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U.S. guns, many of them exported legally, are flowing into Latin America in an "iron river" ending in the hands of drug cartels and abusive security forces, activists said Monday, calling for greater oversight from U.S. law and federal agencies.

An 84-year-old man in Missouri accused of shooting a black teenager who mistakenly rang his doorbell has turned himself in, authorities said.

Workers at a northwest Michigan paper mill shuttered by a deadly fungal outbreak may never know how the outbreak started, according to the head of their union local.

Police have identified a teenage girl nearly 50 years after her body was found bound, gagged, wrapped in a tarp and dumped in a drainage ditch in Connecticut, officials said Monday.

The high-wire drama of raising the US debt ceiling is making headlines again.

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The UK government's cyber defence agency warned on Wednesday of an emerging threat to Western critical national infrastructure posed by hackers sympathetic to Russia and its war on Ukraine. (More)

Heavy gunfire and the roar of warplanes have shattered plans for a ceasefire in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, which was due to start at 18:00 (16:00 GMT). Fighting was reported around the army headquarters by the airport in the city centre, which is surrounded by residential areas. (More)

Lets Talk Business and Tech

Johnson & Johnson shares fall after company beats on earnings and revenue, but lowers pharmaceutical sales guidance (More)

Technology issues delay more than 2,100 Southwest Airlines flights nationwide (More)

The camera never lies? Creator of AI image rejects prestigious photo award (More)

Richer, Wiser, Happier

The one metric that matters when predicting a recession (More) | Ramit Sethi's 5 lessons on how to get rich -- from his new Netflix series (More)

A Last-Minute Tax Guide for Procrastinators | Ashlea Ebeling, Wall Street Journal. It is probably time to stop kidding yourself and ask for a tax-filing extension. While tax preparation giants like H&R Block and TurboTax still offer appointments to meet with a tax professional or the use of their do-it-yourself software through April 18, many accountants are telling procrastinators to request an extension. (More)

Apple's new high-yield savings account shows benefit of opening an account now (More)

Sports and Showbiz Shenanigans

Ex-NFL defensive end Chris Smith dead at 31 (More) | Hunter Greene, Reds agree on 6-year, $53M extension (More)

Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos: “Driving Folks to a Theater Is Just Not Our Business (More) | Women are monsters, victims and heroes in 'Evil Dead Rise' (More)

Jonathan Majors & Manager Entertainment 360 Part Ways; Actor Facing Domestic Violence Allegations In NYC (More) | Mark Ruffalo and Hugh Laurie Star in the Explosive Trailer for "All the Light We Cannot See" (More)

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