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Top News Stories for Monday, April 27th 2026
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
US authorities are charging a gunman in a shooting at the hotel that hosted the White House correspondents' dinner in Washington, an incident that forced President Donald Trump to be rushed from the stage and the event to be postponed. Jeanine Pirro , the US attorney for the District of Columbia, said Saturday the suspect is being charged with using firearm in a crime of violence and assaulting a federal officer ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON — Hopes of a diplomatic breakthrough in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran faded on Sunday, as efforts to revive talks stalled and both Tehran and Washington showed little sign of softening their positions. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi flew back to the Middle East from mediation talks in Pakistan over the weekend, while U.S. President Donald Trump scrapped a planned visit to ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
The Chicago police officer fatally shot Saturday at a Lincoln Square hospital was identified as John Bartholomew, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. Bartholomew, 38, was shot alongside another officer at Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital by a robbery suspect who had been arrested earlier that morning, Police Supt. Larry Snelling told reporters Saturday. The second officer remains in critical ...
Source: chicago.suntimes.com
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
The Justice Department's criminal investigation of the Federal Reserve and its chair, Jerome Powell, appears to be over. But the ramifications for the central bank are likely to prove much longer lasting. Nine months after President Donald Trump made a hasty visit to the Fed's Washington headquarters and promised to "take a look" at a costly renovation, the administration has concluded its inquiry with seemingly ...
Source: bradenton.com
Sunday, Apr 26th, 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? WASHINGTON (AP) — The man accused of opening fire at the White House Correspondents' Dinner sent writings to family members minutes before the ...
Source: huffpost.com
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
– Palestinian authorities said Sunday that in a single community and the The Palestinian Authority, which administers semiautonomous areas of the West Bank but is left out of the for Gaza, has described Saturday's local election in central Gaza's Deir al-Balah as a largely symbolic pilot while the authority seeks to politically link the territories. It was the first election in part of Hamas-run Gaza in more ...
Source: news4jax.com
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
Kenya's Sabastian Sawe has become the first man to run a marathon in under two hours, winning the London Marathon in 1:59:30. Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa defended her London Marathon crown on Sunday, breaking her own world record. However, it was Sawe who stole the limelight in a huge moment in sporting history as he broke the two-hour barrier, shattering the world record previously held by his late compatriot Kelvin ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was somberly contemplative and unusually conciliatory after confronting what he saw as a third attempt on his life in less than two years. He suggested that his personal politics had made him a repeated target, but he also called for unity and bipartisan healing in an increasingly violent world. "It's always shocking when something like this happens. Happened to me, a ...
Source: military.com
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
"i am tremendously thankful for everything you've done to help—i dont think openai would have happened without you—and it really fucking hurts when you publicly attack openai," Altman said. is set to spill into a courtroom this week, where nine ordinary Californians will have the chance to render a verdict. The jury will be tasked with digging into Musk's grievances against Altman. Did Altman, as Musk ...
Source: insider.com
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Mali's defense minister was killed in a sweeping attack by jihadis and rebels who seized several towns and military bases, authorities said Sunday, the latest violence in the junta-run country that has long battled militants linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group as well as a separatist rebellion in the north. The Malian government confirmed the death of the defense ...
Source: pbs.org
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
Red Sox manager Alex Cora, who rode a roster with Mookie Betts, Xander Bogaerts, Rafael Devers and Chris Sale to the most successful season in franchise history and then struggled to win with the discount lineups that replaced them, was fired on Saturday with Boston again mired in last place in the AL East. Cora, who was an infielder on the Red Sox 2007 World Series championship team and managed them to a ...
Source: wbur.org
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