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Nigeria kidnappings: Gunmen abduct schoolgirls in Zamfara State, government official says  CNN More Than 300 Girls Kidnapped in Latest Nigerian School Abduction  The Wall Street Journal Nigeria’s Zamfara school abduction: More than 300 Nigerian girls missing  Yahoo News Kidnappers abduct hundreds of schoolgirls

The city of Paris is considering proposing a three-week lockdown in a bid to “reopen everything” in the City of Lights afterwards, the deputy mayor said Thursday, calling the current nighttime curfew a “half-measure” and a “semi-prison” that never ends.

Gunmen kidnapped more than 100 girls from a boarding school in northwest Nigeria, a government official said, the latest in a rising tide of high school abductions across Africa’s most populous nation, where kidnapping for ransom has become a lucrative

Biden orders airstrikes in Syria, retaliating against Iran-backed militias  NBC News U.S. Carries Out Airstrikes on Syria Militias  Bloomberg Politics US carries out air strikes in Syria targeting Iranian backed militias  CNN Biden Ordered Airstrikes In Syria At Recommendation Of Secretary Of Defense

Significant number of recent cases contain mutation that could potentially weaken the effectiveness of existing vaccines

He’s back: Trump set to address CPAC in bid to extend his lease on the GOP  NBC News CPAC: Conservative meeting showcases Donald Trump (and others)  USA TODAY Trump to take aim at Biden in speech to US conservatives  Al Jazeera English Mitch

He’s back: Trump set to address CPAC in bid to extend his lease on the GOP  NBC News McConnell says he’ll ‘absolutely’ support Trump in 2024 if he’s the GOP nominee  CNN Trump expected to speak at CPAC this weekend  CBS News Trump

Biden launches airstrikes against Iran-backed militias in Syria to “send a message”  Vox.com US carries out air strikes in Syria targeting Iranian backed militias  CNN U.S. Conducts Air Strikes In Syria Against Iranian-Backed Militia Group | NBC News  NBC News Biden Orders Airstrikes

Senate parliamentarian rules Democrats cannot include minimum wage hike in COVID-19 economic relief bill  CBS News Senate parliamentarian rules against including minimum wage in Covid relief bill  CNN Top Senate Official Disqualifies Minimum Wage From Stimulus Plan  The New York Times Democrats should

Historic LGBTQ rights bill passes — after exposing GOP divisions  POLITICO House Passes Equality Act, Bolstering Legal Protections For LGBTQ Americans  CBS Los Angeles House passes Equality Act expanding LGBTQ rights amid GOP concerns, including effect on girls’ sports  Fox News The Equality