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Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration has agreed to resume funding a key Manhattan subway project after The U.S. Department of Transportation said in a federal court filing Thursday that it has completed its review of the Second Avenue subway line project, and will begin reimbursing state transit officials again for construction costs. Janno Lieber, MTA's CEO, said the reversal means "long-awaited transit ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Music lovers who have complained for years about Ticketmaster fees for concert tickets are surely reveling in a jury verdict Wednesday that found its parent company Live Nation has been running a harmful monopoly over large venues across the U.S. But they will have to wait to see if the verdict leads to changes that make concerts more affordable. Here ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
With the decisive support of one Democrat—Rep. Jared Golden of Maine—the Republican-controlled House of Representatives on Thursday voted down a war powers resolution aimed at ending President Donald Trump's illegal assault on Iran, over six weeks after it began. The final vote was 213-214 , with Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) joining nearly every House Democrat in supporting the resolution , which would ...
Source: commondreams.org
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
Analytics Application Security Artificial Intelligence Business Continuity Business Operations Careers Cloud Security Compliance Critical Infrastructure Cybercrime Enterprise Buyer's Guides Generative AI Identity and Access Management Industry IT Leadership IT Management Network Security Physical Security Privacy Risk Management Security Security Infrastructure Software Development Many insurers have begun to ...
Source: csoonline.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
Company will rebrand itself as NewBird AI Allbirds on Wednesday announced that the company will pivot from making sneakers to providing computing infrastructure for artificial intelligence (AI) . The San Francisco-based company said it will execute a $50 million convertible financing agreement with an institutional investor to begin acquiring graphics processing units (GPUs), which can be used to train AI models . ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
News , via Wikimedia Commons Maine passes first moratorium on large data centers in US Maine's legislature on Tuesday passed a temporary moratorium on the construction of large data centers through November 1, 2027, making Maine the first state in the US to impede facility expansion as lawmakers study their strain on the state's power grid. The bill prohibits state agencies and municipalities from approving data ...
Source: jurist.org
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
At least two US-sanctioned, Iran-linked vessels passed through the Strait of Hormuz into the Persian Gulf on Thursday, signalling a possible shift in transit routes even as the US naval blockade entered its third day. Shipowners and traders are closely tracking movements through the strategic waterway, with only a limited number of vessels attempting crossings amid heightened checks by both US and Iranian forces. ...
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
I have a question about rhetoric, which is also a rhetorical question. Am I offending against civility if I point out that, in addition to his other glaring faults, our president is a vengeful prick ? From the Miami Herald : The Trump administration has abruptly canceled an $11 million contract with Catholic Charities to shelter and care for migrant children who enter the U.S. alone, ending a relationship between ...
Source: esquire.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
Missile and drone attacks on the port city of Odesa killed six people, with other fatalities recorded in Kyiv and Dnipro Russian strikes killed at least 12 people in Ukraine , local authorities have said, after Moscow pummelled its neighbour in overnight attacks. Missile and drone attacks on the southern port city of Odesa killed six people, the head of the city's military administration, Sergiy Lysak, wrote on ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
Economists continue to be cautious about the direction of mortgage rates, saying the spring market outlook remains unclear and further decreases could depend on weather the ceasefire in the Middle East remains intact. The average mortgage rate ticked down 7 basis points to 6.30%, down from 6.37% last week , according to the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), released by Freddie Mac ...
Source: rismedia.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax shot and killed his wife and then turned the gun on himself in a murder-suicide in their home in Annandale, Virginia, police said Thursday. Fairfax County police said that just after midnight, Fairfax shot his wife several times in the basement of their home and then went upstairs to the primary bedroom and shot and killed himself. Both their teenage children were home when ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
Vaccines and public health dominated a frequently contentious hearing with Robert F Kennedy Jr on Thursday before the US House ways and means committee. Kennedy, the health secretary and a longtime vaccine opponent, has overseen sweeping changes to routine vaccination recommendations and has promoted misinformation even amid the biggest measles outbreak in decades. "We stand at a generational turning point. Our ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
April 16 (UPI) -- The U.S. military killed three people Wednesday in its fifth strike in five days targeting suspected drug-trafficking boats in the eastern Pacific, marking U.S. Southern Command's most concentrated stretch of publicly announced strikes in its monthslong anti-drug smuggling operation since the war in Iran began. Fourteen people were confirmed killed during that five-day span, which included strikes ...
