| Good morning. It's Tuesday, April 30, and I'm thrilled to tell you that Brave Little Hunter the baby orca finally found her way back to the ocean. Now let's catch up.  | Columbia students are occupying a university building. |  Students barricaded themselves in a building near the Columbia campus's South Lawn. (Caitlin Ochs/Reuters) | |
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 | Four officers were killed after an attempt to serve a warrant in Charlotte. | - What happened? Members of a U.S. Marshals task force were met with gunfire yesterday when they approached a home, police said. Four other officers were wounded.
- It led to a standoff: The person they were trying to serve with the warrant died on the scene, police said. But then others inside started shooting. An investigation is ongoing.
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 | Donald Trump's New York criminal trial resumes today. | |
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 | A court ruled that state health-care plans must pay for gender-affirming surgery. | |
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 | New cars will be required to have automatic emergency brakes by 2029. | - The details: The braking systems must be able to bring cars to a complete stop without crashing at speeds up to 62 mph, and to avoid hitting a pedestrian at up to 45 mph.
- It's a big deal: The new federal rules, issued yesterday, are one of the most significant changes to car safety standards in years, and could save hundreds of lives a year.
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 | A start-up says its AI-powered blood test can detect postpartum depression. | - How? By analyzing blood samples for how a gene that links a person's mood to hormonal changes is expressed. It doesn't have FDA approval but is undergoing clinical trials.
- Why it matters: Postpartum depression is a leading cause of maternal death, but treatment is rare. This test could catch it before symptoms appear, the company says.
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 | Americans are sleeping more than at any point in the past two decades. | - How much? People in the U.S. gained 10 minutes of sleep per day, on average, between 2019 and 2022, according to a Post analysis. The pandemic and remote work accelerated the trend.
- But life isn't fair: Younger adults between 25 and 34, men of all ages and people without children saw the biggest sleep gains. See how your sleep compares here.
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