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April 8, 2024     "Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children." —Sitting Bull   1 Transgender Christians Slam 'Hurtful' New Vatican Document The Vatican on Monday declared gender-affirming surgery and surrogacy as grave threats to human dignity, putting them on par with abortion and euthanasia as practices that violate God's plan for human life. Keep reading   2 Everything You Need to Know for Monday's Eclipse The big day is here, and we hope you have your glasses ready. Keep reading   From our sponsors After Testing Dozens of Bed Sheets, These Are #1 Perhaps the best kept secret of luxury hotels and Airbnbs is now available to the public. Miracle Brand sheets use a proprietary silver infused thread that eliminates 99% of the bacteria normally found in cotton bedding. The result is an amazingly soft, self-cooling, and self-cleaning sheet that takes advantage of the heat-dispersing properties of silver. Learn More >   At a Glance Response crews begin removing shipping containers from the deck of the cargo ship Dali, using a floating crane barge, at the site of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, Sunday, April 7, 2024, in Baltimore. It's an important step toward the full reopening of one of the nation's main shipping lanes. (Key Bridge Response 2024 Unified Command via AP) Keep reading   3 Containers Are Being Removed From Ship That Collapsed Bridge Salvage crews on Sunday began removing containers from the deck of the cargo ship that crashed into and collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, an important step toward the full reopening of one of the nation's main shipping lanes, the AP reports. Keep reading   4 Kentucky Man Faked His Own Death to Avoid Child Support A Kentucky man went to great lengths to avoid paying more than $100,000 in outstanding child support—and as a result, he now faces years in jail, not to mention fines that could dwarf that $100,000. Keep reading   5 Man Confesses to Strange, Decadeslong Identity Theft William Woods was homeless and living in Los Angeles when he learned that someone was racking up debt using his name. Keep reading   6 This Guy Just Ran the Entire Length of Africa A British runner—once described by Runner's World as an "extreme ultrarunner"—finished running the entire length of Africa on Sunday afternoon after having set off nearly a year prior. Keep reading     7 Drone Hits Nuclear Plant, Upping Risk of 'Major Accident' The head of the UN's atomic watchdog agency on Sunday condemned a Ukrainian drone strike on one of six nuclear reactors at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, saying such attacks "significantly increase the risk of a major nuclear accident." Keep reading   8 Trump Wishes Immigrants From 'Nice' Places Would Come to US At his wildly successful Saturday night fundraiser, Donald Trump wished aloud that more immigrants would come into the United States ... provided those immigrants are from "nice" countries, that is. Keep reading   This Day in History On April 8, 1974, Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hit his 715th career home run in a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, breaking Babe Ruth's record. Find out what else happened on this date here.   From the Newser Archives On this day in 2014: Star Trek Actress: Sun Revolves Around the Earth   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