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Top News Stories for Friday, April 3rd 2026
Thursday, Apr 2nd, 2026 -
Bondi earned president's ire over handling release of Epstein files and failing to prosecute his political enemies Donald Trump has fired Pam Bondi , the US attorney general, dismissing a loyalist who reshaped the justice department but still failed to please a president fixated on prosecuting political enemies and frustrated with the politically explosive release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Trump wrote in a post ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Apr 2nd, 2026 -
You could almost hear a sigh of relief from Nasa on Wednesday as its Artemis II rocket finally blasted off. There's a lot riding on this mission - the safety of its four astronauts, Nasa's reputation, and the credibility of America's claim to be leading the new global space race. There are mundane questions too: Could the onboard toilet break again? When can the crew nap? Here's what the next 24 hours should look ...
Source: bbc.com
Thursday, Apr 2nd, 2026 -
– The Senate is expected to try quickly passing a measure Thursday that would fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, though it's unclear how soon the House will follow to largely end the longest partial government shutdown in history. House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune announced a plan Wednesday to fully fund the as part of a two-step process. The agreement puts the ...
Source: news4jax.com
Thursday, Apr 2nd, 2026 -
One doctor breaks down what makes Foundayo so noteworthy. If it seems like new medications for weight loss are coming out at a rapid rate, it's because they are. For a long time, the only options came in injectable form until recently, when the first oral GLP-1 pill became available earlier this year. Now, an even newer oral GLP-1 from drug company Eli Lilly—called Foundayo (orforglipron)— , and it's ...
Source: womenshealthmag.com
Thursday, Apr 2nd, 2026 -
Mortgage rates have increased for five consecutive weeks, sidelining potential buyers in the middle of the spring homebuying season. Processing Content The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage hit 6.46% this week, an eight-basis-point jump from last week's 6.38% and the highest mark since early September, according to the Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey. The 30-year rate is up 46 basis points month over month, ...
Source: americanbanker.com
Thursday, Apr 2nd, 2026 -
The Department of Health and Human Services will is introducing a first-of-its-kind program to study microplastics and the effect they have on the human body, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Thursday. Kennedy said the $144 million national program will be called STOMP, which stands for "Systemic Targeting of MicroPlastics." The program will bring toxicologists, data scientists and other experts ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Thursday, Apr 2nd, 2026 -
Body camera footage of Tiger Woods' arrest has been released, less than a week after the golf icon was taken into custody following a car crash in Florida and charged with driving under the influence . The video shows Woods being handcuffed after failing a sobriety test. The Martin County Sheriff's Office, which responded to the collision, shared video of the arrest on Thursday. It shed more light on the incident ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Thursday, Apr 2nd, 2026 -
Apple has expanded the availability of iOS 18.7.7 and iPadOS 18.7.7 to more devices to protect users from the DarkSword exploit kit, a hacking tool used in targeted cyber-attacks. The update allows devices still running iOS 18 to receive security patches without upgrading to the latest operating system. The security fixes included in the update were originally released in 2025, but Apple broadened access on April ...
Source: infosecurity-magazine.com
Thursday, Apr 2nd, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — The U.S. on Wednesday lifted sanctions on Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodríguez, according to an Office of Foreign Assets Control entry on the Treasury Department website. The newly announced sanctions relief is the latest U.S. recognition of Rodríguez as a legitimate authority in Venezuela ever since the U.S. military captured her predecessor, Nicolás Maduro, and his ...
Source: npr.org
Thursday, Apr 2nd, 2026 -
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge in New York tossed out actor Blake Lively's sexual harassment claims Thursday against actor Justin Baldoni over their roles in the movie "It Ends With Us," but he left intact two retaliation claims. The written ruling by Judge Lewis J. Liman in Manhattan came after Lively sued Baldoni last December, alleging sexual harassment among over a dozen claims against ...
