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Thursday, Apr 9th, 2026 - KEY POINTS In this article @CL.1 U.S. President Donald Trump observes naval flight demonstrations on the deck of the USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier on October 5, 2025. President Donald Trump said Wednesday U.S. military forces will remain deployed in and around Iran until Tehran fully complies with the "real agreement," warning that any breach would trigger a military response larger than anything seen ...

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Thursday, Apr 9th, 2026 - HONOLULU (AP) — A Hawaii anesthesiologist who was accused of trying to murder his wife on a scenic cliffside hike with ocean views last year has been convicted of the lesser charge of attempted manslaughter. A Honolulu jury returned the verdict against Gerhardt Konig, 47, on Wednesday after a day of deliberations. He was convicted of attempted manslaughter based on extreme mental or emotional disturbance, ...

Wednesday, Apr 8th, 2026 - MOUNT HOREB, Wis. (AP) — The mother of a freelance American journalist who was released from captivity in Iraq said Wednesday that she hopes her daughter will finally return home to rural Wisconsin after living abroad for decades. Katib Hezbollah, an Iran-backed militia group, kidnapped 49-year-old Shelly Kittleson off a Baghdad street corner on March 31. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Tuesday ...

Wednesday, Apr 8th, 2026 - A US appeals court on Wednesday denied Anthropic's request to put on hold a move by the Pentagon to label it a supply chain risk, but ordered the AI startup's legal battle with the Department of War to be put on a fast track. "On one side is relatively contained risk of financial harm to a single private company," the three-member appellate panel here reasoned. "On the other side is judicial management of how, and ...

Tuesday, Apr 7th, 2026 - WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department's new leader said Tuesday that "nobody" other than President Donald Trump knows why Pam Bondi was replaced as attorney general last week. "Nobody has any idea why the attorney general is no longer the attorney general, and I'm the acting attorney general, except for President Trump," Todd Blanche told reporters when asked at an unrelated news conference if Bondi lost ...