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Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
No compatible source was found for this media. No compatible source was found for this media. , the routine at the many White House Correspondents' Association dinners I've attended since 2000 has been the same. It's "nerd prom" weekend in D.C. Before the dinner itself, journalists attend pre-parties wearing black tie. Then we file into the ballroom and chit-chat with friends, colleagues and others as we all find ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
– Pakistan's top political and military leadership are scrambling to reignite talks between the United States and after President Donald Trump told his envoys not to travel to Islamabad for negotiations this weekend, two Pakistani officials said Sunday. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. After mounting tensions torpedoed a second round of ...
Source: news4jax.com
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... They were meant to live their lives in the rainforests of Guyana and Peru, where the temperatures are warm and humid year-round and there is plenty of food and verdant foliage in which to hide. Instead, dozens of sloths died after being stored in a warehouse in the frenetic heart of Orlando's tourist district, within a few hundred feet of International Drive's ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Saturday, Apr 25th, 2026 -
The Trump administration announced Friday that it will authorize firing squads as a federally permitted method of execution, deepening its push to revive the death penalty — underscoring a sharp divide with Pope Leo XIV and recent Catholic teaching. Hours after the Justice Department made its announcement, the pontiff condemned the death penalty as an attack on human dignity. In a prerecorded message shared ...
Source: npr.org
Saturday, Apr 25th, 2026 -
Topics More from TechCrunch 1:57 PM PDT · April 25, 2026 Anthony Ha Maine Governor Janet Mills has vetoed a bill that would have temporarily brought permits for new data centers to a halt. If it had become law, L.D. 307 would have imposed the country's first statewide moratorium on new data centers — lasting, in this case, until November 1, 2027. The bill also called for the creation of a 13-person ...
Source: techcrunch.com
Chicago police officer killed, another critically injured in hospital shooting: 'A devastating loss'
Saturday, Apr 25th, 2026 -
CHICAGO - One Chicago police officer was killed and another critically injured after they were shot at Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital Saturday morning by a man they brought in for treatment at the emergency room, according to police and hospital officials. The suspect was taken into custody. Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling said in a department-wide message to police, obtained by the Tribune, that an ...
Source: bradenton.com
Saturday, Apr 25th, 2026 -
A 26-year-old man is facing two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of two University of South Florida doctoral students who went missing last week, local authorities said Saturday. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office in Florida said that evidence presented to the state attorney's office resulted in the charges against Hisham Abugharbieh, the roommate of Zamil Limon, one of the doctoral ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Saturday, Apr 25th, 2026 -
The Justice Department has dropped a criminal investigation into the Federal Reserve after months of probing the independent central bank's $2.5 billion building renovations and failing to turn up evidence of a crime. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, the top federal prosecutor in D.C., said in a social media post Friday that she had closed the probe, though she added that it could resume later if the Fed's inspector ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Saturday, Apr 25th, 2026 -
BALTIMORE — Red Sox manager Alex Cora and six of his coaches were fired on Saturday night, only hours after a 17-1 victory against the Orioles . Cora was let go in his eighth season on the job. It was the first in-season managerial change under the Fenway Sports Group since it purchased the team in 2002. Triple-A manager Chad Tracy was named interim manager. Bench coach Ramón Vázquez, hitting ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Saturday, Apr 25th, 2026 -
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinians voted on Saturday in the first elections held in part of Gaza in more than two decades, while tens of thousands of Palestinians cast ballots in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The vote in central Gaza's Deir al-Balah was a largely symbolic "pilot" election, officials said, part of the Palestinian Authority's effort to politically link Gaza and the ...
Source: pbs.org
Saturday, Apr 25th, 2026 -
The United States has sanctioned a Chinese oil refinery for buying hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Iranian oil. Ahead of potential new talks on ending the US-Israeli war on Iran, the US Treasury Department on Friday said that it was targeting Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Refinery, China's second-largest "teapot" or independent refinery. Hengli is "one of Tehran's most valued customers" and has generated ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Saturday, Apr 25th, 2026 -
Two massive wildfires in south Georgia have scorched more than 40,000 acres and destroyed over 120 homes. Extreme drought has turned the region into a tinderbox and allowed flames to spread. Overnight, new fires sparked in rural south Georgia. High winds have made efforts to contain the fires difficult, officials said in a news conference Saturday afternoon. Brantley County Manager Joey Cason called the wildfires a ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday granted a quick review of three experimental psychedelic drugs meant to treat major depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. It's the latest move by the Trump administration signaling a shift in policy toward treatments that also give users a high — coming a day after the Justice Department said it would ease restrictions on state-licensed medical marijuana . ...
Source: nbcnews.com