Source: wfla.com
Thursday, Apr 2nd, 2026 -
April 2 (UPI) -- A Colorado appeals court on Thursday threw out the sentence of Tina Peters, a former elections clerk, who was convicted in an election data case. Peters was sentenced to nine years in prison in August 2024 on seven of the 10 counts for which she was charged. She allowed an unauthorized person to make copies of voting machine hard drives that included classified information. The data from those ...
Source: upi.com
Thursday, Apr 2nd, 2026 -
Ted Bundy's rampage of violence spanned at least four years and left dozens of victims behind, including at least 30 women and girls who were killed — and several others who escaped or survived despite serious injuries. Though the serial killer has been dead for nearly 40 years, the tally of his confirmed victims continues to grow as DNA testing has advanced. A Utah sheriff confirmed Wednesday that Bundy was ...
Source: apnews.com
Thursday, Apr 2nd, 2026 -
Fake X account posing as his vet sparked global false reports of Jonathan's death while soliciting crypto donations At 194 years old, Jonathan the giant tortoise was a youngster when Queen Victoria ascended to the throne – and has now lived long enough to fall victim to a crypto scam. News outlets including the BBC, Daily Mail and USA Today falsely reported his death after an X account posing as Jonathan's ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Apr 2nd, 2026 -
Reading time 3 minutes Octopuses are some of the most mysterious animals living in the sea. In research out today, however, scientists have pulled back the curtain on the male octopus' penis-like arm, formally known as the hectocotylus. Researchers at Harvard University and elsewhere studied octopus mating across a series of experiments. To their surprise, they discovered the hectocotylus isn't just used to deliver ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Thursday, Apr 2nd, 2026 -
Now open-source under Apache 2.0, Gemma 4 brings offline, multimodal AI to servers, phones, and Raspberry Pi - giving developers total local control over edge and on-premises deployments. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Google announced today that its DeepMind AI research division is releasing Gemma 4, its latest generation of open large language models . The ...
Source: zdnet.com
Thursday, Apr 2nd, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The first-ever toilet in deep space barely made it into orbit before NASA astronauts had to roll up their sleeves and make some repairs. There was no plumbing backup, of course — there is no actual plumbing on the Orion spacecraft, as urine is vented out into space and fecal matter is collected for later disposal. Instead, the crew of the historic Artemis II mission ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Thursday, Apr 2nd, 2026 -
Ocasio-Cortez says Israel can fund its own defense and she will oppose any new US aid amid human rights concerns Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , a US representative, said on Wednesday that she will oppose any future US military aid to Israel, including for defensive systems. In a statement on social media, Ocasio-Cortez said that Israel was fully capable of funding "Iron Dome and other defensive systems", and that ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Apr 2nd, 2026 -
One of the worst Western US snow droughts of the century—exacerbated by a historically warm winter and a record-shattering March heatwave—has experts increasingly worried about wildfire and water supply risks heading into the spring and summer months. On Wednesday, the California Department of Water Resources reported "no measurable snow" recorded at Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada range. Because ...
Source: commondreams.org
Thursday, Apr 2nd, 2026 -
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said it's "not possible" for the federal government to fund Medicare, Medicaid and child care costs, arguing that it should be up to the states to "take care" of those programs while the federal government focuses on military spending. The president's remarks were delivered to attendees at a private Easter luncheon at the White House, where Trump also accused Democratic-led ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Thursday, Apr 2nd, 2026 -
The National Capital Planning Commission has given the green light to the US president's plan to build a 90,000sq ft ballroom on the site of the White House's demolished East Wing. Donald Trump's plan to build a ballroom at the White House has been given final approval by a key commission - just days after a judge ordered construction to stop. The National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC), the agency responsible ...
Source: news.sky.com
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
Mangione accused of killing UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson in New York in 2024 Luigi Mangione 's much anticipated state and federal trials stemming from the killing of a top healthcare executive on a Manhattan street were both postponed on Wednesday. Mangione's state trial was moved from 8 June to September, the judge in that case said in an order made public this afternoon. Hours earlier, the ...
Source: theguardian.com