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Top News Stories for Thursday, April 30th 2026
Wednesday, Apr 29th, 2026 -
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has become the second Justice Department leader in seven months to secure an indictment against former FBI Director James Comey, a longtime target of President Donald Trump's ire. And Trump is happy with Blanche's performance in the job, according to a person familiar with the discussions. Comey appeared briefly in court Wednesday on the latest charges. ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Apr 29th, 2026 -
The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Louisiana must redraw its 2024 congressional map—which created a second majority-Black district to mitigate persistent barriers to equal representation—in a decision that further guts the already tattered Voting Rights Act. The justices ruled 6-3 along ideological lines in Louisiana v. Callais that the state's map is "an unconstitutional racial gerrymander," ...
Source: commondreams.org
Wednesday, Apr 29th, 2026 -
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Elon Musk took the stand for the second day Wednesday in the landmark trial that pits the world's richest person against Sam Altman, a fellow OpenAI co-founder he accuses of betraying promises to keep the company as a nonprofit dedicated to humanity's benefit. The trial centers on the 2015 birth of the ChatGPT maker as a nonprofit startup primarily funded by Musk before evolving into a ...
Source: apnews.com
Wednesday, Apr 29th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell dealt a blow to the White House's efforts to obtain a voting majority on the board of governors Wednesday, announcing that he would remain on the Fed board after his term expires next month. Processing Content Speaking at a press conference following the Federal Open Market Committee's regular meeting Wednesday, Powell said he appreciated the Justice ...
Source: americanbanker.com
Wednesday, Apr 29th, 2026 -
After decades of membership, the United Arab Emirates has decided to quit the oil producers' group, OPEC, in order to focus on "national interests" and forge its own path, it has said. The move is seen as a major blow to the Vienna-based oil cartel – but will not spell the end of it altogether, observers say. The UAE's decision to quit comes after years of open dissatisfaction with the oil cartel's policy of ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Wednesday, Apr 29th, 2026 -
( The Hill ) — The White House posted a Tuesday picture of President Trump and King Charles III with the caption " two Kings " amid the monarch's visit to the U.S. Opponents of the president have used the phrase "No Kings" in protests against the Trump administration. On Sunday, Trump rejected the monarch title in a CBS News "60 Minutes" interview. "I'm not a King, if I was a King, I wouldn't be ...
Source: wfla.com
Wednesday, Apr 29th, 2026 -
Broadcast license renewals are "all but automatic" due to 1996 change in US law. Disney will have the law on its side in its fight against the unusual broadcast license review ordered yesterday by the Federal Communications Commission, legal experts say. In 1996, Congress made it a lot harder for the FCC to take away a broadcast license, even when it's up for renewal. "Since the NAB [National Association of ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Wednesday, Apr 29th, 2026 -
Jimmy Kimmel called out President Trump for a hypocritical joke he made during in front of King Charles as the drama between the president and the late-night host continues to unfold. Trump mentioned on Tuesday that his late parents were married for 63 years. He then turned to first lady Melania and joked, "That's a record we won't be able to match, darling." While performing a mock White House Correspondents' ...
Source: thedailybeast.com
Wednesday, Apr 29th, 2026 -
The Pentagon has arranged a deal to increase its use of Google's artificial intelligence in classified operations. The Pentagon has arranged a deal to increase its use of Google's artificial intelligence in classified operations, US media outlets reported on Tuesday. The news comes as the US military looks to wean itself off Anthropic's AI due to the company's objection to its technology being used for mass ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Wednesday, Apr 29th, 2026 -
LONDON (AP) — Two Jewish men were stabbed and injured on a London street on Wednesday in what police called an act of terror. Police arrested a 45-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder in the city's latest antisemitic attack . The Metropolitan Police said the attack in the Golders Green area left two men, ages 34 and 76, hospitalized with knife wounds. Counterterrorism police are investigating whether ...
Source: apnews.com
Wednesday, Apr 29th, 2026 -
The Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday on challenges against the Trump administration's end of temporary protected status (TPS) for 350,000 Haitian and 6,000 Syrian nationals. The outcome could have wider implications for the nearly 1.3 million TPS recipients across 13 countries currently living in the United States. Wednesday's arguments consolidated two cases accusing the Trump administration of ...