Source: upi.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
Drugs that were once hailed as possible breakthroughs in the battle to treat Alzheimer's have no meaningful clinical effect on the disease's progression, a new Cochrane review found. Cochrane reviews have a reputation in the medical and life sciences fields as a gold-standard, independent analysis of the evidence for and against specific health interventions or treatments. The drugs assessed in the new review, ...
Source: scientificamerican.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
Days after Anthropic unveiled Claude Mythos , OpenAI launched GPT-5.4-Cyber, a model optimized for defensive cybersecurity usage. Unlike Anthropic, which chose to limit the Mythos model to a select few partners, OpenAI is scaling access to its Trusted Access for Cyber (TAC) program to thousands of verified, individual defenders as well as hundreds of groups protecting critical infrastructure. OpenAI states , ...
Source: securitymagazine.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
At the moment, the Supreme Court is preparing to decide the case of Louisiana v . Callais, a case about the legality of the creation of minority-majority voting districts. Not coincidentally, this case would allow Chief Justice John Roberts to complete his life's work of destroying the Voting Rights Act. Slate' s Mark Joseph Stern and Dahlia Lithwick shrewdly with some salty recent comments from the court's liberal ...
Source: esquire.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
April 16 (UPI) -- South African politician Julius Malema was sentenced to five years in prison for illegal possession of a firearm and firing a rifle into the air at a political rally. Malema, 45, fired the gun at the rally in 2018 celebrating the fifth anniversary of the party in KuGompo City, then known as East London. Malema and his lawyers are appealing. A prison sentence longer than 12 months would disqualify ...
Source: upi.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
The mayor, his supporters, and public opinion convinced their previously reluctant governor to agree to a tax on the second (or third, fourth, fifth, etc.) homes of their city's nonresident rich. Six months after Gov. Kathy Hochul scolded New Yorkers for telling her to tax the rich, she joined New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to do just that. The two officials instituted a "pied-à-terre tax" on second ...
Source: prospect.org
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
Investors are starting to focus on what will replace compounded GLP-1 as a growth driver for telehealth companies like Hims & Hers Health. Peptides are gaining attention as a potential new growth vector, despite clinical evidence for efficacy being limited. The FDA review process is only just beginning, with a Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee meeting scheduled for July 2026. In this article As its ...
Source: cnbc.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
Health RFK Jr.'s New Normal As Trump nominates a new, uncontroversial CDC director, a more restrained version of the health secretary is appearing. Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Heather Diehl / Getty; Megan Varner / Bloomberg / Getty. April 16, 2026, 5:15 PM ET Save Updated at 6:58 p.m. ET on April 16, 2026 The White House has reportedly urged Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ...
Source: theatlantic.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
April 16 (UPI) -- The California Supreme Court has disbarred John Eastman , President Donald Trump 's former lawyer, over his involvement in the so-called fake electors scheme to overturn the 2020 election. The state's high court ruled Wednesday that Eastman, 65, is disbarred from practicing law in California and must pay a $5,000 sanction to the State Bar of California Client Security Fund, a discretionary fund ...
Source: upi.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
The team behind the US National Vulnerability Database (NVD) can't keep up with the explosion of new reported vulnerabilities, said a top official of the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which hosts the database. Speaking at VulnCon26's in Scottsdale, Arizona, on April 15, Harold Booth, a NIST computer scientist, said the NVD had to make operational adjustments in how its data analyst ...
Source: infosecurity-magazine.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
Tax Day (April 15) has come and gone. If you completed and filed your 2025 US federal income tax return on time, congratulations. Now the only hard part is waiting to see when your tax refund will arrive . But what about procrastinators or people missing tax info who weren't able to finish by yesterday? Well, it depends. If you filed a free six-month extension , received an automatic two-month extension because ...
Source: cnet.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
In a first for science, astronomers have observed the speed and power of matter that erupts from a black hole, shedding light on how this process shapes the structure of the universe. Hungry black holes are the hidden architects of the cosmos. Nothing can escape their depths, but as matter funnels into them, a small fraction of it can rebel at the brink of oblivion and form twin jets of terrifying power near the ...
Source: scientificamerican.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
With the new AI Mode, any search result you visit opens side-by-side with your search window so you can more easily view them together. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Running a Google search typically shows me the AI overview with an AI-generated summary of the information I want. Since AI isn't always accurate, I make sure to click on some of the links to ...
