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Pope Leo XIV challenges Angola’s leaders while delivering a message of encouragement for its people

By NICOLE WINFIELD and GERALD IMRAY
Apr 18, 2026 5:22 pm - Pope Leo XIV challenged Angola’s leaders to break the “cycle of interests” that have plundered and exploited Africa for centuries, as he arrived in the southern African country on Saturday with a message of encouragement for its long-suffering people.
Trump orders more access to psychedelics like LSD, psilocybin and ibogaine

By Dan Diamond
Apr 18, 2026 5:09 pm - President Donald Trump on Saturday ordered new efforts to boost federal research into psychedelics and make the drugs available in controlled therapeutic settings, flanked by military veterans who said the move would save lives.
Iran fully closes Strait of Hormuz over US blockade and fires on ships

By SAM METZ and SAMY MAGDY
Apr 18, 2026 3:25 pm - The standoff over the Strait of Hormuz escalated again Saturday as Iran reversed its reopening of the crucial waterway and fired on ships attempting to pass, in retaliation after the United States pressed ahead with its blockade of Iranian ports.
Federal judge blocks Nexstar-Tegna TV station merger until antitrust lawsuit is settled

By REBECCA BOONE
Apr 17, 2026 9:46 pm - A federal judge has blocked a $6.2 billion merger of local television giants Nexstar Media Group, which owns WGN TV and radio, and rival Tegna until an antitrust lawsuit...
Oil prices drop 9% and Wall Street rallies to a record after Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz

By STAN CHOE
Apr 17, 2026 8:34 pm - Oil prices dropped back to where they were in the early days of the Iran war, and U.S. stocks raced to another record Friday after Iran said the Strait of Hormuz is open again for commercial tankers carrying crude from the Persian Gulf to customers worldwide.
Traffic and trepidation in the Persian Gulf could keep gasoline prices from dropping quickly

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ
Apr 17, 2026 5:31 pm - NEW YORK — After U.S. President Donald Trump and Iran’s foreign minister said the Strait of Hormuz was fully open to commercial vessels after almost seven weeks of war, o...
Some states will go from record heat to a freeze — thanks to Alaska

Ben Noll
Apr 17, 2026 5:28 pm - Throughout March in the West, temperatures surged to unprecedented levels for this time of year, due to a remarkable heat dome. Then in April, that record-breaking heat...
What to know about singer D4vd’s arrest in 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s killing

Apr 17, 2026 5:05 pm - Seven months after a 14-year-old girl’s body was found in D4vd’s towed SUV, the alt-pop singer has been arrested on suspicion of killing her, authorities said.
The truce in Lebanon is key to ending the wider Iran war, but challenges remain

By ABBY SEWELL
Apr 17, 2026 4:57 pm - BEIRUT — A truce took hold Friday between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah, providing relief on both sides of the border and an opening for Iran and the United States to re...
The Supreme Court hands a win to oil and gas companies fighting environmental lawsuits in Louisiana

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and JACK BROOK
Apr 17, 2026 4:52 pm - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court handed a win Friday to oil and gas companies fighting lawsuits over coastal land loss and environmental degradation in Louisiana. The unani...

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