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Top News Stories for Saturday, April 11th 2026
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
A cloud of uncertainty hung Friday over the scheduled start of talks in Pakistan between the United States and Iran, with no announcement yet on the arrival of negotiators and both sides accusing the other of failing to properly implement a fragile ceasefire. US President Donald Trump has voiced displeasure at Iran's handling of the strategic Strait of Hormuz, which was meant to be reopened under the deal, while ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
Here's the inflation breakdown for March 2026 — in one chart The consumer price index rose 3.3% year over year in March 2026, up from 2.4% in February, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Iran war has caused oil prices to spike — raising prices for gasoline and airfare, and leading to higher prices for food and e-commerce purchases. It may take weeks or months for conditions to ...
Source: cnbc.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
Every day, Jade, 30, logs into her insurance tech job in Raleigh, North Carolina, to optimize systems with AI. She does her work diligently. But she can't stop the feeling she's building processes that will one day edge her out of a job. "Half the time it feels like the whole job is just AIs talking to each other, with barely a human involved," she says. "It doesn't feel good to build a flow with my labor that ...
Source: newrepublic.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
"Let's not beat around the bush—we have to hit that angle correctly." Death, taxes, and the gravitationally bound return of the Artemis II mission on Friday evening. These are the only certainties in life. Even if the four astronauts on board the Orion spacecraft discovered a serious flaw in their spacecraft today—and to be clear, from recent images reviewed by NASA experts, everything looks just ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
By Two of Antarctica's most iconic animals are officially considered Endangered. They join a lengthy list of over 48,600 plant and animal species on the IUCN's Red List of Threatened Species, following irreversible population declines caused by changes in sea ice. This heartbreaking reclassification follows a painstaking assessment from the IUCN-the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Using satellite ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
In short: CoreWeave announced a multi-year agreement with Anthropic on April 10, 2026, giving the Claude maker access to Nvidia GPU capacity across US data centres for production-scale AI workloads. Financial terms were not disclosed. The deal arrives one day after CoreWeave announced a $21 billion expansion of its Meta partnership, and adds Anthropic to a customer roster that now covers nine of the ten ...
Source: thenextweb.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Thursday ruled that the Defense Department is violating his earlier order to restore access to the Pentagon for reporters, a setback in the administration's efforts to impede the work of journalists. U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman sided with The New York Times for the second time in a month. He had earlier said the Pentagon's new credential policy violated journalists' ...
Source: military.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
The world's largest known group of wild chimpanzees has split and been locked in a vicious "civil war" for the last eight years, according to researchers. It is not clear exactly why the once close-knit community of Ngogo chimpanzees at Uganda's Kibale National Park are at loggerheads, but since 2018 the scientists have recorded 24 killings, including 17 infants. "These were chimps that would hold hands," lead ...
Source: bbc.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
Two things took place in China this week that haven't happened in 10 years. Taiwan's incumbent opposition leader visited the country, and she met with Xi Jinping. The meeting between China's president and Cheng Li-wun, who favours closer ties to Beijing, comes at a critical time in cross-strait relations. It comes before US President Donald Trump's expected meeting with his Chinese counterpart in May, and while a ...
Source: abc.net.au
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
An African AIDS charity co-founded by Britain's Prince Harry said on Friday it had launched legal proceedings against him for "reputational harm", after a bitter dispute about its management. Harry helped found the Sentebale charity in 2006 in honour of his late mother, Princess Diana. But he quit the institution last year amid a bitter governance dispute with its chairperson. "Sentebale has commenced legal ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
The crew landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego shortly after 8 p.m. ET, following a fiery plunge through Earth's atmosphere. NASA aims to land astronauts on the lunar surface in 2028, setting the stage to build a base there and establish a long-term presence on the moon. agency investigation later found that part of the heat shield's material had cracked during atmospheric re-entry, ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
New rules approved by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could blunt the impact of a federal judge's order freezing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisory committee and putting many of its decisions on hold, experts say. The changes were posted online Thursday in a new charter for the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP — the document that lays out how the ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' belief that they pay too much in taxes remains elevated for the fourth consecutive year, with 59% saying this. Most others, 37%, say their taxes are "about right," while 3% think they are too low. Americans' displeasure with their tax burden has held near 60% since 2023. This is higher than the roughly 50% average recorded in the early 2000s after the 2001 tax cuts went through, ...
Source: news.gallup.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
Borrowers hoping for a drop in inflation and a corresponding interest rate cut woke up to disappointing news Friday morning when the latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed a surge in the rate. Now at 3.3%, inflation is at its highest level in nearly two years and is close to a point and a half above the Federal Reserve's target 2% goal. That essentially delays the chances of a Fed rate cut for the ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
Acting Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Jay Bhattacharya, who also leads the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is reportedly delaying the publication of new findings within the health agency showcasing the strong effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines to prevent emergency room visits and hospitalizations. According to a report from The Washington Post , which cites two scientists with ...
Source: truthout.org
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — A 250-foot arch that President Donald Trump hopes to build near the Potomac River in the next few months would feature winged eagles, Lady Liberty and a line from the Pledge of Allegiance, according to new renderings obtained by NBC News. The renderings were filed by the Department of the Interior with the Commission of Fine Arts for official review next week, according to a spokesman for the ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
An incredible success story for CAR-T cell therapy. A 47-year-old woman in Germany had spent more than a decade battling three severe autoimmune diseases at once: autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA), immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), and antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). She had already gone through nine lines of treatment without lasting success and had reached the point of needing daily blood transfusions and ...
Source: zmescience.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
In short: Google has brought end-to-end encryption in Gmail to Android and iOS, closing the mobile gap that remained after the feature launched on the web in April 2025. Enterprise users on Google Workspace Enterprise Plus with the Assured Controls add-on can now compose and read encrypted messages directly in the Gmail app, with no extra software required. External recipients who do not use the Gmail app ...
