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Top News Stories for Monday, April 6th 2026
Sunday, Apr 5th, 2026 -
The missing crew member from a US F-15E jet shot down in Iran on Friday has been found and rescued after a dramatic firefight as United States President Donald Trump set a 48-hour deadline to open the Strait of Hormuz. The waterway through which 20 percent of the oil and gas passes has been under a de facto Iranian blockade in response to the US-Israel war on Iran. Iran's central military command on Saturday ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Sunday, Apr 5th, 2026 -
As the four Artemis II astronauts closed in on the moon, they took time to send Easter greetings to Earth and had their own version of an egg hunt. Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch on Sunday presented "astronaut wings" to Canadian crewmate Jeremy Hansen, making his first space flight, before getting down to work carrying out planned tests of new Artemis pressure suits. But first, ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Sunday, Apr 5th, 2026 -
Marjorie Taylor Greene and Bernie Sanders among those responding with alarm to Trump writing 'open the fuckin' strait, you crazy bastards' Some US politicians have reacted with alarm and questioned the US president's mental state after Donald Trump issued an abusive, expletive-laden threat to Iran in which he called on the regime to "open the fuckin' strait [of Hormuz], you crazy bastards", as he threatened to ...
Source: theguardian.com
Sunday, Apr 5th, 2026 -
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Game of the year? This wasn't even the game of the night. Michigan overpowered Arizona early and humbled the 'Cats for 40 long minutes Saturday, turning their highly anticipated Final Four matchup into a 91-73 Wolverines dunkfest-slash-highlight reel. Junior center Aday Mara scored a career-high 26 points and grabbed nine rebounds. About the only question in this one concerned the health ...
Source: apnews.com
Sunday, Apr 5th, 2026 -
PHOENIX — It's mission accomplished for UCLA. Gabriela Jaquez, Lauren Betts and the rest of the UCLA seniors secured the first NCAA women's basketball national championship in school history — a goal that was set after losing in the first Final Four last season. Jaquez scored 21 points, Betts added 16 and UCLA routed South Carolina 79-51 Sunday in the title game. "I knew we were going to do it. Coming ...
Source: chicago.suntimes.com
Sunday, Apr 5th, 2026 -
Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Easter Mass as pontiff with a call Sunday to exercise hope against "the violence of war that kills and destroys," saying "we need this song of hope today" as conflicts spread around the world. With the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran in its second month and Russia's ongoing campaign in Ukraine , Leo has repeatedly called for a halt in hostilities. In his Easter homily, the pope singled ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Sunday, Apr 5th, 2026 -
April 5 (UPI) -- The Writers Guild of America said in a surprise weekend announcement it has reached a tentative agreement with the major television and movie studios on a new, four-year deal. "Today the WGA Negotiating Committee unanimously approved a four-year tentative agreement with the [Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers] for the 2026 Minimum Basic Agreement (MBA)," the union said in a ...
Source: upi.com
Saturday, Apr 4th, 2026 -
By UConn head coach Geno Auriemma found himself apologizing the day after a heated confrontation with South Carolina coach Dawn Staley after the Huskies 62-48 loss in the Final Four. "There's no excuse for how I handled the end of the game vs. South Carolina," Auriemma said in a statement issued through the school. "It's unlike what I do and what our standard is here at Connecticut. I want to apologize to the staff ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Saturday, Apr 4th, 2026 -
Two young men and a boy were ordered Saturday to remain in custody after appearing in court on arson charges in the torching of four ambulances owned by a Jewish charity in London. The March 23 blaze in Golders Green, a north London neighborhood with a large Jewish population, destroyed four ambulances belonging to the volunteer organization Hatzola Northwest, which provides emergency care in the area. Oxygen ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Saturday, Apr 4th, 2026 -
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A smoky wildfire in southern California that broke out a day earlier and prompted evacuation orders was mostly under control Saturday afternoon, fire officials said. Encompassing roughly 6.3 square miles (about 16 square kilometers) in Riverside County, about 64 miles (103 kilometers) east of Los Angeles, the Springs Fire was no longer growing and at least 75% percent contained ...
Source: apnews.com
Saturday, Apr 4th, 2026 -
April 4 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump on Saturday reminded Iran that his 10-day deadline for it to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is 48 hours away and "all Hell will reign down" if the trade route is not made passable. Trump said on March 26 that he had given Iran 10 days to start allowing ships to transit the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly 20% of the world's oil and gas supply travels, or he would direct ...
Source: upi.com