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Top News Stories for Thursday, April 2nd 2026
Thursday, Apr 2nd, 2026 -
Markets sink after president offers little detail on how he intends to wind down conflict over next two to three weeks Donald Trump used a prime time address to the nation on Wednesday evening to declare the month-long war in Iran a success "nearing completion", despite a spiraling conflict that has caused economic turmoil across the globe, fractured transatlantic alliances and eroded the president's approval ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Apr 2nd, 2026 -
And we have liftoff! The Artemis II rocket has roared into space, carrying NASA's first crewed mission to the Moon in over half a century. The four-person crew – commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, and mission specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) – lifted off at 6:35pm local time (11:35pm in the UK) from Kennedy Space Center in Cape ...
Source: sciencefocus.com
Thursday, Apr 2nd, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Republican leaders unveiled a plan to end the government shutdown on Wednesday Removed from bookmarks The US Senate is poised to swiftly approve a measure on Thursday aimed at funding the majority of the Department of Homeland Security , though the timeline for the House to follow suit and largely end ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Thursday, Apr 2nd, 2026 -
April 2 (UPI) -- The Trump administration has lifted sanctions on Venezuela's interim president, Delcy Rodriguez, in the latest sign of warming relations between Washington and Caracas after the U.S. military ousted Venezuela's former authoritarian leader, Nicolas Maduro . The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control announced in a post on its website Wednesday that Rodriguez, 56, had been removed from its ...
Source: upi.com
Thursday, Apr 2nd, 2026 -
Ted Bundy's rampage of violence spanned at least four years and left dozens of victims behind, including at least 30 women and girls who were killed — and several others who escaped or survived despite serious injuries. Though the serial killer has been dead for nearly 40 years, the tally of his confirmed victims continues to grow as DNA testing has advanced. A Utah sheriff confirmed Wednesday that Bundy was ...
Source: apnews.com
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
Singapore continues to position itself as a leading hub for artificial intelligence innovation. In February 2026, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong announced the establishment of a National AI Council to oversee "AI missions" aimed at transforming four core sectors: advanced manufacturing, connectivity, finance and healthcare. These sectors combine high-volume workflows with high-stakes environments demanding strong ...
Source: jdsupra.com
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
Law named for Trenton Stewart, St. Johns County teen killed by a drunk driver in May of 2023 A rollover crash in Jupiter Island late last week has golf legend Tiger Woods facing DUI charges -- again. The arrest report for Woods sheds light on the circumstances that led to his second DUI arrest, which is his fourth vehicle incident since 2009. He faced limited consequences for the previous DUI after pleading guilty ...
Source: news4jax.com
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
"Paper tiger". "Cowards". As US President Donald Trump grapples with the fallout of his war on Iran, much of his anger has been redirected onto another target: the NATO military alliance. Enraged by European allies who have refused to back his fight, rejected demands to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, or denied access to US jets, Trump's tone has grown increasingly menacing. "I was never swayed by NATO. I ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
Judge invalidates Trump executive order, but Congress also cut off all funding. A federal judge ruled that President Trump's executive order defunding NPR and PBS violated the First Amendment and issued a permanent injunction stating that executive branch agencies cannot enforce it. The Trump order's "instruction that all federal agencies stop funding NPR and PBS constitutes a penalty for engaging in speech ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
Federal regulators on Wednesday approved Eli Lilly's new weight-loss pill, a second daily oral medication to treat obesity and other weight-related conditions. The Food and Drug Administration granted expedited approval to orforglipron, a GLP-1 drug that works like widely used injectable medications to mimic a natural hormone that controls appetite and feelings of fullness. The drug, which will be ...
