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At least 900 protesters have been arrested at university campuses across the country since demonstrations against the Israel-Gaza war started around a week and a half ago. Last night, Virginia Tech was the scene of the most recent arrests as police removed protesters from an encampment. On Saturday, around a hundred protesters were arrested at Boston's Northeastern University, while Friday saw more than 70 arrested at Arizona State University.        At least five people are dead after a powerful storm system spawned tornadoes across four states. A four-month-old baby was one of four people killed in Oklahoma. Another person lost their life in Iowa due to storm-related injuries. The fatal tornadoes over the weekend led to massive destruction in some towns, including Sulphur, Oklahoma, and Minden, Iowa.        Speaker Mike Johnson is facing threats for his removal from some conservatives in his party. Georgia Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene on Sunday said Johnson's days as speaker are "numbered" after he backed additional military aid for Ukraine. Greene last month filed a motion to remove Johnson, but it's not clear if or when she'll call the motion to a vote on the House floor.        Former President Trump will be NYC in today ahead of a second week of testimony in his hush money trial that resumes tomorrow. Trump is charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in order to hide hush money payments. Those payments were allegedly to keep potentially damaging stories from going public in the run up to the 2016 election.        Almost a month after seven of its workers were killed in an Israeli airstrike, World Central Kitchen is resuming its charity work in war-torn Gaza. The DC-based charity, which provides meals to people facing war or natural disaster, said operations will resume today with a Palestinian team delivering food. More than a million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are facing critical levels of hunger.        Billie Eilish will head out on tour later this year. The nine-time Grammy winner will kick off the trek in Canada before making her way to Baltimore on October 4th. The tour is in support of her upcoming album, "Hit Me Hard and Soft," which drops on May 17th. It will visit just over two dozen cities including Boston, New York City, Chicago and Phoenix before wrapping up in Los Angeles on December 17th.        

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