A father rejected Democratic lawmakers' expressions of sympathy on Capitol Hill this week, accusing them of only showing concern when the cameras are rolling after his daughter was left permanently disabled in a car crash allegedly caused by an illegal immigrant.
"I reject your guys' sympathy, to be honest with you. There's no way you guys are sorry," Marcus Coleman told lawmakers Tuesday.
Coleman criticized Democratic lawmakers for what he called their "ignorance" during a follow-up interview Thursday, telling Fox News' Trace Gallagher that he struggled to make them understand his position.
"Talking with the Democrat representatives, I mean, the language they speak is ignorance, and it's hard for me to translate what I'm trying to say to them," he said. "I can explain it all day, I just can't understand it for them."
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A keen rugby player and strongman described by his mother as a "gentle giant" had a prescription for anti-psychotic medication withdrawn weeks before his death, an inquest heard.
James Snowden, who had struggled with suicidal feelings since childhood, was 21 when his body was found at his family home in Altrincham in December 2024.
Manchester South Coroner's Court heard after numerous attempts to take his own life he had been prescribed sulpiride in 2021 - which his mother said had helped him "pursue a full life".
When James died he was under the care of the Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, which will give evidence throughout the week and has been approached for comment.
However, the court heard that on 26 November 2024, James had attended an appointment to plan for the gradual withdrawal of the drug.

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TAMARAC, Fla. (AP) — Greeting voters ahead of Tuesday's Florida primaries in red-white-and-blue sneakers, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz smiles and tells them she is "running for reelection to Congress."
That's true — with a caveat. Wasserman Schultz is seeking her 12th term by running in a new district after Republicans scrambled the state's congressional map earlier this year.
The fallout pushed Wasserman Schultz, a former national party chair with powerful ties in Washington, to cross district lines from her Fort Lauderdale exurb and be the only white candidate in an area of Broward County that has helped send Black Democrats to Congress since 1992. That's yielded an uncomfortable fight following the U.S. Supreme Court decision that gutted the Voting Rights Act provisions undergirding minority voting strength and effectively cleared Old Confederacy states, including Florida, to reshape House districts.
"For her to come in like this is just another Broward seat, it's a complete erasure of our history, our fight for Black access," said former Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, 47, who resigned from the seat in April while facing an ethics investigation but now wants it back.
Another candidate, 27-year-old progressive organizer and substitute teacher Elijah Manley, said Republicans' redistricting ploy is not Wasserman Schultz's fault. But she "had other options," Manley added, including running in her new home district, which was gerrymandered to include the more conservative Gulf coast.

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The U.S.'s emergency oil reserve has fallen below 300 million barrels of oil for the first time since it was being filled decades ago.
New Energy Department data shows that the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) contained 298.7 million barrels as of Friday.
The last time the level was below 300 million barrels was in the early 1980s.
The drop is not a surprise, as the Trump administration announced in March that it would release 172 million barrels from the reserve over the course of 120 days.
The U.S.'s war in Iran has put a crunch on global oil supplies because Iran has been able to limit oil shipping through the nearby Strait of Hormuz, a key chokepoint. This has resulted in higher prices for consumers at the pump.

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AI is transforming executive candidate searches, making sourcing faster and more expansive.
Recruiters are using AI to uncover overlooked talent and be more productive.
Trust, persuasion, and cultural fit, however, still keep the most critical hiring stages human-led.
AI is accelerating many parts of executive-level hiring, though other parts remain constrained by distinctly human obstacles.
Recruiters say homing in on suitable candidates can account for as much as half the work in high-stakes C-suite job searches. AI can speed up that process by mapping the market, surfacing names, combing through years of internal notes, and suggesting unconventional talent pools.

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Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who was shot and killed by ICE agents in Houston, was not the target of the operation, according to Texas Rep. Sylvia Garcia. NBC News' Priscilla Thompson reports.

Whether you love or loathe generative AI chatbots, they're becoming increasingly involved in the business of romance.
There's understandable skepticism about the technology's place in dating. Still, a growing number of people are turning to AI as a de facto dating coach or relationship expert. Some use the technology to get guidance on creating a dating app profile, decode messages from potential partners and draft replies or seek general dating advice.
But those inquiries can have varying degrees of success. Understanding how to best harness a chatbot's power and acknowledging its limitations can help.
Here are some tips from experts.
Logan Ury, the director of relationship science at the dating app Hinge, said she understands people's hesitance about AI but however we search for love, "what we're searching for stays the same." Hinge has AI-powered conversation starters and feedback tools to help build users' profiles and make interactions smooth.

PRAGUE (AP) — Thousands of Czechs rallied in the capital on Sunday to condemn a plan by the government led by populist Prime Minister Andrej Babiš to overhaul funding for public broadcasters that is considered dangerous for their independence.
The protesters gathered in front of the Czech public television offices in Prague to voice their support for the media a day before their staffers plan to go on a warning strike, and after recent protest marches in the regional capitals and Prague.
According to the plan approved last week, public radio and television would be financed from the state budget starting next year, and not from fees paid by individuals, households and businesses.
Critics say that change would give the three-party coalition government a means to take control of the media following the examples of populist governments in Slovakia under Prime Minister Robert Fico and in Hungary under former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
"The media don't belong to politicians," Mikuláš Minář, a main organizer from the Million Moments for Democracy group said. "They belong to us all and we won't allow them to be stolen from us."

A North Carolina furniture manufacturer allegedly shot and killed his business partner this week after a court ruled against him in a contract dispute.
Willard Gary Black, 85, has been charged with second-degree murder in the Wednesday fatal shooting of Robert Roger Arguelles, who was struck in the chest and back, Queen City News reported.
The shooting happened at the Old Hickory Tannery, where Arguelles and Black were co-owners of the business.
Court records show that earlier that day, Black was ordered to pay Arguelles $310,882.74 after a contract dispute between the two men, Court TV reported.
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