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Top News Stories for Tuesday, April 14th 2026
Monday, Apr 13th, 2026 -
America's law libraries will be filled one day with volumes on how President Trump abused his office. By then, we will know whether his violations of norms, laws and the Constitution became precedents for future presidents, or whether voters, courts and Congress acted to stop them before the damage was irreparable. It is already severe. Trump's Justice Department spends more time than justice. His ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Monday, Apr 13th, 2026 -
Stanford University researchers today released their highly anticipated 2026 AI Index Report , revealing a global landscape where artificial intelligence technology is being adopted at record-breaking pace, even as public trust in AI oversight and transparency hits new lows. The report by the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence , known as Stanford HAI, is now into its ninth year. It's a ...
Source: siliconangle.com
Monday, Apr 13th, 2026 -
Northern Irishman moves the needle like no one else in his sport, even more so after his thrilling Masters defence Levels of greatness need not always be defined by numbers. Nick Faldo's six majors to Rory McIlroy's five prior to events at Augusta National on Sunday gave the Englishman the edge in the eyes of many in respect of Europe's finest ever golfer. That McIlroy had already won the career grand slam of ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Apr 13th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — The big election over the weekend was in a small European country nearly half a world away from Washington, but the defeat of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has significant reverberations in the United States. That's because President Donald Trump and many U.S. conservatives have long embraced Orbán , who has become an icon among the global right for his anti-immigrant ...
Source: apnews.com
Monday, Apr 13th, 2026 -
You are not logged into your account. You have a registered email address and password on pressherald.com, but we are unable to locate a paid subscription attached to these credentials. Please Thank you for your support of local journalism! For anyone keeping tabs on Maine's housing market, March brought with it an acute sense of deja vu. Real estate agents last month sold the exact same number of houses for the ...
Source: pressherald.com
Monday, Apr 13th, 2026 -
US government reverses course on removing LGBTQ+ Pride flag from New York monument after efforts from advocates The Trump administration agreed on Monday to keep flying a rainbow Pride flag at the Stonewall national monument, reversing course after removing the banner in February. The government revealed the decision as it seeks to settle a lawsuit filed by LGBTQ+ and historic preservation groups who had sought to ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Apr 13th, 2026 -
REGISTER NOW Topics More from TechCrunch Roblox is introducing new account types designed to give kids and younger teens age-appropriate access to chat and games, the company announced on Monday. The move comes as Roblox implemented in January for all users who want to access chats. The same will be used to assign users to these new accounts. As part of the changes, users who haven't completed age checks will ...
Source: techcrunch.com
Monday, Apr 13th, 2026 -
A French court has found cement group Lafarge guilty of financing "terrorism" through its Syrian subsidiary, fining the company and jailing its former CEO. The Paris court ruled on Monday that Lafarge had paid protection money directly to ISIL (ISIS) and other armed groups and breached European sanctions to operate in northern Syria during the country's civil war in 2013-2014. The case is just the latest of several ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Monday, Apr 13th, 2026 -
Ghanaian footballer killed after armed attackers open fire at team bus Ghanaian footballer Dominic Frimpong has died after suspected armed robbers opened fire at the bus carrying his team Berekum Chelsea back from a match. "Masked men wielding guns and assault rifles" ambushed the bus and "blocked the road" as the team returned home on Sunday, according to the club. Police say Frimpong sustained gunshot wounds and ...
Source: bbc.com
Monday, Apr 13th, 2026 -
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The man accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's home had written about AI's purported risk to humanity and traveled from Texas to San Francisco intending to kill Altman, authorities said Monday. Authorities allege 20-year-old Daniel Moreno-Gama threw the incendiary device about 4 a.m. Friday, setting an exterior gate at Altman's home alight before fleeing on ...
Source: apnews.com
Sunday, Apr 12th, 2026 -
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine accused each other of violating a Kremlin-declared Easter ceasefire Sunday, as Orthodox Christians gathered to celebrate the holiday despite Moscow's 4-year-long war against its neighbor. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday declared a 32-hour ceasefire over the Easter weekend, ordering Russian forces to halt hostilities from 4 p.m. on Saturday until ...
Source: pbs.org