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Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
The US House of Representatives on Thursday narrowly rejected a war powers resolution that would have prevented further military action against Iran, as Democrats united against continued US involvement in the conflict amid peace talks that have yet to make a breakthrough. The resolution introduced by Greg Meeks, the top Democrat on the House foreign affairs committee, failed by a vote of 213-214, with one ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
News , via Wikimedia Commons US federal jury finds Live Nation and Ticketmaster operated illegal monopoly A US federal jury Wednesday found Live Nation Entertainment and its subsidiary Ticketmaster violated multiple federal antitrust laws, determining the companies held an illegal monopoly over the live entertainment industry and overcharged consumers $1.72 per ticket. The verdict, reached in United States v. Live ...
Source: jurist.org
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
Dem Leaders Delayed the Vote Until After Trump's Escalation and Still Failed On Thursday, the House failed to adopt a war powers resolution to end the war in Iran. Notably, Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) sided with a majority of Republicans to oppose the measure. Demand Progress is leading a campaign in support of the war powers resolutions. The following is a statement from Demand Progress Senior Policy Advisor Cavan ...
Source: commondreams.org
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
AI adoption isn't a project you plan and then execute, it's a journey you learn by walking. Organizations that wait for a perfect strategy before taking a step are already falling behind. The ones pulling ahead aren't the ones with the longest roadmaps. They're the ones who started small, learned fast, and kept moving. In a landscape where the tools, models, and best practices shift every few months, ...
Source: securityboulevard.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
In November, Allbirds told shareholders it was on the brink of insolvency. Transforming the shoe company into an AI compute company is its last-ditch plan. Allbirds, which intends to change its name to NewBird AI, currently lacks the money, the physical assets, the expertise, and the relationships it will need to compete in an increasingly crowded space, AI industry insiders say. Allbirds last month said it had ...
Source: insider.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
As massive amounts of land are being acquired for AI data center expansion across the US , at least one state is hoping to slow down the construction boom, after numerous protests and calls from politicians . On Tuesday, Maine lawmakers passed a bill that would put a moratorium on the building of new data centers that require more than 20 megawatts of power until October 2027. The pause would give the state time to ...
Source: cnet.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
At least two US-sanctioned, Iran-linked vessels passed through the Strait of Hormuz into the Persian Gulf on Thursday, signalling a possible shift in transit routes even as the US naval blockade entered its third day. Shipowners and traders are closely tracking movements through the strategic waterway, with only a limited number of vessels attempting crossings amid heightened checks by both US and Iranian forces. ...
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
The Trump administration has abruptly canceled a multimillion-dollar contract with a Catholic charity that houses and cares for migrant children amid the president's feud with Pope Leo XIV. Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami has helped provide vital services to unaccompanied minors for more than 60 years, but could now shut down within a matter of months after the administration canceled an $11 million ...
Source: thedailybeast.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
Kyiv, Ukraine — Russia launched its deadliest aerial assault so far this year on Ukraine , killing 16 people, including a 12-year-old child, according to Ukrainian officials. Ukraine's Defense Ministry said Thursday's overnight attack included nearly 700 drones and 19 ballistic missiles targeting cities across the country. Ukraine's capital bore some of the heaviest damage. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate declined again this week, easing borrowing costs for prospective homebuyers during what is typically the housing market's busiest time of the year. The benchmark 30-year fixed rate mortgage rate dropped to 6.3% from 6.37% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. One year ago, the rate averaged 6.83%. The average rate is now at its lowest level since March 19, ...
Source: apnews.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
While Washington spins the latest economic data and billionaires hedge their bets, working Americans are feeling the very real squeeze of rising costs, and sudden instability. HuffPost reports on the real economy – the one that impacts you. Already a member? Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax shot and killed his wife and then killed himself, authorities announced Thursday. Fairfax County police chief ...
Source: huffpost.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday faced federal lawmakers for the first time since September as he sought to defend a more than 12% proposed cut to his department's budget and dodge arrows from angry Democrats along the way. In his testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee, kicking off an expected sprint of seven budget hearings he'll attend across congressional committees and ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. military forces struck a vessel Wednesday in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three men the Pentagon says were trafficking drugs. No U.S. personnel were harmed, the U.S. Southern Command said in a social media post. Several such strikes have been announced in recent days as the Trump administration continues its aggressive anti-cartel actions in international waters. At least 178 ...
