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• Amerikaanse aanklager Jeanine Pirro verklaarde dat bewijsmateriaal buiten redelijke twijfel zal bewijzen dat de gewapende man bij het White House Correspondents' Dinner in april 2026 president Trump targette. • Pirro onthulde dat de verdachte een agent van de Secret Service heeft neergeschoten, wat de eerste publieke bekendmaking is van dergelijk bewijs in de vermeende aanslagpoging. • De zaak intensiveert de partijpolitieke verdeeldheid over politiek geweld na het incident tijdens het diner.

Amerikaanse aanklager zegt: ‘we kunnen vaststellen’ dat pellet van schot verdachte ‘verstrengeld was met vezel van vest’ van federale agent

• Mumbai Indians coach Mahela Jayawardene reageerde op de 183 runs van Suryakumar Yadav in negen IPL 2026 innings te midden van de problemen van het team. • Jayawardene stelde dat Yadav zich in een fase bevindt waarin dingen niet lukken, maar dat hij hard moet blijven doorzetten. • De negende plaats van MI met slechts twee overwinningen vormt een bedreiging voor een vroege uitschakeling bij de play-offs.

• The U.S. Justice Department charged Sinaloa state Governor Ruben Rocha Moya and nine other current and former Mexican officials with aiding the Sinaloa drug cartel on April 29, 2026. • Indictments allege corruption including money laundering and protection rackets, marking a major blow to cartel operations. • This escalates U.S.-Mexico tensions on fentanyl crisis and border security, with potential extradition battles ahead.

Royal Navy chief says unified naval force will deter future Russian threats from the ‘open sea border’ to the northBritain has agreed to create a unified naval force with nine European countries to deter future Russian threats from the “open sea border” to the north, the head of the Royal Navy has announced.Gen Sir Gwyn Jenkins insisted that despite the ongoing crisis in the Middle East, where the strait of Hormuz remains closed after the US-Israel war in Iran that “Russia remains the gravest threat to our security”. Continue reading...

Musician Chris Martin, tennis star Iga Świątek and footballer Robert Lewandowski join Piotr Garkowski in epic fundraiserA Polish social media influencer has raised more than £50m after a nine-day, non-stop online stream during which he was joined by a parade of celebrity guests to help a charity supporting children battling cancer.Streaming from a studio flat in right-bank Warsaw, social media influencer Piotr Garkowski, 23, nicknamed Łatwogang, listened to a charity song dedicated to children battling cancer on loop for nine days straight, filling time with entertaining dares and celebrity appearances. Continue reading...

YouGov survey shows cross-party consensus – but that many fear abortion access could be reduced New polling has found that whatever their party political leanings, an overwhelming majority of people support the right to access an abortion – although young people, in particular, fear reproductive rights may be reduced.The YouGov polling, commissioned by MSI Reproductive Choices to mark its 50th anniversary, found nine in 10 people support the right to access an abortion. Continue reading...

Tech company has signed on to nine deals as it aims to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2040Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAmazon has entered power agreements with nine new renewable projects in New South Wales and Victoria, as the technology company seeks to source renewable power for its datacentre operations in Australia.The nine deals, including one windfarm and 10 solar and battery projects, will take the amount of renewable energy Amazon is sourcing in Australia from 430MW to nearly 1GW. Continue reading...

Animals were used legally as fishing bait, sheriff’s office confirms after incident shook locals in Guemes IslandA Washington state sheriff’s office says it has solved the mystery of nearly two dozen dead canines who washed ashore recently.The animals were foxes being used legally as bait for fishing operations, the Skagit county sheriff’s office said on Friday. Continue reading...

Police rescued boy after neighbour reported sounds of a child coming from vehicle in Hagenbach in eastern FranceA malnourished nine-year-old boy was rescued after being locked in his father’s van since 2024 in eastern France, a prosecutor said.A neighbour alerted police to “sounds of a child” coming from a vehicle in the village of Hagenbach, near the borders of Switzerland and Germany. Continue reading...

Erik Duran in 2023 threw cooler at fleeing suspect Eric Duprey, who then crashed his motorized scooter and diedSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailA former New York police department sergeant has been sentenced to three to nine years in prison for tossing a picnic cooler full of ice and drinks at a fleeing suspect, who then crashed his motorized scooter and died.Erik Duran, 38, was convicted of manslaughter in the 2023 death of 30-year-old Eric Duprey. The ex-sergeant said he was trying to protect other officers from the approaching scooter. He is the first former NYPD officer sentenced to prison for an on-duty death in at least two decades. Continue reading...

