Ingenious? Orwellian? Or both? Supreme Court considers constitutionality of 'geofence' warrants

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April 27, 2026
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Nina Totenberg

The Supreme Court hears arguments Monday about a relatively new law enforcement technique that allows police to tap into giant tech-firm databases to find out who was near the scene of a crime and may have been involved. Essentially the question before the high court is whether that technique is ingenious, Orwellian, or both? And, ultimately, is it constitutional?

Iran FM blames US for failure of talks as he meets Putin

AFP teams in Saint Petersburg, Tehran and Moscow

Mon, April 27, 2026

 
Iran's top diplomat blamed Washington Monday for the failure of Middle East peace talks during a visit to Russia, where President Vladimir Putin promised him Moscow's support in ending the war.

Trump not happy with latest Iran proposal to end the war, US official says

By Parisa Hafezi and Steve Holland

April 27, 2026 7:01 PM PDT

Updated 1 hour ago
Summary

• Latest Iranian plan would set aside nuclear issue until after war ends, Iranian sources say
• Trump unhappy with delaying deal on Iran nuclear program, official says
• Iran demands blockade be lifted before any negotiations begin

The Gray Tide: Latin America’s Demographic Transformation

By Laurence Blair

April 21, 2026

A perfect storm of plunging birth rates and rapidly aging populations will break over Latin America in coming decades. Is there a silver lining?

Retirees in Buenos Aires protest pension changes by the government of President Javier Milei in September.Catriel Gallucci Bordoni/NurPhoto via Getty Images

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MONTEVIDEO—For more than 25 years, Jardín Sonrisitas (“Little Smiles Kindergarten”) taught kids their ABCs in Villa del Cerro, a working-class portside district in Uruguay’s capital. But in December, the beloved kindergarten closed: one of three local creches to shut in as many years.

60-foot octopus prowled seas as apex predator during age of dinosaurs, fossilized jaws show

Updated on: April 24, 2026, 

7:39 AM EDT / CBS/AP

The top predator prowling the seas during the age of the dinosaurs, 100 million years ago, may have been the octopus

New analyses of fossilized jaws reveal that massive, kraken-like octopuses once hunted alongside other marine predators. They boasted eight arms and long bodies that extended more than 60 feet, rivaling other carnivorous marine reptiles.

Iran offers to reopen Strait of Hormuz if US lifts its blockade and the war ends, officials say

By SAMY MAGDY, JON GAMBRELL and ELENA BECATOROS
Updated 2:28 PM PDT, 

April 27, 2026

CAIRO (AP) — Iran offered to end its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz if the U.S. lifts its blockade on the country and ends the war in a proposal that would postpone discussions on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program, two regional officials said Monday.

22 Buddhist monks arrested at airport after record drug bust

Updated on: April 27, 2026 

6:15 AM EDT / CBS/AFP
CBS News

Twenty-two Sri Lankan monks returning from Thailand were arrested on Sunday at the main international airport with a record 242 pounds of powerful cannabis, officials said.

A Sri Lanka Customs spokesman said the group, returning home after a four-day vacation in the Thai capital, had Kush -- a potent strain of cannabis -- hidden in their luggage.

Trump Goons Scramble After His Twisted Attack on Guardians of History

YOU GOT IT, SIR

Within hours, the Department of Justice was trying to make good on the president’s demands.

Janna Brancolini

Updated Apr. 27 2026 11:31AM EDT Published Apr. 27 2026 7:48AM EDT 

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The Pentagon replicated a Ukrainian-style drone attack in Florida. Now it’s changing its counter-drone strategy

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Several things, from the players to the technology, set the exercise apart from previous experiments
BY PATRICK TUCKER
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR
APRIL 23, 2026

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In a September exercise on a Florida airfield, members of the 10th Special Forces Group launched a drone assault that mirrored the “spiderweb” attack that Ukraine had recently staged against Russia. The defenders were counter-drone troops from across the U.S. military, trained for a week on tech that the Pentagon has spent billions to develop. U.S. counter-drone efforts haven’t been the same since.

Gen Z wants to turn back the clock as more of the young generation yearn for the days of no social media

More Gen Z adults say they’d rather live in the past than skip ahead to the future
Graig Graziosi in Washington, DC
Friday 24 April 2026 

Nearly half of Gen Z is ready to unplug and wish they could go back and live in a time without smartphones and social media, according to a new poll.

Drill, baby, drill? US, China fight for the future of energy

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Thomas Kohlmann

16 hours ago

The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is having a major impact on global energy markets. Behind the scenes, another battle is going on as the US and China race for global energy dominance.

Largest 3D Map of the Universe Is Adding Serious Fuel to the Cosmology Crisis

Space & Spaceflight

The conclusion of DESI's first survey marks an important milestone for cosmology, which finds itself in a bind for the best reasons.

By Gayoung Lee 

Published April 26, 2026

Last week, the Dark Energy Spectroscopy Instrument (DESI) concluded its first official survey. Over the past five years, the experiment recorded more than 47 million galaxies and 20 million stars over 11 billion years of cosmic history.

Malian defense chief is killed as jihadis and rebels seize towns and military bases

World News
By WILSON MCMAKIN
Updated 4:23 PM PDT, April 26, 2026

Camara (L), pictured with the Russian and Malian foreign ministers, is said to have died in a suicide truck bombing. REUTERS

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Mali‘s defense minister was killed in a sweeping attack by jihadis and rebels who seized several towns and military bases, authorities said Sunday, the latest violence in the junta-run country that has long battled militants linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group as well as a separatist rebellion in the north.

Two former Israeli prime ministers join forces against Netanyahu in upcoming elections

World News

Updated 11:25 AM PDT, April 26, 2026
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Two Israeli political heavyweights on Sunday said they would join forces in elections scheduled for later this year in an effort to unseat longtime Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid served as prime ministers in a rotation agreement as part of a coalition government they formed in 2021, ending 12 years of Netanyahu’s rule. Now they plan to merge their parties into single faction headed by Bennett, calling it a partnership between the center and the right.

Iranian foreign minister heads to Moscow for meeting with Putin after second Pakistan trip

By Lucy Davalou & AFP & AP
Published on 26/04/2026 - 20:27 GMT+2

•Updated 21:40

Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi travelled once to Oman and twice to Pakistan over the weekend, before heading to Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday.

Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi returned to Pakistan on Sunday, a day after leaving the country as US President Donald Trump cancelled a planned trip to Islamabad by US negotiators.

4 deadlines that could shape Trump’s next 5 weeks

Trump and the GOP have a series of make-or-break moments ahead

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By POLITICO Staff

04/26/2026

The next five weeks could prove pivotal for President Donald Trump and Republicans on Capitol Hill. They face a series of deadlines — some self-imposed — that could shape the party’s fortunes through the midterms.

Key question: How did armed man get so close to Trump WHCD event?

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the suspect was likely targeting administration officials.

By Jacob Wendler

04/26/2026

Law enforcement are investigating how a suspect got a firearm into the venue where the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was held Saturday, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said.

Surviving in a poisoned land: Chernobyl's wildlife is different, but not in the ways you might think

Chris Baraniuk
It's 40 years since the Chernobyl disaster. This is what it has meant for wildlife living around the devastated nuclear power plant.

"Pa-pa-pa-pa-pa!" In the middle of the night, a noise from the darkness in the abandoned, irradiated landscape of Chernobyl. Pablo Burraco, a scientist, stepped quietly between the trees, not far from the ruins of the power plant at the centre of the world's worst nuclear disaster. In the aftermath of the catastrophic reactor explosion in 1986, the surrounding area was evacuated for many miles, so few people trod where Burraco now did.