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Top News Stories for Saturday, April 11th 2026
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
The Trump administration is lying about Lebanon's inclusion in the Iran ceasefire deal that officials agreed to on Tuesday, as new reporting finds that U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to pause bombardments on the country before Israel launched a horrific wave of airstrikes just hours after the ceasefire went into effect. CBS reported on Thursday, citing "multiple diplomatic sources," that Trump was told of and ...
Source: truthout.org
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
The U.S. war with Iran and the resulting spike in energy prices have pushed inflation to its highest level in nearly two years. A report from the Labor Department Friday showed consumer prices in March were up 3.3% from a year ago. That's the biggest annual increase since May of 2024. Prices jumped 0.9% between February and March, with higher gasoline prices accounting for nearly three-quarters of that increase. ...
Source: npr.org
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
Nutanix expands agentic AI infrastructure platform as token costs threaten to spiral Managing AI infrastructure across the full stack is getting more complex — and more expensive. Now, Nutanix Inc. is tackling both problems with an expanded agentic AI infrastructure platform that gives service providers and enterprises a single control plane for accelerated computing. The expansion focuses on two additions to ...
Source: siliconangle.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Records were set. History was made. Now all that's left is to get the four Artemis II astronauts home safe. NASA's Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch along with Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen are in the final run of a 600,000-mile trip that began on April 1 when they launched from Kennedy Space Center on the first crewed mission of the Artemis ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
By Two of Antarctica's most iconic animals are officially considered Endangered. They join a lengthy list of over 48,600 plant and animal species on the IUCN's Red List of Threatened Species, following irreversible population declines caused by changes in sea ice. This heartbreaking reclassification follows a painstaking assessment from the IUCN-the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Using satellite ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
CoreWeave announced a multi-year agreement with Anthropic Friday to power its Claude AI models. The deal comes one day after the AI cloud provider announced a $21 billion expansion of its agreement with Meta. CoreWeave now provides services to nine of the 10 leading AI providers, according to the company. In this article CoreWeave announced Friday that it has entered a multi-year agreement with Anthropic to power ...
Source: cnbc.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
A federal judge ruled that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) violated a court order requiring it to restore access to the Pentagon for reporters after the agency's stringent restrictions on journalists. U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman rebuked the department for attempting to circumvent his March 20, 2026, decision by establishing a new press policy. The Pentagon's new press policy expelled all journalists from ...
Source: floridianpress.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
The world's largest known group of wild chimpanzees has split and been locked in a vicious "civil war" for the last eight years, according to researchers. It is not clear exactly why the once close-knit community of Ngogo chimpanzees at Uganda's Kibale National Park are at loggerheads, but since 2018 the scientists have recorded 24 killings, including 17 infants. "These were chimps that would hold hands," lead ...
Source: bbc.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
TAIPEI — As wars rage and American alliances look less certain, China's leader Xi Jinping is making a renewed case to Taiwan: Its future lies not with Washington, but with Beijing. Xi delivered that message implicitly in a rare meeting in Beijing on Friday with Cheng Li-wun, chair of the Nationalist Party, Taiwan's main opposition party. The meeting underscored how Xi is trying to shape Taiwan's politics by ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
Prince Harry is reportedly being sued for libel by his former charity Sentebale one year after he resigned as patron. The duke co-founded Sentebale—a charity that helps young HIV and AIDS patients in the South Africa countries of Lesotho and Botswana—with Prince Seeiso of Lesotho in Princess Diana's honor in 2006. After nearly 20 years on the board, Harry made the decision to step down from his role in ...
Source: instyle.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
The crew landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego shortly after 8 p.m. ET, following a fiery plunge through Earth's atmosphere. NASA aims to land astronauts on the lunar surface in 2028, setting the stage to build a base there and establish a long-term presence on the moon. agency investigation later found that part of the heat shield's material had cracked during atmospheric re-entry, ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
Changes made this week to the rules controlling how the CDC's influential vaccine advisory panel operates could open the door for less qualified members and further undercut public confidence in vaccines, experts said. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. rewrote the charter for the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices weeks after a federal judge essentially disbanded the panel Kennedy had put in place ...
