The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon.

The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow.

We failed you. I failed you.

And I pray, and believe, you can do what we couldn’t: Make this world a better place.
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A harrowing account of a mother and child, entrusted to ⁦Rex Huppke⁩. Gutting. usatoday.com/story/opinion/… via USA TODAY

I have a 6 y/o daughter. I can’t imagine what she went through. By ⁦Rex Huppke⁩ usatoday.com/story/opinion/…

From Suzette Hackney, exclusive to USA TODAY subscribers. Where do we go from here?
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I actually still have this news story/article hanging on my office wall as a daily reminder of that incident nine years ago today. It was certainly a turning point in my career and led to my first published study, which utilized police data from DV scenes in Indy. Tim Swarens

Our newsroom did a trauma training today and Al Tompkins said something that hit me like a brick. If we (the media) are somewhere, it means something has gone awry, he said. But if you exist in that space daily, it can really warp your sense of the world. I needed to hear that.

In an exclusive interview with me, Betsy DeVos⁩ talks publicly for the first time about what led up to her decision to resign as Education Secretary.

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Latest from new USA TODAY Opinion columnist Ingrid Jacques
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Great piece from Suzette Hackney
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'How much more abuse can we take? How much more strain will we pile atop our already buckling political, legal and judicial systems before something irreparable snaps?'

A thoughtful, powerful and beautifully written column by my colleague Tim Swarens:

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'We are now so intent – on the left and the right – in tearing each other down, on attacking at every opportunity, of measuring success by the results of the next election and not by what is right, that we have abandoned any understanding that freedom is fragile.'-Tim Swarens

Important from Suzette Hackney
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This piece by ⁦Austin Bogues⁩ is, sadly, spot on. I wish we had something of substance to show for all our talk in recent years about progress and police reforms. usatoday.com/story/opinion/… ⁦⁩

As inflation rises, Americans are feeling pain at the gas pump and in the grocery store. Walter Greason breaks down what's going on.
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Very important message from Pearce Godwin (#ListenFirst) of #ListenFirst Project in USA TODAY. Take action today. Register for #AmericaTalks on April 21 & 23. americatalks.us/?utm_source=ci… #ListenFirst

Cuomo is seeking $125 million after CNN fired him 'for what even a first-year journalism student would have understood to be egregious ethical violations'; Tim Swarens writes about Cuomo's novel arguments and bad timing: usatoday.com/story/opinion/…

'Good Bones' is giving Indianapolis desperately needed housing construction, columnist James Briggs writes. indystar.com/story/opinion/…

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, calling from the front lines of freedom's defense, has asked for America's best in his nation's time of peril.

Are we up to the test? From Austin Bogues: usatoday.com/story/opinion/…

Strong, thoughtful column by Austin Bogues 'Zelenskyy makes a bold challenge to Biden. Can America be the leader for peace?' usatoday.com/story/opinion/… via @usatoday