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FILE - Federal law enforcement officers with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) conduct a traffic stop and detain people, Nov. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Takeaways from AP investigation that found problems in the backgrounds of some new ICE officers

3:14 AM on Friday, April 17

Some new U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers started working before passing background checks and had problems in their past

FILE - Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) trainees practice shooting handguns at the indoor firing range at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) in Brunswick, Ga., Aug. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Fran Ruchalski, File)

ICE went on a hiring spree. Sterling credentials were not required, AP investigation finds

3:04 AM on Friday, April 17

Some new U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers started working before passing background checks and had problems in their past

Pope Leo XIV arrives to celebrate Mass at Bamenda Airport, Cameroon, Thursday, April 16, 2026, on the fourth day of his 11-day pastoral visit to Africa. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

More than half a million people expected at Pope Leo XIV's Mass in Cameroon

1:53 AM on Friday, April 17

Pope Leo XIV is marking the halfway point in his four-nation tour of Africa with a day focused on encouraging Cameroon’s young people

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike on the village of Qlaileh, as seen from the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

The Latest: A 10-day Lebanon ceasefire appears to hold as European leaders set to meet over strait

1:45 AM on Friday, April 17

A 10-day ceasefire announced by U.S. President Donald Trump and agreed on by Lebanon and Israel appeared to be holding in Lebanon

Displaced residents drive back to their villages as locals wave Hezbollah flags and an image of late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, in Zefta, southern Lebanon, Friday, April 17, 2026, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

A 10-day ceasefire in Lebanon goes into effect

1:19 AM on Friday, April 17

A 10-day truce in Lebanon appears to be holding as U_S_ President Donald Trump calls it a “historic day for Lebanon.”

FILE - Workers fix barbed wire on the fence of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant at Ishwardi in Pabna, Bangladesh, Oct.4, 2023. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Iran war energy shock drives nuclear power plans in hard-hit Asia and Africa

1:08 AM on Friday, April 17

The Iran war’s global energy shock is causing some nations in Asia and Africa to boost nuclear power generation and spurring atomic energy plans in non-nuclear countries on both continents

FILE - Ben Roberts-Smith arrives at the Federal Court in Sydney, Australia, on June 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)

Australia's most decorated veteran walks free on bail on war crimes charges related to Afghan deaths

12:56 AM on Friday, April 17

Australia’s most decorated living veteran has walked free on bail from a Sydney prison 10 days after he was charged with committing war crimes in Afghanistan

A currency trader talks on the phone near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), top center, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won, top center left, at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Asian stocks lower and oil falls after Wall Street sets another record on ceasefire hopes

12:24 AM on Friday, April 17

Asian stocks are lower even after Wall Street set another record, as investors watched for signs of U.S.-Iran talks and an extension of the ceasefire expiring next week

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and fellow Republicans celebrate GOP tax policies at an event outside the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House extends surveillance powers until April 30 after late-night revolt sinks GOP plan

12:19 AM on Friday, April 17

The House has approved a short-term renewal until April 30 of a controversial surveillance program used by U.S. spy agencies

Backdropped by ships in the Strait of Hormuz, damage, according to local witnesses caused by several recent airstrikes during the U.S.-Israel military campaign, is seen on a fishing pier in the port of Qeshm island, Iran, Monday, April 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Asghar Besharati)

Macron and Starmer hold international summit on reopening the Strait of Hormuz

12:08 AM on Friday, April 17

The leaders of France and the U.K. are holding an international summit to push forward efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a vital oil route affected by the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran

Democrat Jason Esteves, a former Georgia state senator running for governor, speaks to supporters at a campaign event on Thursday, Jan 22, 2026 in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)

Georgia Democrats try to make their move in a jumbled, low-dollar primary for governor

12:01 AM on Friday, April 17

Democrats running for governor in Georgia are scrambling for attention and cash

President Donald Trump speaks outside the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, April 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump draws Marie Antoinette comparisons as he leans into the gilded trappings of the presidency

Friday, April 17

President Donald Trump is more overtly leaning into some of the spoils of his office in his second term, drawing comparisons to French Queen Marie Antoinette from political opponents

FILE - Tyler Robinson, who is accused of fatally shooting Charlie Kirk, appears during a hearing in Fourth District Court in Provo, Utah, on Dec. 11, 2025. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, Pool, File)

Man accused of killing Charlie Kirk pushes to ban cameras from court

Friday, April 17

The man accused of killing Charlie Kirk wants a judge to ban cameras from the courtroom and says live broadcasts of the prosecution are violating his right to a fair trial

This photo provided by Grady Adams shows the house at 113 McCann Street in Benton, Illinois, where a then-unknown George Harrison stayed while visiting his sister in September 1963, months before the Beatles debuted in the U.S., which is now for sale and some Beatles fans fear it will be razed. (Grady Adams via AP)

Before Beatlemania, George Harrison visited his sister in Illinois. The house is now for sale

11:53 PM on Thursday, April 16

In September 1963, before Beatlemania, George Harrison visited his sister in the southern Illinois town of Benton

FILE - Todd Lyons, senior official performing the duties of the director at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, listens during a Senate Homeland Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner, File)

ICE acting director Todd Lyons will resign at end of May, DHS says

9:26 PM on Thursday, April 16

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting director Todd Lyons, a key executor of President Donald Trump’s mass deportations agenda, will resign at the end of May, federal officials announced Thursday

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike on the village of Qlaileh, as seen from the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

The Latest: A 10-day ceasefire agreed on by Israel and Lebanon has gone into effect

1:03 AM on Thursday, April 16

A 10-day ceasefire announced by U.S. President Donald Trump and agreed on by Lebanon and Israel has started

People drive their motorbikes past billboards showing the Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, top and right, and his father, the slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in U.S. and Israeli strikes on Feb. 28, in downtown Tehran, Iran, Thursday, April 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

A 10-day ceasefire agreed on by Israel and Lebanon goes into effect

12:14 AM on Thursday, April 16

A 10-day ceasefire announced by U.S. President Donald Trump and agreed on by Lebanon and Israel has started

Today in History: April 17, the Bay of Pigs Invasion

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