Source: apnews.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
Drugs that target amyloid beta proteins in the brain likely have no clinically meaningful positive effects, while increasing the risk of bleeding and swelling in the brain, a new Cochrane review has found. People with Alzheimer's disease have high levels of a protein known as amyloid beta in their brains, detectable before symptoms begin, but its role in disease progression is uncertain. Drugs have been developed ...
Source: news-medical.net
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
Days after Anthropic unveiled Claude Mythos , OpenAI launched GPT-5.4-Cyber, a model optimized for defensive cybersecurity usage. Unlike Anthropic, which chose to limit the Mythos model to a select few partners, OpenAI is scaling access to its Trusted Access for Cyber (TAC) program to thousands of verified, individual defenders as well as hundreds of groups protecting critical infrastructure. OpenAI states , ...
Source: securitymagazine.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
At the moment, the Supreme Court is preparing to decide the case of Louisiana v . Callais, a case about the legality of the creation of minority-majority voting districts. Not coincidentally, this case would allow Chief Justice John Roberts to complete his life's work of destroying the Voting Rights Act. Slate' s Mark Joseph Stern and Dahlia Lithwick shrewdly with some salty recent comments from the court's liberal ...
Source: esquire.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
A South African court sentenced radical left-wing opposition leader Julius Malema to five years in jail on Thursday for firing an assault rifle at a rally eight years ago. Hundreds of red-clad supporters of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party leader gathered outside the court for the sentencing in the politically charged case. Large groups of EFF supporters also gathered in other cities, including ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
Gov. Kathy Hochul is turning sharply to the left: On Tuesday, she announced a new "pied-à-terre tax," flatly breaking her no-new-taxes vow; this follows her embrace of a public-employee-pension giveaway that could cost taxpayers $1.5 billion a year. Far from "moderating" Mayor Zohran Mamdani's socialism, she's rushing his way. The pied-à-terre tax will slap people who own second homes in the city ...
Source: nypost.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
Investors are starting to focus on what will replace compounded GLP-1 as a growth driver for telehealth companies like Hims & Hers Health. Peptides are gaining attention as a potential new growth vector, despite clinical evidence for efficacy being limited. The FDA review process is only just beginning, with a Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee meeting scheduled for July 2026. In this article As its ...
Source: cnbc.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
President Donald Trump has selected Dr. Erica Schwartz, a physician and vaccine supporter, as his nominee to become the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the clearest signal yet that the White House is veering away from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine skepticism in the lead up to the midterm elections. Trump announced the nomination in a social media post Thursday. If the ...
Source: bradenton.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
April 16 (UPI) -- The California Supreme Court has disbarred John Eastman , President Donald Trump 's former lawyer, over his involvement in the so-called fake electors scheme to overturn the 2020 election. The state's high court ruled Wednesday that Eastman, 65, is disbarred from practicing law in California and must pay a $5,000 sanction to the State Bar of California Client Security Fund, a discretionary fund ...
Source: upi.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
Analytics Application Security Artificial Intelligence Business Continuity Business Operations Careers Cloud Security Compliance Critical Infrastructure Cybercrime Enterprise Buyer's Guides Generative AI Identity and Access Management Industry IT Leadership IT Management Network Security Physical Security Privacy Risk Management Security Security Infrastructure Software Development The agency will only add ...
Source: csoonline.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
Tax Day (April 15) has come and gone. If you completed and filed your 2025 US federal income tax return on time, congratulations. Now the only hard part is waiting to see when your tax refund will arrive . But what about procrastinators or people missing tax info who weren't able to finish by yesterday? Well, it depends. If you filed a free six-month extension , received an automatic two-month extension because ...
Source: cnet.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
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Source: livescience.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
Google latest update to AI Mode in its Chrome browser is designed to keep the chatbot-style search tool always around once you start an online search journey. You'll never have to worry about the dozens of tabs open on your desktop again. In fact, you'll never even have to leave AI Mode , Google's chatbot-style search tool, at all. That's the idea behind Google Chrome 's latest update. Starting today in the US, if ...
