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Top News Stories for Saturday, April 25th 2026
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
After his repeated attacks on the free press, Donald Trump attending the White House Correspondents' Dinner is no laughing matter. We're holding this administration accountable — not palling around with them in ballrooms. Join HuffPost. Already a member? ISLAMABAD (AP) — President Donald Trump is sending his envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Pakistan to meet with Iran's foreign minister, the ...
Source: huffpost.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A U.S. special forces soldier who took part in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro will be released on bond on charges accusing him of using classified information about the operation to win more than $400,000 in an online prediction market, a federal magistrate said Friday. The magistrate in North Carolina ordered Gannon Ken Van Dyke to be released on a $250,000 ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
No compatible source was found for this media. No compatible source was found for this media. The Justice Department on Friday dropped a criminal investigation into the Federal Reserve and its chair, Jerome Powell, regarding a renovation project at the central bank's Washington headquarters. "This morning the Inspector General for the Federal Reserve has been asked to scrutinize the building costs overruns – ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine's Democratic governor on Friday vetoed what would have been the country's first state moratorium on the construction of data centers. The bill passed by the Democrat-controlled state legislature would have instituted a moratorium for more than a year on data centers above a certain size and created a special council to help towns vet potential projects. But Gov. Janet Mills said ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
Layoffs in the tech industry are increasing as companies that are spending the most on AI infrastructure are simultaneously cutting thousands of jobs. Meta said on Thursday that it's cutting 10% of its workforce, just as Microsoft announced that it's offering employee buyouts for the first time in its 51-year history. "This represents a fundamental structural shift rather than a temporary market correction," said ...
Source: cnbc.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
The 2026 NFL Draft continues Friday night with Rounds 2 and 3. You can watch on ABC, ESPN, and the NFL Network. The New England Patriots entered Night 2 with two selections: Nos. 63 and No. 95. They dealt No. 63 and Nos. 131 and 202 on Saturday for the 55th selection and selected Illinois linebacker Gabe Jacas . Follow along throughout Friday night with our live updates, and track picks as they happen here. Teams ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
Before the war on Gaza, the seed of Israel's strategy of wholesale destruction was planted in a 2006 war on Lebanon. Today, the playbook repeats itself Shortly after 2pm on 8 April, it seemed that Beirut was hit by an earthquake. Within 10 minutes, multiple apartment buildings were obliterated, leaving in their wake mounds of rubble and shattered glass, pulverized concrete and twisted metal – and hundreds of ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy told federal agencies that the Trump administration will be enhancing its engagement with the private sector to counter foreign-led distillation campaigns designed to undermine U.S. AI advances. The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy on Thursday accused China and other foreign entities of engaging in "deliberate, industrial-scale campaigns to ...
Source: washingtontechnology.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington has no objections to Iranian players participating in the 2026 FIFA World Cup, but he added the players will not be allowed to bring people with ties to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) with them. Since the United States-Israeli war on Iran began on February 28, Iran's participation in this summer's edition of FIFA's global showpiece has been in doubt ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
By and Federal prosecutors in Miami have pursued cases to strip U.S. citizenship from at least four people so far this year under a concerted effort from the Trump administration to dramatically increase the number of denaturalization cases, according to a Miami Herald review of public statements and court records. As part of the Trump administration's aggressive mass deportation campaign, federal officials have ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
BEIRUT (AP) — A Lebanese journalist who was wounded in an Israeli airstrike that killed her colleague this week described hours of agony as they waited for help to arrive, in an interview with The Associated Press on Friday. Zeinab Faraj, a young freelance photographer and video journalist, frequently moved on assignment with Amal Khalil , a longtime correspondent in southern Lebanon with the Lebanese ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
The personal health data of over half a million UK Biobank volunteers has been put up for on e-commerce platforms and online marketplaces in China, following a data beach at the scientific research organization. In a statement made to the House of Commons, the Minister for Digital Government and Data, Ian Murry, confirmed the breach. "Biobank told us that three listings that appear to sell UK Biobank participant ...
