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Top News Stories for Sunday, April 12th 2026
Saturday, Apr 11th, 2026 -
No compatible source was found for this media. The U.S. delegation included Vance, special envoy Steve Witkoff and political adviser Jared Kushner — President Trump's son in law. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif led the team of mediators, with support from the country's interior and foreign ministers. is meeting separately with other mediators in the city. , more than a month after the U.S. and Israel ...
Source: news.yahoo.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. - The fallout over sexual misconduct allegations against Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., grew Saturday as his fellow gubernatorial candidates faced a new race and Democrats were forced into a rapid test of how they respond to accusations of sexual misconduct. Within hours of the accusations against Swalwell being made public, the Northern California congressman's campaign began to unravel and a ...
Source: bradenton.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 -
April 11 (UPI) -- A man attacked three older adults with a machete at Grand Central Terminal in New York Saturday and was shot to death by police. The suspect was identified as Anthony Griffin, 44, said New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch at a press conference. He died at a hospital. The victims were a 65-year-old man, a 70-year-old woman and an 84-year-old man. All three victims are in the hospital being ...
Source: upi.com
Saturday, Apr 11th, 2026 -
were "almost poets", Nasa's administrator, Jared Isaacman, declared on Friday, referring to their They were, he said, "ambassadors for humanity" as they became the first humans to travel to the moon and return safely to Earth since 1972, on a mission that broke a Meanwhile, the mood at the Johnson Space Center in Houston on Friday night was one of jubilation and celebration as the Orion capsule made a Nasa ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Saturday, Apr 11th, 2026 -
Corruption scandals and a surging opposition have turned the vote into the biggest test yet for the long-serving populist leader The drone footage showed a sprawling residence in northern Hungary , complete with manicured gardens, a swimming pool and an underground garage. But it was what came next that captured much of the country's imagination: zebras darting across the countryside. The property caught on camera ...
Source: theguardian.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 -
A temporary ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine has come into force, with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying Kyiv would respect it if Moscow did. The ceasefire is due to last for 32 hours, from 4:00pm local time (13:00 GMT) on Saturday until midnight on Sunday, according to the Kremlin. Russian President Vladimir Putin had ordered the ceasefire on Thursday to coincide with Orthodox Easter celebrations, more than ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
• Inflation spikes: The war with Iran drove up monthly US inflation threefold in March, according to the latest Consumer Price Index report, released this morning. • The numbers: The annual rate of inflation reached 3.3% in March, up from 2.4% in February. The monthly rate measured 0.9%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. • Effects of Iran war: The price spike was overwhelmingly driven by ...
Source: edition.cnn.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
Legal action follows war of words with Sentebale chair after Duke of Sussex's resignation as patron The Duke of Sussex is being sued by Sentebale in the latest twist in the bitter fallout over the African charity he co-founded. The charity has lodged papers in London's high court over defamation claims naming Prince Harry and the former Sentebale trustee Mark Dyer as defendants. The prince had been engaged in a ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
Two things took place in China this week that haven't happened in 10 years. Taiwan's incumbent opposition leader visited the country, and she met with Xi Jinping. The meeting between China's president and Cheng Li-wun, who favours closer ties to Beijing, comes at a critical time in cross-strait relations. It comes before US President Donald Trump's expected meeting with his Chinese counterpart in May, and while a ...
Source: abc.net.au
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
An attacker allegedly threw a molotov cocktail at the OpenAI CEO's residence before making threats outside of the startup's headquarters. San Francisco police arrested an individual early on Friday morning for allegedly attacking the home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and making threats outside of the company's headquarters, a spokesperson confirmed to WIRED. OpenAI's corporate security team sent a note to employees ...
Source: wired.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — A 250-foot arch that President Donald Trump hopes to build near the Potomac River in the next few months would feature winged eagles, Lady Liberty and a line from the Pledge of Allegiance, according to new renderings obtained by NBC News. The renderings were filed by the Department of the Interior with the Commission of Fine Arts for official review next week, according to a spokesman for the ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
Google has expanded its encryption capabilities in Gmail to mobile devices, enabling enterprise customers to transmit encrypted emails directly within the app on both Android and iOS. The update removes a limitation that previously restricted native encrypted email use on mobile devices. The rollout allows eligible users to compose and read encrypted messages natively, without relying on external tools or separate ...
Source: securityboulevard.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