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WASHINGTON, April 26 (UPI) -- As Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrapped up his trip to China, a human rights group released a new report calculating that China currently imprisons more than 449,000 Uyghurs in Xinjian.

April 26 (UPI) -- Pro-Palestine protests and encampments have spread across the United States, leading to the arrests of hundreds and an increasing administrative nightmare for college officials.

April 26 (UPI) -- Google is growing its data footprint in Indiana with plans for a $2 billion data center in Fort Wayne, the tech giant announced Friday.

April 26 (UPI) -- Three witnesses took the witness stand Friday in the hush-money trial of Donald Trump, including former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker who was cross-examined by the defense.

April 26 (UPI) -- An emergency slide fell off a Delta Airlines Boeing 767 shortly after takeoff Friday, forcing the plane to return to John F. Kennedy International Airport.

April 26 (UPI) -- Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has scheduled a July execution for convicted murderer Keith Edmund Gavin for murdering courier William Clayton Jr. in 1998.

April 26 (UPI) -- The Department of Justice said Friday that cookware company Williams-Sonoma will pay a $3 million civil penalty and stop making false and misleading claims about the origins of its products to settle a federal complaint.

April 26 (UPI) -- King Charles III is returning to his public royal duties as the British monarch continues his recovery from cancer treatment.

April 26 (UPI) -- Jeremy Cooper, a former first responder convicted in the death of Elijah McClain, is to be sentenced Friday. He's the final of three men to be sentenced in McClain's death.

April 26 (UPI) -- Controversial influencer Andrew Tate and his brother will stand trial on human trafficking and rape charges, a Romanian court said Friday.