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President Trump is threatening both Russia and Iran. In an
early morning call with NBC News on Sunday, Trump said
if a peace deal in Ukraine cannot be reached, and
he believes it's Russia's fault, he'll place more tariffs on
Russian oil. He noted he was very angry over Russian
President Vladimir Putin's latest criticism of Ukrainian President Zelenski. Trump

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also commented on his efforts to reach a nuclear deal
with Iran, saying quote, if they don't make a deal,
there will be bombing. He said, American and Iranian officials
are talking. Iran's president insists his country is not directly
negotiating with the US regarding its nuclear program. The death
toll has risen to more than seventeen hundred as the

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search for survivors continues following a massive earthquake in me
and mar Here's Jim Forbes.

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The Southeast Asian country was rocked early Friday by a
powerful sevenzero point seven magnitude earthquake that destroyed buildings. The
epicenter west of Mandalay, Mayan mar Is currently embroiled in
a civil war and information is being restricted by the
military government, but the country's National Unity government said Saturday
it would implement a two week pause in military operations

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because of the earthquake. The US Geological Survey estimates the
death toll could exceed ten thousand people.

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Billionaire Elon Musk is set to give away a couple
of big checks to Wisconsin voters today at a town
hall in Green Bay. Musk's political action committee, America Pack,
is organizing the event and says people who have signed
a petition against activist judges will be attending and that
America Pack will be giving away a million dollars each
the two people who have signed the petition. Musk and

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his group are backing Republican Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimmel.
The Duke Blue Devils are back in the final four.
The Number one Blue Devils crushed Number two Alabama eighty
five sixty five in the EA eight of the NCAA
March Madness. Do g glaed wire to wire during the contest.
I'm Lisa Carton. Police are releasing some details after a

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small plane crashed into a Minnesota home. Brian Shook reports.

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Brooklyn Park Fire Chief Sean Conway spoke a few hours
after Saturday's crash. There are no survivors from the aircraft
which struck the home. There were no occupant fatalities.

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Everybody was exited the home safely.

Speaker 1 (02:29):
It's still unclear whether the people inside the house left
before or after the plane crashed into it. Officials also
have not revealed how many people were on the flight
at the time. I'm Brian Shook.

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The FCC says it will investigate the Walt Disney Company
in ABC's diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. The agency wrote
in a letter Friday that it wants to ensure the
media giant has not been violating FCC regulations, which classified
DEI efforts as discrimination. It previously kicked off a simil
investigation into Comcasts and NBC Universal in February. Over nine

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million Americans could see substantial declines in their credit scores
in the months ahead because of student loan debt. A
new analysis by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
shows fifteen percent of all student loan holders are likely
behind on debts. The report's researchers found that student loan
delinquency can drop the Vicus score of someone who with

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average credit by more than one hundred and fifty points.
They may tell you otherwise, but a new study found
that parents do indeed have a favorite child. A new
study from Brigham Young University looked at the reasons why
parents show favoritism, which has been dubbed parental differential treatment.
The researchers dug through a large set of existing studies

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conducted between August twenty fifteen and April twenty twenty two,
and found that birth order does play a factor, with
the youngest often getting preferential treatment. They found that children
that are more agreeable and responsible also tend to be favored,
and they also have better grades and better mental health.
I'm Lisa Carton.