Emails obtained through the Freedom Information Act show that U.S. Health Officials opposed a proposed inspection of #Wuhan’s #coronavirus labs by international scientists, U.S. Right to Know reported. https://www.ntd.com/us-health-officials-opposed-investigating-wuhan-coronavirus-lab-emails-show_914299.html

Data storage company #Seagate will be paying a heavy fine for violating U.S. export control laws. The company shipped over $1 billion worth of hard drives to #Huawei, a #blacklisted Chinese company.
https://www.ntd.com/seagate-to-pay-300-million-fine-for-shipping-huawei-hard-drives-worth-over-1-billion_914467.html

The Florida Board of Education approved Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’s request to expand his #ParentalRights in #EducationAct to grades 4 through 12. The law currently prevents school employees or third parties from giving classroom instruction on “sexual orientation” or “gender identity” in Florida’s elementary schools. https://www.ntd.com/florida-to-expand-limitations-on-gender-lessons_914441.html

If you fail to pay taxes on your home, you owe them—yes. But if a state takes your home and sells it, using the money to pay off the tax #debt, does the state have the right to keep the rest of your equity—your money? That’s the case now before the Supreme Court.
https://www.ntd.com/unconstitutional-home-equity-theft-by-states_914473.html

Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström said that #Sweden hopes to join #NATO by July when an alliance summit takes place in Vilnius. The country’s bid to join the alliance has so far been stalled by Turkey and Hungary.
https://www.ntd.com/sweden-hopeful-for-nato-membership-by-july_914468.html

#Title42, the pandemic-era measure that makes the expulsion of #illegalimmigrants easier, is set to expire on May 11. Todd Bensman, senior national security fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, says there is a “human tidal wave” massing at the border. NTD spoke with him about what he saw on the ground. https://www.ntd.com/a-human-tidal-wave-at-the-border-todd-bensman-on-title-42-ending_914572.html

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued a temporary administrative hold on the return date of the House Judiciary Committee’s congressional subpoena to #MarkPomerantz, a former prosecutor at Manhattan District Attorney #AlvinBragg’s office. https://www.ntd.com/appeals-court-grants-braggs-request-to-temporarily-freeze-house-subpeona-for-pomerantz_914581.html

You might never have had your #iPhone stolen, but you can likely imagine how disruptive it would be. Especially if a thief locked you out permanently by changing your #iCloud password.
iPhone users who have had their device stolen may be locked out permanently if the thief changes the iCloud password associated with the device. https://www.ntd.com/does-the-apple-passcode-have-a-design-flaw_914469.html

#Mexico’s navy has suspended a search for three Americans who went missing along with their sailboat off Mexico’s northern Pacific coast, the U.S Coast Guard said. https://www.ntd.com/mexico-ends-search-for-missing-americans-coast-guard-says_914517.html

#IKEA announced that it will invest more than $2.2 billion in the U.S. market over the next three years to further expand its omnichannel fulfillment network. https://www.ntd.com/major-retailer-to-invest-2-2-billion-in-us-add-over-2000-jobs_914455.html

A group of protesters briefly invaded stock market operator Euronext’s offices in the La Defense business district of #Paris, as #protests against French President Macron’s #PensionReforms continue.
https://www.ntd.com/protesters-storm-paris-euronext-building-over-pension-reform_914577.html

Filming on the Western movie #Rust could resume this week in #Montana, the production company said, in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of a cinematographer during a rehearsal with actor #AlecBaldwin on the original production in New Mexico. https://www.ntd.com/rust-movie-reboots-after-alec-baldwin-shooting_914522.html

#Shakespeare’s greatest villain—#KingRichardIII—has been referred to as one of England’s worst monarchs. But the debate over whether he was really that bad has continued for centuries. The republication of a text from the 1600s challenges Shakespeare’s murderous and jealous portrayal of the King. NTD spoke to historian and chair of the Richard III Society Matthew Lewis for his take on the matter. https://www.ntd.com/richard-iii-text-challenges-shakespearean-myth_914324.html

Under a cloudless sky, 20,000 eclipse chasers crowded a tiny outpost to watch a rare #SolarEclipse plunge part of #Australia’s northwest coast into brief midday darkness Thursday while temporarily cooling the tropical heat.
https://www.ntd.com/awesome-solar-eclipse-wows-viewers-in-australia-indonesia_914481.html

About one-third of the U.S. population lives in areas exposed to potentially life-shortening levels of #AirPollution, according to a new report by the American Lung Association (ALA). https://www.ntd.com/120-million-americans-living-in-areas-with-failing-air-quality-potentially-shortening-their-lives_914482.html

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