Source: reason.com
Wednesday, Apr 29th, 2026 -
Justices in unanimous decision revive federal suit brought by anti-abortion 'crisis pregnancy centers' in the state The US supreme court sided on Wednesday with the operator of Christian faith-based anti-abortion "crisis pregnancy centers" in New Jersey that is trying to impede a state investigation into whether the facilities engage in deceptive practices. The justices, in a unanimous decision, revived a federal ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Apr 29th, 2026 -
MATT O'BRIEN 4 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - People pay their respects at a memorial on the steps of the Town Hall following a vigil the previous day in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP, file) The families of victims of a school shooting in a Canadian Rockies town are suing artificial intelligence ...
Source: yahoo.com
Wednesday, Apr 29th, 2026 -
Attorney General Pam Bondi reacts while U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 15, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Erns Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have filed contempt charges against former Attorney General Pam Bondi after she failed to comply with a subpoena to give a deposition on the Trump administration's handling of ...
Source: rawstory.com
Wednesday, Apr 29th, 2026 -
Uber said Wednesday that users will soon be able to book hotels through its app, as it looks to expand its offerings and become a do-it-all travel service. "Uber is now an app for everything," CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said during the company's product announcement. The rideshare app will offer more than 700,000 hotel listings directly on the app in partnership with Expedia Group. While traveling, users will get ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Apr 29th, 2026 -
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – It's not every day — or even every decade — that voters are presented a decision like this: Should the state's individual income tax be eliminated? When that question appears on a Missouri ballot later this year, it will mark the first time since the modern income tax began over a century ago that a U.S. state legislature has asked voters whether to eliminate the tax. If they ...
Source: news4jax.com
Wednesday, Apr 29th, 2026 -
Anyone who has a cellphone and uses apps from tech companies like Google for their online calendars, maps, or email should pay close attention to a case the Supreme Court will soon decide. The issue in Chatrie v. US: Whether police warrants seeking cellphone location data from anyone and everyone in a certain location at a particular time violate the Constitution's Fourth Amendment prohibition against unreasonable ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Wednesday, Apr 29th, 2026 -
Ukraine has asked Israel to seize a vessel carrying grain it says was stolen from areas occupied by Russia, its top prosecutor said, amid a diplomatic tussle between the two countries over the shipment. Ukraine's Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko said on Telegram on Wednesday that the vessel, Panormitis, was headed to the Israeli port of Haifa with grain "some of which was shipped" from Russian-occupied regions ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Tuesday, Apr 28th, 2026 -
a would-be assassin at the Washington Hilton on Saturday night, President Donald Trump and his allies the incident demonstrated the urgent need to complete the enormous ballroom he wants to erect on the site of the White House's demolished East Wing. Since the gunman targeted an annual dinner sponsored by the White House Correspondents' Association, as opposed to the executive branch of the U.S. government, that ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Tuesday, Apr 28th, 2026 -
to gain access to Arizona's detailed voter records was thwarted by the courts on Tuesday, when a federal judge dismissed the US justice department's lawsuit against the state. before the midterm elections to collect sensitive information about tens of millions of Americans. The DoJ has sued at least 30 states and the District of Columbia seeking to force release of the data, which includes dates of birth, ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Tuesday, Apr 28th, 2026 -
NEW YORK (AP) — Former NBA player and assistant coach Damon Jones is set to plead guilty Tuesday to charges he cashed in on rigged poker games and gave sports bettors nonpublic injury information about stars, including his one-time teammate LeBron James . Barring a last-minute change, Jones will become the first person to plead guilty in a gambling sweep that led to the arrests of more than 30 people, ...
Source: apnews.com
Tuesday, Apr 28th, 2026 -
Suspected gunman aged 89 held in Greece after five wounded Police in Greece have arrested an 89-year-old man following a double shooting which left five people injured. The attacker initially opened fire at a social security agency in the Kerameikos area of Athens on Tuesday, wounding an employee in the leg, police say. He then travelled to a courthouse around 5km (3.1 miles) away in Ambelokipi, where a further ...
Source: bbc.com
Tuesday, Apr 28th, 2026 -
The News Bargaining Incentive applies from 1 July 2026. Platforms that deal with news organisations get full or partial offsets against the levy. The legislation explicitly excludes pure AI chatbot services from coverage. Communications Minister Anika Wells and PM Albanese both announced the draft on Tuesday. The Australian government released draft legislation on Tuesday for a " News Bargaining Incentive ", a ...
Source: thenextweb.com