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April 27, 2026

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Megan Thee Stallion blasts ‘Cheating’ Klay Thompson, confirms break up

Updated April 25, 2026, 5:54 p.m. ET Megan Thee Stallion is speaking her truth after breaking up with NBA star Klay Thompson. The “Hiss” rapper put her now ex-boyfriend and the Dallas Mavericks player on full blast in a statement on her Instagram story Saturday, April 25, writing, “Cheating, had me around your whole family playing house… got ‘cold feet.’” “Holding you down through all your HORRIBLE mood swings and treatment towards me during your basketball season now you don’t know if you can be ‘monogamous’????” she wrote. “I need a REAL break after this one .. bye yall” Though

April 27, 2026

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Michael Jackson Biopic’s Record-Breaking Debut Unseats 2026’s Biggest Box Office Hit On U.S. Chart (Sunday Top 5 Update)

UPDATE: 2026/04/26 08:04 EST BY BRENNAN KLEIN Michael Lands Toward The Upper Bound Of Saturday’s $90-$100M Projections This article was originally written Saturday AM and has been updated Sunday AM with up-to-date box office projections (in bold). Scroll down for a full chart and further analysis. Michael is startin’ somethin’ at the box office. The controversial Michael Jackson biopic, which tells the story of the King of Pop’s life from his time in the Jackson 5 through the Bad tour in the late 1980s and elides his child sexual abuse allegations, debuted in theaters on April 24. The Antoine Fuqua

April 27, 2026

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President Trump and Melania Evacuated from White House Correspondents’ Dinner After Secret Service Shoots Suspect in Lobby

WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 26, 2026 — U.S. President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump were rapidly evacuated from the White House Correspondents’ Dinner at the Washington Hilton on Saturday night following reports of gunfire and a security incident in the venue’s lobby and screening area. Secret Service agents acted swiftly, rushing the President, First Lady, and other protectees from the stage and ballroom as loud bangs — described by attendees as possible shots — echoed through the event. Guests ducked for cover while tactical teams secured the area. No injuries have been reported to President Trump, Melania

April 27, 2026

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Michael Jackson movie’s stunning box office numbers revealed

April 26, 2026, 1:13 p.m. ET It’s a thriller! The Michael Jackson biopic “Michael” overcame poor reviews and production problems to achieve a record-breaking opening weekend at the domestic box office. The film, which stars Jackson’s real-life nephew Jaafar Jackson as the iconic singer, earned $97 million domestically in its opening weekend, according to estimates from Comscore released on Sunday, April 26. That’s easily the biggest opening weekend for a musical biopic in history. The record was previously held by “Straight Outta Compton,” the 2015 movie about N.W.A that debuted with $60 million domestically. “Bohemian Rhapsody,” which starred Rami Malek

April 27, 2026

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BREAKING: US PMIs beat estimates 📈 Stocks back in the green

14:45 GMT – United States – PMI report: S&P Composite PMI Flash Actual 52 (Forecast 50.6, Previous 50.3) S&P Manufacturing PMI Flash Actual 54 (Forecast 52.5, Previous 52.3) S&P Services PMI Flash Actual 51.3 (Forecast 50.6, Previous 49.8)   April’s preliminary US PMIs supprised on the upside, with manufacturing, services and the composite index all beating expectations. While this signals robust economic momentum despite geopolitical stress, the underlying details are more nuanced: employment edged up to 50.2, but new orders actually softened slightly to 50.9. The real sting lies in

April 26, 2026

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One of Gretzky’s Edmonton Oilers jerseys just sold for record-breaking amount | Daily Hive

Wayne Gretzky memorabilia has continued to be the holy grail of NHL collectibles, and a recent auction result has confirmed that. The NHL legend retired from hockey all the way back in 1999, but he is still finding a way to break records off the ice. Gretzky already holds the record for the most expensive hockey card sold, a rookie card that sold for $3.75 million back in 2021, and now he has broken that same record for a hockey jersey. The jersey in question was Gretzky’s last-ever for the Oilers, worn during Game 4 of the 1988 Stanley Cup

April 26, 2026

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Congress restores funding to cultural institutions once on Trump’s chopping block | US Congress

In a break with Donald Trump, the Republican-controlled Congress approved a funding bill for multiple key government agencies and institutions in January. Some of those groups included the cultural institutions whose federal funds the president had sought to severely decrease or totally eliminate. Last year, Trump issued “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History”, an executive order that specifically cited the Smithsonian Institution as having “come under the influence of a divisive, race-centered ideology”. The executive order called for an overhaul of the museums and called out the American Women’s History Museum, which now exists only as an online exhibition,

April 26, 2026

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White House says Trump will “unleash hell” if Iran doesn’t make deal

President Trump voiced optimism on Tuesday that a peace deal will be reached with Iran, while insisting the war had already been won. “This war has been won,” Mr. Trump said in the Oval Office. “The only one that likes to keep it going is the fake news.” “We killed all their leadership,” he said when CBS News’ Ed O’Keefe asked which Iranians the U.S. was now negotiating with. “And then they met to choose new leaders and we killed all of them. And now we have a new group, and we can easily do that, but let’s see how

April 26, 2026

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Breaking down Round 4, 5, 6, 7 selections

Updated April 25, 2026, 7:41 p.m. ET The final day of the 2026 NFL Draft is officially in the books. A total of 157 players were selected into the NFL fraternity and heard their names called in front of fans cheering them on in Pittsburgh. Day 3 of the 2026 NFL Draft started with a bang, as the Las Vegas Raiders traded up to and put an end to Tennessee cornerback Jermod McCoy’s fall. McCoy had widely been viewed as a top-10 talent but fell due to concerns about his surgically repaired knee. McCoy wasn’t the only player to fall.

April 26, 2026

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Trump’s reaction to yet another shooting

US President Donald Trump has told reporters he “fought like hell” to stay at the White House correspondents’ dinner after several shots were fired outside of the event. Trump promised the gathering would be rescheduled to a later date while vowing to not “let anybody take over our society”. “We’re not gonna cancel things because we can’t do that,” Trump said following the incident. Donald Trump speaking after the dinner. (Supplied) Trump and Vice President JD Vance were among those evacuated after witnesses reported hearing five to eight shots ring out. The Secret Service and other authorities swarmed the banquet