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The hottest ticket in Washington this week involves spoons, eggs, referees and a throng of cheering parents: It’s time for the 144th annual White House Easter Egg Roll. Since the 1870s, children have participated in the time-honored, Americana custom of pushing brightly colored, hard-boiled eggs across the White House South Lawn with wooden spoons. They’ll do so again on Monday, celebrating a tradition that has withstood intense political polarization and global conflict – and even multiple world wars and pandemics. Yet political polarization threatened to overshadow the festive, family-friendly event as Republicans railed against the White House for commemorating Transgender Day of Visibility on…

An undercurrent of implied violence has always been an essential ingredient of Donald Trump’s strongman persona. As the ex-president’s first trial and the general election approach, he is turning up the heat, creating a tense political atmosphere. He shared a video on Friday of a pickup truck featuring an image of a bound and gagged President Joe Biden on the back, causing outrage among Democrats. That followed Trump’s stepped up verbal attacks against Judge Juan Merchan, who will oversee his New York hush money case beginning in two weeks. Trump has also been singling out the judge’s daughter, who has done work for Democratic campaigns,…

Monday night’s Powerball jackpot has soared to an estimated $975 million after there was no grand prize winner in Saturday’s drawing, when the winning amount stood at $935 million. A jackpot winner in Monday’s drawing can choose to receive the money in annuitized payments or take a lump sum estimated at $471.7 million. While the jackpot wasn’t won in the drawing on Saturday, four tickets won $1 million each by matching the first five numbers. Those tickets were sold in Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan and Pennsylvania, according to the Powerball website. Powerball’s grand prize was last won in January, when a ticket in Michigan scored a $842.4…

Just days after Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi launched its first electric vehicle (EV), buyers have been told they may have to wait up to six months for their car to be delivered. Screen grabs on Chinese social media show the firm advising buyers it could take 27 weeks to deliver the SU7 Max. The company previously said pre-orders had hit 88,898 within 24 hours of it starting to take orders on Thursday. Xiaomi did not immediately respond to a BBC request for comment. The technology giant, which is the third-largest seller of smartphones in the world with a market share…

One person was killed and at least five others were wounded in a shooting at a Nashville restaurant during Easter brunch celebrations Sunday afternoon and police say they are looking for a suspect who fled in an SUV. “This was not a shootout …This was one person who decided to pull a gun based on an altercation occurring with another man and then he fired multiple shots,” Nashville police spokesperson Don Aaron said. Police said they are seeking Anton Rucker, 46, in the shooting. Authorities say he is a convicted felon and fled the restaurant, Roasted, in a Mercedes SUV. The man who was…

Amy Jones hit a superb unbeaten 92 to lead England to a four-wicket win over New Zealand in the first one-day international. Needing 208 to win, the tourists slumped to 79-6 in Wellington before being rescued by a record unbroken seventh-wicket stand of 130 between Jones and Charlie Dean. Jones took the lead, playing a perfectly paced counter-attacking innings, with Dean keeping her cool in a valuable supporting knock of 42 as England got over the line with 8.4 overs to spare. Dean had earlier taken three wickets to become the fastest woman to 50 ODI scalps in only her…

Fans who pre-ordered Beyoncé’s latest album on vinyl are reporting that five of its tracks have gone missing. Cowboy Carter was released to critical acclaim on Friday, with reviews calling it a “masterpiece” and a “slick and starry Western epic”. But some of the best-received songs, including Ya Ya and Spaghetti, are reportedly not present on the vinyl edition. The BBC has contacted Beyoncé’s representatives for comment. “I’m so sad,” wrote one fan on Reddit, who would have paid £32 to pre-order the copy album from Beyoncé’s website. “It’s such a shame, because Ya Ya is up there with my top…

On a table in the living room, Tina – not her real name – has made a display with tealights, pastel-coloured eggs, candles and a little wooden cross. It’s her own, intimate way to mark Easter. She and her husband converted to Christianity years ago, something that in their country, Iran, is forbidden by law. They could be arrested at any time. The Iranian constitution recognises a few religious minorities. Armenian and Assyrian Christians can practise their religion, but they are banned from preaching to other Iranians or even letting them into their churches. Those who converted to Christianity from…

“Some German people drink their beer after work. We just want to smoke our weed.” So says Marcel Ritschel who’s celebrating as Germany – traditionally “beer land” – becomes a more cannabis-friendly country. Germany has, as of April 1, partly decriminalized marijuana use. But police unions are warning of real-world harm. The law-change may have come on April Fool’s Day but for them it is no joke. We meet Marcel Ritschel in the Neustadt area in Dresden, the heart of the city’s alternative scene. Here, as in other places, it wasn’t hard to find people openly smoking joints even before…

The bodies of eight Chinese nationals have been found on a beach in the Mexican state of Oaxaca after their boat capsized, officials say. The bodies were found on Friday along a route used by illegal migrants trying to reach the United States. The seven women and a man were on board a boat operated by a Mexican that set off from Chiapas state, on the border with Guatemala, on Thursday. One other person survived. It was not clear what happened the boat’s driver. The prosecutor’s office in Oaxaca said the bodies were found near a beach in the town…