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Top News Stories for Monday, April 27th 2026
Sunday, Apr 26th, 2026 -
What to know about the shooting at the White House Correspondents' DinnerPresident Trump was safely evacuated from the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner Saturday night following a shooting outside the ballroom of the Washington Hilton Hotel. Mr. Trump and first lady Melania Trump were whisked off the stage by Secret Service agents as the sound of gunfire sent dinner attendees ducking under tables.The ...
Source: news.yahoo.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
One police officer killed and another critically injured in Chicago hospital shooting, officials say
Saturday, Apr 25th, 2026 -
CHICAGO (AP) — A police officer died and another was critically injured after a shooting at a Chicago hospital on Saturday, according to officials. The suspect, who was not publicly identified, was taken in custody, Chicago police superintendent Larry Snelling said. "Officers transported an individual over to the Swedish hospital for an observation, at which time two of our officers were shot," Snelling said ...
Source: pbs.org
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 -
NAHUNTA, Ga. (AP) — Two wildfires in southeastern Georgia continued to threaten homes and lives on Saturday as officials warned that strong winds could spread the flames. Brantley County Manager Joey Cason called it a "dynamic situation" in a video posted to social media and begged residents to "please evacuate" if ordered to do so. "This fire is going to move rapidly once these winds get here later today," ...
Source: wfla.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