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Tuesday, Apr 7th, 2026 - Four NASA astronauts have now travelled further from Earth than any humans before them, as they flew around the moon during the Artemis II mission on 6 April For the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972, humans have visited the moon. On 6 April, the four astronauts of NASA's Artemis II mission flew around the far side of the moon, taking them the furthest humans have ever travelled from Earth. As they surpassed the ...

Tuesday, Apr 7th, 2026 - The former member of Migos is in a stable condition after being shot on Monday, with police detaining two people The rapper Offset is in a stable condition in hospital after he was shot outside a Florida casino on Monday. The former member of the Atlanta hip-hop trio Migos, whose real name is Kiari Kendrell Cephus, was shot in a valet area outside the Seminole Hard Rock hotel and casino, Offset's spokesperson ...

Monday, Apr 6th, 2026 - DES MOINES, Iowa – Iowa can enforce a teachers from talking about LGBTQ+ topics with students in kindergarten through the sixth grade and bans some books in libraries and classrooms, an appellate court said Monday. The decision for now vacates a lower court judge's temporary on the law. The measure was first approved by Republican majorities in the Iowa House and Senate and GOP Gov. Kim Reynolds in 2023, ...

Monday, Apr 6th, 2026 - The Supreme Court on Monday cleared a path for Stephen K. Bannon's effort, backed by the Justice Department, to dismiss his conviction for defying a congressional subpoena related to the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol. In a brief, unsigned order Monday morning, the court vacated a judgment by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upholding Bannon's conviction. The high court sent the case back ...

Monday, Apr 6th, 2026 - The Treasury Department on Monday announced it would tap The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, in conjunction with online brokerage platform Robinhood, to handle implementing the "Trump accounts" retirement savings program for newborns. The Treasury Department said Monday that BNY has been designated as the government's "financial agent" in managing the initial accounts and developing and operating an online ...

Monday, Apr 6th, 2026 - April 6 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump endorsed Republican Steve Hilton for California governor early Monday morning on Truth Social. "I have known and respected Steve Hilton, who is running for Governor of California, for many years," Trump said on Truth Social . "He is a truly fine man, one who has watched as this once great State has gone to Hell. Gavin Newscum and the Democrats have done an absolutely ...

Monday, Apr 6th, 2026 - By Gas prices in South Florida have soared by more than 20 cents a gallon from a week ago. The average price per gallon in the state broke the $4 mark last Tuesday. Miami-area prices are more than 77 cents higher per gallon than a month ago and $1.09 higher than a year ago, according to GasBuddy, a national fuel monitoring service that surveys nearly 1,700 stations in South Florida. North Florida remains the ...