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Deadly domestic violence cases stir calls for more prevention resources for Black communities

Two deadly cases of domestic violence — one in Louisiana and the other in Virginia targeting Black mothers — have sparked a national conversation about domestic violence prevention and mental health care resources available to Black communities.

Police identify suspect who killed eight kids, most believed to be his own, after multi scene domestic rampage

Shamar Elkins is accused of killing eight children and shooting two women in a Shreveport domestic violence rampage that spanned multiple locations.

Deadly domestic violence cases stir calls for more prevention resources for Black communities

Two deadly cases of domestic violence — one in Louisiana and the other in Virginia targeting Black mothers — have sparked a national conversation about domestic violence prevention and mental health care resources available to Black communities.

Police identify suspect who killed eight kids, most believed to be his own, after multi scene domestic rampage

Shamar Elkins is accused of killing eight children and shooting two women in a Shreveport domestic violence rampage that spanned multiple locations.

Deadly domestic violence cases stir calls for more prevention resources for Black communities

Two deadly cases of domestic violence — one in Louisiana and the other in Virginia targeting Black mothers — have sparked a national conversation about domestic violence prevention and mental health care resources available to Black communities.

Police identify suspect who killed eight kids, most believed to be his own, after multi scene domestic rampage

Shamar Elkins is accused of killing eight children and shooting two women in a Shreveport domestic violence rampage that spanned multiple locations.

Deadly domestic violence cases stir calls for more prevention resources for Black communities

Two deadly cases of domestic violence — one in Louisiana and the other in Virginia targeting Black mothers — have sparked a national conversation about domestic violence prevention and mental health care resources available to Black communities.

Around the world

Hungary’s new leader once idolized Orbán

Learn about Péter Magyar, the former Orbán insider who ended Hungary's 16-year ruling regime and is now set to lead the country into a new era.

Slain Iranian nuclear scientists raises alarm over uranium, expertise reaching black market

The killing of Iranian nuclear scientists in U.S.-Israeli strikes raises fears over nuclear proliferation as experts warn of weakened material controls.

Iran to execute first female protester tied to anti-regime unrest

Iran prepares to execute its first female protester tied to the 2026 Tehran uprising as human rights groups warn of a deepening crackdown.

Alleged Irish cartel boss arrested in covert operation on organized crime charges after years-long manhunt

International fugitive Daniel Kinahan, alleged leader of Ireland's Kinahan cartel, was arrested in Dubai this week on organized crime charges.

Deadly shooting at historic tourist site leaves one dead, several injured as motive unclear

A shooting at Mexico's Teotihuacan pyramids left a Canadian woman dead and multiple tourists injured, according to Mexican officials and security reports.

Fired former UK official says he felt political pressure to approve Mandelson as US ambassador

The ex-civil servant behind the decision to approve Peter Mandelson’s appointment as British ambassador to Washington says he felt political pressure to rush through the appointment despite security concerns.

Massive 7.7-magnitude earthquake hits off Japanese coast

A strong earthquake erupted off the coast of the nation of Japan, the Associated Press reported, noting the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center indicated the tsunami threat "has now passed.

Technology

Meta employee accused of accessing private images

A former Meta employee is accused of accessing around 30,000 private Facebook photos by allegedly bypassing internal security systems. What to know now.

Stop renting, start building: GEO is a mirage

Everyone is talking about GEO. Agencies are selling it. Brands are buying it. On its face, the pitch makes sense: the search-based internet that powered the digital economy for decades is giving way to generative AI answers. The pressure to act is real.

AI shifts IT roles from operator to orchestrator

A new report from SolarWinds finds that artificial intelligence is reshaping IT roles, with 80% of professionals reporting a shift away from hands-on operations toward overseeing automated systems and workflows.

Enterprises are rethinking Kubernetes

For years, Kubernetes held an almost mythic place in enterprise IT. It was positioned as the control plane for the future, the standard abstraction for cloud-native systems, and the platform that would finally free enterprises from infrastructure lock-in. To be fair, some of that was true.