Source: thenextweb.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
This week has proven pivotal for the prediction markets industry, with a series of legal and regulatory developments that could have far-reaching consequences for federally-regulated event contracts in the United States. Notably, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) has taken an aggressive stance in asserting its exclusive jurisdiction, joining the US Department of Justice (DOJ) in blocking ...
Source: natlawreview.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
Irish drivers told to buy only fuel they need as filling stations run out and hauliers and farmers block motorways in fourth day of action Protests over fuel prices have caused chaos in Ireland and spread to Norway in a knock-on effect from the conflict in the Middle East . People in Ireland were urged to only buy fuel they needed as 100 fuel stations ran out, and the National Emergency Coordination Group warned ...
Source: theguardian.com
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
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
A former aide to Rep. Eric Swalwell, a top Democratic candidate for governor of California, told the San Francisco Chronicle that she had sexual encounters with him when he was her boss and alleged that he twice sexually assaulted her when she was too intoxicated to consent. The woman worked for Swalwell from 2019 until 2021, NBC News confirmed. The woman's lawyer declined to comment and NBC News has not verified ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
April 10 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump 's tariffs are back in court Friday to decide on their legality. The U.S. Court of International Trade will consider the president's 10% global tariff that he created on Feb. 20 after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down his previous tariffs over his use of emergency powers. The new tariffs are based on Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974. That law allows the president to ...
Source: upi.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
April 10 (UPI) -- Members of the White House staff were warned last month about placing bets on prediction markets on the Iran war using nonpublic information. An email obtained by CBS News Thursday was sent from the White House Management Office to staff members on March 24. It raised concerns about reports of government officials using nonpublic information to place bets on prediction markets like Kalshi and ...
Source: upi.com
Vance, Bessent questioned tech giants on AI security before Anthropic's Mythos release, CNBC reports
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
April 10 (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent questioned leading tech CEOs about AI model security and how to respond to cyber attacks a week before Anthropic released its new Mythos model, CNBC reported on Friday. Anthropic's Dario Amodei, Alphabet's Sundar Pichai, 's Satya Nadella and the heads of Palo Alto Networks and CrowdStrike were on the ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
Erik Duran in 2023 threw cooler at fleeing suspect Eric Duprey, who then crashed his motorized scooter and died A former New York police department sergeant has been sentenced to three to nine years in prison for tossing a picnic cooler full of ice and drinks at a fleeing suspect, who then crashed his motorized scooter and died. Erik Duran, 38, was convicted of manslaughter in the 2023 death of 30-year-old Eric ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
Intel® Xeon® processors to continue powering Google Cloud infrastructure across AI, inference and general-purpose workloads Expanded co-development of custom ASIC-based infrastructure processing units (IPUs) to improve efficiency, utilization and performance at scale Collaboration reinforces the central role of CPUs and IPUs in modern, heterogeneous AI systems and Google announced a multiyear collaboration ...
Source: aithority.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
By As the 2026 hurricane season approaches, forecasters are predicting a quieter Atlantic with fewer storms. This week, hurricane forecasters at Colorado State University predicted 13 named storms, with six strengthening to hurricanes and two reaching major hurricane strength with sustained winds of 111 miles per hour or greater. Last year, the forecast predicted 17 named storms. "The team predicts that 2026 ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Thursday, Apr 9th, 2026 -
In short: Andy Jassy's annual letter to shareholders, published on 9 April 2026, reveals that Amazon's custom chip business, covering Graviton, Trainium, and Nitro, generates more than $20 billion in annualised revenue growing at triple-digit rates year-on-year. If sold on the open market like Nvidia, Jassy says, the business would be worth roughly $50 billion a year. He also signals that Amazon may begin ...
Source: thenextweb.com
Thursday, Apr 9th, 2026 -
The Royal Navy has deterred Russian submarines identified in the vicinity of undersea cables and other critical under water infrastructure. A Russian attack submarine and specialist submarines from Russian's Main Directorate for Deep-Sea Research (Gugi), were involved in the operation. The vessels were designed to survey undersea infrastructure during peacetime and to sabotage it in conflict, defence secretary John ...
Source: computerweekly.com
Thursday, Apr 9th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — Before Donald Trump returned to the White House, the Biden administration and many electric utilities were building a future dominated by renewable energy. They aimed to replace coal, slashing greenhouse gases and reducing air pollution that kills more than a thousand people annually. Dozens of coal plants — emitting as much planet-warming pollution as 27 million cars — were ...
Source: apnews.com
Thursday, Apr 9th, 2026 -
It was no secret that Boston's mystery/thriller author Frieda McFadden — author of the buzzy "The Housemaid" among dozens of other New York Times bestsellers — used a pen name. It was often speculated online that she wore a wig, along with her glasses, in her author photo. This week, she revealed to USA Today her identity, and admitted that yes, she's wearing a wig — but really does need glasses ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Thursday, Apr 9th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has opened an investigation into whether the NFL is forcing football fans to pay too much in subscription fees, according to two sources familiar with the investigation. In years past, football fans watched NFL games over broadcast TV, delivered free into their homes. The 1961 Sports Broadcasting Act allowed for sports leagues to get around some antitrust concerns and ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Thursday, Apr 9th, 2026 -
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Rory McIlroy has been celebrating all week at Augusta National as the defending champion, and on Thursday he found something else to savor — a 5-under 67, his lowest start at the Masters in 15 years to share the lead with Sam Burns. McIlroy hit only five fairways but still managed to settle into his round when he blistered a 3-wood out of the first cut over the hill and onto the green at ...
Source: bostonglobe.com