Source: healio.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' belief that they pay too much in taxes remains elevated for the fourth consecutive year, with 59% saying this. Most others, 37%, say their taxes are "about right," while 3% think they are too low. Americans' displeasure with their tax burden has held near 60% since 2023. This is higher than the roughly 50% average recorded in the early 2000s after the 2001 tax cuts went through, ...
Source: news.gallup.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
While monitoring the Federal Reserve and its interest rate policy is an integral part of the homebuying and refinancing process, it's not the only thing borrowers should consider. Mortgage interest rates , after all, are driven by a complex combination of factors , some of which can negate each other and others of which can cause rates to spike or decline. And one of the more significant ones was revealed on Friday ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
Acting Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Jay Bhattacharya, who also leads the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is reportedly delaying the publication of new findings within the health agency showcasing the strong effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines to prevent emergency room visits and hospitalizations. According to a report from The Washington Post , which cites two scientists with ...
Source: truthout.org
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
The Trump administration submitted official architectural renderings for the planned 250-foot "triumphal arch" near Arlington National Cemetery. The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts is due to review the proposed project, which has been touted by President Donald Trump as honoring the U.S.'s 250th anniversary, at its meeting on April 16. On Feb. 2, Trump posted on social media an image showing India Gate, with the ...
Source: cnbc.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
An incredible success story for CAR-T cell therapy. A 47-year-old woman in Germany had spent more than a decade battling three severe autoimmune diseases at once: autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA), immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), and antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). She had already gone through nine lines of treatment without lasting success and had reached the point of needing daily blood transfusions and ...
Source: zmescience.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
Help Net Security newsletters : Daily and weekly news, cybersecurity jobs, open source projects, breaking news – subscribe here! Google has expanded Gmail client-side encryption to Android and iOS devices, allowing users to engage with their organization's most sensitive data on mobile devices while ensuring data remains compliant with sovereignty and compliance requirements. This feature is available for ...
Source: helpnetsecurity.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
NEW YORK — Calls are increasing inside Congress for investigations into the prediction market platform Polymarket after the latest instance where groups of anonymous traders made strategic, well-timed bets on a major geopolitical event hours before it occurred. On Wednesday, The Associated Press reported that at least 50 brand new accounts on Polymarket placed substantial bets on a U.S.-Iran ceasefire in the ...
Source: npr.org
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
Irish government finalising fuel package deal The Irish Government has confirmed that a fuel support package is being finalised after a day of what they described as "constructive engagement" with representatives of the haulage and farming sectors. It comes as travel across parts of the Republic of Ireland were affected for the fourth day in a row as slow-moving convoys made up of vehicles, including tractors, have ...
Source: bbc.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
An attacker allegedly threw a molotov cocktail at the OpenAI CEO's residence before making threats outside of the startup's headquarters. San Francisco police arrested an individual early on Friday morning for allegedly attacking the home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and making threats outside of the company's headquarters, a spokesperson confirmed to WIRED. OpenAI's corporate security team sent a note to employees ...
Source: wired.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
Washington — House Democratic leadership on Friday called on Rep. Eric Swalwell to drop out of the race for California governor in the wake of allegations that he sexually assaulted a former staffer. Swalwell denied the allegations and called them "false." In a statement Friday night, House Democratic leaders called for a "swift investigation" into the allegations and for Swalwell to immediately end his ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By MAE ANDERSON and PAUL WISEMAN, AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — The centerpiece of President Donald Trump's economic policy — sweeping taxes on global imports — is under legal assault again. The U.S. Court of International Trade , a specialized court in New York, heard oral arguments Friday in an attempt to overturn the temporary tariffs Trump ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
White House warns staff against insider trading on prediction markets after suspicious Iran war bets
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
The White House warned staffers not to use insider information to place bets on prediction markets as critics grow suspicious of lucrative trading activity around the Iran war. A White House official confirmed to The Post that the warning was sent to all staffers in an email from the White House Management Office on March 24. A day earlier, anonymous accounts made a blitz of trades just 15 minutes before President ...