Source: infosecurity-magazine.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
Languorous tree dwellers from Guyana and Peru died from 'cold stun' in warehouse with no power or running water Wildlife officials in Florida said in a newly released report that dozens of sloths taken from South American rainforests for display at a controversial new tourist attraction in Orlando died in the care of their new owners. An incident report from the Florida fish and wildlife conservation commission ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
Reading time 2 minutes DeepSeek rolled out preview versions of its highly anticipated V4 AI models today, once again narrowing the gap with leading AI models from the world's largest tech companies. The Chinese startup released two open-source versions, a high-performance V4 Pro model and a cheaper, smaller V4 Flash model. The company is pitching both as competitive with frontier systems, highlighting strong ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
The mortgage rate dips that may have seemed like brief but temporary reprieves just a few weeks ago are starting to look more like a trend. The 30-year mortgage rate , for example, has officially dropped below 6.20%, a level that felt out of reach during the volatile stretch that kicked off this month, when tariff-driven market chaos was pushing borrowing costs higher by the day. The shift reflects a broader ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
– A powerful in Oklahoma damaged about 40 homes in one county, ripping roofs off of some and reducing others to rubble in a rural community as emergency crews went door-to-door and rescued some trapped residents, authorities said. The confirmed tornado Thursday moved across parts of Enid, a city of about 50,000 people near the state's northern border in Garfield County, according to the National Weather ...
Source: news4jax.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
The malware provides remote access and control of infected devices and maintains post-patching persistence. At least one US federal agency was infected with a backdoor as part of a widespread China-linked espionage campaign targeting Cisco firewalls. In May 2024, Cisco patched two vulnerabilities in its Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) firewall platform that had been exploited as zero-days in a state-sponsored ...
Source: securityweek.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
No compatible source was found for this media. No compatible source was found for this media. US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on the UK if it does not drop its digital services tax on American social media firms. The digital services tax, introduced in 2020, imposes a 2% levy on the revenues of several major US tech companies. Speaking to reporters from the Oval Office on Thursday, Mr ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
It took more than two years, but we can finally rest easy that it's not the contorted remains of an alien creature. Reading time 3 minutes A strange, mound-shaped object was found at the bottom of the ocean in 2023, and scientists had no idea what it was. After years of running tests and working with hundreds of samples, a team of researchers has finally solved the puzzle. And no, it's not weird alien stuff. ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Thursday, Apr 23rd, 2026 -
"The New England Patriots fully support Mike Vrabel's decision to prioritize his family first, as well as his own well-being." As Mike Vrabel plans to skip the third and final day of the 2026 NFL Draft to seek counseling, the Patriots released a statement on Thursday in support of their head coach. Vrabel's plan to be away from the team on Saturday comes amid continued fallout from the New York Post publishing ...
Source: boston.com
Thursday, Apr 23rd, 2026 -
The latest iOS 26.4.2 update resolves a vulnerability that allowed the FBI to retrieve deleted text messages from a user's Signal app. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Many people use the popular Signal app to send and receive encrypted text messages. As an added bonus, you can set all texts to automatically disappear after a certain amount of time. But those protections ...
Source: zdnet.com
Thursday, Apr 23rd, 2026 -
Inquiry began in March after report on security arrangements involving FBI director's girlfriend, NYT says The FBI began investigating a New York Times reporter after the newspaper published a story raising concerns about the security arrangements surrounding the girlfriend of Kash Patel, the FBI director, the Times has reported. According to reporting from the Times on Wednesday, the inquiry into Elizabeth ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Apr 23rd, 2026 -
April 23 (Reuters) - Intel (INTC.O) forecast second-quarter revenue above Wall Street expectations on Thursday, underscoring booming demand for the company's server processors used for artificial intelligence in data centers. Shares of Intel surged 19% in extended trading, adding $64 billion to its market value and extending its 81% rebound so far this year. Nasdaq futures rose 0.3%, showing traders ...
Source: reuters.com
Thursday, Apr 23rd, 2026 -
Washington — The Justice Department's internal watchdog said Thursday that it will audit the department's compliance with the law that required the release of files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein , following months of bipartisan criticism over how the agency handled the disclosure. The Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General said in a statement that it will "evaluate the DOJ's processes ...
Source: cbsnews.com