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Monday, Apr 20th, 2026 -
The Iran ceasefire and peace talks this week are hanging by a thread as tensions boil over the strategic waterway that epitomizes Tehran's new leverage and a conflict that critics warn has escaped President Donald Trump's control. On Friday, Trump said Iran had "agreed to everything," prompting a on hopes the war could soon end. But by Sunday, this looked like another case of overhyping diplomacy, and the president ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Monday, Apr 20th, 2026 -
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A man killed eight children, including seven of his own, and shot two women in an attack in a Shreveport, Louisiana, neighborhood that was the nation's deadliest shooting in more than two years, authorities said. At a news conference outside the residence where one of the shootings occurred early Sunday, officials appeared stunned, requesting patience and prayers from the community. ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Monday, Apr 20th, 2026 -
Baby food manufacturer HiPP has issued a product recall in Austria after authorities reported the presence of rat poison in one of the company's jars. HiPP said on Sunday that it had pulled all baby food sold at stores operating under the SPAR umbrella in Austria, including outlets of EUROSPAR, INTERSPAR and Maximarkt. The Swiss company, which bills itself as the world's top organic baby food brand, said the recall ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Monday, Apr 20th, 2026 -
LONDON (AP) — British police said Monday they arrested two teenagers in connection with an arson attack on a synagogue in northwest London over the weekend, as Jewish leaders express concern about a wave of incidents targeting their community. Deputy Commissioner Matt Jukes of London's Metropolitan Police Service said officers arrested two young men, aged 19 and 17, overnight in relation to the attack on the ...
Source: apnews.com
Monday, Apr 20th, 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? This photo shows a general view of a crowded railway station as the Shinkansen services are suspended after an earthquake hit northern Japan, in Sendai ...
Source: huffpost.com
Monday, Apr 20th, 2026 -
New Glenn 3 took off from the Blue Origin launch base in Florida's Cape Canaveral on Sunday morning, carrying a satellite by satellite company AST Space Mobile, which it aimed to deliver into low Earth orbit. , gave updates during the launch on X, saying that liftoff went smoothly and that the rocket's booster had returned to earth. "The payload was placed into an off-nominal orbit," the company said. "We are ...
Source: insider.com
Monday, Apr 20th, 2026 -
April 20 (UPI) -- Five people were wounded in a shooting near the campus of the University of Iowa over the weekend, according to authorities seeking to identify several persons of interest. The gunshots rang out early Sunday in downtown Iowa City. The Iowa City Police Department said officers heard the gunfire as they were responding at 1:46 a.m. CDT to a report of a large fight in the 100 block of East College ...
Source: upi.com
Monday, Apr 20th, 2026 -
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Monday it test-launched ballistic missiles with cluster bomb warheads in the second such test this month, likely underscoring its push to expand its capabilities to penetrate U.S. and South Korean defenses. The report by the North's official Korean Central News Agency appeared to refer to the multiple ballistic missile launches South Korea, Japan and the U.S. detected ...
Source: military.com
Monday, Apr 20th, 2026 -
An overturned ship found near the U.S. territory of Saipan after a typhoon hit is the vessel that went missing with six people on board, the U.S. Coast Guard said Monday. The Coast Guard said it was still searching for the six. It said the overturned boat was first spotted Saturday. Debris included a partially submerged life raft that was partly inflated. It was seen 95 nautical miles northeast of the vessel, the ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Sunday, Apr 19th, 2026 -
President Donald Trump will participate in a public Bible reading this week as the administration continues to integrate religion, particularly Christianity, into official business. "On April 21, President Trump is scheduled to read Scripture via video message from the Oval Office during the 6 p.m. EST hour," a press release from organizers reads. The event is called "America Reads The Bible." over the Iran ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Sunday, Apr 19th, 2026 -
Jalen Brunson scored 28 points, Karl-Anthony Towns had 19 of his 25 in the second half and the Knicks beat the Atlanta Hawks 113-102 on Saturday night in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference playoff series in New York. OG Anunoby added 19 points and Josh Hart had 10 points and 14 rebounds for the Knicks in their first postseason game under Mike Brown after making four trips in five years under Tom Thibodeau, capped ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Sunday, Apr 19th, 2026 -
REGISTER NOW Topics More from TechCrunch 11:44 AM PDT · April 19, 2026 Anthony Ha The winning runner at a Beijing half-marathon for humanoid robots finished the race today in 50 minutes and 26 seconds — significantly faster than the human world record of 57 minutes recently set by Jacob Kiplimo. Comparing human and robot running times may seem unfair; one social media user observed , "my car can outrun ...
Source: techcrunch.com
Sunday, Apr 19th, 2026 -
Former US president and New York mayor read to a group of children and led a sing-along at a Bronx childcare center Barack Obama met with Zohran Mamdani for the first time on Saturday at a childcare center where the former Democratic US president and mayor of New York City read to preschoolers and led a sing-along. The meeting comes as Mamdani, a democratic socialist who marked his 100th day in office just over a ...
Source: theguardian.com
Sunday, Apr 19th, 2026 -
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Around 25 protesters were arrested as around 1,000 animal welfare activists tried to gain entry to a beagle breeding and research facility in Wisconsin and were met by officers firing pepper spray and rubber bullets , authorities said Sunday. Saturday's protest was the second attempt in as many months by demonstrators to take beagles from Ridglan Farms in Blue Mounds, about 25 miles ...
Source: apnews.com
The center-left coalition of former President Radev will win Bulgaria's election, exit poll suggests
Sunday, Apr 19th, 2026 -
– A center-left coalition led by 's former President will win the parliamentary election, an exit poll suggested hours after polls closed on Sunday. The list is unlikely to garner enough votes to rule alone, which could prolong a yearslong political The election on Sunday was the country's eighth in five years, illustrating a crippling political . Preliminary results are expected on Monday. The poll conducted ...
Source: news4jax.com