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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

2:01 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Neither the United States nor Iran seems able to agree on even the basic contours of the key issues being discussed as part of a two-week ceasefire

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

1:58 PM on Wednesday, April 8

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

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1:29 PM on Wednesday, April 8

FILE - Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum gives her the daily, morning news conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, Feb. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme, File)

Mexico’s president weighs fracking to curb reliance on US natural gas

1:21 PM on Wednesday, April 8

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has announced plans to tap into unconventional natural gas deposits to reduce reliance on foreign energy

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

1:13 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

FILE - Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks to the media, June 27, 2025, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, as President Trump looks on. (AP Photo/Manuel Ceneta, File)

Bondi won't appear for House deposition next week in the Epstein investigation

1:10 PM on Wednesday, April 8

The Department of Justice has indicated that former Attorney General Pam Bondi won't appear for a scheduled deposition next week before a House committee investigating how the government handled its investigations into Jeffrey Epstein

Prime Minister Mark Carney prepares to make an announcement in Brampton, Ont. on Tuesday April 7 2026. T ( Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP)/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada's Carney attracts another Conservative lawmaker to Liberal Party

11:50 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has attracted another opposition Conservative lawmaker to the Liberal Party, further assuring that he will soon have a majority government

At least 21 people are missing after a boat capsizes in eastern Congo on Lake Kivu

11:47 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Authorities in eastern Congo say at least 21 people are missing after a boat capsized on Lake Kivu

Jacques Paris, left, and Cecile Kohler, French nationals who were freed by Iran with after three and a half years in detention, speak to media at the Elysee Palace as they are hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, in Paris, France, April 8, 2026. (Tom Nicholson/Pool Photo via AP)

French former detainees Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris return home after more than 3 years in Iran

11:37 AM on Wednesday, April 8

French former detainees Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris have returned to France after more than three years of detention in Iran

California election watchdog investigating Santa Clara County over Measure A mailers

11:29 AM on Wednesday, April 8

California's election watchdog is investigating Santa Clara County leaders over a campaign for a voter-approved sales tax increase

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

10:51 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

A family talks as they arrive at a port on the banks of the Oiapoque River, in the city of Oiapoque, Amapa state, Brazil, Monday, March 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Takeaways from AP’s story on how oil drilling is fueling a migrant surge in Brazil's Amazon

9:23 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Exploratory oil drilling off the coast of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest is reshaping life in Oiapoque, a small city in the poor state of Amapa that is receiving thousand of migrants looking for work

Turkish police secure the area after a gunmen attack at a building housing the Israeli Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Turkey detains 9 over attack outside the Israeli Consulate in Istanbul

8:36 AM on Wednesday, April 8

Turkish authorities have detained nine people in connection with an attack on police outside the Israeli Consulate in Istanbul

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 is expected to meet NATO leader Rutte as he muses about pulling out of the military alliance

7:18 AM on Wednesday, April 8

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is expected to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House to try to smooth over the president’s anger with the military alliance over the Iran war

China says Afghanistan and Pakistan agree to explore a 'comprehensive solution'

7:05 AM on Wednesday, April 8

China’s government has said that Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed not to escalate their conflict and to “explore a comprehensive solution” after several weeks of cross-border fighting between the two countries that has left hundreds of people killed

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

12:18 AM on Wednesday, April 8

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

FILE - Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas, on July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)

Texas officials investigating hundreds of complaints against Camp Mystic amid license renewal bid

6:29 PM on Tuesday, April 7

Texas health regulators have told Camp Mystic’s owners they are investigating hundreds of complaints following last year’s deadly floods that killed 27 girls

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