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Workers hold placards as they march to demand that the government honor its commitments and address their concerns in Dakar, Senegal, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

Hundreds march in Senegal's capital over broken government promises and rising costs

6:20 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Hundreds of workers, union members and opposition supporters march in Senegal's capital, Dakar, protesting broken government promises and a worsening cost of living

A government supporter chants slogans during a gathering after the announcement of a two-week ceasefire with the United States and Israel in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Newly created Polymarket accounts bet big on US-Iran ceasefire in hours before Trump's announcement

5:09 PM on Wednesday, April 8

A group of new accounts on the prediction market Polymarket made highly specific, well-timed bets on whether the U.S. and Iran would reach a ceasefire on April 7, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits for those users

Attorney Amanda Cialkowski speaks with reporters outside the federal courthouse in St. Paul, Minn., Wednesday, April 8, 2026, after a hearing on a lawsuit by the Fridley and Duluth school districts and the Education Minnesota teachers union that seeks to block a Trump administration change in policy that gave immigration authorities a freer hand to conduct enforcement actions in and near schools. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski)

Minnesota districts ask judge to restore limits on immigration enforcement near schools

3:53 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Two Minnesota school districts and the state’s main teachers union have asked a federal judge to block a Trump administration change in policy that gave immigration authorities a freer hand to conduct enforcement actions in and near schools

FILE - In this photo provided by Wausau Mayor Doug Diny, Diny uses a dolly to remove the city's lone drop box from in front of City Hall, in Wausau, Wis., on Sept. 22, 2024. (Doug Diny via AP, File)

Wisconsin mayor who removed ballot drop box ahead of 2024 elections won't be charged

3:21 PM on Wednesday, April 8

A Wisconsin mayor who carted away a drop box intended for absentee ballots ahead of the 2024 elections won't face charges

Texas cannabis businesses sue state to block smokeable hemp ban

2:31 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Texas hemp industry leaders and advocacy groups have sued the state to block new regulations on smokeable hemp products

FILE - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left, and Cacique Caiapo, Raoni Metuktire, greet the audience as they arrive for the closing of the annual Terra Livre, or Free Land Indigenous Encampment in Brasilia, Brazil, April 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Brazil's Indigenous leader Raoni backs Lula despite protesting against railway in the Amazon

1:12 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Indigenous chief Raoni Metuktire says he still supports President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and plans to campaign for his reelection in October

FILE - Smoke rises from chimneys of the coal-fired power plant in Bogatynia, Poland. The picture was taken from a hill near the town of Frydlant, Czech Republic, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)

Activists ring alarm bells about halt in Poland's air pollution progress

1:07 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Poland's "Clean Air" program, aimed at reducing pollution and household heating demand, is losing momentum

Fishing boats dot the sea as cargo ships, in the background, sail through the Arabian Gulf toward the Strait of Hormuz off the United Arab Emirates, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo)

What does the Iran ceasefire deal mean? It depends on which side you talk to

1:01 PM on Wednesday, April 8

A ceasefire deal between the United States and Iran appears to be in jeopardy

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. speaks during a fireside chat with CPAC Senior Fellow Mercedes Schlapp at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Gabriela Passos)

RFK Jr is launching a podcast to expose 'lies' that have made Americans sick

12:58 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Health Secretary Robert F_ Kennedy Jr_ is launching a new podcast called “The Secretary Kennedy Podcast.”

FILE - Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco speaks at a news conference in Lake Elsinore, Calif., Feb. 7, 2023, as officials announced that the closure of poppy fields at Walker Canyon until the wildflower bloom subsides. (Watchara Phomicinda/The Orange County Register via AP, File)

California Supreme Court orders GOP sheriff to pause election probe and preserve seized ballots

12:13 PM on Wednesday, April 8

The California Supreme Court has ordered a Republican county sheriff who seized more than half a million 2025 election ballots to pause his probe into election fraud allegations while the judges review the legal challenge against it

Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers some remarks as MP for Sarnia-Lambton-Bkejwanong Marilyn Gladu looks on during an event in his office in Ottawa, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (Adrian Wyld /The Canadian Press via AP)

Carney attracts a 5th Conservative lawmaker to Canada's Liberal Party

10:50 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has attracted another opposition Conservative lawmaker to the Liberal Party

Fired Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman speaks during an interview with The Associated Press on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)

Fired Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman tells AP he was 'blindsided' by his ouster

9:51 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Fired Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman tells The Associated Press in his first interview since the ouster that he was “blindsided” by the move but has no hard feelings and is unlikely to sue

FILE - President Donald Trump meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House, Oct. 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump met with NATO leader Rutte after musing about pulling out of the military alliance

6:18 AM on Wednesday, April 8

President Donald Trump met with NATO's Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Wednesday

A zoom lens and slow shutter speed technique shows President Donald Trump speaking with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Washington.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

How Trump went from threatening Iran's annihilation to agreeing to a 2-week ceasefire with Tehran

11:18 PM on Tuesday, April 7

Over the course of a single day, President Donald Trump went from threatening Iran with “annihilation” to proclaiming that Iran's leadership had presented a “workable” plan that led him to agree to a two-week ceasefire

A government supporter chants slogans during a gathering after the announcement of a two-week ceasefire with the United States and Israel in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Ceasefire is threatened as Israel expands Lebanon strikes and Iran closes strait again

11:14 PM on Tuesday, April 7

A ceasefire deal to pause the war in Iran appears to be hanging by a thread after the Islamic Republic closed the Strait of Hormuz again in response to Israeli attacks in Lebanon

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