News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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The Department of Transportation is rolling out new rules that will require airlines to automatically give cash refunds to passengers for cancelled and significantly delayed flights.
— ABC News (@ABC) April 24, 2024
Sec. Pete Buttigieg: "No more defaulting to vouchers or credits." https://t.co/fV44kMpXdQ pic.twitter.com/iz0piXbLKq
Steep discounts, new vessels spur demand for LNG to power ships https://t.co/yZD7ap4d0t pic.twitter.com/mhDClNntVx
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 24, 2024
Bird flu virus fragments detected in retail milk in US https://t.co/LVQuxvgZwU
— POLITICO (@politico) April 23, 2024
The Department of Agriculture announced in late March that dairy cattle in Texas and Kansas had tested positive for bird flu, but a new analysis of genetic data suggests the H5N1 virus outbreak may have begun as early as December. https://t.co/7uycOlQcN8
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 24, 2024
Senate passes a long-delayed $95 billion package sending aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. The bill also includes language that could ban TikTok. https://t.co/haFWI0BZ1K
— CNN (@CNN) April 24, 2024
BREAKING: President Biden signs a long-sought foreign aid package that provides assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. https://t.co/pEpCVBHFOx
— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 24, 2024
TikTok may be banned in the US. Here's what happened when India did it https://t.co/F48i5sZ7tO
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 24, 2024
Drones sent by Ukraine's SBU security service struck two Rosneft-owned oil depots in Russia's Smolensk region in an overnight attack, a Ukrainian intelligence source said https://t.co/vR1uLXcxLE pic.twitter.com/K5wlfdd912
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 24, 2024
Supreme Court weighs whether states can ban abortion, even during some medical emergencies https://t.co/wujDXbpyI6
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 24, 2024
Disgraced former Rep. George Santos, facing federal charges, said he is withdrawing his independent bid to return to Congresshttps://t.co/drg5kaah1q
— CNN (@CNN) April 23, 2024
Doctors combine a pig kidney transplant and a heart device in a bid to extend woman's life https://t.co/6Ovp9uuHkD
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 24, 2024
Strong winds carried dust from the Sahara Desert, giving Southern Greece a Martian-like filter in the last hours of daylight. https://t.co/gcA50P4lAv
— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 24, 2024
🐎 A number of military horses, including one covered in blood, ran amok on the streets of central London and injured at least four people https://t.co/cnt2ZmidCm pic.twitter.com/6D3Sd0beNb
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 24, 2024
ON THIS DAY: In 1990, the space shuttle Discovery blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying the $1.5 billion Hubble Space Telescope. https://t.co/LtsRisN6Kh pic.twitter.com/4BBll3HoPK
— ABC News (@ABC) April 24, 2024
It’s not a siren or a roar – it’s just a cicada mating call. That’s what the sheriff of one South Carolina county had to tell residents after the office received numerous calls asking why there were strange sounds in the air. https://t.co/RPIA1hGUxe pic.twitter.com/d8etTgksG7
— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 24, 2024
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