Source: zdnet.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
REGISTER NOW Topics More from TechCrunch Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch Google on Thursday announced that Gemini's Personal Intelligence feature will get Nano Banana-powered image generation to create images with personalized context. That means its AI images can be created using Gemini's understanding of your likes and interests, without those having to be explicitly noted in the prompt. This works because Gemini ...
Source: techcrunch.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
In the age of generative AI, it seems like every tech company has become an AI company overnight. Creative companies aren't immune, as Canva proved this week with the launch of what it calls Canva AI 2.0 at its annual Canva Create conference. Canva is no stranger to AI. It's been investing in proprietary AI design models for years and acquiring AI companies such as Leonardo to incorporate into its graphic ...
Source: cnet.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
Prosecutors say this is first criminal case against a federal agent involved in Trump's immigration crackdown An ICE agent has been charged with assault for allegedly pointing his gun at people in a car while driving on a Minneapolis highway, prosecutors in Minnesota said on Thursday. Hennepin county attorney Mary Moriarty said she believed it was the first criminal case brought against a federal immigration ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
By The United States Government will begin accepting tariff refund applications by April 20, 2026. The U.S. Supreme Court declared Donald Trump's tariffs illegal in February , effectively negating price hikes on imported goods. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency announced that it will start processing the first phase of the refund program. President Donald Trump's use of the International Emergency ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
By The war in Iran has forced airlines to raise prices and cut flights. But soon, some of them, particularly in Europe, could struggle to find enough jet fuel to put planes in the sky. Ryanair, the low-cost airline that dominates flying within Europe, said this week that its suppliers could guarantee it enough jet fuel only through most of May. The airline said fuel could be in short supply if ships laden with ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
Europe has "maybe 6 weeks or so (of) jet fuel left," the head of the International Energy Agency said on Thursday, warning that flight cancellations could begin "soon" if oil supplies continue to be disrupted due to the Iran war, as cited by AP. Fatih Birol described the situation as "the largest energy crisis we have ever faced," citing the impact of disruptions to oil, gas and other key supplies passing through ...
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Thursday, Apr 16th, 2026 -
The defense secretary said his prayer drew on Ezekiel, but wording closely matches Quentin Tarantino dialogue It was perhaps inevitable that a braggadocious Christian nationalist defense secretary elevated from his role as a weekend Fox News television host would pluck a fake Bible verse from a violent Hollywood blockbuster and present it at a Pentagon prayer session to rally the troops for the " holy war " in ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Apr 15th, 2026 -
President Donald Trump threatened to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell if he remains at the central bank beyond the end of his term in May, escalating the president's yearslong conflict with the central bank. Processing Content In an interview with Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business Wednesday morning, Trump called Powell "a disaster" and signaled he would seek to remove him from the board of governors if he ...
Source: americanbanker.com
Wednesday, Apr 15th, 2026 -
A 14-year-old armed with five guns opened fire at a Turkish school on Wednesday, killing nine people, wounding 13 and sparking scenes of mayhem as students jumped out of windows to escape. The attack in the southern province of Kahramanmaras province was Turkey's second such incident in as many days, shocking a country where school shootings are a rare occurrence. Interior Minister Mustafa Ciftci confirmed nine ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Wednesday, Apr 15th, 2026 -
https://media.blubrry.com/podcasts_techspective/content.blubrry.com/podcasts_techspective/20260415_Capsule_Security_Naor_Paz.mp3 Every conversation I've had for the past couple of years has followed the same arc. First, it was generative AI. Then agentic AI. Now the question everyone is circling is how you actually secure agentic AI — and it turns out that's a harder problem than most people expected. I sat ...
Source: techspective.net
Wednesday, Apr 15th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — It's Tax Day on Wednesday, the deadline for most Americans to file taxes, and the Trump administration says millions of people have already used new breaks such as no tax on tips and overtime, exemptions for interest on certain car loans, deductions for some seniors, and Trump Accounts for children's savings. More than 53 million filers claimed a deduction under one of those provisions from ...
Source: apnews.com
Wednesday, Apr 15th, 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? Police are investigating Ruby Rose's allegation that Katy Perry sexually assaulted her in a Melbourne nightclub in 2010. "Melbourne Sexual Offences and ...
Source: huffpost.com