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Top News Stories for Thursday, April 16th 2026
Wednesday, Apr 15th, 2026 -
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? DUBAI/WASHINGTON, April 15 (Reuters) - The United States said on Wednesday its military had completely halted trade going in and out of Iran by sea, ...
Source: huffpost.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 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military launched a strike on another boat accused of carrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, killing four people in the fourth such attack announced in the past few days. The operation is the latest in a series of strikes on vessels that the Trump administration says were trafficking drugs in Latin American waters, a campaign that began more than seven months ago ...
Source: apnews.com
Wednesday, Apr 15th, 2026 -
As Americans race to file their federal taxes before Wednesday's deadline, new analysis breaks down where the money goes Many US households spent hundreds more tax dollars on the military last year, according to new analysis, as Donald Trump 's plans to dramatically increase federal defense spending faces growing scrutiny. Millions of Americans will race to file their taxes on Wednesday, the final day for federal ...
Source: theguardian.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 -
Help Net Security newsletters : Daily and weekly news, cybersecurity jobs, open source projects, breaking news – subscribe here! Defending critical software has long depended on the ability to find and fix vulnerabilities faster than attackers can exploit them. OpenAI is expanding a program designed to give professional defenders prioritized access to AI tools built for that purpose. The company is scaling ...
Source: helpnetsecurity.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 -
Shares of Globalstar climbed on Tuesday after the satellite operator struck a deal to be acquired by Amazon . Under the terms of the deal, Globalstar's shareholders would have the option to receive $90 in cash or 0.3210 shares of Amazon stock for each share of Globalstar stock they own, subject to certain caps. The agreement values Globalstar at over $11 billion. Rocket shortages led Amazon to miss its launch goals ...
Source: fool.com
Tuesday, Apr 14th, 2026 -
CISO Insights Reveal Gaps Between AI Adoption Speed and Data Security Maturity There's a visible disconnect between organizations' rapid implementation of artificial intelligence and foundational security. MIND's latest research, "The Impact of Data Trust on AI Success," revealed that 90% of enterprises are already operating enterprise generative AI at scale. But 65% of the CISOs overseeing these deployments lack ...
Source: healthcareinfosecurity.com
Tuesday, Apr 14th, 2026 -
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The man accused of trying to kill OpenAI CEO Sam Altman by throwing a Molotov cocktail at his San Francisco home was experiencing a mental health crisis and has been overcharged by prosecutors, his public defender said Tuesday. Daniel Moreno-Gama made his first court appearance on state charges Tuesday, wearing an orange jail uniform and with disheveled hair. The 20-year-old, ...
Source: pbs.org
Tuesday, Apr 14th, 2026 -
A new accuser of Rep. Eric Swalwell said she believed the California Democrat drugged her before choking and raping her in a West Hollywood hotel room in 2018. The woman, Lonna Drewes, spoke at a press conference in Los Angeles, where her attorney, Lisa Bloom, said she would file a police report detailing the accusations against Swalwell. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said later that it had open an ...
Source: cnbc.com
Tuesday, Apr 14th, 2026 -
The premade Skills available through the Gemini sidebar in Chrome include ways to maximize protein in recipes or summarize YouTube videos. Google Chrome just got another generative AI feature: Skills. Skills are repeatable AI prompts you can run in Chrome with a keyboard shortcut. Add it to the laundry list of AI tools Google has been injecting into all of its software. You can set up your own Skill using Gemini , ...
Source: wired.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 -
The AI Security Institute (AISI) has urged organizations to double down on "cybersecurity basics" and consider harnessing AI to protect systems after testing Anthropic's latest model. Claude Mythos Preview garnered plenty of press attention last week when the model maker claimed it had been able to discover thousands of zero-day vulnerabilities dating back decades. Anthropic promptly announced the launch of Project ...
Source: infosecurity-magazine.com
Tuesday, Apr 14th, 2026 -
A Los Angeles Unified School District strike has been avoided and schools are open Tuesday after the district and the Service Employees International Union reached a tentative agreement. SEIU Local 99, which represents about 30,000 aides, bus drivers, custodians and cafeteria workers, said the deal with the district, LAUSD, includes a 24% wage increase. The tentative agreement also increases work hours to ...
Source: cbsnews.com