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Americas News

Viral Ottawa Senators fan blamed for team's 0-2 playoff start banished to Taiwan
World

Viral Ottawa Senators fan blamed for team's 0-2 playoff start banished to Taiwan

The Ottawa Senators fan who went viral for his cringey hype videos has been banished to the Far East while the team tries to dig their way out of an 0-2 playoff...

Maximus Bogan · 23 Apr, 2026
DAVID MARCUS: The law comes for Southern Poverty Law Center's ideological vigilantes
World

DAVID MARCUS: The law comes for Southern Poverty Law Center's ideological vigilantes

The DOJ indictment alleges the SPLC funded White supremacist groups while operating as a watchdog against hate.

Ron Kub · 23 Apr, 2026
Anthropic’s Mythos breach was humiliating
Technology

Anthropic’s Mythos breach was humiliating

Anthropic's tightly controlled rollout of Claude Mythos has taken an awkward turn. After spending weeks insisting the AI model is so capable at cybersecurity th...

Robert Hart · 23 Apr, 2026
OpenAI upgrades ChatGPT and Codex with GPT-5.5: ‘a new class of intelligence for real work’
Technology

OpenAI upgrades ChatGPT and Codex with GPT-5.5: ‘a new class of intelligence for real work’

OpenAI is capping off a busy week of announcements with the release of GPT-5.5, its latest model upgrade for ChatGPT and Codex. The company calls its new model...

Zac Hall · 23 Apr, 2026
John Ternus is officially Apple’s next CEO, iPhone 18 colors, iOS 27 rumors
Technology

John Ternus is officially Apple’s next CEO, iPhone 18 colors, iOS 27 rumors

Benjamin and Chance react to the biggest news of the week, and probably this year, with Tim Cook officially announcing his plans to hand over the CEO job to Joh...

Chance Miller · 23 Apr, 2026
NYC councilman and Mamdani ally Chi Ossé arrested during eviction protest, video shows
World

NYC councilman and Mamdani ally Chi Ossé arrested during eviction protest, video shows

A video emerged showing the chaotic arrest of New York City Council Member Chi Ossé on Wednesday as he was protesting the eviction of a woman in Brooklyn.

Alverta Walter · 23 Apr, 2026
Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to thousands of longtime US employees
Business

Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to thousands of longtime US employees

Microsoft is offering buyouts to employees whose years of service and age adds up to 70 or more.

Charles Rollet · 23 Apr, 2026
DOJ charges 2 Chinese nationals who allegedly ran overseas cryptocurrency scam center targeting Americans
World

DOJ charges 2 Chinese nationals who allegedly ran overseas cryptocurrency scam center targeting Americans

Jeanine Pirro vows the Trump administration is "just getting started" after Justice Department charges two Chinese nationals in overseas scam operation.

Emory Considine · 23 Apr, 2026
Here's what David Ellison told Paramount employees after WBD shareholders approved the merger
Business

Here's what David Ellison told Paramount employees after WBD shareholders approved the merger

Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison sent a memo to employees celebrating the news that Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders approved the merger.

James Faris · 23 Apr, 2026
Meta is laying off 10% of its entire staff next month. Read the full memo it just sent.
Business

Meta is laying off 10% of its entire staff next month. Read the full memo it just sent.

Meta told employees it plans to lay off 10% of staff in May, citing efficiency and rising costs. Staff will get severance and extended benefits.

Charles Rollet · 23 Apr, 2026
A top education official says student-loan forgiveness 'is not happening' — and borrowers should get ready for repayment
Business

A top education official says student-loan forgiveness 'is not happening' — and borrowers should get ready for repayment

Undersecretary of Education Nicholas Kent said moving student-loan accounts to the Treasury and eliminating the SAVE plan will best serve borrowers.

Ayelet Sheffey · 23 Apr, 2026
RFK Jr.’s rejection of germ theory debunked in Senate hearing
Technology

RFK Jr.’s rejection of germ theory debunked in Senate hearing

Kennedy falsely argues that vaccines did little to lower childhood deaths.

Beth Mole · 23 Apr, 2026