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readlion.com | John Ransom |Dave Bohon
At least 40 Christians were killed by a Muslim terror group in Nigeria on Palm Sunday, according to President Bola Tinubu. The victims of the attack, carried out by a group known as the Fulani in north-central Bokkos, were characterized as farmers and included women and children, reported the Associated Press.
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readlion.com | Bethany Blankley |Chrissy Clark |Jillian Schneider |John Ransom
(The Center Square) – The Texas House for the first time in state history passed a school choice bill after previous attempts failed in multiple legislative sessions. The House passed SB 2, filed by state Sen. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe, and its companion legislation filed by state Rep. Brad Buckley, R-Killeen, after 15 hours of being in session on Wednesday. After eight hours of debate that went into the early morning hours on Thursday, the measure passed along party lines by a vote of 85-63. Gov.
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1 week ago | 
readlion.com | Shanxi Omoniyi |Victor Skinner |John Ransom |Jillian Schneider
A public school district in Massachusetts is grappling with soaring transportation expenses for its 11,000 students, a recent news report concluded. “I am horrified at the burgeoning cost of transportation,” said Thomas Khoury, committee member for Fall River Public Schools, at an April 8 meeting. The Herald News, which is part of the Gannett USA TODAY network, traced the exponential hike in busing expenses from $8 million in 2021 to its present-day projections of more than $15.8 million.
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1 week ago | 
readlion.com | Tom Joyce |John Ransom |Joe Herring
A healthy infant was surrendered at a safe haven location in the northeast region of Nebraska thanks to a new state law. The baby is now receiving care from the state’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), a press release said. Medical privacy laws prevent the state from releasing any details.
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1 week ago | 
readlion.com | Elizabeth Shoup |John Ransom |Philip Lenczycki
(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The United States and China are locked in an escalating artificial intelligence arms race, experts warn, as Chinese AI systems rapidly catch up to their American counterparts in a high-stakes bid for technological dominance. Fresh metrics from Stanford’s AI Index Report 2025 show the U.S. lead in AI has all but vanished.
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1 week ago | 
readlion.com | Adam Wittenberg |Karsten Harrison |John Ransom |Jillian Schneider
A 17-year-old student is in custody after shooting four people at a Dallas high school Tuesday, the second shooting at the school in one year. No one died in the incident at Wilmer-Hutchins High School, which took place shortly after 1 p.m., officials said. An unidentified student reportedly let suspect Tracy Haynes Jr. into the building, where he indiscriminately shot five people, including one at point-blank range. Victims were taken to local hospitals for treatment, local media reported.
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1 week ago | 
readlion.com | Brett Rowland |John Ransom
(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump plans to oversee every trade deal his team makes, setting up challenges as the White House looks to make deals with scores of countries before Trump’s 90-day pause on higher tariffs expires. “He has made it clear to his trade team he wants to personally sign off on all of these deals,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday.
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readlion.com | Zachery Schmidt |Cole Lauterbach |Katelynn Richardson |John Ransom
(The Center Square) – The Nevada Secretary of State’s Office announced Monday that it had removed 162,519 voters from its voter registrations. Furthermore, the state also deactivated 37,749 voters. In total, the state removed 200,268 people from being able to vote. “The Secretary of State’s Office takes the transparency, security and accessibility of our elections very seriously, and is focused on supporting the counties’ efforts to clean the voter rolls,” said Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar.
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readlion.com | Maggie Little |John Ransom |RealClear Politics
The new White House Faith Office has a simple message for people of faith: “You are being heard now, you have a voice now, and you are welcome in the White House.”That’s what White House Faith Director Jennifer Korn told The Lion in a wide-ranging interview about the first-of-its-kind office, established by President Donald Trump in February and located in the West Wing.
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readlion.com | Shanxi Omoniyi |Kevin Bessler |John Ransom
A bill targeting homeschoolers in Illinois threatens the right of parents to choose the education they believe is best for their children, a recent commentator warned. “The sponsors of (House Bill 2827) hold a firm belief that the state has the primary role in supervising the education of our children and parents are viewed as potentially dangerous and incompetent,” writes Dr. Ryan Enke, a physician and father in Rockford.
