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Top News Stories for Thursday, April 16th 2026
Wednesday, Apr 15th, 2026 -
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Eighteen months after the nation's largest Arab American community Donald Trump to a second term as president, the prayers have not stopped. In Dearborn, just outside of Detroit, families wait restlessly for word from relatives abroad, hoping they are safe, and mourning those already lost. What began as anguish over the war in Gaza has widened. In a city with a large Lebanese American ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Wednesday, Apr 15th, 2026 -
The Capitol Hill ethics purge is poised to spare Rep. — at least for now. The pressure on Reps. to resign Tuesday amid serious sexual assault accusations from former staffers have shown there are limits to what lawmakers will tolerate from their colleagues. And Mills, a Florida Republican, has for months been under scrutiny for allegedly breaking campaign finance rules and threatening to release nude videos ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Wednesday, Apr 15th, 2026 -
April 15 (UPI) -- The U.S. military killed four men on Tuesday in a strike on a suspected drug-trafficking boat in the Pacific, its fourth vessel attack in four days. Since Saturday, the United States has killed at least 11 people in strikes targeting alleged drug-trafficking boats under President Donald Trump 's anti-narcotics operation, which rights groups and legal experts have criticized as unlawful. With the ...
Source: upi.com
Wednesday, Apr 15th, 2026 -
( NewsNation ) — The federal tax filing deadline is April 15, but taxpayers who need more time can avoid penalties by requesting an extension. It's a straightforward process that gives filers an extra six months, until October 15, to submit their return without penalties, as long as the extension is filed by the end of April 15. But an extension only delays the paperwork, not the bill: Any taxes owed must ...
Source: wfla.com
Wednesday, Apr 15th, 2026 -
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A student opened fire randomly at two classrooms at a middle school in southeast Turkey on Wednesday, killing four people and wounding 20 others, an official said, in the second such shooting in the country in two days. The student, who was also killed, arrived at the school, armed with guns believed to belong to his father, a retired police officer, Kahramanmaras provincial Gov. ...
Source: apnews.com
Wednesday, Apr 15th, 2026 -
DHAKA, Bangladesh — At least 250 people, including Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi nationals, are missing after a boat capsized in the Andaman Sea on the way to Malaysia , according to the United Nations' refugee and migration agencies. While details remained sketchy, Bangladesh Coast Guard spokesperson Lt. Com. Sabbir Alam Suzan told The Associated Press on Wednesday that nine people, including three ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Apr 15th, 2026 -
OpenAI unveiled Tuesday its answer to artificial intelligence rival Anthropic's much-touted private release of a cybersecurity model by announcing the broader availability of GPT‑5.4‑Cyber. In a pointed announcement , OpenAI said its intent is to make tools that can identify vulnerabilities "as widely available as possible." Internal safeguards, know-your-customer verification and "trust signals" will ...
Source: databreachtoday.com
Wednesday, Apr 15th, 2026 -
Google to punish sites that trap people in with back button tricks Google says it is expanding its policies to crack down on websites which trap users with "back button hijacking". Back button hijacking is when a website interferes with a browser so the back button no longer takes users to the previous page, instead often keeping them on the site or presenting unsolicited ads. In a blog post the tech giant behind ...
Source: bbc.com
Wednesday, Apr 15th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Tuesday asked a federal appeals court to throw out the seditious conspiracy convictions of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers leaders who were sentenced to prison terms for leading members of the far-right extremist groups in attacking the U.S. Capitol to keep President Donald Trump in office over five years ago. Trump commuted the prison sentences of several Proud Boys and ...
Source: npr.org
Tuesday, Apr 14th, 2026 -
Amazon said on Tuesday it would acquire Globalstar in an $11.57 billion deal, bolstering its fledgling satellite business as it looks to take on Elon Musk-led bigger rival Starlink. Shares of satellite company Globalstar were up more than 9% in premarket trading, after gaining over 6% in the past two weeks following media reports of the companies' discussions. The stock had nearly doubled in value last ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Apr 14th, 2026 -
Hackers are moving at machine speed now, sometimes in under thirty seconds. To keep up, security teams must use the "AI parity window" to automate investigations. AI is no longer a speculative topic for security leaders. It has moved from experimentation to implementation, and increasingly, to measurable production impact. Over the past year, my conversations with CISOs have shifted. The question is no longer ...
Source: csoonline.com
Tuesday, Apr 14th, 2026 -
April 14 (UPI) -- Federal authorities have charged the 20-year-old Texas man who police arrested after a Molotov cocktail was thrown at the San Francisco home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. The criminal complaint filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California charges Daniel Moreno-Gama of Spring, Texas, with possession of an unregistered firearm and attempted damage to and destruction of ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Apr 14th, 2026 -
Lonna Drewes alleges Democratic congressman drugged and raped her at hotel Another woman has accused Eric Swalwell of sexual assault, claiming the California Democrat drugged and raped her in 2018. At a press conference in Beverly Hills on Tuesday, the woman, Lonna Drewes, said she delayed coming forward sooner with her allegations that Swalwell drugged and raped her in a West Hollywood hotel room because of his ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Apr 14th, 2026 -
Google is launching the feature with a library of Skills for common tasks and everyday topics. Here's how it all works. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways As I use Google Gemini and other AIs, I often find myself writing the same prompts for different questions or requests. Sometimes, I remember writing an ideal prompt in the past but can't quite recall how I phrased it. If ...
Source: zdnet.com
Tuesday, Apr 14th, 2026 -
Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Under the agreement, within a week, the park service will hang three flags on its flagpole at the monument Removed from bookmarks The flag — one of several Pride banners at the 7.7-acre (3.1-hectare) park — won't be removed, except for "maintenance or other practical purposes," the filing said. Under the agreement, within a week, the park service will ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Tuesday, Apr 14th, 2026 -
at the White House has publicly touted the president's so-called "no tax on tips" policy before – causing some to question the encounter's authenticity and the company to confirm it was a stunt. and driving for the delivery platform because her husband's cancer treatments had made it difficult to make ends meet otherwise. That fact drew Simmons some skepticism after she delivered a McDonald's order to the ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Tuesday, Apr 14th, 2026 -
US Soccer sporting director Matt Crocker is leaving his post with less than two months to go until the 2026 World Cup, US Soccer announced on Tuesday. The Guardian can also confirm Fox Sports' earlier reporting that Crocker is taking up a similar role with the Saudi Arabia football federation. US Soccer said Crocker's duties will be shared by chief operating officer Dan Helfrich, assistant sporting director Oguchi ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Apr 14th, 2026 -
New model is the first AI system to complete a difficult multistep infiltration challenge. Last week, Anthropic announced it was restricting the initial release of its Mythos Preview model to "a limited group of critical industry partners," giving them time to prepare for a model that it said is "strikingly capable at computer security tasks." Now, the UK government's (AISI) has published an initial evaluation of ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Tuesday, Apr 14th, 2026 -
April 14 (UPI) -- Los Angeles schools will not close for a strike after the district reached a deal with the third and final union Monday evening. Hours before the 2 a.m. PDT strike deadline, the district announced it had struck a deal with the Service Employees International Union Local 99, which represents 30,000 custodians, food workers, special education assistants and bus drivers. LAUSD announced on its ...
Source: upi.com