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Top News Stories for Sunday, April 5th 2026
Saturday, Apr 4th, 2026 -
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump warned Iran to open the crucial Strait of Hormuz by his Monday deadline and Tehran called his threat "unbalanced and foolish." The search for a missing U.S. military pilot continued Saturday in a remote part of the Islamic Republic. Trump has called Tehran "beaten and completely decimated " in the war, now in its sixth week, but the downing of two U.S. ...
Source: wfla.com
Saturday, Apr 4th, 2026 -
PHOENIX — UConn coach Geno Auriemma has apologized for his actions during a heated exchange with Dawn Staley at the end of the Huskies' loss to South Carolina in the women's Final Four. A visibly upset Auriemma went over to Staley in the final seconds of South Carolina's 62-48 victory on Friday night and appeared to chastise her. Coaches from both teams had to separate them. When the game finally ended, ...
Source: washingtonpost.com
Saturday, Apr 4th, 2026 -
Charred remains of ambulances belonging to Hatzola, a Jewish community organisation, which were set on fire in an incident that the police say is being treated as an antisemitic hate crime, in northwest London, Britain, March 23, 2026. United Kingdom police charged four suspects in an belonging to Jewish volunteer organization Hatzalah in Golders Green, London, the Metropolitan Police announced. Two British ...
Source: jpost.com
Saturday, Apr 4th, 2026 -
HOUSTON — The Artemis II astronauts are now more than halfway to the moon and have caught their first glimpses of the lunar far side. In an interview with NBC News from space, NASA astronaut Christina Koch described seeing the moon out the window of the Orion capsule and realizing that it looked different from what she was accustomed to on Earth. "The darker parts just aren't quite in the right place," she ...
Source: nbcnews.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 -
Donald Trump gestures during a visit to the Kennedy Center. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque President Donald Trump's executive order restricting mail ballots faced a fresh challenge on Friday, as a coalition of Democratic states filed a lawsuit seeking to block an order that experts say is an extraordinary attempt by the president to assert authority over elections . More than 20 states — led by California , ...
Source: rawstory.com
Saturday, Apr 4th, 2026 -
Donald Trump 's administration is moving forward with plans to reopen a functioning prison site on Alcatraz Island. On Friday, April 3, the White House released a proposed budget for the 2027 fiscal year, which included asking Congress for $152 million to return the famed island, currently a popular San Francisco Bay tourist attraction, to an active, functioning federal prison, per Reuters and The New York Times . ...
Source: people.com
Saturday, Apr 4th, 2026 -
Khimberly Zavaleta Chuquipa was placed in an induced coma to undergo emergency brain surgery to try and stop a haemorrhage. A 12-year-old has been arrested in connection with the death of a classmate who was hit in the head with a metal water bottle. Khimberly Zavaleta Chuquipa, also 12, was trying to protect her older sister from bullies at the time of the incident in Los Angeles. She was taken to a nearby ...
Source: news.sky.com
Friday, Apr 3rd, 2026 -
Nonfarm payrolls rose a seasonally adjusted 178,000 in March, a reversal from the 133,000 decline in February and better than the Dow Jones consensus estimate for 59,000. The unemployment rate edged lower to 4.3%, though that was largely from a sharp reduction in the labor force. Wages also rose less than expected, with average hourly earnings up just 0.2% for the month and 3.5% from a year ago. The annual increase ...
Source: cnbc.com
Friday, Apr 3rd, 2026 -
President Donald Trump boasted about potentially making a fortune in oil as a frantic search took place for U.S. crew members whose fighter jet was downed in Iran. In a bizarre posting spree on Friday, the president also raged against fraud, hit out at "crooked" Democrats and bragged about America's future. "With a little more time, we can easily OPEN THE HORMUZ STRAIT, TAKE THE OIL, & MAKE A FORTUNE. IT WOULD BE A ...
Source: thedailybeast.com
Friday, Apr 3rd, 2026 -
HAVANA (AP) — The Cuban government said Thursday it would release 2,010 prisoners in a move that comes while the Trump administration puts extreme pressure on the island's government with a suffocating oil blockade. The announcement said the pardons were a "humanitarian gesture" in connection with Holy Week and didn't mention mounting pressures with the U.S. The government said the prisoners affected are ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Apr 3rd, 2026 -
The company announced April 2 that it has acquired TBPN, the Technology Business Programming Network, a daily live tech and business show that has become something of a cult phenomenon in Silicon Valley, per . It is the company's first acquisition of a media company. Deal terms were not disclosed. The New York Times once described TBPN as "Silicon Valley's newest obsession," and as "SportsCenter for the terminally ...
Source: bradenton.com