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Top News Stories for Tuesday, April 7th 2026
Monday, Apr 6th, 2026 -
The head of intelligence for Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, Major General Majid Khademi, was killed, according to Iranian state media. Israel claimed the killing Monday. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said: "Iran's leaders live with a sense of being targeted. We will continue to hunt them down one by one." Meanwhile, Iran and the United States received a draft proposal late Sunday calling for a ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Monday, Apr 6th, 2026 -
NASA's Artemis II crew flew past the moon Monday, traveling farther from Earth than any humans in history and becoming the first to see some sections of the moon's far side in the sunlight with the naked eye. The four astronauts, sitting in the dark of their capsule, described the far side in eloquent detail: Geometric patterns of browns, blues and greens amid the moon's typical shades of gray. Scratches and steep ...
Source: latimes.com
Monday, Apr 6th, 2026 -
US supreme court files brief order vacating lower court ruling that had upheld rightwing media host's conviction Steve Bannon , the rightwing media host and ally of Donald Trump , appears likely to have his criminal conviction dismissed. The US supreme court filed a brief order on Monday that vacated a lower court ruling that had upheld Bannon's conviction and sent the case back to the US court of appeals for the ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Apr 6th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By HANNAH FINGERHUT DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa can enforce a law that restricts teachers from talking about LGBTQ+ topics with students in kindergarten through the sixth grade and bans some books in libraries and classrooms, an appellate court said Monday. The decision for now vacates a lower court judge's temporary blocks on the law. The ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Monday, Apr 6th, 2026 -
Bank of New York Mellon and the brokerage Robinhood will work with the federal government to handle the so-called Trump accounts, a tax-sheltered savings system for children, the Treasury Department said Monday. The new accounts were created last year as part of President Trump's signature domestic spending bill and will start accepting deposits in July. Four million children have been enrolled so far, according to ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Monday, Apr 6th, 2026 -
AI is supposed to make work faster and easier. But some experts say it's also causing unforeseen — and sometimes, overlooked — challenges for employees. Several leaders of major companies have mandated that their employees integrate AI into their workflows, with Shopify CEO Tobias Lütke calling it a "fundamental expectation" for workers. A Sept. 2025 survey from AI Resume Builder found that ...
Source: cnbc.com
Monday, Apr 6th, 2026 -
President Donald Trump weighed in on the California governor's race, endorsing former Fox News host Steve Hilton in the crowded attempt to replace termed-out Gov. Gavin Newsom. "I have known and respected Steve Hilton, who is running for Governor of California , for many years. He is a truly fine man, one who has watched as this once-great state has gone to hell," Trump said. The president also took shots at ...
Source: nypost.com
Monday, Apr 6th, 2026 -
Man had to be airlifted out of mountain in north Phoenix by rescue teams and was transported to hospital A hiker was taken to a hospital in critical condition after bees stung him more than 100 times on an Arizona mountain trail over the Easter weekend – an emergency which required the help of a helicopter crew. The man reported "over 100 stings" had left him "unable to continue his descent" from the summit ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Apr 6th, 2026 -
Commodity Futures Trading Commission has exclusive jurisdiction over sports event contracts, a 'big win' for Kalshi A federal appeals court ruled on Monday that New Jersey gaming regulators cannot prevent Kalshi from allowing people in the state to use its prediction market to place financial bets on the outcome of sporting events. A three-judge panel of the Philadelphia-based third US circuit court of appeals ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Apr 6th, 2026 -
Gas prices continue to soar across the U.S. on the back of the war in Iran and associated pressures on global oil supplies. According to data from the AAA, last week saw the national average price for a gallon of regular gas surge past $4 for the first time since August 2022, with prices now standing at $4.119 as of Monday. This compares to under $3 before the conflict began, with some states seeing far faster ...
Source: bradenton.com
Monday, Apr 6th, 2026 -
Trump targets media to find 'leaker' who revealed that a US airman was missing after being shot down by Iranian forces Donald Trump threatened to jail a journalist – or journalists – who reported that a second US airman was missing after being shot down by Iran on Friday in an effort to identify their source. The badly injured airman hid in a mountain crevice to avoid capture before being rescued by a ...
Source: theguardian.com
Sunday, Apr 5th, 2026 -
Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Easter Mass as pontiff with a call Sunday to lay down arms and seek peace to global conflicts through dialogue, but he departed from a tradition of listing the world's woes by name in the Urbi et Orbi blessing from the loggia of St. Peter's Basilica. Leo, the first U.S.-born pope, emphasized Easter's message of hope as a celebration of Jesus' resurrection after being crucified, in ...
Source: wbur.org