Новости за 01.04.2026

Weary Californians have never been happier.

The 25-song set featured some serious pyrotechnics.

The U.S. has lifted sanctions on Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez. That's according to an Office of Foreign Assets Control entry Wednesday on the Treasury Department website. The newly announced sanctions relief represents a strong signal that the U.S. recognizes Rodríguez as a legitimate authority in Venezuela. Washington has already formally recognized her as the country’s head of state in legal and diplomatic settings. The Trump administration has been engaging with Venezuela’s interim... Читать дальше...

A Utah sheriff's office says DNA testing has definitively linked the unsolved death of a Utah teenager in 1974 to the infamous serial killer Ted Bundy. Laura Ann Aime, 17, went missing Halloween night 51 years ago after she left a party alone. About a month later, her body was found on the side of a highway, bound, beaten and a without clothing. Investigators long suspected that Bundy was responsible. he was one of the nation’s most prolific serial killers, with at least 30 women and girls’ deaths linked to him in several states in the 1970s.

TMZ is turning its celebrity lens on Congress, tracking lawmakers on recess as a nearly six-week Department of Homeland Security shutdown drags on. Viral videos of senators in airports, Las Vegas and Disney World have fueled backlash and intensified pressure for lawmakers to return. That pressure now extends beyond social media, with unions and President Donald Trump all urging Congress back to Washington. But even if they return, there is no clear path to a deal. A bipartisan Senate agreement collapsed after House Republicans rejected it... Читать дальше...

A new report from the University of Hawaii revealed historic rain levels.

Howard Wang will go to trial after being accused of three homicides.

A federal judge in Texas has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to allow churches to endorse political candidates without losing their tax-exempt status. The lawsuit challenged the Johnson Amendment, arguing it violated First Amendment rights by prohibiting electioneering from the pulpit. The Trump administration had supported the plaintiffs, but District Judge Cam Barker ruled he lacked authority to approve the proposed consent judgment. He cited federal laws preventing judges from blocking taxation that hasn't occurred. Читать дальше...

Fire caused the evacuation of a historic building owned by Wayne State University in Detroit. Video from TV stations showed clouds of black smoke near the top of the 14-story Maccabees Building on Tuesday. The fire on the 11th floor was contained, and there were no injuries. It is a nearly century-old building designed by Albert Kahn. Wayne State has owned the building for more than 20 years and has offices there. It is not generally known as a place for classes.

The first foreign troop tied to a new gang-suppression force backed by the United Nations has arrived in Haiti to help quell ongoing violence. A statement issued Wednesday said the team from the central African country of Chad is in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital, as is Jack Christofides, the force's special representative .No other details were provided. The U.N. Security Council in late September approved a plan to authorize the anticipated 5,550-member force to transform a Kenya-led multinational... Читать дальше...

This is not the first time a lead biker has led a runner astray in Modesto.

The brutal killing shocked the sleepy suburban Bay Area town.

"It's the destiny of humans."

Launch preparations have begun for the Artemis II mission, NASA’s planned lunar fly-around by four astronauts that will be the first moon trip in 53 years. Tensions were high as hydrogen fuel started flowing into the rocket. The 32-story Space Launch System rocket is poised to blast off Wednesday evening with a two-hour launch window beginning at 6:24 p.m. EDT at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Three Americans and one Canadian will fly around the moon without stopping or even orbiting — then head straight back for a Pacific splashdown. Читать дальше...

U.S. President Donald Trump claims Iran’s president wanted a ceasefire ahead of his speech to the American people. Trump made the claim Wednesday on his Truth Social website. Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Trump’s remarks were “false and baseless.” Meanwhile, two U.S. officials say the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush is slated to go to the Middle East along with three destroyers. The carrier strike group consists of more than 6,000 sailors. It comes as thousands of soldiers from... Читать дальше...

American freelance journalist Shelly Kittleson often worked without formal assignments from editors and on a shoestring budget. She took shared taxis to lawless corners of Iraq where militia rule outweighs government control. Kittleson, who was 49, had lived abroad for years, building a respected journalism career across the Middle East. On Wednesday, she vanished after being forced into a car by two men at a busy Baghdad intersection. Friends and fellow journalists describe her as a determined,... Читать дальше...

President Donald Trump has sat in at the Supreme Court on birthright citizenship arguments in a first such appearance by a president but has left early. The Supreme Court is taking up one of the term’s most consequential cases, Trump’s order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. The justices on Wednesday are hearing the Republican president’s appeal of a lower-court ruling from New Hampshire that struck down the citizenship restrictions... Читать дальше...

U.S. President Donald Trump says he’s strongly considering pulling the United States out of NATO. Trump remarks have ratcheted up his criticism of European allies and exposed a wider rift in the trans-Atlantic alliance. This time over the Iran war. Trump’s talk of a possible NATO pullout dates back years. But the comments to The Telegraph newspaper in the U.K. published Wednesday were among the clearest and most disparaging yet. Trump was asked whether he would reconsider U.S. membership in the alliance... Читать дальше...

Rescuers say they lost hope for the humpback whale that has become stranded repeatedly off Germany’s Baltic Sea coast. They now expect it to die in the inlet where it currently lies. The whale swam into an inlet on the small island of Poel, near the port of Wismar, on Tuesday and got stuck again. Last week, it was rescued from even shallower water at the resort town of Timmendorfer Strand with the help of an excavator, but it soon ran into trouble again. The whale was breathing irregularly on Wednesday... Читать дальше...

Maine lawmakers are considering using the state's real estate transfer tax to support homeless shelters in addition to affordable housing programs, including those for first-time home buyers and foreclosure prevention. The tax is collected from property sales and is expected to grow due to Maine's strong housing market and recent tax changes. Revenue could reach $68.6 million by 2029. However, relying solely on this tax poses risks during market downturns. A recent proposal suggests redirecting funds from counties to shelters, sparking debate. Читать дальше...

The Italian coast guard has found 19 people dead and rescued 58 from a dinghy filled with migrants near Lampedusa. The rescue took place Tuesday night amid rough weather conditions. A spokesman said the coast guard was the only team able to intervene due to extreme sea conditions. The migrants likely departed from Libya, and the victims probably died of hypothermia. Survivors have been brought to Lampedusa and are receiving care. Lampedusa is a main entry point to Italy for migrants crossing from North Africa... Читать дальше...

Riz Ahmed puts his own spin on the world's most famous troubled prince in Aneil Karia's “Hamlet,” a pared-down version that clocks in under two hours. Ahmed portrays a prince in a rush and recalls a recent Hamlet-like figure from the small screen. That's Kendall Roy of “Succession.” The setting is in the South Asian community in contemporary London and centered on a family real estate company called Elsinore. In her review, Associated Press critic Jocelyn Noveck writes that Ahmed gives an absorbing and magnetic performance... Читать дальше...

The U.S. Supreme Court has begun hearing arguments over the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to someone in the country illegally or temporarily. The birthright citizenship order, which Trump signed on Jan. 20, 2025, the first day of his second term, is part of his Republican administration’s broad immigration crackdown. Trump is in attendance; he is the first sitting president to attend oral arguments at the nation’s highest court. Читать дальше...

Hershey said Wednesday it will use classic recipes for all Reese’s products starting next year. The change comes after the grandson of Reese’s founder criticized the company for shifting to cheaper ingredients. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups have always been made with real milk chocolate or dark chocolate and peanut butter. But a small portion of Hershey’s and Reese’s products, like mini Easter eggs, are now made with a coating that contains less chocolate. Hershey said that in 2027, it will shift those... Читать дальше...

The A24 dark rom-com has drawn criticism over its plot twist.