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| European Union leadership accused Russia of attempting to use gas "as an instrument of blackmail" by cutting off supplies to Poland and Bulgaria, a dramatic escalation in the conflict with Ukraine. Funeral services will be held for Madeleine Albright, the first female secretary of state. The Supreme Court will hear arguments in Oklahoma's ongoing battle with Native American tribes. And a Las Vegas resort reopens after it was shuttered for more than two years by the pandemic. |
| I'm Nicole, with Wednesday's news. |
Some news to know now: |
| 🟣 "Another legal loss": A federal appeals court ended a legal battle against Texas' six-week abortion ban. |
| 💵 Cheaper gas: Walmart+ is increasing a discount on fuel to 10 cents a gallon. |
| 🔵 75% of kids have been infected by the coronavirus, according to new CDC data. |
| 🚀 Watch NASA's SpaceX Crew-4 launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. |
 | | NASA "Crew4" mission astronauts, from left, mission specialist, Jessica Watkins, mission specialist, European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, of Italy, pilot Bob Hines and commander, Kjell Lindgren arrive at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, Monday, April 18, 2022. | | John Raoux, AP | |
| 🪑 Spring cleaning your living space? From the product experts at Reviewed, check out these Wayfair deals on furniture, cookware and more to elevate your home at the best price. |
| 🎧 On today's 5 Things podcast, health reporter Ken Alltucker explains how blood tests could bring us into a new era of Alzheimer's diagnosis. You can listen to the podcast every day on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or on your smart speaker. |
Russian gas giant says it has cut gas supplies to Poland, Bulgaria |
| Russia's state-controlled natural gas giant Gazprom says it has cut gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria after they refused Russian President Vladimir Putin's order to pay for the shipments in rubles. Gazprom said in a statement it hasn't received any payments since April 1 from Poland and Bulgaria and was suspending deliveries to them starting Wednesday. Energy Minister Alexander Nikolov said Wednesday that Bulgaria can meet the needs of users for at least one month and added that gas was still flowing. European Union officials are holding emergency gas talks following Russia's decision. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the announcement by Gazprom "is yet another attempt by Russia to use gas as an instrument of blackmail." If deliveries are halted to other countries, it could cause economic pain in Europe, driving natural gas prices up — but it would also deal a blow to Russia's own economy. |
| 👉 Silenced by poison, bullets, jail: Navalny, Nemtsov and more Putin critics. |
| 👉 "Ridiculous": Sen. Rand Paul's comments on Russia's invasion of Ukraine blasted as echoing Putin's propaganda. |
| 👉 British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is calling for Britain to increase defense spending to help Ukraine. |
 | | Russia's energy giant Gazprom said on April 27, 2022 it had stopped all gas supplies to Poland and highly dependent Bulgaria after not receiving payment in rubles from the two EU members. | | INA FASSBENDER, AFP via Getty Images | |
Madeleine Albright memorialized at funeral; Biden to deliver eulogy |
| Funeral services will be held Wednesday for Madeleine Albright, the first female U.S. secretary of state, who died of cancer last month at 84 . President Joe Biden is slated to eulogize the trailblazing diplomat during the service held at Washington National Cathedral. Other speakers include former President Bill Clinton — under whom Albright served as secretary of state and ambassador to the United Nations — and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Musical performances from Herbie Hancock, Judy Collins and Chris Botti are also planned. Praised by admirers as a champion of democracy and human rights, Albright's diplomatic career saw her push for NATO expansion and the use of U.S. military intervention abroad. A livestream of Albright's funeral will begin at 11 a.m. ET. |
| 🟣 Madeleine Albright in her own words: On how she became secretary of state, speaking up as a woman and the importance of calling out wrongs. |
 | | Secretary of State Madeleine Albright testifies on Capitol Hill Tuesday Feb. 11, 1997 in her first hearing as secretary before the House International Relations Committee. | | J.SCOTT APPLEWHITE, AP | |
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House members to look at high court ethics changes after Ginni Thomas' texts |
