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A man was arrested on Thursday after threatening an attack on a high-speed train in Germany, police said. Several people were slightly injured when firecrackers were set off.The train was en route from Cologne to Frankfurt on Thursday evening. It was evacuated in Siegburg, not far from Cologne, and federal police said the man was restrained and arrested, German news agency dpa reported. They said he had a knife in his backpack.The man had shut himself in a bathroom on the train, according to police. German newspaper Bild reported that the firecrackers were thrown into an aisle. Police said several…

Transportation Security Administration officers are still “in the hole” even though they received their backpay, according to TSA employees who spoke with ABC News.Airport security officers said they have been told by their managers that they can no longer receive donations related to their TSA positions, even though many are still trying to climb out of debt from late payment fees, creditors and missed bill payments incurred by two record-breaking shutdowns within a few months.Federal employees cannot accept a gift given because of their official position, according to the U.S. government.”A lot of the officers that I represent are saying…

All four No. 1 seeds reached the 2026 Final Four of the women’s NCAA tournament: UConn, UCLA, Texas and South Carolina. All that’s left to decide now is the champion — and the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four.The Huskies’ Azzi Fudd won it last year and could join the small club of players to be crowned MOP in multiple seasons. Here’svwho has won the award every year of the tournament since 1982.YearPlayerClassSchool1982Janice LawrenceSophomoreLouisiana Tech1983Cheryl MillerFreshmanUSC1984Cheryl MillerSophomoreUSC1985Tracy ClaxtonSeniorOld Dominion1986Clarissa DavisFreshmanTexas1987Tonya EdwardsFreshmanTennessee1988Erica WestbrooksSeniorLouisiana Tech1989Bridgette GordonSeniorTennessee1990Jennifer AzziSeniorStanford1991Dawn StaleyJuniorVirginia1992Molly GoodenbourJuniorStanford1993Sheryl SwoopesSeniorTexas Tech1994Charlotte SmithJuniorNorth Carolina1995Rebecca LoboSeniorUConn1996Michelle MarciniakSeniorTennessee1997Chamique HoldsclawSophomoreTennessee1998Chamique HoldsclawJuniorTennessee1999Ukari FiggsSeniorPurdue2000Shea RalphJuniorUConn2001Ruth RileySeniorNotre Dame2002Swin…

President Trump is asking U.S. allies to “go to” the Strait of Hormuz “and just take it.” Eric Schmitt, our national security correspondent, explains how difficult it would be to clear the strait by force.By Eric Schmitt, Gilad Thaler, Christina Shaman, Laura Salaberry, Rafaela Balster, Whitney Shefte, Adina Renner and Samuel GranadosApril 2, 2026

TEL AVIV — In more peaceful times, the space under the Dizengoff Center, a mall in Tel Aviv, is simply a parking garage. Now, Rabbi David Benjamin said as air-raid sirens wailed outside, “There are a lot of people who actually live here. They made their homes here.”

The top librarian in Rutherford County, Tennessee, was fired this week for refusing to move over 130 books with LGBTQ+ themes to the system’s adult section, capping months of tumult that made the suburban county the latest frontline in a national debate over access to books about queer and transgender people.

We can officially cross the Memphis Grizzlies off the list of teams LeBron James might play for if he decides to leave the Los Angeles Lakers after this season. During an appearance on the latest episode of the YouTube show “Bob Does Sports,” which was released on Thursday, James suggested that the Grizzlies should move to Nashville and joked that he “might have pulled an Eli Manning” if the franchise had won the 2003 NBA Draft Lottery instead of the Cleveland Cavaliers. (Manning famously told the Chargers that he would sit out the 2004 season, his rookie campaign, if they drafted him…

Attorney General Pam Bondi is out from the top job at the Justice Department. President Trump announced the shakeup in a social media post.

Foreign ministers from more than 40 countries are meeting virtually to discuss President Trump’s request for help in ensuring shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.

An app for Kalshi, an online prediction market site, is shown on a phone. Multiple states have tried to block the company from operating, citing state gambling laws. But the federal government has sued to block those state laws to allow Kalshi and other prediction markets to operate. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images The Trump administration on Thursday filed lawsuits against three states, arguing that the controversial prediction market industry should be solely regulated by the federal government, not by state gambling commissions. The trio of legal actions against Illinois, Connecticut and Arizona is the…