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6:09 PM on Wednesday, April 8

A group of new accounts on the prediction market Polymarket made highly specific, well-timed bets on whether the U.S. and Iran would reach a ceasefire on April 7, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits for those users

6:08 PM on Wednesday, April 8

A Pakistani man has pleaded guilty to a terrorism charge, saying it was a “morally reprehensible idea” to support the Islamic State group by plotting to kill Jewish people in Brooklyn

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

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

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

4:33 PM on Wednesday, April 8

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

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

4:02 PM on Wednesday, April 8

The legendary mountaineer Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit Mount Everest, has died at age 97

1:58 PM on Wednesday, April 8

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

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

11:51 AM on Wednesday, April 8

10:51 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Fired Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman tells The Associated Press in his first interview since the ouster that he was “blindsided” by the move but has no hard feelings and is unlikely to sue

7:18 AM on Wednesday, April 8

The White House says President Donald Trump was expected to discuss leaving NATO while meeting with the military alliance's Secretary-General Mark Rutte

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

3:14 AM on Wednesday, April 8

12:33 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Iran, the United States and Israel have agreed to a two-week ceasefire, an 11th-hour deal that headed off U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to unleash a bombing campaign that would destroy Iranian civilization

12:18 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Over the course of a single day, President Donald Trump went from threatening Iran with “annihilation” to proclaiming that Iran's leadership had presented a “workable” plan that led him to agree to a two-week ceasefire

12:14 AM on Wednesday, April 8

A ceasefire deal to pause the war in Iran appears to be hanging by a thread after the Islamic Republic closed the Strait of Hormuz again in response to Israeli attacks in Lebanon

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

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