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Top News Stories for Thursday, April 2nd 2026
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
U.S. President Donald Trump said he'll only consider a halt to attacks on Iran when the Strait of Hormuz is reopened, sowing further confusion about how long he's prepared to continue the war. Iran's "New Regime President" has asked the U.S. for a ceasefire, Trump said in a social-media post on Wednesday, possibly referring to comments Masoud Pezeshkian made Tuesday that the Islamic Republic has "the necessary ...
Source: military.com
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
Four astronauts have begun a 10-day journey around the moon and back again, the first crewed flight to the moon since 1972 The first crewed mission to the moon since the Apollo programme ended in 1972 is on its way. The Artemis II mission launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida on 1 April, and if all goes well, the four astronauts aboard will soon fly further than any humans have ever been from Earth. This marks ...
Source: newscientist.com
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Officials have entered 'all hands on deck' mode, urgently evaluating options to tame soaring prices Removed from bookmarks White House officials are bracing for oil prices to surge past the $150-a-barrel mark as the Iran war stretches into its second month and the Strait of Hormuz remains largely ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
DevSecOps was fine for the cloud, but with AI agents now provisioning their own credentials, we need DevSecEng to keep these autonomous bots from going rogue. The first wave of security "left-shifting" was driven by containers and the cloud, requiring unprecedented CIO-CISO collaboration. But that's no longer enough. AI has introduced new attack surfaces that can be exploited at machine speed, with equally complex ...
Source: cio.com
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
Imagine if a state passed a law banning doctors from telling their patients to smoke cigarettes to be healthier. Then consider if a doctor challenged that law as a violation of their free-speech right to tell patients that smoking is safe and heathy. This hypothetical doctor would argue that the healthiness of smoking is a matter of debate. After all, not long ago most doctors were smokers themselves , and tobacco ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
No compatible source was found for this media. Republican leaders in Congress and President Trump unveiled a plan Wednesday to end the partial government shutdown and fully fund the Department of Homeland Security, that the Senate pursued last week before it was quickly batted down by House Republicans. that split off immigration enforcement funding from the rest of DHS, but they now appear to have reversed course. ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
Law named for Trenton Stewart, St. Johns County teen killed by a drunk driver in May of 2023 A rollover crash in Jupiter Island late last week has golf legend Tiger Woods facing DUI charges -- again. The arrest report for Woods sheds light on the circumstances that led to his second DUI arrest, which is his fourth vehicle incident since 2009. He faced limited consequences for the previous DUI after pleading guilty ...
Source: news4jax.com
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
April 1 (UPI) -- The United Nations human rights chief is urging Israel to repeal its new "deeply discriminatory" death penalty law, warning that using it to execute Palestinian residents of the illegally occupied West Bank would amount to a war crime. The appeal from U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk on Tuesday comes amid mounting international opposition to Israel's newly passed bill to make ...
Source: upi.com
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
Judge invalidates Trump executive order, but Congress also cut off all funding. A federal judge ruled that President Trump's executive order defunding NPR and PBS violated the First Amendment and issued a permanent injunction stating that executive branch agencies cannot enforce it. The Trump order's "instruction that all federal agencies stop funding NPR and PBS constitutes a penalty for engaging in speech ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
April 1 (UPI) -- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared offshore oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico necessary for national security and received an exemption from endangered species protections -- which a a conservation group maintains violated U.S. law. The lawsuit, filed by the Arizona-based Center for Biological Diversity in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, seeks to block the ...
Source: upi.com
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
A supply chain compromise involving the widely used JavaScript package Axios is now being tied to a North Korea-linked threat actor, turning what already looked like a serious open-source incident into a much bigger security story. Google Threat Intelligence Group said the attack targeted the official Axios package on npm and attributed the activity to UNC1069, a financially motivated North Korea-nexus group that ...
Source: securityboulevard.com
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
Eli Lilly's once-daily Foundayo is the second obesity pill to receive FDA approval. It will compete with Novo Nordisk's pill version of Wegovy. The US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a new obesity pill called Foundayo. Taken once daily, the pill is made by pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly, which also manufactures the popular weight-loss injection Zepbound. Foundayo is a type of medication known ...
Source: wired.com
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
Who would have thought a human error would leak Anthropic's trade secrets? Anthropic's internal source code for Claude Code was accidentally leaked, the second such incident in a week. The problem came down to a simple human error, and set off a scramble to contain the fallout, according to a Tuesday (March 31) report from CNBC. "This was a release packaging issue caused by human error, not a security breach," an ...
Source: pymnts.com
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
( NewsNation ) — An American journalist was kidnapped Tuesday in Iraq , according to the country's Ministry of the Interior. Shelly Kittleson, a contributor to Al-Monitor, was contacted by U.S. officials multiple times with warnings about threats against her, including as late as last night, a U.S. official told NewsNation. Al-Monitor is a Washington, D.C.-based media organization offering reporting and ...