Oracle delivers semantic search without LLMs

Oracle says its new Trusted Answer Search can deliver reliable results at scale in the enterprise by scouring a governed set of approved documents using vector search instead of large language models (LLMs) and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG).

What San Francisco’s AI billboards say about the state of the industry

Here in San Francisco, we live in a bubble, and we know it. While much of the rest of the country sees the city through the lens of Fox News cameramen searching out homeless encampments, we actually live in a very beautiful, very wealthy, and, currently, very AI-obsessed place.

Adobe Summit 2026: How Adobe hopes to redesign marketing and creativity with AI

Adobe Summit serves as a platform for Adobe to introduce new services, capabilities, and enhancements to its portfolio of creative and marketing software and services. The 2026 edition kicks off live in Las Vegas on April 20, with a virtual event running alongside it.

Sports News

Stephen A. Smith makes brutal gaffe while talking about the Golden State Warriors

Stephen A. Smith falsely claimed the Warriors haven't made the playoffs since 2022, but Golden State reached the second round in both 2023 and 2025.

Roman Reigns, CM Punk put on professional wrestling masterclass at WrestleMania 42

Roman Reigns pins CM Punk after a brutal WrestleMania 42 main event at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas to become a seven-time world champion.

Blue Jays bus from Phoenix to Southern California after their charter plane is grounded

A mechanical issue with their charter plane forced the Toronto Blue Jays to bus from Phoenix to Southern California on Sunday night, a six-hour drive on a dark desert highway that got the team to its Orange County hotel at around 12:30 a.m.

NFL restricts access to draft prospects' contact info after 2025 Shedeur Sanders prank call: report

The NFL is now reportedly restricting access to draft prospects' contact information after a prank call to Shedeur Sanders went viral during the 2025 draft.

Stephen A. Smith makes brutal gaffe while talking about the Golden State Warriors

Stephen A. Smith falsely claimed the Warriors haven't made the playoffs since 2022, but Golden State reached the second round in both 2023 and 2025.

Roman Reigns, CM Punk put on professional wrestling masterclass at WrestleMania 42

Roman Reigns pins CM Punk after a brutal WrestleMania 42 main event at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas to become a seven-time world champion.

Blue Jays bus from Phoenix to Southern California after their charter plane is grounded

A mechanical issue with their charter plane forced the Toronto Blue Jays to bus from Phoenix to Southern California on Sunday night, a six-hour drive on a dark desert highway that got the team to its Orange County hotel at around 12:30 a.m.

Politics News

US Justice Department demands 2024 Detroit-area ballots in latest move for local election records

The U.S. Justice Department has demanded hundreds of thousands of ballots and related records from the Detroit area from the 2024 election.

Speaker Dustin Burrows asks Texas House to investigate Roblox in response to game simulating Uvalde shooting

Burrows added the charge to his list of interim priorities, instructing lawmakers to study ways to strengthen child protections on gaming platforms like Roblox.

Why Congress is fighting over a central tool of American surveillance

Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is responsible for a huge share of intel collected by the U.S. Lawmakers and civil liberties advocates are worried it enables warrantless spying on U.S. citizens.

3 things to know about naval blockades as U.S. begins patrols in the Strait of Hormuz

The White House says it wants to choke off Iran’s oil export revenue. But experts say that blockades are often unpredictable and difficult to enforce.

Warsh's $226-million fortune under scrutiny as Fed nominee faces Senate confirmation

Kevin Warsh heads into his Senate confirmation hearing as Fed chair nominee with questions swirling around his $135M to $226M in disclosed assets.

Federal judge orders release of Egyptian family of six who have spent 10 months detained in Dilley detention center

The family has been detained since last June after the father was arrested and charged with attacking mostly Jewish protestors at a Boulder, Colo., event.

Iran reopens Strait of Hormuz, Trump: blockade stays

Iran says the Strait of Hormuz is fully open to commercial vessels. But President Donald Trump says the American blockade on Iranian ships and ports will stay in force until Tehran reaches a deal with the U.S., including on its nuclear program.