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What we know about the F-15 pilot who survived two days on Iranian mountain | US News
- While a second crew member was located shortly after the crash, Sky News understands that the airman was left stranded in rural Iran, and was rescued on Sunday. Donald Trump has praised the US fighter pilot who was rescued from an Iranian mountain over the weekend. The airman was on board an F-15E Strike Eagle jet that was shot down by Iran on Friday, the first US aircraft to be downed by Iranian fire since the US ...

Source: news.sky.com
SCIENCE  
The Artemis II astronauts have just flown farther from Earth than any humans in history
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US   POLITICS  
Steve Bannon appears likely to have criminal conviction dismissed
- US supreme court files brief order vacating lower court ruling that had upheld rightwing media host's conviction Steve Bannon , the rightwing media host and ally of Donald Trump , appears likely to have his criminal conviction dismissed. The US supreme court filed a brief order on Monday that vacated a lower court ruling that had upheld Bannon's conviction and sent the case back to the US court of appeals for the ...

Source: theguardian.com
US  
Trump administration terminates agreements to protect transgender students in several schools
- WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department said Monday it has terminated agreements with five school districts and a college aimed at upholding protections for transgender students , backing away from requirements negotiated by previous administrations that took a different interpretation of civil rights. The decision removes the federal obligations for the schools to keep up measures such as faculty training ...

Source: apnews.com
US  
Robinhood, BNY to build Trump accounts app
- The U.S. Department of the Treasury said that BNY will be the designated financial agent for Trump accounts. BNY will manage the initial accounts and has partnered with Robinhood to develop the new Trump accounts app, according to an announcement Monday on CNBC's "Squawk on the Street."  As of March 31, taxpayers had signed up for more than 4 million children for Trump accounts, and more than 1 ...

Source: cnbc.com
Tech companies are cutting jobs and betting on AI. The payoff is far from guaranteed
- AI experts say we're living in an experiment that may fundamentally change the model of work H undreds of thousands of tech workers are facing a harsh reality. Their well-paying jobs are no longer safe. Now that artificial intelligence (AI) is here, their futures don't look as bright as they did a decade ago. As US tech companies have ramped up investments in AI, they've slashed a staggering number of jobs. ...

Source: theguardian.com
US   POLITICS  
Trump endorses former British government aide Steve Hilton in California governor's race
- President Donald Trump weighed in on the California governor's race, endorsing former Fox News host Steve Hilton in the crowded attempt to replace termed-out Gov. Gavin Newsom. "I have known and respected Steve Hilton, who is running for Governor of California , for many years. He is a truly fine man, one who has watched as this once-great state has gone to hell," Trump said. The president also took shots at ...

Source: nypost.com
Arizona Hiker In Critical Condition After Being Stung More Than 100 Times
- 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? A man in Arizona is in critical condition after reportedly being stung more than 100 times while hiking a mountain trail on Saturday. The victim, ...

Source: huffpost.com
Sports bets on prediction markets ruled to be "swaps," exempt from state laws
- Court rules US preempts states from applying gambling laws to prediction markets. A federal appeals court ruled that New Jersey cannot regulate sports bets on prediction markets because the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has exclusive jurisdiction. Kalshi, which is registered with the CFTC as a designated contract market (DCM), last year won a preliminary injunction preventing the New Jersey ...

Source: arstechnica.com
US  
Map Shows Where Gas Prices Are Rising Fastest
- Gas prices continue to soar across the U.S. on the back of the war in Iran and associated pressures on global oil supplies. According to data from the AAA, last week saw the national average price for a gallon of regular gas surge past $4 for the first time since August 2022, with prices now standing at $4.119 as of Monday. This compares to under $3 before the conflict began, with some states seeing far faster ...

Source: bradenton.com
POLITICS  
Trump threatens to jail journalist to find source of second missing airman report
- Trump targets media to find 'leaker' who revealed that a US airman was missing after being shot down by Iranian forces Donald Trump threatened to jail a journalist – or journalists – who reported that a second US airman was missing after being shot down by Iran on Friday in an effort to identify their source. The badly injured airman hid in a mountain crevice to avoid capture before being rescued by a ...

Source: theguardian.com
Pope Leo XIV calls for peace in first Easter Mass as pontiff as Christians celebrate worldwide
- VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Easter Mass as pontiff with a call Sunday to lay down arms and seek peace to global conflicts through dialogue, but he departed from a tradition of listing the world's woes by name in the Urbi et Orbi blessing from the loggia of St. Peter's Basilica. Leo, the first U.S.-born pope, emphasized Easter's message of hope as a ...

Source: pbs.org