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Top News Stories for Sunday, April 12th 2026
Sunday, Apr 12th, 2026 -
Iran and the United States failed to strike a deal Sunday to end the war in the Middle East, but there was no immediate return to hostilities and the region clung to hope that a fragile truce would hold. US Vice President JD Vance left Pakistan after the talks — the highest-level meeting between the two sides since the 1979 Islamic revolution — and warned that Washington had made Tehran its ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Sunday, Apr 12th, 2026 -
LONDON (AP) — Police broke up a blockade in the center of Dublin by fuel protesters who have brought much of Ireland to a standstill during the past week as the government prepared on Sunday to approve cost-cutting measures they hope will end the six days of disruption over soaring costs at the pump. As tractors and trucks that had blocked O'Connell Street were rolling out of the capital, protests continued ...
Source: apnews.com
Saturday, Apr 11th, 2026 -
No compatible source was found for this media. The Manhattan District Attorney's Office said Saturday it is investigating an allegation of sexual assault against Rep. Eric Swalwell, a day after that a former staffer for the California Democrat accused him of having sex with her when she was unable to consent. "We urge survivors and anyone with knowledge of these allegations to contact our Special Victims Division ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Saturday, Apr 11th, 2026 -
The four Artemis II astronauts said Saturday that they're "bonded forever" in their first public remarks since completing NASA's first lunar mission in more than 50 years. Commander Reid Wiseman, mission specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen and pilot Victor Glover took the stage at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston to raucous applause. "We are bonded forever, and no one down here is ever going to know ...
Source: nbcnews.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 -
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 -
Even as a triumphant moon flyby primes agency for a 2028 landing, Trump's proposed budget cuts cast pall on US space program The astronauts on board Artemis II were "almost poets", Nasa's administrator, Jared Isaacman, declared on Friday, referring to their inspiring words as they swung above the lunar surface. They were, he said, "ambassadors for humanity" as they became the first humans to travel to the moon and ...
Source: theguardian.com
Saturday, Apr 11th, 2026 -
The Manhattan District Attorney's Office says it has launched an investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against US congressman Eric Swalwell. Four women have accused him of misconduct ranging from sexual harassment to rape, including an alleged incident in New York. Swalwell, a leading contender in California's governor race, denies the claims, vowing to defend himself with "facts". "We urge survivors and ...
Source: bbc.com
Saturday, Apr 11th, 2026 -
PARIS — A 9-year-old boy was rescued this week after living locked in his father's utility van in eastern France since 2024, according to the local prosecutor. The child has been hospitalized, and his father detained. Police were alerted by a neighbor to "sounds of a child'' coming from a van on Monday in the village of Hagenbach near the borders of Switzerland and Germany, according to a statement from ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Saturday, Apr 11th, 2026 -
Russian drone strikes killed at least two people in the Ukrainian city of Odesa overnight into Saturday, local authorities reported, ahead of a proposed ceasefire for Orthodox Easter. A further two people were wounded in the attack on the Black Sea port city, when drones hit a residential area, damaging apartment buildings, houses and a kindergarten. According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russia targeted Ukraine ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Saturday, Apr 11th, 2026 -
World United Kingdom 3 min read The UK has been forced to pause its plan to hand over the Chagos Islands , on which the US air base in Diego Garcia resides, after US President Donald Trump repeatedly criticized the deal. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his government are not completely scrapping the plan to hand the islands to Mauritius. A spokesperson told CNN that "we continue to believe the agreement is ...
Source: edition.cnn.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
LONDON — A charity co-founded by Prince Harry in Africa to honor his late mother, Princess Diana, has sued him for defamation after he stepped down as a patron last year. Sentebale, which supports young people living with HIV in Botswana and Lesotho, filed suit last month in London's High Court, according to court records viewed Friday. Online filings show Harry and his friend, Mark Dyer, a former trustee at ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's plans for a new triumphal arch in the capital, unveiled on Friday, include a towering winged figure with a Lady Liberty-like torch and crown, flanked by two eagles and guarded by four lions — all gilded. The 12-page plan released by the U.S. Commission on Fine Arts shows the arch will stand 250 feet tall (76.2 meters) from its base to the tip of the winged ...
Source: pbs.org
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
San Francisco police early Friday arrested a person who allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman's home and made threats outside the AI giant's San Francisco headquarters, the company said in a statement. "Thankfully, no one was hurt," OpenAI said. "We deeply appreciate how quickly SFPD responded and the support from the city in helping keep our employees safe. The individual is in ...
Source: nbcnews.com