Points

• Shayndi Raice dirigera la couverture étrangère de CBS après que Weiss a évincé un bureau chief en raison de tensions signalées • Inscrivez-vous à l'email Breaking News US pour recevoir des alertes de newsletter dans votre boîte de réception • Bari Weiss, la patronne de CBS News, a évincé un bureau chief chevronné à la suite de tensions sur la couverture du Middle East et a recruté une nouvelle foreign editor qui, selon des sources, est plus en phase avec le programme pro-Israel de Weiss.

• GetReal Security a nommé le vétéran de la cybersécurité Varun Kohli au poste de Chief Marketing Officer pour répondre aux besoins croissants des entreprises. • Ce recrutement répond à la montée des deepfakes et des attaques d'identité basées sur l'IA dans le paysage de la cybersécurité. • L'expertise de Kohli stimulera l'expansion des solutions de protection en temps réel pour les entreprises confrontées aux menaces de l'IA.

• The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index declined to 98.3 in April 2026, down 4.2 points from March, marking the steepest monthly drop since July 2025 as Americans express renewed concern about inflation and job security. • Consumers' expectations for future economic conditions weakened notably, with the forward-looking component falling 6.8 points as respondents cited concerns about rising prices for groceries, gasoline, and housing costs. • The decline suggests potential headwinds for Q2 consumer spending and retail sales, pressuring guidance from discretionary retailers and restaurant operators ahead of earnings season.

• U.S. 30-year fixed-rate conforming mortgage averaged 6.187% on April 21, 2026, down 4 basis points from prior day per Optimal Blue data. • 15-year fixed-rate fell to 5.486%, down 5 basis points, with week-over-week drops up to 31 basis points for some types. • Rates reflect FOMC holding federal funds at 3.50%-3.75% in March, with next meeting April 28-29 potentially influencing trends.

Pillars at Cold Ashby, Northamptonshire, and Thorny Gale, Cumbria, bookended the project that modernised mappingHeritage campaigners are bidding for listing status for two concrete pillars hailed as “modest obelisks of modernity in the countryside”.These functional 120cm (4ft) stone or concrete “trig points” formed part of a 6,500-strong network of surveying posts that were vital for the development of modern mapping. Continue reading...

Report finds there were dozens of warning signs about Axel Rudakubana as far back as 2019 and identifies five main failures of those involvedSouthport attack blamed on ‘catastrophic’ failures by agencies and killer’s ‘irresponsible’ parentsIt took seconds for Axel Rudakubana to carry out one of the most barbaric attacks on children in modern British history.Yet by the time he entered that joy-filled holiday club, where young girls sat making Taylor Swift bracelets, his deadly intentions had been known for years. Continue reading...