freedom! KEEP READING   At a Glance Fire rages from the dragon spire of the Old Stock Exchange in Copenhagen, Denmark, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. A fire raged through one of Copenhagen's oldest buildings on Tuesday, causing the collapse of the iconic spire of the 17th-century Old Stock Exchange as passersby rushed to help emergency services save priceless paintings and other valuables. (Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) Keep reading   3 US Offers Assurances on Assange. His Wife Is Skeptical The United States made its deadline Tuesday, providing London's High Court with the assurances needed to jump-start Julian Assange's extradition from the UK. Keep reading   4 Dubai Gets Year and a Half's Worth of Rain in Hours Heavy thunderstorms lashed the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, dumping over a year and a half's worth of rain on the desert city-state of Dubai in the span of hours as it flooded out portions of major highways and its international airport, the AP reports. Keep reading   5 Film Company With 21 Oscars Is Done Since it was launched 20 years ago, Participant Media has racked up 21 Academy Awards for its films. Keep reading   6 A Year Later, Arrests Made in Brazen $17M Gold Heist A year after millions of dollars worth of gold and cash were stolen in a brazen airport heist in Toronto (the most recent reporting puts the value at $14.5 million), police say arrests have been made in the case. Keep reading     7 Popular Florida Governor, Early Critic of Iraq War Dead at 87 Former US Sen. and two-term Florida Gov. Bob Graham, who gained national prominence as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee in the aftermath of the 2001 terrorist attacks and as an early critic of the Iraq war, has died. Keep reading   8 After Court, Trump Campaigns at Bodega Fresh from a Manhattan courtroom, Donald Trump visited a New York bodega where a man was stabbed to death, a stark pivot for the former president as he juggles being a criminal defendant and the Republican challenger intent on blaming President Biden for crime. Keep reading   This Day in History On April 17, 1961, some 1,500 CIA-trained Cuban exiles launched the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in an attempt to topple Fidel Castro, whose forces crushed the incursion by the third day. Find out what else happened on this date here.   From the Newser Archives On this day in 2014: Teen's Urine Ruins 38M Gallons of Portland's Water   Yesterday's Most-Read Stories   From Our Sponsors Manage your subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe from Newser emails  |  Privacy Policy We'd love to hear from you. Send us a note at feedback@newser.com. Read our stories on MSN. Newser, LLC  |  1395 Brickell Avenue  |  Suite 800  |  Miami, Florida  |  33131 © 2024 Newser, LLC. All rights reserved