An eighty-three-year-old man successfully appealed the automatic revocation of his permanent resident visa after being sentenced to 14 months in prisonFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn elderly UK man who served a prison sentence for sexually abusing his step granddaughter when she was nine years old has had his Australian visa reinstated by a tribunal because of his “strong ties to Australia”.The eighty-three-year-old was sentenced to 14 months prison in the Western Australia district court in February 2024 for molesting the girl in the presence of another child.In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. In the US, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-8255. In the UK, Samaritans can be contacted on 116 123. Other international suicide helplines can be found at befrienders.org Continue reading...

Police allege drugs were to be collected from a drop-zone in Bass Strait and distributed across the nation using trucking connectionsWhen a commercial trawler sank off Victoria with four crew members needing rescuing, police became suspicious about an alleged drug trafficking operation.Nine men are accused over a conspiracy to import tonnes of cocaine and methamphetamine before distributing the drugs across Australia using trucking connections. Continue reading...

Nicole Daedone, co-founder of OneTaste Inc, also ordered to forfeit $12m, and seven victims were awarded restitutionThe leader of a sex-focused women’s wellness company that promoted “orgasmic meditation” was sentenced to nine years in federal prison for a scheme that a judge said exploited vulnerable women and coerced them into performing sex acts with the company’s clients and investors.Nicole Daedone, co-founder of OneTaste Inc, was also ordered to forfeit $12m, and seven victims were awarded roughly $890,000 in restitution, federal prosecutors said. Continue reading...

Raw Farm was also linked to 2024 salmonella outbreak that sickened 165 people and deaths of two cats from bird fluA California raw milk dairy that was previously linked to a fatal outbreak of bird flu in cats has now been linked to an E coli outbreak involving cheddar cheese, affecting nine people in three states.The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said in an alert that more than half of the people sickened so far are children under age five. Three people have been hospitalized after contracting a dangerous strain of E coli – O157:H7 – with one developing hemolytic uremic syndrome, a condition that can lead to kidney failure. Continue reading...

Researchers believe behavioral gap, which may hold true across species, is probably product of less fear of harassment in cities Anyone who has lived long enough in a city can tell you – with time, you just stop noticing strange new things. A unicycling bagpiper. A person changing clothes on the subway. Murals that transform streets into tart.Coyotes in cities seem to be bolder as well and less afraid of new experiences. That’s according to a new study that researchers conducted at more than a dozen sites across the US, comparing urban and rural coyotes’ reaction to new stimuli. Continue reading...

• The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform advanced nine bills on March 19, 2026, to safeguard American taxpayers and ensure efficient use of federal funds. • Key measures include H.R. 7934 requiring agencies to publish settlement agreements online, doubling whistleblower cash awards to $20,000, and mandating Treasury reports on fiscal risks from crises amid $38 trillion debt. • Legislation reforms FFATA for accurate USAspending.gov data and recognizes special districts for federal aid, addressing unreported funds including national security spending.

Study shows average time on screens each day is 41 minutes, with some watching more than three hours a dayThree-quarters of nine-month-old babies in England are allowed daily screen time, while a small “heavy use” group watch more than three hours a day, according to a study.Just 2% of the infants included in the research reportedly watched more than three hours a day, while the average amount of time was 41 minutes, research by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) found. Continue reading...

NSW police allege child was sitting on lap of 45-year-old man who was experiencing ‘significant fatigue’ but was operating pedals while boy steeredFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA nine-year-old boy has allegedly been caught driving a car after 1am on a major highway in New South Wales.In a statement on Monday, NSW police alleged that a 45-year-old driver was experiencing “significant fatigue” and “operating the pedals” while the boy steered on his lap. Continue reading...

Lawmakers in nine states introduced more than fifteen tariff disclosure bills in 2026, requiring businesses to display tariff costs on receipts or vehicle labels amid midterm election pressures. Oregon's HB 4061 would provide grants to small businesses affected by federal tariffs, while both Democrats and Republicans target algorithmic pricing software in states like Illinois (HB 4717), Ohio (SB 328), Tennessee (SB 1807), and Utah (SB 293). These measures aim to address constituent concerns over rising living costs by promoting transparency in pricing practices potentially enabling price collusion. Additional bills in Colorado (HB 1210) and Maryland (HB 148) extend restrictions to workplace algorithms used for wage setting.