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3 former employees of DC psychiatric hospital charged with criminal negligence in patient's death

6:07 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Three former employees of a privately operated psychiatric hospital in the nation’s capital have been charged with criminal negligence in the death of a patient

FILE - Ricky Bell, warden at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, Tenn., gives a tour of the prison's execution chamber, Oct. 13, 1999. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

Tennessee high court blocks order allowing media witnesses to view more parts of executions

4:56 PM on Wednesday, April 8

The Tennessee Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a lower court’s order that would have let media witnesses view more parts of state-run executions

Attorney Amanda Cialkowski speaks with reporters outside the federal courthouse in St. Paul, Minn., Wednesday, April 8, 2026, after a hearing on a lawsuit by the Fridley and Duluth school districts and the Education Minnesota teachers union that seeks to block a Trump administration change in policy that gave immigration authorities a freer hand to conduct enforcement actions in and near schools. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski)

Minnesota districts ask judge to restore limits on immigration enforcement near schools

4:53 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Two Minnesota school districts and the state’s main teachers union have asked a federal judge to block a Trump administration change in policy that gave immigration authorities a freer hand to conduct enforcement actions in and near schools

Prosecutors move to subpoena Tiger Woods' prescription drug records after Florida DUI arrest

4:33 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Prosecutors are seeking Tiger Woods' prescription drug records from a Florida pharmacy

How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday 4/8/2026

4:26 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Oil prices plunged below $95 per barrel, and stock markets surged worldwide after President Donald Trump pulled back from his threat of devastating attacks against Iran

FILE - In this photo provided by Wausau Mayor Doug Diny, Diny uses a dolly to remove the city's lone drop box from in front of City Hall, in Wausau, Wis., on Sept. 22, 2024. (Doug Diny via AP, File)

Wisconsin mayor who removed ballot drop box ahead of 2024 elections won't be charged

4:21 PM on Wednesday, April 8

A Wisconsin mayor who carted away a drop box intended for absentee ballots ahead of the 2024 elections won't face charges

FILE - Cody Roberts, who entered a plea of guilty to felony animal cruelty for allegedly taking a wolf into a Wyoming bar after hitting it with a snowmobile, is seen March 5, 2026, in Pinedale, Wy. (Kathryn Ziesig/Jackson Hole News & Guide via AP, File)

Wyoming man gets probation for hitting wolf with snowmobile, bringing it into bar

4:07 PM on Wednesday, April 8

A Wyoming judge has sentenced a man to 18 months of probation for hitting a wolf with a snowmobile and bringing the hurt animal into a bar before killing it

From left, Acting Commander of the U.S. Cyber Command William Hartman, FBI Director Kash Patel, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe, listen during a House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence hearing to examine worldwide threats, Thursday, March 19, 2026, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)

Shaky ceasefire unlikely to stop cyberattacks from Iran-linked hackers for long

3:56 PM on Wednesday, April 8

An uncertain ceasefire between Iran and the U.S. and Israel may do little to stop cyberattacks from hackers allied with Tehran

FILE - NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell poses for a photo at the 30th annual Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame Awards gala at the Ziegfeld Ballroom, April 14, 2022, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Paramount president Jeff Shell is stepping down from his post amid a legal battle

3:52 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Longtime media executive Jeff Shell is leaving Paramount

FILE - Two police officers walk in front of an anti-U.S. billboard depicting American aircraft being caught by Iranian armed forces in a fishing net beneath the words in Farsi, "The Strait of Hormuz will remain closed, The entire Persian Gulf is our hunting ground," in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Iran's proposal to collect tolls in the Strait of Hormuz violates trade norms

3:36 PM on Wednesday, April 8

To end the war with the United States and Israel, Iran is demanding the right to collect tolls in the Strait of Hormuz as a precondition for reopening the waterway vital to world oil supplies

Patrick Kolasinski, attorney for Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez, speaks at a news conference accompanied by his client's girlfriend, Cindy, in Modesto, Calif., Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)

Attorney for man shot by ICE in California says his client did not try to run officers over

2:42 PM on Wednesday, April 8

An attorney for a man shot by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during an arrest in California says his client did not try to run officers over with his car and disputed claims that he has a warrant out for his arrest in El Salvador

Fishing boats dot the sea as cargo ships, in the background, sail through the Arabian Gulf toward the Strait of Hormuz off the United Arab Emirates, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo)

What does the Iran ceasefire deal mean? It depends on which side you talk to

2:01 PM on Wednesday, April 8

A ceasefire deal between the United States and Iran appears to be in jeopardy

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. speaks during a fireside chat with CPAC Senior Fellow Mercedes Schlapp at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Gabriela Passos)

RFK Jr is launching a podcast to expose 'lies' that have made Americans sick

1:58 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Health Secretary Robert F_ Kennedy Jr_ is launching a new podcast called “The Secretary Kennedy Podcast.”

FILE - A baseball fan tries to shield from the sun during the fourth inning of a spring training baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Athletics, March 17, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

March smashes record as most abnormally hot month for continental US, federal meteorologists say

12:58 PM on Wednesday, April 8

March has been the hottest month on record for the continental United States in 132 years, according to federal weather data

Photos of Israel's bombing of central Beirut

11:51 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike on a building in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

At least 182 killed as Israel strikes central Beirut after saying Iran truce doesn't apply there

8:27 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Lebanon’s health ministry says that Israeli strikes during the day killed 182 people, the highest single-day death toll in the Israel-Hezbollah war

FILE - Matthew Perry poses for a portrait in New York on Feb. 17, 2015. (Photo by Brian Ach/Invision/AP, File)

'Ketamine Queen' gets 15 years in prison for selling Matthew Perry the drugs that killed him

5:08 AM on Wednesday, April 8

A federal judge has handed down a sentence of 15 years in prison to a woman who pleaded guilty to selling “Friends” star Matthew Perry the ketamine that killed him in a 2023 overdose

Government supporters chant slogans after the announcement of a two-week ceasefire with the United States and Israel in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Photos: US, Israel and Iran agree to a 2-week ceasefire

3:14 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Rex A. Heuermann, center, pleads guilty to murdering seven women and admitted he killed an eighth in a string of long-unsolved crimes known as the Gilgo Beach killings, at a court hearing in Suffolk County Court in Riverhead, N.Y., Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (James Carbone/Newsday via AP, Pool)

Rex Heuermann pleads guilty to murder charges and admits he killed 8 women in the Gilgo Beach case

12:04 AM on Wednesday, April 8

A Long Island architect has pleaded guilty to murdering seven women and admitted he killed an eighth in a string of long-unsolved crimes known as the Gilgo Beach killings

John Mauro works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Oil plunges below $95 as the Dow surges 1,300 in a worldwide rally following a ceasefire with Iran

11:17 PM on Tuesday, April 7

Oil prices plunged below $95 per barrel, and stock markets surged worldwide after President Donald Trump pulled back from his threat of devastating attacks against Iran

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