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Top News Stories for Saturday, April 25th 2026
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
Trump Administration Reinstates Firing Squad For Death Penalty --:-- / --:-- This voice experience is generated by AI. The Justice Department on Friday said it will seek to impose the death penalty in more federal cases and will expand the way in which convicted inmates can be killed—including bringing back the firing squad as a means of execution. The department said it will bring back firing squads to ...
Source: forbes.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A U.S. special forces soldier was granted bond Friday on charges that he used classified information about the mission to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to win more than $400,000 on the prediction market Polymarket, a federal magistrate said Friday. The magistrate in North Carolina who authorized Gannon Ken Van Dyke's release told him to report to a New York federal ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has ended its investigation into Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell , clearing a major roadblock to the confirmation of Kevin Warsh as his successor. U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeannine Pirro said on X on Friday that her office was ending its probe into the Fed's extensive building ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
in the state until late 2027. Mills said she supports a moratorium on data center projects but that the bill, which passed the state House and Senate his month, did not include an exemption for a project already underway. A statement shared by her office said the $550 million data center redevelopment project was needed in Jay, where a paper mill closure in 2023 "eliminated hundreds of good-paying jobs and dealt a ...
Source: insider.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
Layoffs in the tech industry are increasing as companies that are spending the most on AI infrastructure are simultaneously cutting thousands of jobs. Meta said on Thursday that it's cutting 10% of its workforce, just as Microsoft announced that it's offering employee buyouts for the first time in its 51-year history. "This represents a fundamental structural shift rather than a temporary market correction," said ...
Source: cnbc.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
The win-now Rams shocked by picking a QB and the Cowboys addressed their disastrous defense as a faster-paced first round reshaped the NFL draft's opening night The Rams reach for Stafford's successor The Rams delivered the biggest shock of the night, sticking at pick No 13 and selecting Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson. It was a stunner that seemed to take even their head coach by surprise. Sean McVay seemed less ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
Before the war on Gaza, the seed of Israel's strategy of wholesale destruction was planted in a 2006 war on Lebanon. Today, the playbook repeats itself Shortly after 2pm on 8 April, it seemed that Beirut was hit by an earthquake. Within 10 minutes, multiple apartment buildings were obliterated, leaving in their wake mounds of rubble and shattered glass, pulverized concrete and twisted metal – and hundreds of ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
The Trump administration is vowing to crack down on foreign tech companies' exploitation of U.S. artificial intelligence models. The Trump administration is vowing to crack down on foreign tech companies' exploitation of U.S. artificial intelligence models, singling out China at a time that country is narrowing the gap with the U.S. in the AI race. In a Thursday memo, Michael Kratsios, the president's chief science ...
Source: securityweek.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington has no objections to Iranian players participating in the 2026 FIFA World Cup, but he added the players will not be allowed to bring people with ties to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) with them. Since the United States-Israeli war on Iran began on February 28, Iran's participation in this summer's edition of FIFA's global showpiece has been in doubt ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
By and Federal prosecutors in Miami have pursued cases to strip U.S. citizenship from at least four people so far this year under a concerted effort from the Trump administration to dramatically increase the number of denaturalization cases, according to a Miami Herald review of public statements and court records. As part of the Trump administration's aggressive mass deportation campaign, federal officials have ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
BEIRUT (AP) — A Lebanese journalist who was wounded in an Israeli airstrike that killed her colleague this week described hours of agony as they waited for help to arrive, in an interview with The Associated Press on Friday. Zeinab Faraj, a young freelance photographer and video journalist, frequently moved on assignment with Amal Khalil , a longtime correspondent in southern Lebanon with the Lebanese ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
The personal health data of over half a million UK Biobank volunteers has been put up for on e-commerce platforms and online marketplaces in China, following a data beach at the scientific research organization. In a statement made to the House of Commons, the Minister for Digital Government and Data, Ian Murry, confirmed the breach. "Biobank told us that three listings that appear to sell UK Biobank participant ...
