| No Images? Click here  Monday, April 22THE CLIMATE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT The last five years were the five hottest on record. The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has soared past 410 parts per million. As many as 150 species die off each day. As the call for action grows louder, the youth climate movement ― which scientists say has moved the needle on action to address the climate emergency ― is taking center stage. [HuffPost] [Tweet | Share to Facebook]EASTER BOMBINGS IN SRI LANKA More than 200 people were killed and at least 450 injured in bomb blasts that ripped through churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, the first major attack on the Indian Ocean island since the end of a civil war 10 years ago. [Reuters]GIULIANI ‘DEFENDS’ TAKING INFO FROM RUSSIANS Rudy Giuliani, who as President Donald Trump’s attorney has stoutly defended his client’s actions throughout every twist and turn as Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign was investigated, insisted “there’s nothing wrong” with a White House candidate accepting help from Russia. [HuffPost]COMEDIAN WINS UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL RACE Ukraine entered uncharted political waters on Sunday after an exit poll showed comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who has no political experience and few detailed policies, had easily won enough votes to become the next president of a country at war. [Reuters]REP. SETH MOULTON ENTERS 2020 RACE Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts is the latest Democrat to enter the 2020 race, kicking off his campaign Monday. The 40-year-old Iraq veteran enters the campaign as an underdog with little national name recognition and a shorter track record than some of his opponents. [Reuters]WIFE OF SLAIN KKK LEADER ADMITS KILLING HIM A Ku Klux Klan leader’s widow has admitted to fatally shooting him and then dumping his body, reversing a previous defense that blamed her son. Malissa Ancona was sentenced to life in prison for the 2017 killing of Frank Ancona. [HuffPost]
 👋 Become one of our first official super fans. Call yourself a founding member of HuffPost Plus forever. HAWAII BEACHES MAY SOON BE UNDERWATER Hawaii’s iconic Waikiki Beach could soon be underwater as rising sea levels caused by climate change overtake its white sand beaches and bustling city streets. State lawmakers are trying to pass legislation that would spend millions for a coastline protection program. [AP]IMPEACHABLE ‘IF PROVEN’ Rep. Jerry Nadler, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said he believes special counsel Robert Mueller’s report contains information that could be grounds for impeachment against Trump “if proven.” [HuffPost]UK PAPER WANTS TRUMP’S VISIT WITH QUEEN NIXED An editorial in The Observer newspaper on Sunday called for the cancellation of Trump’s upcoming state visit to the U.K. in the wake of the Mueller report. “The prospect of Donald Trump making a state visit to Britain in June is stomach-churning,” the Sunday sister paper of The Guardian wrote. [HuffPost]VIDEO SHOWS OFFICERS SLAMMING, PUNCHING TEEN A South Florida sheriff’s office has placed a deputy on administrative leave after a video appeared to show officers pepper-spraying a teenager and tackling him. One deputy appears to slam the teen’s head on the ground and punch him. [HuffPost]2 MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS ‘PLOTTED TO KILL 9’ Two Florida middle school girls are facing charges that they planned to kill nine people. A teacher reportedly spotted the 14-year-olds acting “hysterically” while searching for a folder and overheard them say they would be arrested if anyone found it. [HuffPost]DEMS HOPE FOR PUERTO RICAN VOTES In last year’s midterms, even as Trump railed on Puerto Rico’s government as corrupt and undeserving of any more federal disaster assistance for Hurricane Maria, only 47 percent of the state’s voters who identified as having been born on the island cast ballots. If Democrats want Puerto Rican votes, they’re going to have to put in more work. [HuffPost]
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