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Law enforcement in riot gear walk in a field after animal welfare activists attempted to gain entry to Ridglan Farms beagle breeding and research facility on Saturday, April 18, 2026, in Blue Mounds, Wis. (Owen Ziliak/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

Wisconsin authorities put total arrests from clashes at beagle breeding facility at about 25

5:33 PM on Sunday, April 19

Authorities say around 25 protesters were arrested as about 1,000 animal welfare activists tried to enter a beagle breeding and research facility in Wisconsin

This image made from video provided by KCRG shows Iowa City police officers working the scene of a downtown shooting near the University of Iowa campus on Sunday, April 19, 2026. (KCRG via AP)

3 students, 2 others shot along nightlife district near the University of Iowa, authorities say

10:57 AM on Sunday, April 19

Authorities in Iowa say three University of Iowa students have been wounded in a shooting that erupted in a nightlife district near campus

FILE - Tourists walk past a banner with President Donald Trump hanging on the Department of Justice, Feb. 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Fears of looser standards as the FBI and Justice Department scramble to fill a depleted workforce

7:52 AM on Sunday, April 19

The FBI and Justice Department are scrambling to rebuild a depleted workforce after a wave of departures over the last year

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves after the multinational virtual summit and press conference at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris, Friday April 17, 2026 (Tom Nicholson/Pool Photo via AP)

Allies back Starmer as Mandelson and Epstein leave the UK leader fighting for his job

5:41 AM on Sunday, April 19

Senior Cabinet ministers are rallying around U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, whose leadership is under threat

A street musician walks past a restaurant in Havana, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

The US energy blockade on Cuba pulls the plug on Havana’s legendary nightlife

1:25 AM on Sunday, April 19

U.S. President Donald Trump’s oil embargo on Cuba has worsened an energy crisis that has turned Havana’s nightlife dark and quiet

Tom Steyer speaks during a gubernatorial candidate forum on Latino and immigrant communities in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Billionaire Steyer's spending binge dwarfs rival campaigns in California governor's race

12:11 AM on Sunday, April 19

In the wide-open race for California governor, billionaire Tom Steyer is on a spending binge

Former Bulgarian President Rumen Radev speaks to journalists after the polls closed in Sunday's election, in Sofia, Bulgaria, April 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)

The center-left coalition of former President Radev will win Bulgaria's election, exit poll suggests

Sunday, April 19

An exit poll in Bulgaria suggests the center-left Progressive Bulgaria coalition led by ex-President Rumen Radev will win the country's parliamentary election

FILE - In this photo provided by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un, center, visits to observe the test launches of missiles at an undisclosed place in North Korea Sunday, April 12, 2026. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

North Korea launches multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward sea

8:00 PM on Saturday, April 18

South Korea says North Korea has launched multiple ballistic missiles toward the North’s eastern waters

Construction on Trump's White House ballroom can continue for now, US appeals court says

6:41 PM on Saturday, April 18

A U.S. appeals court is allowing construction to continue on President Donald Trump's $400 million ballroom

Former President Barack Obama, left, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani read a book to children at Learning Through Play Pre-K in New York, on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

Obama meets Mamdani in New York City before reading to preschoolers

4:17 PM on Saturday, April 18

Former President Barack Obama has met privately with New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani before joining together to read to preschoolers at a child care center in the Bronx

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh adjusts his glasses as he talks during an interview with Associated Press at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, in Antalya, southern Turkey, Saturday, April 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Riza Ozel)

Iranian official says US 'maximalist' demands stall face-to-face talks

9:20 AM on Saturday, April 18

Iran is not ready for new face-to-face talks with the U.S., according to a senior Iranian official

Julie Wise, 48, speaks with Indiana state Sen. Spencer Deery, R-West Lafayette, who represents District 23, as he canvasses a neighborhood, Saturday, April 11, 2026, in West Lafayette, Ind. (AP Photo/Doug McSchooler)

Indiana primary will test Trump's control over Republican Party after redistricting defiance

7:37 AM on Saturday, April 18

President Donald Trump's influence on the Republican Party is facing a test in Indiana's upcoming primary

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, left, embraces Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at the end of the Global Progressive Mobilisation summit in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, April 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)

While Trump lashes out at Spain, US Democrats join a progressive rally in Barcelona

5:59 AM on Saturday, April 18

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has hosted two events in Barcelona to rally progressive leaders from around the world who fear for a rules-based world order

Pope Leo XIV waves after arriving in Luanda, Angola, Saturday, April 18, 2026 on the sixth day of his 11-day pastoral visit to Africa. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Pope Leo XIV challenges Angola's leaders while delivering a message of encouragement for its people

5:24 AM on Saturday, April 18

Pope Leo XIV has challenged Angola's leaders to “break the cycles of interests” that have plundered and exploited Africa for centuries

Revolutionary War re-enactor Charles Price, 95, who for decades portrayed enslaved Minuteman Prince Estabrook, poses for a portrait near the Minute Man statue, Monday, April 13, 2026, in Lexington, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Stories of Black and Indigenous patriots come into focus as US remembers the American Revolution

12:05 AM on Saturday, April 18

The stories of Black and Indigenous men who fought during the American Revolution are sometimes overlooked

Tennessee to Expand Voucher Program to 35,000 Students Next Year

2:37 PM on Friday, April 17

Tennessee plans to nearly double its universal school voucher program, directing about $260 million in public funds to private schools

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