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Top News Stories for Wednesday, April 15th 2026
Tuesday, Apr 14th, 2026 -
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The standoff between the United States and Iran deepened Tuesday as the U.S. declared it had blockaded Iran's ports , Tehran threatened to strike targets across the region, and Pakistan said it was racing to bring the sides together for more talks. Though last week's ceasefire appeared to hold, the showdown over the Strait of Hormuz risked reigniting hostilities and deepening the regional ...
Source: apnews.com
Tuesday, Apr 14th, 2026 -
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Tuesday, Apr 14th, 2026 -
If a planned meeting between officials from Lebanon and Israel comes off on Tuesday in Washington, the direct talks will be the first between the two Middle East neighbors since 1983. In the decades since then, Israel has more typically dealt directly, in the form of military action, with the Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorist militia that feckless Lebanese governments have been unable or unwilling to disarm.
Source: washingtonpost.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 -
Carney's Liberals will now be able to pass legislation without the support of opposition parties – and govern until 2029 The Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney , has secured a parliamentary majority for his Liberal government, CBC News reported. The victory will help him push through a legislative agenda he says is needed for an increasingly divided geopolitical world. Three special elections were held on ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Apr 13th, 2026 -
– The U.S. military said it carried out Monday on a boat accused of trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two people. that the Trump administration says are trafficking drugs in Latin American waters has persisted for more than seven months and continues even as the military has been preoccupied for more than six weeks with It was the second day in a row that U.S. Southern Command announced ...
Source: news4jax.com
Monday, Apr 13th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — The big election over the weekend was in a small European country nearly half a world away from Washington, but the defeat of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has significant reverberations in the United States. That's because President Donald Trump and many U.S. conservatives have long embraced Orbán , who has become an icon among the global right for his anti-immigrant ...
Source: apnews.com
Monday, Apr 13th, 2026 -
With geopolitical tensions still looming over the housing market (and the economy), the latest existing-home sales data from the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) did not paint a picture of a strong spring market ahead. However, despite sales lagging, inventory and affordability show definite year-over-year improvements, a possible bright light at the end of the tunnel. NAR's Existing-Home Sales ...
Source: rismedia.com
Monday, Apr 13th, 2026 -
US government reverses course on removing LGBTQ+ Pride flag from New York monument after efforts from advocates The Trump administration agreed on Monday to keep flying a rainbow Pride flag at the Stonewall national monument, reversing course after removing the banner in February. The government revealed the decision as it seeks to settle a lawsuit filed by LGBTQ+ and historic preservation groups who had sought to ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Apr 13th, 2026 -
REGISTER NOW Topics More from TechCrunch Roblox is introducing new account types designed to give kids and younger teens age-appropriate access to chat and games, the company announced on Monday. The move comes as Roblox implemented in January for all users who want to access chats. The same will be used to assign users to these new accounts. As part of the changes, users who haven't completed age checks will ...
Source: techcrunch.com
Monday, Apr 13th, 2026 -
NEW YORK (AP) — More than a thousand movie stars, writers, directors and other Hollywood professionals announced their "unequivocal opposition" to the proposed Paramount merger with Warner Bros. Discovery in an open letter published Monday. A large swath of the movie industry, including Denis Villeneuve, Kristen Stewart, J.J. Abrams and Joaquin Phoenix came out forcefully against the $111 billion deal that ...
Source: apnews.com
Monday, Apr 13th, 2026 -
A French court on Monday fined the cement group Lafarge over $1.3 million and sentenced its former boss to six years in prison for paying protection money to the Islamic State group and other jihadists to maintain its business in war-torn Syria. The ruling follows a 2022 case in the United States in which the French firm pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide material support to US-designated "terrorist" ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Monday, Apr 13th, 2026 -
Ghanaian footballer killed after armed attackers open fire at team bus Ghanaian footballer Dominic Frimpong has died after suspected armed robbers opened fire at the bus carrying his team Berekum Chelsea back from a match. "Masked men wielding guns and assault rifles" ambushed the bus and "blocked the road" as the team returned home on Sunday, according to the club. Police say Frimpong sustained gunshot wounds and ...
Source: bbc.com