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Route 66, a quintessential American road trip heavy on kitsch and history, turns 100

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN
Apr 08, 2026 7:33 am - Route 66 marks its 100th anniversary this year. Despite losing its status decades ago as one of the nation’s main arteries, people from around the world still flock to it to take perhaps the quintessential American road trip and soak in its neon lights, kitschy motels and attractions, and culinary offerings.
Ceasefire is threatened as Israel expands Lebanon strikes and Iran closes strait again

By BASSEM MROUE, JON GAMBRELL, SAMY MAGDY and SAM METZ
Apr 08, 2026 7:27 am - The U.S. demanded Wednesday that Iran reopen the Strait of Hormuz after the Islamic Republic closed the waterway in response to Israeli attacks against the Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon. Iran’s move cast doubt over whether an already precarious ceasefire to end more than a month of war would hold.
Oil plunges below $95 as the Dow surges 1,300 in a worldwide rally following a ceasefire with Iran

By YURI KAGEYAMA and MATT OTT
Apr 08, 2026 7:24 am - Oil prices plunged below $95 per barrel, and stock markets surged worldwide Wednesday after President Donald Trump pulled back from his threat to destroy Iran.
Trump complains NATO ‘wasn’t there when we needed them’ after talks with alliance leader Rutte

By MICHELLE L. PRICE
Apr 08, 2026 7:21 am - NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is expected to meet with President Donald Trump on Wednesday to try to smooth over the president's anger with the military alliance over the Iran war.
UK government blocks rapper Ye from entering Britain to headline festival

By JILL LAWLESS
Apr 08, 2026 7:09 am - The rapper formerly known as Kanye West has been barred from entering the U.K., where he was scheduled to perform at the Wireless Festival in July.
American journalist Shelly Kittleson has been released week after kidnapping in Iraq, Rubio says

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA
Apr 07, 2026 8:49 pm - American journalist Shelly Kittleson, who was kidnapped from a Baghdad street-corner last week, was released Tuesday, U.S. and Iraqi officials said.
How Trump’s deadline delays and threats escalated leading up to 2-week ceasefire with Iran

By JESSE BEDAYN
Apr 07, 2026 8:24 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he would suspend his threatened attack against Iran less than two hours before the deadline the president set for Tehran Tuesday,...
Russia and China veto watered-down UN resolution aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz

By EDITH M. LEDERER and FARNOUSH AMIRI
Apr 07, 2026 8:17 pm - Russia and China on Tuesday vetoed a U.N. Security Council Resolution aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz that had been repeatedly watered down in hopes those two countries would abstain.
Iranian civilians voice fear and fatigue as US escalates conflict

By Susannah George, Asal Abasian and Burhan Yüksekkaş
Apr 07, 2026 8:09 pm - President Donald Trump has said Iranians welcome expanded U.S. attacks even as he threatened to destroy key infrastructure and bomb their country “back to the stone ages” if Tehran doesn’t reopen the Strait of Hormuz by a Tuesday deadline. That possibility is now delayed because of a two-week ceasefire agreed to by the U.S. and Iran.
Pritzker, Illinois Dems say Trump’s Iran threat crosses a line, call for his removal

By Marni Pyke
Apr 07, 2026 5:55 pm - Illinois Democrats are demanding Donald Trump's removal via the 25th Amendment after the president threatens to destroy Iranian civilization over Strait of Hormuz dispute. “A new level of unhinged,” one said.

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