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Top News Stories for Sunday, April 12th 2026
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
A statistical platform called Race to the White House, which seeks to predict the outcome of every race in 2026 using a variety of data models, that the Democrats have a 69 percent chance of winning the House, with a majority as large as 11 seats. Both are predicting similar outcomes. Republicans still have a of controlling the Senate, but likely only by a majority of ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
The consumer price index increased 3.3% in March from a year ago, up from the 2.4% increase in January and February, and just shy of the 3.4% forecast. Economists expected inflation to rise due to higher energy prices. CPI increased 0.9% over the month, just short of the forecast of 1% and surpassing the previous 0.3% rise. That, plus a 0.2% month-over-month increase in average hourly earnings, means real earnings ...
Source: insider.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
A new Gallup survey of 14- to 29-year-olds shows growing misgivings from a generation poised to enter higher education and a workforce changed by AI. This story first appeared at The 74 , a nonprofit news site covering education. Sign up for free newsletters from The 74 to get more like this in your inbox. While some might envision Gen Z welcoming artificial intelligence into their lives, a new Gallup survey finds ...
Source: route-fifty.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
Friday, April 10, 2026: The latest updates on the Artemis II mission as the crew prepare for a perilous reentry to Earth following a 10-day journey around the moon. Here's the latest on the final stage of the Artemis II mission: Refresh "The vehicle is in excellent shape" That was NASA's mission commentator, Rob Navias on NASA's YouTube livestream, who highlighted how smooth and perfect this landing was. He called ...
Source: livescience.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 -
Legal action follows war of words with Sentebale chair after Duke of Sussex's resignation as patron The Duke of Sussex is being sued by Sentebale in the latest twist in the bitter fallout over the African charity he co-founded. The charity has lodged papers in London's high court over defamation claims naming Prince Harry and the former Sentebale trustee Mark Dyer as defendants. The prince had been engaged in a ...
Source: theguardian.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 -
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s sweeping changes to federal vaccine guidance are paused for now. But even if they're reversed, lasting damage has already been done. Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has pursued an aggressive overhaul of federal vaccine guidance and infrastructure since he took office a little over a year ago. Now, his agenda is on hold after a federal judge blocked many of those ...
Source: wired.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 -
While monitoring the Federal Reserve and its interest rate policy is an integral part of the homebuying and refinancing process, it's not the only thing borrowers should consider. Mortgage interest rates , after all, are driven by a complex combination of factors , some of which can negate each other and others of which can cause rates to spike or decline. And one of the more significant ones was revealed on Friday ...
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
Trump's Washington arch plan includes golden-winged figure, eagles, lions and 'One Nation Under God'
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
– President Donald Trump's plans for a new , unveiled on Friday, include a towering winged figure with a Lady Liberty-like torch and crown, flanked by two eagles and guarded by four lions — all gilded. The 12-page plan released by the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts shows the arch will stand 250 feet tall (76.2 meters) from its base to the tip of the winged figure's torch, with "One Nation Under God" and ...
Source: news4jax.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 -
April 10 (UPI) -- Protests against high gas prices brought parts of Dublin, Ireland, to a standstill, causing the number of service stations without any fuel to rise to 100 on Friday, local officials said. Demonstrators in vehicles -- including tractors -- took part in slow-moving convoys and blocked roads throughout the capital city to protest the high fuel prices caused by the United States and Israel's war on ...
Source: upi.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 -
Rep. Eric Swalwell, a Democratic front-runner in the hotly contested California governor's race, was accused of sexual assault by a former staff member and other women, according to reports published Friday. The woman who worked for the Northern California congressman said she had a consensual relationship at times, but that he sexually assaulted her twice when she was too inebriated to consent, according to a ...
Source: bradenton.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By MAE ANDERSON and PAUL WISEMAN, AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — The centerpiece of President Donald Trump's economic policy — sweeping taxes on global imports — is under legal assault again. The U.S. Court of International Trade , a specialized court in New York, heard oral arguments Friday in an attempt to overturn the temporary tariffs Trump ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
White House warns staff against insider trading on prediction markets after suspicious Iran war bets
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
The White House warned staffers not to use insider information to place bets on prediction markets as critics grow suspicious of lucrative trading activity around the Iran war. A White House official confirmed to The Post that the warning was sent to all staffers in an email from the White House Management Office on March 24. A day earlier, anonymous accounts made a blitz of trades just 15 minutes before President ...
Source: nypost.com
Friday, Apr 10th, 2026 -
Claude Mythos's apparent superhuman hacking abilities are alarming experts as the Trump administration remains blinded by hostility I n June 2024, a cyber-attack on a pathology services company caused chaos across London's hospitals. More than 10,000 appointments were cancelled. Blood shortages followed and delays to blood tests led to a patient's death . Lethal cyber-attacks like this are thankfully rare. But a ...
Source: theguardian.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 -
Shares of Amazon.com Inc. rose more than 5% today after Chief Executive Andy Jassy published his latest shareholder letter. The memo is the fifth that Jassy has penned since taking the top post in 2021. Amazon's first shareholder letter was written by founder Jeff Bezos in 1997, the year the company went public. One potential reason Wall Street responded positively to the letter is that it contains new data ...
Source: siliconangle.com
Thursday, Apr 9th, 2026 -
John Healey says warship and aircraft forced Russia to abandon activity in North Sea in month-long operation A British warship and aircraft tracked and monitored Russian submarines trying to survey vital undersea infrastructure in the North Atlantic, ensuring they fled the area, the defence secretary, John Healey , has said. Speaking at a Downing Street press conference, Healey said the UK operation lasted more ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Apr 9th, 2026 -
PHOENIX (AP) — Renewable energy advocates in Arizona made gains against a business-backed slate in a fight over how the nation's largest public power utility will meet fast-rising electricity demand in a data center hot spot. However, election results released by the Phoenix-area Salt River Project mean that the rival slates will be forced into compromises over potential questions of whether to increase rates ...
Source: news.yahoo.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 -
The Justice Department is investigating the NFL for potential anticompetitive practices, according to a government official. The official, who was not authorized to discuss an ongoing investigation by name and spoke on condition of anonymity Thursday, said the investigation is "about affordability for consumers and creating an even playing field for providers." The investigation was first reported by The ...
Source: pbs.org
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