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GOP senator calls for Trump to remove adviser Stephen Miller

Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., called on President Donald Trump to remove long-time adviser Stephen Miller from the administration on Sunday, describing him as an “embarrassment” and a “big problem” for the administration. The North Carolina Republican’s comments come on the heels of the high-profile firing of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem last week. Tillis, speaking on CNN’s...

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Oil prices spike after Israeli strikes ignite Iran fuel depots

Viral video captured the moment flames tore through a Tehran street after Israeli strikes on major oil reserves in Iran’s capital. The IDF claimed it “struck several fuel storage depots” being used “to operate military infrastructure.” This comes as the price of oil continued to surge, leaving US consumers anxious about what was ahead.

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She was arrested for holding a protest sign in small-town California: ‘This is a testing ground’

Jenny O’Connell-Nowain was put under house arrest, and her husband, Benjamin, lost his job after they protested at board of supervisors meetings

Jenny O’Connell-Nowain was ready to go to jail.

She had been prepared to spend six months in the custody of the Shasta county sheriff’s office. One of the top prosecutors in this part of far northern California had presented the evidence against her in a weeklong trial, and a jury had delivered a guilty verdict. A judge offered probation, but O’Connell-Nowain did not agree to the terms.

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© Photograph: Mike Kai Chen/The Guardian

© Photograph: Mike Kai Chen/The Guardian

© Photograph: Mike Kai Chen/The Guardian

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Aerial athletes and unsung hunters by night, tawny frogmouths are more than just their Muppet looks | Debbie Lustig

Watching one nocturnal family through all of spring, I experienced the exhilarating thrills of their nightly routine – and learned the call of the frogmouths

What’s not to love about a Muppet in a long coat with spooky eyes like something out of a Scooby Doo cartoon? Posing as tree stumps on a branch, tawny frogmouths almost parody themselves.

But there’s much more to them than that. Frogmouths have another life that few people see: like vampires, they wake at sunset and night-hunt until dawn. These stolid creatures turn into zephyrs that silently swoop, catching prey on the ground and in the air.

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© Photograph: Imagevixen/Getty Images/RooM RF

© Photograph: Imagevixen/Getty Images/RooM RF

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A Mississippi mother couldn’t find accurate sex ed for her kids. So she started a class at church

As states scale back requirements for comprehensive sex ed, some parents and faith communities are stepping in to teach what schools won’t

When Wendy Pfrenger’s children started high school in the town of Oxford, Mississippi, she had the choice to enroll them in abstinence-only or abstinence-plus sex ed.

Although the abstinence-plus option would include instruction on contraception, neither curriculum was required to provide medically accurate information. As a parent, she felt like the lessons her teens were receiving fell short of their reality.

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© Illustration: Shimeng Jiang/The Guardian

© Illustration: Shimeng Jiang/The Guardian

© Illustration: Shimeng Jiang/The Guardian

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Five members of Iranian women’s football team reportedly seeking to remain in Australia

After being eliminated from the Asian Cup, the players reportedly escaped their regime minders and are being looked after by police in Queensland

Five members of the Iranian women’s football team have been taken into the protection of police in Australia after refusing to return to their home country following the team’s elimination from the Women’s Asian Cup, according to reports.

Speculation had mounted for days that some of the players would try to seek asylum in Australia after reports that they had been called “traitors” for refusing to sing their national anthem before their opening game of the tournament last week.

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© Photograph: Dave Hunt/EPA

© Photograph: Dave Hunt/EPA

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‘Bitter result’ for Friedrich Merz as Greens win in German car heartland

Cem Özdemir gains 30.2% of vote in Baden-Württemberg, ahead of CDU, with far-right AfD in third

Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democrats (CDU) have stumbled into a busy election year with a defeat to the Greens in a key state poll, as his embattled party struggles to fend off a challenge in other pivotal races from the far right.

The German chancellor’s conservative CDU had enjoyed a double-digit lead in the south-western car production region of Baden-Württemberg just weeks ago but the Greens and their charismatic candidate Cem Özdemir eked out a half-point-margin win in Sunday’s poll with 30.2%.

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© Photograph: Bernd Weißbrod/AP

© Photograph: Bernd Weißbrod/AP

© Photograph: Bernd Weißbrod/AP

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