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Barcelona set sights on Champions League progress with 4-0 home win in quarterfinal first leg against Borussia Dortmund.Barcelona claimed a commanding 4-0 home win over Borussia Dortmund in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals. Robert Lewandowski scored twice and Raphinha recorded a goal and an assist on Wednesday, leaving the Catalan club in a strong position to reach the semifinals for the first time since 2019. Lamine Yamal also scored as Barcelona dealt a hammer blow to the German side’s hopes of advancing. The return match is next Tuesday at Dortmund, who were last year’s runners-up in the…

When President Trump set out last month to eviscerate a tiny agency that coordinates federal efforts to reduce homelessness, he was not just clearing bureaucratic brush.He was escalating a conservative war on how billions in federal aid gets spent, a fight that could have life-altering stakes for the record number of people sleeping on the streets.The obscure focus of Mr. Trump’s ire, the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness, is smaller than many Boy Scout troops. His larger target appears to be the policy that dominates homelessness work, an approach called Housing First.Once the product of bipartisan consensus, Housing First…

The Justice Department on Wednesday barred its lawyers from attending any American Bar Association events, escalating the Trump administration’s battle with the legal profession over who lawyers should take on as clients.In a memo, the deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche, said that the bar association was “free to litigate in support of activist causes” but that the department’s employees “must conduct themselves in a manner that does not undermine or appear to undermine the department’s core mission of administering justice in a fair, effective, and evenhanded manner.”The department, Mr. Blanche wrote, “will no longer use taxpayer funds to pay for…

The global video game industry is finding it hard to level up as U.S. President Donald Trump continues to escalate his global tariff war. Retail experts say gaming giant Nintendo’s decision to pause pre-orders in the U.S. and Canada is an indication of the tough boss battles ahead for the gaming industry.Nintendo said it is delaying the start of pre-orders for the Switch 2 gaming device in the United States as it examines the potential impact of tariffs, according to Reuters.Pre-orders will not start on April 9 as planned in the U.S. “in order to assess the potential impact of tariffs and…

Harry Brook has been tasked with transporting England back to the top of the white-ball game, but the star batter admits his biggest dream remains to grab the Ashes back off Australia.Brook, Jos Buttler’s successor as England’s skipper in the limited-overs game, has been charged with leading the once formidable white-ball outfit back to former glories, starting with next year’s T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka.But asked whether he’d prefer that global success or an Ashes triumph in the Australian summer leading up to the Asian tournament, Brook could only smile after admitting, following just a moment’s hesitation:…

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Bill Ackman, CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, speaks during an interview for an episode of “The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations” in New York on Nov. 28, 2023.Jeenah Moon | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesHedge fund mogul Bill Ackman let out a sigh of relief after President Donald Trump temporarily dropped some of the steep “reciprocal” tariffs, sparking a monster rally in risk assets.”Thank you on behalf of all Americans,” Ackman wrote in a post on social media platform X. Shortly after, he added, “This was brilliantly executed by @realDonaldTrump. Textbook, Art of the Deal.”His comments came after Trump announced a…

A Maryland family is seeking answers about the death of a 23-year-old man whose body they say was found badly beaten in the Bahamas, where they had been vacationing.The man, Dinari McAlmont, of Bowie, Md., was found dead on Saturday morning near the Atlantis Bahamas resort on Paradise Island, where he had been staying with his parents, according to his family.Mr. McAlmont’s mother, Michelle McAlmont, told Eyewitness News, a Bahamian news outlet, that when the authorities showed her a photo of her son’s face, it was clear he had been beaten. “He was traumatized,” she added.His hair, which he took…

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A nine-year-old boy took matters into his own hands to make sure he didn’t miss class and drove his parents’ truck to school after missing his bus ride, police confirmed.Maize Police Sergeant Braden Blackburn told Fox News Digital that they received a call from a concerned citizen Wednesday morning about a driver who “appeared too young to drive.” Blackburn said the caller said the driver appeared to be 10–11 years old and was described to be in a white Chevy pickup truck.Officers were unable to find the truck, but eventually located the truck and boy in the parking lot of his…