Crews are working to restore power on Puerto Rico after another island-wide blackout that left 1.4 million people without power and 300,000 without water. This is the second massive outage in less than four months. The outage started on Wednesday and is still ongoing as of April 17, 2025. In other news, a judge is considering holding the Trump administration in contempt over deportations, while Trump himself has expressed a desire for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to be terminated. Stocks tumbled following the Fed chair’s concerns over the economy and tariffs. TV host Wink Martindale has passed away at 91, and there are updates on various other news stories such as a high school shooting in Dallas, a rise in autism rates, and a warning from China for its airlines not to buy jets from Boeing in tariff retaliation. Additionally, protesters were tased and arrested at a town hall held by controversial political figure Marjorie Taylor Greene. Amid all of these events, it is advised to visit the website on another browser as Internet Explorer 11 is not supported for an optimal experience.
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