US AND CANADA

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More working U.S. parents than ever are celebrating their first Mother’s Day with hard-fought access to paid time off to care for newborns. But the majority still must forego pay to care for new babies or other loved ones, even as efforts to expand paid parental and family leave gain traction.

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A police who entered a wrong address fatally shot a US Air Force member. Senior Airman Roger Fortson, who was 23 years old, died after a deputy sheriff shot him while responding to a disturbance call.

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In a bizarre discovery, contractors working on the rooftop of a Family Fare Supermarket in Midland, Michigan, found a 34-year-old woman living inside the store’s sign. The incident, which has been making headlines, raises questions about homelessness, resourcefulness and the need for affordable housing.

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As Barron Trump, the youngest heir of the Trump family, prepares to graduate from high school next week, a new chapter unfolds in his life – one that places him squarely in the political spotlight. The Republican Party of Florida's recent decision to appoint Barron as one of the state's at-large delegates to the Republican National Convention signifies his official entry into the realm of politics, marking his highest-profile political role to date.

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In its first-ever human implant, Elon Musk's brain-chip startup Neuralink encountered an unforeseen issue as the gadget started to separate from the patient's skull, decreasing the quantity of data it could record, the company disclosed on Wednesday.

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Stormy Daniels will return to the witness stand Thursday in Donald Trump’s hush money trial as the defense tries to undermine the credibility of the porn actor’s salacious testimony about their alleged sexual encounter and the money she was paid to keep quiet.

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President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he would not supply offensive weapons that Israel could use to launch an all-out assault on Rafah — the last major Hamas stronghold in Gaza — over concern for the well-being of the more than 1 million civilians sheltering there.