Source: wfla.com
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Our community is sharply divided over the King's US visit. While some have called it an 'embarrassment' amid Donald Trump's attacks on the UK, others have urged diplomacy to 'calm the waters' Removed from bookmarks I ndependent readers have shared sharply divided views on whether the King should go ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
The U.S. Department of Labor proposed a rule on March 30 that would make it easier for 401(k) plans to include cryptocurrency, private equity, and other alternative assets. The proposal, titled "Fiduciary Duties in Selecting Designated Investment Alternatives," follows an August 2025 executive order from President Donald Trump directing federal agencies to to alternative assets. The White House's Office of ...
Source: bradenton.com
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
Apple made an unusual decision on Wednesday and released a new version of iOS 18.7.7 in order to combat a new hacking toolkit called DarkSword . Now, more devices, like the iPhone 16e , can download the update to protect themselves from the toolkit without having to update to iOS 26 . To download the update, go to Settings > General > Software Update. If iOS 18.7.7 is available on your device, you should see a ...
Source: cnet.com
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
Key Takeaways: OpenAI finalized the largest funding round in Silicon Valley history, they secured $122 billion in commitments at a post valuation of $852 billion. The round was led by Amazon ($50 billion), NVIDIA ($30 billion), and SoftBank ($30 billion), with participation from Microsoft and VC firms. The capital will be used to expand AI infrastructure, develop custom chips with Broadcom, and build the generation ...
Source: techiexpert.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
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The late Ted Bundy , one of the most famous and prolific serial killers in U.S. history, has claimed another victim. New DNA testing confirmed Bundy was responsible for the 1974 killing of a 17-year-old Utah girl who disappeared after leaving a party alone on Halloween night, the local sheriff's office said Wednesday. Laura Ann Aime was found dead on the side of a highway in American ...
Source: apnews.com
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 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 represents a strong signal that the U.S. recognizes Rodríguez as a legitimate authority in Venezuela. Washington has already formally recognized her as the country's ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
Controversial conspiracy theorist Alex Jones painted a bleak picture during his Tuesday show when it comes to Donald Trump and his health. Jones made the claims on his Infowars show while encouraging Republicans to move on from the president. "When your ankles swell up three times the size they were before, that means heart failure," Jones said. "And he does look sick. He does babble and sound like the brain's not ...
Source: pennlive.com
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
A Russian An-26 military transport plane crashed into a cliff in Crimea , killing 29 people on board, due to a possible technical malfunction, Russia's defense ministry said early on Wednesday, according to news agencies. TASS news agency, quoting the ministry, said communication with the aircraft was lost at about 6 p.m. local time (1500 GMT) on Tuesday on a planned flight over Crimea. The peninsula, covered in ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Mar 31st, 2026 -
Update: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday the pilots' suspensions have been lifted and there won't be an investigation into the incident. Read more here. Our earlier story is below. The crew operating two Apache helicopters that were seen hovering outside the home of singer and rapper Kid Rock over the weekend has been suspended from flying, a spokesperson for the Army said ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Mar 31st, 2026 -
Three former agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have filed a class-action lawsuit alleging that they were wrongfully fired in retaliation for their work in the United States. The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday, marks the latest legal challenge against efforts under President Donald Trump to purge staff at the federal law enforcement agency. The three agents involved — Michelle Ball, Jamie Garman ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Tuesday, Mar 31st, 2026 -
By Todd Karpovich, The Baltimore Sun Maryland-based McCormick & Co. announced a sweeping deal to combine with Unilever's global foods business, a move that would create a $20 billion "flavor" giant while the company also reported solid quarterly earnings Tuesday. Under the agreement, McCormick will merge with Unilever's foods division - excluding India and certain other markets - bringing together brands across ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Tuesday, Mar 31st, 2026 -
All your data remains intact, and you can go back to your original address at any time. Someone is celebrating a birthday tomorrow—it's Gmail. The iconic email service debuted 22 years ago on April 1, forever altering what people expected from free email. But 22 years is a long time, and the username you chose when you finally got your hands on an invite in 2004 may not have stood the test of time. Starting ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Tuesday, Mar 31st, 2026 -
Satellite failure cause is unexplained after second "fragment creation event." SpaceX's Starlink division confirmed yesterday that it lost contact with a satellite on Sunday and is trying to locate space debris that might have been produced by… whatever happened there. Starlink said there appeared to be "no new risk" to other space operations and did not use the word "explosion." But it seems that something ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Tuesday, Mar 31st, 2026 -
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds a press briefing at the White House in Washington, D.C. on March 4, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was the latest person in the Trump administration to demand photographers remove a photo she deemed unflattering, according to reports on Tuesday. Leavitt was apparently unhappy with an image of herself, a turkey and her son ...
Source: rawstory.com