Source: wfla.com
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
Anthropic accidentally released part of the internal source code for its AI-powered coding assistant Claude Code due to "human error," the company said Tuesday. An internal-use file mistakenly included in a software update pointed to an archive containing nearly 2,000 files and 500,000 lines of code, which were quickly copied to developer platform GitHub. "Earlier today, a Claude Code release included some internal ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
State department says it is working to ensure release of freelancer 'as soon as possible' after abduction in Baghdad An American journalist, Shelly Kittleson, has been kidnapped in Baghdad by a suspected Iranian-backed Iraqi armed group, the US has said, as regional security deteriorates after the US-Israeli attack on Iran . Kittleson is a longtime freelancer in the region, reporting extensively from Syria, Iraq ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
There is a light at the end of the tunnel for those who thought it would be hilarious, in the mid-2000s, to make a profanity, a body part or a song lyric part of their Gmail addresses. Google announced Wednesday that people who set up usernames in their less-mature days that they have lived to regret now have the option to change them without losing access to their inboxes. Or, as Sundar Pichai, Google's CEO, said ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
Reading time 1 minute Until Wednesday, iPhone users who had intentionally avoided updating to iOS 26 in spite of their hardware being compatible with the latest software fell into a worrisome security donut hole. Now Apple has started plugging the hole, according to Wired —no update to the dreaded Liquid Glass aesthetic needed. This all concerns DarkSword, a deeply scary exploit that sounds like it can really ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
Mangione accused of killing UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson in New York in 2024 Luigi Mangione 's much anticipated state and federal trials stemming from the killing of a top healthcare executive on a Manhattan street were both postponed on Wednesday. Mangione's state trial was moved from 8 June to September, the judge in that case said in an order made public this afternoon. Hours earlier, the ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
April 1 (UPI) -- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared offshore oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico necessary for national security and received an exemption from endangered species protections -- which a a conservation group maintains violated U.S. law. The lawsuit, filed by the Arizona-based Center for Biological Diversity in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, seeks to block the ...
Source: upi.com
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Alex Jones claimed that President Trump needs 'intervention' and that top administration officials are 'freaked out' Removed from bookmarks tore into his one-time political hero, President Trump, yesterday, claiming that the commander-in-chief was in "free fall." Jones told listeners that it was time to ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
A Russian military plane crash in annexed Crimea has killed six crew and 23 passengers, Russian news agencies reported in the early hours of Wednesday, citing the Defense Ministry. The An-26 military transport plane was carrying out a scheduled flight over the Crimean Peninsula, the reports said. The military lost contact with the plane around 6 p.m. on Tuesday. The Soviet-designed military transport turboprop ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Wednesday, Apr 1st, 2026 -
Key Takeaways: OpenAI finalized the largest funding round in Silicon Valley history, they secured $122 billion in commitments at a post valuation of $852 billion. The round was led by Amazon ($50 billion), NVIDIA ($30 billion), and SoftBank ($30 billion), with participation from Microsoft and VC firms. The capital will be used to expand AI infrastructure, develop custom chips with Broadcom, and build the generation ...
Source: techiexpert.com
Tuesday, Mar 31st, 2026 -
Update: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday the pilots' suspensions have been lifted and there won't be an investigation into the incident. Read more here. Our earlier story is below. The crew operating two Apache helicopters that were seen hovering outside the home of singer and rapper Kid Rock over the weekend has been suspended from flying, a spokesperson for the Army said ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Mar 31st, 2026 -
A group of three Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents is suing FBI Director Kash Patel, Attorney General Pam Bondi, the FBI, and the Justice Department following their firing over their roles in an investigation into President Donald Trump 's efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. "Defendants, the current Director of the FBI , Kashyap P. Patel, and Attorney General Pamela J. Bondi, have, since ...
Source: floridianpress.com
Tuesday, Mar 31st, 2026 -
News / Pixabay Supreme Court strikes down Colorado conversion therapy ban as applied to talk therapy for minors The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Colorado's ban on conversion therapy for minors violates the First Amendment when applied to counselors who use only talk therapy, a landmark decision with sweeping implications for how states regulate speech by licensed health care professionals. The court voted ...
Source: jurist.org