Source: wired.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
REGISTER NOW Topics More from TechCrunch Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch Google on Thursday announced that Gemini's Personal Intelligence feature will get Nano Banana-powered image generation to create images with personalized context. That means its AI images can be created using Gemini's understanding of your likes and interests, without those having to be explicitly noted in the prompt. This works because Gemini ...
Source: techcrunch.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
Visual communication platform provider Canva Pty Ltd. today unveiled Canva AI 2.0, an overhaul of its platform that offers a conversational, agentic system aimed at becoming the place where teams start and end their workday. The release, announced at the company's Canva Create event in Los Angeles, is being pitched as Canva's biggest shift since its 2013 launch, when it moved design from desktop ...
Source: siliconangle.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
While Washington spins the latest economic data and billionaires hedge their bets, working Americans are feeling the very real squeeze of rising costs, and sudden instability. HuffPost reports on the real economy – the one that impacts you. Already a member? MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal immigration agent accused of pointing his gun at occupants of a car after pulling alongside them on a Minneapolis-area ...
Source: huffpost.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
Trump is seeking to boost investment in U.S. businesses as part of the administration's " " trade agenda. The request also includes a $10 million increase in trade enforcement at the International Trade Administration (ITA). earlier this year. In response, Trump enacted a Watch the live video above. Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
Jet fuel prices have roughly doubled since the start of the war in Iran, a price increase even sharper than the spikes seen in gasoline and diesel. In response, airlines around the world are cutting routes , raising fares , adding fuel surcharges and boosting baggage fees . In Asia, some countries have been rationing fuel and restricting exports to cope with the profound shock to fuel supplies and to jet fuel in ...
Source: npr.org
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
PARIS (AP) — Europe has "maybe six weeks or so (of) jet fuel left," the head of the International Energy Agency said Thursday in a wide-ranging Associated Press interview, warning of possible flight cancellations "soon" if oil supplies remain blocked by the Iran war. IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol painted a sobering picture of the global repercussions of what he called "the largest energy crisis we have ...
Source: pennlive.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
While Washington spins the latest economic data and billionaires hedge their bets, working Americans are feeling the very real squeeze of rising costs, and sudden instability. HuffPost reports on the real economy – the one that impacts you. Already a member? In a move that seems indicative of the Trump administration's increasingly fractured relationship with the Vatican, Pete Hegseth appeared to mistake ...
Source: huffpost.com
Wednesday, Apr 15th, 2026 -
US President Donald Trump has threatened to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell if he does not step aside at the end of his term in May. The two have been embroiled in a bitter spat over Powell's reluctance to cut the central bank's interest rate, despite Trump's repeated calls. Powell's term expires on 15 May, but he is planning to remain in post until his successor, Kevin Warsh, is confirmed by the Senate. ...
Source: bbc.com
Wednesday, Apr 15th, 2026 -
At least eight students and one teacher have been killed and several others injured following a shooting at a school in southern Turkey, Interior Minister Mustafa Cifci has said. The incident happened at Ayser Calik Secondary School in the Kahramanmaras area, where Cifci said 13 people were also wounded, leaving six in critical condition. A 14-year-old attacker was also killed during the incident, officials said. ...
Source: bbc.com
Wednesday, Apr 15th, 2026 -
AI agents have gone from interesting experiment to production reality faster than most security teams can track. Microsoft recently reported that more than 80% of Fortune 500 companies now run active AI agents built with low-code and no-code tools. That number says a lot — but it doesn't say anything about how many of those companies have meaningful visibility into what those agents are actually doing once ...
Source: techspective.net
Wednesday, Apr 15th, 2026 -
Florida leads all states with an average refund of $4,433, followed by Texas at $4,344 Americans are facing a midnight deadline to file their 2025 tax return, but the refunds that await the majority of taxpayers are larger on average than a year ago with taxpayers in certain states receiving higher refunds , according to a new report. An analysis by Upgraded Points of how refund amounts have changed across ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Wednesday, Apr 15th, 2026 -
Australian actor Ruby Rose accused pop star Katy Perry of sexually assaulting her a decade and a half ago in Melbourne, and provincial police confirmed Wednesday they're investigating a "historical sexual assault." Asked about Rose's claims, Victoria police Sgt. Julie-Anne Newman told NBC News she was unable to discuss specifics about the matter because of "privacy protocol," but police confirmed a probe had been ...
Source: nbcnews.com