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Top News Stories for Sunday, April 12th 2026
Saturday, Apr 11th, 2026 -
(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump ramped up pressure on Iran as Vice President JD Vance traveled to Pakistan for talks to end the war, with Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon and the Strait of Hormuz's effective closure looming over diplomatic efforts. Trump posted on social media Friday that Tehran's only leverage is "short term extortion of the world by using International Waterways" — a reference to Hormuz, ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Saturday, Apr 11th, 2026 -
mission around the moon in 12 stunning photos The moon mission might have come to an end after a 10-day voyage around the moon and back. But thankfully, the mission's crew—Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen—as well as NASA's cameras on Earth and in space, captured their daring journey from start to finish. In fact, the mission was largely communicated to the world in photos, ...
Source: scientificamerican.com
Saturday, Apr 11th, 2026 -
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell has so far denied calls for him to exit the California governor's race following allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman twice, including when she worked for him. After prominent supporters withdrew their backing, Swalwell said in a video on social media that he would spend the weekend with family and friends and share an update "very soon." ...
Source: wfla.com
Saturday, Apr 11th, 2026 -
While Washington spins the latest economic data and billionaires hedge their bets, working Americans are feeling the very real squeeze of rising costs, and sudden instability. HuffPost reports on the real economy – the one that impacts you. Already a member? LONDON (AP) — Protests over the soaring cost of fuel spread disruption across Ireland on Saturday with many gas stations running dry as truck and ...
Source: huffpost.com
Saturday, Apr 11th, 2026 -
A machete-wielding suspect randomly attacked three people at New York City's Grand Central station before he was fatally shot by police, in a rampage that diverted trains at the nation's biggest rail hub. The suspect slashed an 84-year-old man and a 65-year-old man about the head and face and left a 70-year-old woman with cuts to her shoulder in the subway platform attack. Police said the assailant, 44-year-old ...
Source: bbc.com
Saturday, Apr 11th, 2026 -
Even as a triumphant moon flyby primes agency for a 2028 landing, Trump's proposed budget cuts cast pall on US space program The astronauts on board Artemis II were "almost poets", Nasa's administrator, Jared Isaacman, declared on Friday, referring to their inspiring words as they swung above the lunar surface. They were, he said, "ambassadors for humanity" as they became the first humans to travel to the moon and ...
Source: theguardian.com
Saturday, Apr 11th, 2026 -
After nearly two decades in power, Hungary's far-right prime minister Viktor Orbán could be ousted as leader in the The latest polls indicate that Orbán, a key international ally of President Trump, and his ruling Fidesz party are trailing the opposition center-right Tisza Party and its leader Péter Magyar in an election that will be closely watched by observers on both sides of the Atlantic. ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Saturday, Apr 11th, 2026 -
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Rory McIlroy took a record six-shot lead into the final 36 holes of the Masters . Here's how the six players who had five-shot leads after 36 holes finished at Augusta National: Scottie Scheffler, 2022 In his debut as the No. 1 player in the world, Scheffler looked the part with rounds of 69-67 in a roaring wind to build a five-shot lead over defending champion Hideki Matsuyama, Charl ...
Source: apnews.com
Saturday, Apr 11th, 2026 -
At the federal level, Republican-written AI bills tend to be less concerned with policing how individuals use the technology than with regulating the development and deployment of the underlying technology—large language models (LLMs). Democrat-written bills tend to focus on individual malfeasance rather than the tech itself. Accordingly, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D–Minn.) was so outraged last year by a ...
Source: reason.com
Saturday, Apr 11th, 2026 -
Russian drone strikes killed at least two people in the Ukrainian city of Odesa overnight into Saturday, local authorities reported, ahead of a proposed ceasefire for Orthodox Easter. A further two people were wounded in the attack on the Black Sea port city, when drones hit a residential area, damaging apartment buildings, houses and a kindergarten. According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russia targeted Ukraine ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
Here's the inflation breakdown for March 2026 — in one chart The consumer price index rose 3.3% year over year in March 2026, up from 2.4% in February, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Iran war has caused oil prices to spike — raising prices for gasoline and airfare, and leading to higher prices for food and e-commerce purchases. It may take weeks or months for conditions to ...
Source: cnbc.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
LONDON (AP) — A charity co-founded by Prince Harry in Africa to honor his late mother, Princess Diana, has sued him for defamation after he stepped down as a patron last year. Sentebale, which supports young people living with HIV in Botswana and Lesotho, filed suit last month in London's High Court, according to court records reviewed Friday. Online filings show Harry and his friend, Mark Dyer, a trustee at ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
met Friday with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Beijing's Great Hall of the People, the first such encounter in over a decade, with both sides affirming the need for maintaining peace around the self-ruled island that China claims as its territory. Both Xi and Cheng Li-wun, the head of the Beijing-friendly Kuomingtang Party, reiterated they wanted to move toward a peaceful reunification of Taiwan and the mainland, ...
Source: news4jax.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
San Francisco police early Friday arrested a person who allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman's home and made threats outside the AI giant's San Francisco headquarters, the company said in a statement. "Thankfully, no one was hurt," OpenAI said. "We deeply appreciate how quickly SFPD responded and the support from the city in helping keep our employees safe. The individual is in ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
The Trump administration submitted official architectural renderings for the planned 250-foot "triumphal arch" near Arlington National Cemetery. The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts is due to review the proposed project, which has been touted by President Donald Trump as honoring the U.S.'s 250th anniversary, at its meeting on April 16. On Feb. 2, Trump posted on social media an image showing India Gate, with the ...
Source: cnbc.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
In short: Google has brought end-to-end encryption in Gmail to Android and iOS, closing the mobile gap that remained after the feature launched on the web in April 2025. Enterprise users on Google Workspace Enterprise Plus with the Assured Controls add-on can now compose and read encrypted messages directly in the Gmail app, with no extra software required. External recipients who do not use the Gmail app ...
Source: thenextweb.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
April 10 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump 's tariffs are back in court Friday to decide on their legality. The U.S. Court of International Trade will consider the president's 10% global tariff that he created on Feb. 20 after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down his previous tariffs over his use of emergency powers. The new tariffs are based on Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974. That law allows the president to ...
Source: upi.com