| A House panel will hold a hearing Wednesday on whether to change ethics requirements at the Supreme Court, a month after reports revealed Justice Clarence Thomas' wife, Ginni Thomas, texted a Trump administration official in early 2021 and urged him to overturn the 2020 election. Ginni Thomas' texts, along with her admission she attended former President Donald Trump's Jan. 6 speech before the violence erupted, renewed debate over ethics standards on the nation's highest court because Justice Thomas sided with Trump in a case where the former president was seeking to keep insurrection-related communication secret. The development once again sparked uproar about when Supreme Court justices should recuse themselves. The bills likely to come up at the hearing of the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet, would require justices to follow a binding code of ethics. The high court does not regard itself as legally bound to the code other federal judges follow. |
| 🟡 Previous coverage: House Jan. 6 panel discusses seeking testimony from Ginni Thomas about texts with Mark Meadows, but makes no decision. |
| 🟡 Learn more: Who is Ginni Thomas? | Who is Associate Justice Clarence Thomas? |
 | | Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. | | AP | |
High court justices to hear Oklahoma appeal in state's battle with Native American groups |
| The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in Oklahoma's ongoing battle with Native American tribes over the state's authority to prosecute people accused of crimes on Native American lands, following its 2020 decision in McGirt vs. Oklahoma, which led to most of eastern Oklahoma being affirmed as American Indian reservations. The state's appeal is in the case of Victor Castro-Huerta, who was charged with malnourishment of his 5-year-old stepdaughter. He was initially convicted in state court but that conviction was overturned because of the way the state courts interpreted the law in the aftermath of the McGirt ruling. Since the 2020 ruling, the Oklahoma attorney general's office has been fighting to retain jurisdiction over crimes committed by non-American Indians against Native Americans on those reservations. The decision meant that Oklahoma prosecutors lack the authority to pursue criminal cases against American Indian defendants in parts of Oklahoma that include most of Tulsa, the state's second-largest city. |
| ⚖ Department needs scores of staffers: DOJ warns of eastern Oklahoma crime surge in wake of McGirt decision. |
| ⚖ Position taken: Biden administration urges justices to reject Oklahoma claim of jurisdiction. |
| ⚖ Previous coverage from The Oklahoman: Massive spending bill includes more than $62 million to help tribes address McGirt ruling. |
 | | FILE - Visitors walk outside the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) ORG XMIT: WX105 | | Patrick Semansky, AP | |
ICYMI: Some of our top stories yesterday |
| 🟤 Whether Biden properly ended Trump's "Remain in Mexico" policy is considered by the Supreme Court. |
| 👉 Harvard University announced a $100 million fund to redress its ties to slavery. |
| ✈ Most flight attendants don't start getting paid until the plane doors close. Delta is changing that. |
| ⭐ "#Sliving is my cardio": Paris Hilton's bodyguard got a workout keeping up with her at Coachella. |
| ⬛ Why Johnny Depp just scored against ex-wife Amber Heard in a defamation lawsuit. |
 | | Actor Amber Heard appears in the courtroom at the Fairfax County Circuit Court in Fairfax, Virginia, Thursday, April 21, 2022. | | Jim Lo Scalzo, AP | |
Palms Las Vegas reopening after more than two years |
| The Las Vegas casino resort Palms has remained closed for more than two years, a casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic and 2020 shutdowns. That changes Wednesday night, when the property, about a mile west of Bellagio on Flamingo Road, reopens to the public . New offerings will include a refreshed casino floor with a new slot and table game layout, and the 14 movie theaters inside the resort have been redone with a new lobby and new reclining seats. With new ownership under the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, Palms will be the first Las Vegas property to be owned and operated by a Native American tribe. |
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📷 Photo of the Day: Shanghai's COVID-19 lockdown 📷 |
 | | In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a volunteer uses a megaphone to talk to residents at an apartment building in Shanghai, China, Tuesday, April 12, 2022. | | Chen Jianli, AP | |
| Shanghai's 25 million people have been under a lockdown since March , following China's largest COVID-19 outbreak since 2020. Government officials have set up metal barriers around the city, blocking streets and buildings to curb the virus. But residents in the shutdown city are frustrated by the measures, reporting food shortages and isolation. Anyone who tests positive is taken to quarantine in a temporary hospital until they test negative twice. China's capital Beijing followed Shanghai this week, installing fending and restricting who could leave a lockdown area while mass testing expanded. |
| Click here to see photos of Shanghai's citywide lockdown. |
| Contributing: The Associated Press |
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