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Skip next section King Charles's US visit: What's planned for day two April 28, 2026 King Charles's US visit: What's planned for day two Britain's King Charles III is set to deliver a rare address to Congress on Tuesday as he seeks to mend the transatlantic rift over the Iran war. Charles is expected to call

At least 42 people were killed in eastern Chad, after clashes between two families at a water well escalated, government officials said late Sunday.  Community conflicts over resources are common in the country, driven by farmer-herder tensions. In recent years, Chad has faced increasing pressure on its resources, hosting over 1.5 million refugees in an already resource-strained country. 

In autumn 2024, Russia launched massive aerial assaults on Ukraine, pounding its energy system and raising fears about the safety of its nuclear power plants. Several reactors were disconnected from the grid. One shut down entirely. "It wasn't that we were scared," said Shaun Burnie, recalling that night. "It was that we were terrified." For

WHCA Shooter In Court, Trump-King Charles Relationship, Lebanon Ceasefire In Limbo Good morning. You're reading the Up First newsletter.  Subscribe  here to get it delivered to your inbox, and  listen  to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today's top stories Federal prosecutors have charged Cole Allen, the

Iranian worshippers perform their Friday prayers under the portraits of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, second left, and top military officials who were killed during the U.S.-Israel campaign, at the Tehran University campus, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 24, 2026. Vahid Salemi/AP hide caption toggle caption Vahid Salemi/AP U.S. Secretary of State

In a sign of the simmering discontent within the Make America Healthy Again coalition, some of its most visible figures rallied outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, lobbing criticism at the Trump administration for siding with a pesticide-maker. Inside, the justices were hearing arguments in a highly-anticipated case involving the glyphosate-based herbicide, Roundup. "You

A view of Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo—a sprawling urban giant where over 15 million people live. Schalk Van Zuydam/AP hide caption toggle caption Schalk Van Zuydam/AP KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo—None of them imagined they would end up in Kinshasa. On April 17, the U.S. government deported 15 people

This aerial view shows residential lots cleared after homes were destroyed in the January 2025 Eaton Fire beside homes that are still standing in Altadena, Calif. ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption toggle caption ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images/AFP Even as homeowners face more extreme weather like recent wildfires, floods and tornadoes, millions of

A support scientist looks at radar on his phone while tracking a supercell thunderstorm in Oklahoma. Hail damage contributed to $51 billion in insured losses last year from severe storms, according to the Insurance Information Institute, an industry-backed think tank. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images The storm swept into Tulsa

Federal data suggests that the amount of math homework assigned to fourth and eighth grade students, in particular, has been steadily declining. Stanislaw Pytel/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Stanislaw Pytel/Getty Images A few days into the new semester this January, the LaSalle Parish school district in rural Louisiana made a pronouncement: No more homework.