Source: infosecurity-magazine.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
Dozens of sloths destined for a Florida "slotharium" died in a warehouse or while in transit to the Orlando attraction, state wildlife officials said. The 31 deaths occurred between December 2024 and February 2025, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) said in a report from last year that was recently released. The majority of the sloths died in an unheated warehouse while awaiting transfer to ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
Reading time 2 minutes DeepSeek rolled out preview versions of its highly anticipated V4 AI models today, once again narrowing the gap with leading AI models from the world's largest tech companies. The Chinese startup released two open-source versions, a high-performance V4 Pro model and a cheaper, smaller V4 Flash model. The company is pitching both as competitive with frontier systems, highlighting strong ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
The mortgage rate dips that may have seemed like brief but temporary reprieves just a few weeks ago are starting to look more like a trend. The 30-year mortgage rate , for example, has officially dropped below 6.20%, a level that felt out of reach during the volatile stretch that kicked off this month, when tariff-driven market chaos was pushing borrowing costs higher by the day. The shift reflects a broader ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
– A powerful in Oklahoma damaged about 40 homes in one county, ripping roofs off of some and reducing others to rubble in a rural community as emergency crews went door-to-door and rescued some trapped residents, authorities said. The confirmed tornado Thursday moved across parts of Enid, a city of about 50,000 people near the state's northern border in Garfield County, according to the National Weather ...
Source: news4jax.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
'Firestarter' Backdoor Can Survive Reboots, Upgrades and Standard Fixes The U.S. cyber defense agency is ordering federal agencies to hunt for a previously unknown, persistent backdoor after spotting it on a Cisco security appliance meant to shield a federal civilian agency. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and its British counterpart warned in a Thursday malware analysis report that the custom ...
Source: healthcareinfosecurity.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
No compatible source was found for this media. No compatible source was found for this media. US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on the UK if it does not drop its digital services tax on American social media firms. The digital services tax, introduced in 2020, imposes a 2% levy on the revenues of several major US tech companies. Speaking to reporters from the Oval Office on Thursday, Mr ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Friday, Apr 24th, 2026 -
It took more than two years, but we can finally rest easy that it's not the contorted remains of an alien creature. Reading time 3 minutes A strange, mound-shaped object was found at the bottom of the ocean in 2023, and scientists had no idea what it was. After years of running tests and working with hundreds of samples, a team of researchers has finally solved the puzzle. And no, it's not weird alien stuff. ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Thursday, Apr 23rd, 2026 -
New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel is seeking counseling and will not be with the team for Day 3 of the NFL Draft on Saturday, following the publication of photos of the coach and longtime NFL reporter Dianna Russini at an Arizona resort. "As I said the other day, I promised my family, this organization and this team that I was going to give them the best version of me that I can possibly give them. In order to ...
Source: wbur.org
Thursday, Apr 23rd, 2026 -
The latest iOS 26.4.2 update resolves a vulnerability that allowed the FBI to retrieve deleted text messages from a user's Signal app. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Many people use the popular Signal app to send and receive encrypted text messages. As an added bonus, you can set all texts to automatically disappear after a certain amount of time. But those protections ...
Source: zdnet.com
Thursday, Apr 23rd, 2026 -
In February, The New York Times reported that FBI Director Kash Patel had assigned rotating SWAT teams to guard his girlfriend, country music singer Alexis Wilkins, as she traveled around the country. The article portrayed that use of FBI resources as highly unusual and ethically questionable. "If you want to be a celebrity or a social media star, get your own security," a former FBI official told the ...
Source: reason.com
Thursday, Apr 23rd, 2026 -
April 23 (Reuters) - Intel (INTC.O) forecast second-quarter revenue above Wall Street expectations on Thursday, underscoring booming demand for the company's server processors used for artificial intelligence in data centers. Shares of Intel surged 19% in extended trading, adding $64 billion to its market value and extending its 81% rebound so far this year. Nasdaq futures rose 0.3%, showing traders ...
Source: reuters.com
Thursday, Apr 23rd, 2026 -
The Justice Department's internal watchdog is investigating compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, a law that compelled the department to release records related to the case of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The preliminary objective of the probe is "to evaluate the DOJ's processes for identifying, redacting, and releasing records in its possession as required by the Act," said Deputy ...
Source: nbcnews.com