U.S. News Headlines

• Severe storms continue to produce heavy rain, lightning and flooding across parts of US April 16, 2026
  Storms barreling across the heart of the United States continue to threaten rain and pose flooding risks after causing at least one death when a man apparently was struck by lightning in Wisconsin
• Trump's plan to build a Triumphal Arch gets a hearing before a key federal agency April 16, 2026
  President Donald Trump's design for the Triumphal Arch he wants to build is up for review by a key federal agency and a possible vote to approve it
• Thousands suffer nausea, delirium, other health issues from toxins in Tijuana River April 16, 2026
  For decades, billions of gallons of sewage and industrial waste have been dumped into the Tijuana River
• US strikes another vessel and kills 3 men it says were trafficking drugs April 16, 2026
  U.S. military forces have struck a vessel in the Eastern Pacific, killing three men the Pentagon says were trafficking drugs
• Gatorade is getting a rebrand targeting non-athletes April 16, 2026
  Sixty years after it invented sports drinks, Gatorade is making a surprising pivot: It’s no longer focusing primarily on athletes
• 2 men plead not guilty in alleged Islamic State-inspired bomb attempt outside New York mayor’s home April 16, 2026
  Two men have pleaded not guilty to charges they brought homemade bombs to an anti-Muslim protest outside New York City’s mayor's home in a failed attempt at a terror attack inspired by the Islamic State group
• What to know about Atlanta-area attacks that killed 2, including a federal worker April 16, 2026
  A man who had immigrated to the U.S. has been charged in a string of deadly attacks in the Atlanta suburbs that quickly drew the attention of President Donald Trump’s administration
• Astronomers measure the mind-blowing power and speed of black hole jets for the first time April 16, 2026
  Scientists for the first time have measured the instantaneous mind-blowing power of jets blasting from a black hole
• Killing of Iranian activist in Canada exposes increasingly bitter divisions within the diaspora April 16, 2026
  The killing of an Iranian activist in Canada has exposed bitter divisions within the diaspora over the Iran war
• Australian judge rejects US Marine pilot's appeal against extradition to US April 16, 2026
  An Australian judge has rejected an appeal by former U.S. Marine Corps pilot Daniel Duggan to avoid extradition to the United States over allegations that he illegally trained Chinese military aviators more than a decade ago
• China reports its economy grew 5% in the January-March quarter, largely shrugging off initial impact from the Iran war April 16, 2026
  China reports its economy grew 5% in the January-March quarter, largely shrugging off initial impact from the Iran war
• Injured passenger awarded $300K after federal jury finds Carnival overserved alcohol April 16, 2026
  Carnival Cruise Line must pay $300,000 to a former passenger after a federal jury in South Florida found that the company was negligent in serving the woman more than a dozen shots of tequila before she fell and suffered a possible traumatic brain injury
• Judge extends pause on work to turn Maryland warehouse into immigrant detention April 15, 2026
  A federal judge has extended a pause on transforming a massive Maryland warehouse into a processing facility for immigrants
• US aircraft carrier breaks record for longest deployment since the Vietnam War April 15, 2026
  The world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R
• Mount Holyoke’s corpse flower blooms again, drawing crowds to its ‘rotting flesh’ stench April 15, 2026
  Crowds gathered at Mount Holyoke College’s Talcott Greenhouse to witness the rare bloom of “Pangy,” a corpse flower known for its powerful odor resembling decaying flesh
• Popular NYC SantaCon charity fundraiser was more con than Claus, authorities say April 15, 2026
  Federal authorities say a SantaCon charity fundraiser that flooded New York City with inebriated young people in red and white Santa costumes every holiday season was a con
• Veterans mark the 65th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs Invasion with a new museum in Miami April 15, 2026
  Manuel Portuondo was a teenager when his family fled Cuba for Miami in 1960
• Lawyer says guards beat and pepper-sprayed detainees at Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' April 15, 2026
  A lawyer says guards severely beat and pepper-sprayed detainees at a state-run immigration detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Florida Everglades
• University of Michigan's next president has brain cancer so won't take job April 15, 2026
  The next president at the University of Michigan says he can’t take the job because of brain cancer
• Federal prosecutors turned away from Federal Reserve building, as Trump threatens to fire Powell April 15, 2026
  Federal prosecutors made an unannounced visit this week to a construction site at Federal Reserve headquarters that is the focus of an investigation into a $2.5 billion renovation project, according to two people familiar with the visit