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Top News Stories for Tuesday, April 28th 2026
Monday, Apr 27th, 2026 -
That was first lady Melania Trump's first reaction, according to her husband, to hearing where she and President Donald Trump were seated onstage for Saturday's White House Correspondents' Dinner. She straightened, eyes ahead, as law enforcement rushed toward the dias, then crouched under the table before being escorted out of the room to a secure location with the president and his staff. It marked the first time ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Monday, Apr 27th, 2026 -
CAIRO (AP) — Iran has offered to end its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for the U.S. lifting its blockade on the country and an end to the war, while proposing that discussions on the larger question of its nuclear program would come in a later phase, two regional officials said Monday. U.S. President Donald Trump seems unlikely to accept the offer, which was passed to the Americans by Pakistan ...
Source: apnews.com
Monday, Apr 27th, 2026 -
Jury selection begins Monday in a $134 billion showdown between two of the world's most powerful tech titans — Elon Musk , the richest man on earth, and rival AI developer Sam Altman , CEO of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT. "Musk v Altman," to be tried before a federal jury in Oakland, California, culminates a decade of bitter clashes between the two former tech besties, both in lawsuits and public ...
Source: insider.com
Monday, Apr 27th, 2026 -
DAKAR, Senegal — Mali 's defense minister was killed in a sweeping attack by jihadis and rebels who seized several towns and military bases, authorities said Sunday, the latest violence in the junta-run country that has long battled militants linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group as well as a separatist rebellion in the north. The Malian government confirmed the death of the defense chief, Gen. Sadio ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Monday, Apr 27th, 2026 -
Rightwing Naftali Bennett and centrist Yair Lapid announce new party before Knesset vote expected later this year The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu , is facing the prospect of running against a rightwing-centrist super coalition in elections later this year after two of his most formidable political rivals combined forces in an attempt to oust him, inviting a third party leader to join them. In a move ...
Source: theguardian.com
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago officer who was fatally shot by a man receiving treatment at a hospital while in police custody has been identified as 38-year-old John Bartholomew, authorities said. Bartholomew, a 10-year veteran of the force, was pronounced dead just before 1 p.m. Saturday after being shot at Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office. A second officer ...
Source: apnews.com
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — The man accused of trying to storm the ballroom at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner with guns and knives had written about targeting Trump administration officials, and his family raised concerns with law enforcement before the event, President Donald Trump said Sunday in an interview on Fox News Channel. The accused gunman's family had alerted police in Connecticut, Trump ...
Source: cleveland.com
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
US President Donald Trump struck a philosophical tone Saturday after a shooter rushed a media gala in Washington, the latest in a series of incidents to target the Republican leader. "I ask respectfully, why do you think this keeps happening to you?" a reporter asked Trump after the chaotic incident at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. Trump had a ready answer, and it was about the 79-year-old's own position ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
Family of Suspect in Colorado Attack Released After Months in Detention Two days after their release, the mother and her five children were again detained during an ICE check-in. A judge halted their removal and returned the family home. An Egyptian family that was released from an immigration detention center in Texas last week was again taken into custody in Denver on Saturday morning — before being ...
Source: nytimes.com
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
Red Sox manager Alex Cora, who rode a roster with Mookie Betts, Xander Bogaerts, Rafael Devers and Chris Sale to the most successful season in franchise history and then struggled to win with the discount lineups that replaced them, was fired on Saturday with Boston again mired in last place in the AL East. Cora, who was an infielder on the Red Sox 2007 World Series championship team and managed them to a ...
Source: wbur.org
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
LONDON — A pair of distance runners took down what was once among the most unthinkable records in sports Sunday, shattering the long-unapproachable two-hour barrier in the 26.2-mile marathon. Sabastian Sawe of Kenya won the London Marathon in 1 hour, 59 minutes, and 30 seconds, bettering the previous men's world record by an astonishing 65 seconds. He beat Ethiopia's Yomif Kejelcha, who was running his first ...
Source: bostonglobe.com