SAN JOSE, Calif. Connor McDavid scored a hat trick and added two assists Wednesday night, leading the Edmonton Oilers to a 5-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks and moving Edmonton into sole possession of first place in the Pacific Division. The win gave the Oilers 90 points, two more than...
Madison, Wisconsin. Democratic candidates won contests this week, taking a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat and the mayoralty in Waukesha, while Democrats also performed strongly in a Georgia special election to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene, officials and party operatives reported. Republican officials acknowledged setbacks, with U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany saying 'We got...
Washington — Michael Patrick, an Irish actor who appeared on an episode of Game of Thrones, died at age 35, his wife Naomi Sheehan said on Instagram on April 9; he had been diagnosed with motor neurone disease and was admitted to hospice shortly before his death. Family and medical organizations...
Raleigh, North Carolina — A former Fort Bragg employee, Courtney Williams, was charged on April 8, 2026, after the Justice Department said she allegedly provided classified national defence information to journalist Seth Harp that appeared in his 2025 book, prompting a federal indictment under the Espionage Act. Williams appeared in federal...
Washington — A federal judge in Massachusetts on Wednesday postponed the Trump administration's planned termination of Temporary Protected Status for Ethiopians living in the United States, ruling the administration ended the designation without following the process set by Congress and thus acted unlawfully. The order halts a DHS plan announced in...
Washington — On April 8, a U.S. appeals court denied Anthropic's request to block the Pentagon from labeling the AI developer a national-security supply-chain risk and ordered the company's legal challenge against the Department of Defense to be fast-tracked, citing concerns about judicial interference with military operations. The ruling this week...
Washington — Senate Democrats announced plans this week to seek a vote next week on a resolution limiting President Donald Trump's authority to order further strikes on Iran, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said on April 8, after Mr. Trump agreed to a two-week ceasefire on April 7. Lawmakers responded with...
Charlotte, North Carolina. A state psychiatric evaluation dated Dec. 29, 2025 found DeCarlos Brown Jr. incapable to proceed on state murder charges for the fatal Aug. 2025 stabbing of 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska, court documents filed April 7 show, and his defense asked a judge to delay state proceedings. The defense has...
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said this week in a Politico interview that his campaign pledge to make buses free will not be implemented in 2026, citing the absence of a free-bus proposal in Albany's budget process and ongoing discussions with the governor and legislative leaders. This week, reports noted...
COLUMBUS, Ohio — On Wednesday, three Republican state representatives unveiled the Save Ohio Sports Act at the Statehouse, proposing to ban mobile sports betting, prohibit in-game, prop and parlay wagers, cap individual bets at $100, and ban credit-card wagering and certain advertising practices. The bills, introduced this week by Reps. Riordan...
