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Top News Stories for Monday, April 27th 2026
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
No compatible source was found for this media. No compatible source was found for this media. A heavily armed man interrupted Washington's annual White House Correspondents Association dinner on Saturday, forcing the evacuation of President Trump and first lady Melania Trump and shaking up a crowd of journalists and government officials from both parties. The gunman exchanged fire with law enforcement before being ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
Deepening sense of deadlock despite regional diplomacy as Washington and Tehran show no signs of compromise Hopes of a breakthrough in negotiations between Iran and the US faded further on Sunday, amid a deepening sense of deadlock in the nearly two-month-long conflict despite intense regional diplomatic activity. Washington and Tehran appear unwilling to moderate rhetoric or make concessions, and there are no ...
Source: theguardian.com
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
The Chicago police officer fatally shot Saturday at a Lincoln Square hospital was identified as John Bartholomew, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. Bartholomew, 38, was shot alongside another officer at Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital by a robbery suspect who had been arrested earlier that morning, Police Supt. Larry Snelling told reporters Saturday. The second officer remains in critical ...
Source: chicago.suntimes.com
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
The Justice Department's criminal investigation of the Federal Reserve and its chair, Jerome Powell, appears to be over. But the ramifications for the central bank are likely to prove much longer lasting. Nine months after President Donald Trump made a hasty visit to the Fed's Washington headquarters and promised to "take a look" at a costly renovation, the administration has concluded its inquiry with seemingly ...
Source: bradenton.com
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — The man accused of trying to storm the ballroom at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner with guns and knives had written about targeting Trump administration officials, and his family raised concerns with law enforcement before the event, President Donald Trump said Sunday in an interview on Fox News Channel. The accused gunman's family had alerted police in Connecticut, Trump ...
Source: cleveland.com
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
– Palestinian authorities said Sunday that in a single community and the The Palestinian Authority, which administers semiautonomous areas of the West Bank but is left out of the for Gaza, has described Saturday's local election in central Gaza's Deir al-Balah as a largely symbolic pilot while the authority seeks to politically link the territories. It was the first election in part of Hamas-run Gaza in more ...
Source: news4jax.com
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
Sabastian Sawe of Kenya has become the first person to break the fabled 2-hour barrier in the marathon. In a huge moment in sports history, Sawe smashed the men's world record by 65 seconds, winning the London Marathon in 1 hour, 59 minutes and 30 seconds on Sunday. The second-place finisher, Yomif Kejelcha of Ethiopia, also dipped under 2 hours by crossing the line in 1:59:41 in his first-ever marathon, while ...
Source: nbcnews.com
'I've studied assassinations': Trump on why White House dinner shooting keeps happening to him - The
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
US President Donald Trump said he has "studied assassinations" and suggested that leaders who make the biggest impact are often targeted, after a shooting scare disrupted the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington on Saturday night. Trump made the remarks while speaking to reporters after a shooter rushed the media gala venue, triggering panic and a major security response. Watch "I ask respectfully, why ...
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
Tesla chief believes Altman broke company's founding agreement – and legal battle promises to be explosive T he bitter rivalry between two of the tech world's most powerful men arrives in court this week, as Elon Musk's lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI heads to trial in Oakland, California. The case is set to feature some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley, and its outcome could affect the course of ...
Source: theguardian.com
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Mali's defense minister was killed in a sweeping attack by jihadis and rebels who seized several towns and military bases, authorities said Sunday, the latest violence in the junta-run country that has long battled militants linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group as well as a separatist rebellion in the north. The Malian government confirmed the death of the defense ...
Source: pbs.org
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
Red Sox manager Alex Cora, who rode a roster with Mookie Betts, Xander Bogaerts, Rafael Devers and Chris Sale to the most successful season in franchise history and then struggled to win with the discount lineups that replaced them, was fired on Saturday with Boston again mired in last place in the AL East. Cora, who was an infielder on the Red Sox 2007 World Series championship team and managed them to a ...
Source: wbur.org
Saturday, Apr 25th, 2026 -
April 25 (UPI) -- A man was charged Saturday for the murders of two missing University of South Florida doctoral students after the body of one of them was found. Hisham Abugharbieh, 26, has been charged with two counts of first-degree, premeditated murder with a weapon in the deaths of the two students: Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy, both 27. The pair, both from Bangladesh, had been missing for a week. Abugharbieh ...
Source: upi.com