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Rockets target U.S. oil company in Iraq: At least three rockets hit near the site of an American oil field service company in southern Iraq early on Monday, Iraq’s military said, the first such attack in recent months to target U.S. energy interests in Iraq. The rockets targeted the site of Halliburton in the Burjesia area in the oil-rich Basra province, the military statement said. Two Iraqi security officials and one official at the state-run Basra Oil Company said five rockets struck the area. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations.

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Abortion rulings: Court decisions in two U.S. states Monday allowed abortions to continue after the procedure was caught in the crosshairs of governors’ orders suspending all non-essential elective surgeries due to the new coronavirus. The decisions in Ohio and Oklahoma responded to challenges by abortion rights groups..

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Actress from ‘Goldfinger’ dies: Honor Blackman, a formidable and smoldering British actress who vaulted to long-delayed stardom in the 1960s, first as a leather-clad, judo-chopping spy on the hit TV show “The Avengers,” and then as henchwoman and living double-entendre Pussy Galore in the James Bond film “Goldfinger,” died April 5 at her home in Lewes, England. She was 94.

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Fired inspector general urges whistleblowers to speak up: The intelligence community inspector general whom President Donald Trump fired late Friday has called on whistleblowers to overcome any fears and come forward with information about waste and illegality in the government despite the administration’s reprisals. “The American people deserve an honest and effective government,” the fired official, Michael K. Atkinson, said.

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High blood pressure: About 108 million U.S. adults — or some 45% of the adult population — are living with high blood pressure, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Also known as hypertension, it is considered to be a reading of 130/80 or higher. The numbers represent the pressure that blood is exerting against your artery walls as your heart pumps it throughout your body.