Source: nypost.com
Vance, Bessent questioned tech giants on AI security before Anthropic's Mythos release, CNBC reports
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
April 10 (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent questioned leading tech CEOs about AI model security and how to respond to cyber attacks a week before Anthropic released its new Mythos model, CNBC reported on Friday. Anthropic's Dario Amodei, Alphabet's Sundar Pichai, 's Satya Nadella and the heads of Palo Alto Networks and CrowdStrike were on the ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
Erik Duran in 2023 threw cooler at fleeing suspect Eric Duprey, who then crashed his motorized scooter and died A former New York police department sergeant has been sentenced to three to nine years in prison for tossing a picnic cooler full of ice and drinks at a fleeing suspect, who then crashed his motorized scooter and died. Erik Duran, 38, was convicted of manslaughter in the 2023 death of 30-year-old Eric ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
Intel® Xeon® processors to continue powering Google Cloud infrastructure across AI, inference and general-purpose workloads Expanded co-development of custom ASIC-based infrastructure processing units (IPUs) to improve efficiency, utilization and performance at scale Collaboration reinforces the central role of CPUs and IPUs in modern, heterogeneous AI systems and Google announced a multiyear collaboration ...
Source: aithority.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
By As the 2026 hurricane season approaches, forecasters are predicting a quieter Atlantic with fewer storms. This week, hurricane forecasters at Colorado State University predicted 13 named storms, with six strengthening to hurricanes and two reaching major hurricane strength with sustained winds of 111 miles per hour or greater. Last year, the forecast predicted 17 named storms. "The team predicts that 2026 ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Thursday, Apr 9th, 2026 -
Amazon will continue to bet big on artificial intelligence (AI), Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said in a 2025 Letter to Shareholders posted Thursday (April 9). Jassy said that while investment spikes invite scrutiny, AI is a game-changer that will reinvent every customer experience. "I've followed the public debate on whether this technology is over-hyped, whether we're in 'a ...
Source: pymnts.com
Thursday, Apr 9th, 2026 -
The Royal Navy has deterred Russian submarines identified in the vicinity of undersea cables and other critical under water infrastructure. A Russian attack submarine and specialist submarines from Russian's Main Directorate for Deep-Sea Research (Gugi), were involved in the operation. The vessels were designed to survey undersea infrastructure during peacetime and to sabotage it in conflict, defence secretary John ...
Source: computerweekly.com
Thursday, Apr 9th, 2026 -
PHOENIX (AP) — Renewable energy advocates in Arizona made gains against a business-backed slate in a fight over how the nation's largest public power utility will meet fast-rising electricity demand in a data center hot spot. However, election results released by the Phoenix-area Salt River Project mean that the rival slates will be forced into compromises over potential questions of whether to increase rates ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Thursday, Apr 9th, 2026 -
Your favorite mystery writer has been keeping her own secret for over a decade. Freida McFadden — the author who has written a number of thrillers, including "The Housemaid" — revealed in an interview with USA Today that she has been using a pseudonym and wearing a wig and glasses to keep her true identity under wraps when she's in public. "I'm at a point in my career when I'm tired of this being a ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Thursday, Apr 9th, 2026 -
The Department of Justice is investigating the NFL's media deals with streaming companies as more of its games go behind subscription pay walls. The investigation first reported by the Wall Street Journal centers on the financial impact of live sports streaming on consumers and whether the league's traditional broadcast partners are getting fair treatment. The Justice Department did not respond to a request for ...
Source: latimes.com
Thursday, Apr 9th, 2026 -
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Rory McIlroy began his title defense in the Masters with a tee shot that rolled next to a spectator's seat. Another one was in the trees. His tee shot on the seventh hole went into the 17th fairway. The prevailing thought was not concern, not the slightest bit of panic. He's the Masters champion. That brought a measure of patience and a load of freedom. "I just trusted that eventually I'll ...
Source: apnews.com