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Top News Stories for Thursday, April 16th 2026
Wednesday, Apr 15th, 2026 -
April 15 (UPI) -- Delegations from Lebanon and Israel have concluded negotiations in Washington, the first diplomatic talks between the neighboring countries in decades as they seek an end to their ongoing conflict. Israel has for years been in conflict with Iran-backed Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, but it has increased its offensive amid its war with Iran. Confusion has hung over the war in Lebanon after a ...
Source: upi.com
Wednesday, Apr 15th, 2026 -
came quickly this week from two congressmen accused of sexual misconduct toward staff members. Yet for many of the women of Capitol Hill, the moment of accountability was years in the making — and far from enough. , a California Democrat, and , a Texas Republican, both announced within hours of each other Monday that they were leaving Congress. Their decisions came the day before the House returned to ...
Source: news4jax.com
Wednesday, Apr 15th, 2026 -
April 15 (UPI) -- The U.S. military killed four men on Tuesday in a strike on a suspected drug-trafficking boat in the Pacific, its fourth vessel attack in four days. Since Saturday, the United States has killed at least 11 people in strikes targeting alleged drug-trafficking boats under President Donald Trump 's anti-narcotics operation, which rights groups and legal experts have criticized as unlawful. With the ...
Source: upi.com
Wednesday, Apr 15th, 2026 -
( NewsNation ) — The federal tax filing deadline is April 15, but taxpayers who need more time can avoid penalties by requesting an extension. It's a straightforward process that gives filers an extra six months, until October 15, to submit their return without penalties, as long as the extension is filed by the end of April 15. But an extension only delays the paperwork, not the bill: Any taxes owed must ...
Source: wfla.com
Wednesday, Apr 15th, 2026 -
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A student opened fire randomly at two classrooms at a middle school in southeast Turkey on Wednesday, killing four people and wounding 20 others, an official said, in the second such shooting in the country in two days. The student, who was also killed, arrived at the school, armed with guns believed to belong to his father, a retired police officer, Kahramanmaras provincial Gov. ...
Source: apnews.com
Wednesday, Apr 15th, 2026 -
DHAKA, Bangladesh — At least 250 people, including Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi nationals, are missing after a boat capsized in the Andaman Sea on the way to Malaysia , according to the United Nations' refugee and migration agencies. While details remained sketchy, Bangladesh Coast Guard spokesperson Lt. Com. Sabbir Alam Suzan told The Associated Press on Wednesday that nine people, including three ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Apr 15th, 2026 -
OpenAI unveiled Tuesday its answer to artificial intelligence rival Anthropic's much-touted private release of a cybersecurity model by announcing the broader availability of GPT‑5.4‑Cyber. In a pointed announcement , OpenAI said its intent is to make tools that can identify vulnerabilities "as widely available as possible." Internal safeguards, know-your-customer verification and "trust signals" will ...
Source: databreachtoday.com
Wednesday, Apr 15th, 2026 -
Google to punish sites that trap people in with back button tricks Google says it is expanding its policies to crack down on websites which trap users with "back button hijacking". Back button hijacking is when a website interferes with a browser so the back button no longer takes users to the previous page, instead often keeping them on the site or presenting unsolicited ads. In a blog post the tech giant behind ...
Source: bbc.com
Wednesday, Apr 15th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Tuesday asked a federal appeals court to throw out the seditious conspiracy convictions of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers leaders who were sentenced to prison terms for leading members of the far-right extremist groups in attacking the U.S. Capitol to keep President Donald Trump in office over five years ago. Trump commuted the prison sentences of several Proud Boys and ...
Source: npr.org
Tuesday, Apr 14th, 2026 -
Amazon plans to expand the capabilities of the Amazon Leo low Earth orbit satellite network by acquiring mobile satellite services operator Globalstar . The two companies have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Amazon will acquire Globalstar, and the transaction is expected to close in 2027, subject to the satisfaction of certain closing conditions, Amazon said in a ...
Source: pymnts.com
Tuesday, Apr 14th, 2026 -
Hackers are moving at machine speed now, sometimes in under thirty seconds. To keep up, security teams must use the "AI parity window" to automate investigations. AI is no longer a speculative topic for security leaders. It has moved from experimentation to implementation, and increasingly, to measurable production impact. Over the past year, my conversations with CISOs have shifted. The question is no longer ...
Source: csoonline.com
Tuesday, Apr 14th, 2026 -
The young Texas man who authorities said traveled to San Francisco to firebomb Sam Altman's mega-mansion wrote a manifesto saying he must "lead by example" in killing the OpenAI founder, court documents show. , 20, is accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at Altman's $27 million Russian Hill home at around 3:30 a.m. Friday morning. He is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday afternoon in San Francisco Superior Court ...
Source: nypost.com
Tuesday, Apr 14th, 2026 -
April 14 (UPI) -- A day after former Rep. Eric Swalwell , D-Calif., announced his resignation from Congress while facing sexual assault and misconduct allegations, a woman came forward Tuesday to accuse him of another sexual assault in 2018. Lonna Drewes, of Beverly Hills, Calif., said that Swalwell drugged, raped and choked her until she lost consciousness while they were in a California hotel room. "I thought I ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Apr 14th, 2026 -
The premade Skills available through the Gemini sidebar in Chrome include ways to maximize protein in recipes or summarize YouTube videos. Google Chrome just got another generative AI feature: Skills. Skills are repeatable AI prompts you can run in Chrome with a keyboard shortcut. Add it to the laundry list of AI tools Google has been injecting into all of its software. You can set up your own Skill using Gemini , ...
Source: wired.com
Tuesday, Apr 14th, 2026 -
Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Under the agreement, within a week, the park service will hang three flags on its flagpole at the monument Removed from bookmarks The flag — one of several Pride banners at the 7.7-acre (3.1-hectare) park — won't be removed, except for "maintenance or other practical purposes," the filing said. Under the agreement, within a week, the park service will ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Tuesday, Apr 14th, 2026 -
at the White House has publicly touted the president's so-called "no tax on tips" policy before – causing some to question the encounter's authenticity and the company to confirm it was a stunt. and driving for the delivery platform because her husband's cancer treatments had made it difficult to make ends meet otherwise. That fact drew Simmons some skepticism after she delivered a McDonald's order to the ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Tuesday, Apr 14th, 2026 -
US Soccer sporting director Matt Crocker is leaving his post with less than two months to go until the 2026 World Cup, US Soccer announced on Tuesday. The Guardian can also confirm Fox Sports' earlier reporting that Crocker is taking up a similar role with the Saudi Arabia football federation. US Soccer said Crocker's duties will be shared by chief operating officer Dan Helfrich, assistant sporting director Oguchi ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Apr 14th, 2026 -
New model is the first AI system to complete a difficult multistep infiltration challenge. Last week, Anthropic announced it was restricting the initial release of its Mythos Preview model to "a limited group of critical industry partners," giving them time to prepare for a model that it said is "strikingly capable at computer security tasks." Now, the UK government's (AISI) has published an initial evaluation of ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Tuesday, Apr 14th, 2026 -
A Los Angeles Unified School District strike has been avoided and schools are open Tuesday after the district and the Service Employees International Union reached a tentative agreement. SEIU Local 99, which represents about 30,000 aides, bus drivers, custodians and cafeteria workers, said the deal with the district, LAUSD, includes a 24% wage increase. The tentative agreement also increases work hours to ...
Source: cbsnews.com