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Top News Stories for Tuesday, April 16th 2024
Monday, Apr 15th, 2024 -
A s President Joe Biden and his national security team met in the Situation Room at the White House on Saturday evening, watching in real time as hundreds of Iranian missiles and drones headed towards Israel, they received a message from Tehran. Through the Swiss, who serve as an intermediary since the U.S. and Iran have no diplomatic relations, the Iranians sent word "basically suggesting that they were finished ...
Source: time.com
Monday, Apr 15th, 2024 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. 'Each time the Court sets a new deadline in this case and attempts to keep it moving toward trial, the defendants reflexively ask for an adjournment. That must stop' Special counsel Jack Smith has urged the federal judge overseeing Donald Trump 's classified documents case to reject his latest attempt ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Monday, Apr 15th, 2024 -
You might not be required to file a tax return as a Social Security benefits recipient, but should you file anyway? As of April 6, the IRS has received over 101 million tax returns and sent out almost $201 billion in refunds. You could still be eligible for a refund this tax season , if you meet certain qualifications. Your age, marital status and how much income you earn outside ...
Source: cnet.com
Monday, Apr 15th, 2024 -
The 2023-24 NBA regular season is officially in the books. All 30 teams were in action on Sunday, with postseason permutations changing right up until the 82nd game of the year. Sixteen out of 20 playoff and play-in seeds were still up for grabs entering the final day of the campaign, including an unprecedented three-way battle for the top spot in the Western Conference. The Oklahoma City Thunder , Minnesota ...
Source: cnn.com
Monday, Apr 15th, 2024 -
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu , who was recently a staunch critic of Donald Trump , changed his tune on the former president as he backed his 2024 campaign in an interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos on Sunday. "No other president in American history has contributed to an insurrection so please explain, given the fact that you believe he contributed to an insurrection , how you can say we should have him ...
Source: huffpost.com
Monday, Apr 15th, 2024 -
A suspect fired at the officers as they investigated a stolen vehicle in the upstate town of Salina, the authorities said. The suspect died in the shootout. Listen to this article · 1:34 min Two police officers were killed in a shootout on Sunday evening as they investigated a stolen vehicle in an upstate New York town near Syracuse, the authorities said. The two officers were investigating a parked vehicle ...
Source: nytimes.com
Monday, Apr 15th, 2024 -
A California link tax created by a pending bill in the California state legislation, the California Journalism Preservation Act (CJPA), would require Google to pay for connecting Californians to news articles. CJPA, if passed, may result in changes to the services Google can offer Californians and the traffic provided to California publishers. "We have long said that this is the wrong approach to ...
Source: mediapost.com
Monday, Apr 15th, 2024 -
French president says location of spectacle, due to take place on Seine, could change if there is serious risk of terror attack France has backup plans to move the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games from the Seine if there is a serious risk of a terrorist attack, Emmanuel Macron has said. Speaking in a television interview on Monday, the French president said organisers "could and would" continue to plan ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Apr 15th, 2024 -
NEW YORK — Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, Cameron Brink and others make this one of the most anticipated WNBA drafts in recent years. There are several impact players up for grabs, but their talent is nearly eclipsed by their popularity among basketball fans. "Caitlin is kind of in a world of her own, but I don't know that we have seen this kind of excitement across the board," ESPN analyst Rebecca Lobo said. ...
Source: wpbf.com
Monday, Apr 15th, 2024 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has reached an agreement to provide up to $6.4 billion in direct funding for Samsung Electronics to develop a computer chip manufacturing and research cluster in Texas. The funding announced Monday by the Commerce Department is part of a total investment in the cluster that, with private money, is expected to exceed $40 billion. The government support comes from ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Sunday, Apr 14th, 2024 -
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Scottie Scheffler said all last week that he would pull out of the Masters if his expectant wife went into labor during the tournament. Instead, Scheffler delivered a second green jacket. The world's No. 1 player was true to form Sunday, remaining steady through "Amen Corner" when the rest of his top competitors got wobbly during that brutal stretch comprising 11th, 12th and 13th holes at ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Sunday, Apr 14th, 2024 -
Lawmakers vowed to address U.S. aid to Israel, likely this week, following I ran's major drone and missile attack against Israel over the weekend. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told Fox News' Sunday Morning Futures that the lower chamber is exploring options for what's known as a "clean" aid bill for Israel. That means it wouldn't include other priorities, such as funding for Ukraine, which has stalled in ...
Source: usatoday.com
Sunday, Apr 14th, 2024 -
CBS News and 11 other major news organizations on Sunday issued a joint statement urging President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump to commit to debates during the 2024 campaign season . In the letter, the news organizations said it was too early for invitations to go out to candidates for debates, but that it wasn't too early for presidential candidates who expect to meet eligibility criteria to ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Sunday, Apr 14th, 2024 -
April 14 (UPI) -- A mass shooting Saturday night in Chicago left one girl dead and 10 people wounded, according to police. Officers said they responded at 9:18 p.m. CDT to a Shotspotter alert in Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood and found multiple victims with gunshot wounds at the scene. A witness told police they saw a black sedan pull up in the area, and an unknown person started shooting into the crowd ...
Source: upi.com
Sunday, Apr 14th, 2024 -
Faith Ringgold, a multimedia artist whose pictorial quilts depicting the African American experience gave rise to a second distinguished career as a writer and illustrator of children's books, died Saturday at her home in Englewood, N.J. She was 93. Her death was confirmed by her daughter, Barbara Wallace. For more than a half-century, Ms. Ringgold explored themes of race, gender, class, family and community ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Officer, bystanders hailed for confronting and stopping a man who killed 6 at a Sydney shopping mall
Sunday, Apr 14th, 2024 -
SYDNEY — A police officer and several bystanders are being hailed for running "towards danger" to confront the attacker who stabbed and killed six people at a suburban Sydney shopping center . The shopping mall, one of the country's busiest and near the world-famous Bondi Beach, was a hub of activity on Saturday afternoon when 40-year-old Joel Cauchi used a knife to kill five women and one ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Sunday, Apr 14th, 2024 -
Simpson's will was filed in Clark County, Nevada, on April 12, two days after his death O.J. Simpson 's final will was filed in Clark County, Nevada, on April 12, two days after his death at 76 . Simpson's will, filed by Cassady Law Offices this week, was signed by the controversial figure on Jan. 24, per the Eight Judicial Court Portal's website . In the full legal document , Simpson's longtime lawyer Malcolm ...
Source: aol.com