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Top News Stories for Sunday, April 5th 2026
Saturday, Apr 4th, 2026 -
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump warned Iran to open the crucial Strait of Hormuz by his Monday deadline and Tehran called his threat "unbalanced and foolish." The search for a missing U.S. military pilot continued Saturday in a remote part of the Islamic Republic. Trump has called Tehran "beaten and completely decimated " in the war, now in its sixth week, but the downing of two U.S. ...
Source: wfla.com
Saturday, Apr 4th, 2026 -
has issued an apology following a Final Four matchup against the University of South Carolina - but did not directly apologize to South Carolina coach "There's no excuse for how I handled the end of the game vs. South Carolina," Auriemma said in a Saturday, April 4 statement shared via X . "It's unlike what I do and what our standard is here at Connecticut. He continued, "I want to apologize to the staff and the ...
Source: bradenton.com
Saturday, Apr 4th, 2026 -
Charred remains of ambulances belonging to Hatzola, a Jewish community organisation, which were set on fire in an incident that the police say is being treated as an antisemitic hate crime, in northwest London, Britain, March 23, 2026. United Kingdom police charged four suspects in an belonging to Jewish volunteer organization Hatzalah in Golders Green, London, the Metropolitan Police announced. Two British ...
Source: jpost.com
Saturday, Apr 4th, 2026 -
HOUSTON — The Artemis II astronauts are now more than halfway to the moon and have caught their first glimpses of the lunar far side. In an interview with NBC News from space, NASA astronaut Christina Koch described seeing the moon out the window of the Orion capsule and realizing that it looked different from what she was accustomed to on Earth. "The darker parts just aren't quite in the right place," she ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Saturday, Apr 4th, 2026 -
Springs fire, which had spread quickly by windy conditions, at least 45% contained on Saturday, say fire officials California fire protection crews on Saturday were getting a handle on the wildfire that broke out the previous evening in Riverside county, fanned by high winds that quickly spread the flames to more than 4,100 acres. The Springs fire, about 64 miles (103km) east of Los Angeles, was at least 45% ...
Source: theguardian.com
Saturday, Apr 4th, 2026 -
Donald Trump gestures during a visit to the Kennedy Center. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque President Donald Trump's executive order restricting mail ballots faced a fresh challenge on Friday, as a coalition of Democratic states filed a lawsuit seeking to block an order that experts say is an extraordinary attempt by the president to assert authority over elections . More than 20 states — led by California , ...
Source: rawstory.com
Saturday, Apr 4th, 2026 -
Donald Trump 's administration is moving forward with plans to reopen a functioning prison site on Alcatraz Island. On Friday, April 3, the White House released a proposed budget for the 2027 fiscal year, which included asking Congress for $152 million to return the famed island, currently a popular San Francisco Bay tourist attraction, to an active, functioning federal prison, per Reuters and The New York Times . ...
Source: people.com
Saturday, Apr 4th, 2026 -
Khimberly Zavaleta Chuquipa was placed in an induced coma to undergo emergency brain surgery to try and stop a haemorrhage. A 12-year-old has been arrested in connection with the death of a classmate who was hit in the head with a metal water bottle. Khimberly Zavaleta Chuquipa, also 12, was trying to protect her older sister from bullies at the time of the incident in Los Angeles. She was taken to a nearby ...
Source: news.sky.com
Friday, Apr 3rd, 2026 -
Hiring across the U.S. rebounded in March after falling sharply the previous month, with employers adding 178,000 jobs, according to new data from the Department of Labor. By the numbers The March employment report beat consensus forecasts of 60,000 payroll gains last month, according to FactSet. The unemployment rate dipped to 4.3% in March, down from 4.4% in the prior month. The health care sector helped spur job ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Apr 3rd, 2026 -
President Donald Trump boasted about potentially making a fortune in oil as a frantic search took place for U.S. crew members whose fighter jet was downed in Iran. In a bizarre posting spree on Friday, the president also raged against fraud, hit out at "crooked" Democrats and bragged about America's future. "With a little more time, we can easily OPEN THE HORMUZ STRAIT, TAKE THE OIL, & MAKE A FORTUNE. IT WOULD BE A ...
Source: thedailybeast.com
Friday, Apr 3rd, 2026 -
HAVANA (AP) — Katia Arias buzzed with hope on Friday morning as she gathered at the gates of a prison on the outskirts of Havana, waiting with other families for their loved ones to be freed in one of the biggest prison releases by the Cuban government in years. When her 20-year-old son Emilio Alejandro Leyva walked out of the doors of the detention facility with dozens of other prisoners, bags and a small ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Apr 3rd, 2026 -
OpenAI buys TBPN, Silicon Valley's favourite tech talk show, in its first media acquisition The daily live show, hosted by former founders John Coogan and Jordi Hays, will sit inside OpenAI's strategy organisation and report to chief global affairs officer Chris Lehane. Terms were not disclosed. OpenAI says TBPN will keep its editorial independence. OpenAI has acquired TBPN, the Technology Business Programming ...
Source: thenextweb.com