Daily News Update — 2026-04-24
Environmental Report (Stillwater, MN)
Stillwater, MN | 2026-04-24 07:24 ☁️ Current Weather ☀️ Sunny 🌡️ 42.6°F (feels like 36.3°F) 💨 Wind: 23 mph NORTHWEST | 💧 Humidity: 66% 🌬️ AQI: 80 (Excellent air quality) | Dominant: o3 💊 With this level of air quality, you have no limitations. Enjoy the outdoors!
Regional & Global News
Minnesota: No new Minnesota-specific headlines found in this cycle.
National:
- Trump’s Approval Drops to New Low, and Condom Prices Rise Because of the War
- Todd Blanche Targets Trump’s Enemies Amid Jockeying to Lead DOJ
- Trump’s Dreams for a Battleship Led to His Navy Secretary’s Ouster
- Trump Says He’s Renovating ‘Filthy’ Reflecting Pool on the National Mall
- A New Worry for Republicans: Latino Catholics Offended by Trump
- Jimmy Kimmel Roasts Trump at a Mock White House Correspondents’ Dinner
- In Britain, 7 Unelected Lords Are Helping to Block an Assisted Dying Bill
- Epstein housed abuse victims in London flats, BBC reveals
- Meta to cut one in 10 jobs after spending billions on AI
- White House memo claims mass AI theft by Chinese firms
- US boards ship carrying Iran oil as Trump threatens mine-laying vessels
- My five-minute phone call with President Trump
- Israel and Lebanon extend ceasefire. And, Trump eases medical marijuana rules
- Why Trump wants to spend $1 billion on Great Salt Lake
International:
- War and Sanctions Accelerate China’s Currency Push
- Companies, Not Consumers, to Cash In Big From Tariff Refunds
- Who’s Getting a Tariff Refund?
- DeepSeek’s Sequel Set to Extend China’s Reach in Open-Source A.I.
- Europeans Ask: What Would It Mean to Defend One Another Without NATO?
- D.E.I. Is Discriminatory. Agree or Disagree?
- In Britain, 7 Unelected Lords Are Helping to Block an Assisted Dying Bill
- Nato says 'no provision' to expel members after report US could seek to suspend Spain
- No 10 says Falklands sovereignty rests with UK after report of US 'review'
- UK biobank data incident caused by 'a few bad apples', boss says
- Aurzen Zip Cyber Foldable Portable Projector: Not Bright, Poor Connectivity, but a Lot of Fun
- The Motorola Razr Fold Has a UK Price, but Will It Be So Expensive in the US?
Tech Industry Roundup
- Rocket Report: Artemis III rocket getting ready; SpaceX is now an AI company
- Visitors to this private space station won't be wearing shorts and T-shirts
- US accuses China of “industrial-scale” AI theft. China says it’s “slander.”
- Carbon nanotube wiring gets closer to competing with copper
- We still don't have a more precise value for "Big G"
- In a first, a ransomware family is confirmed to be quantum-safe
- RFK Jr.’s rejection of germ theory debunked in Senate hearing
- Why are the Mac mini and Mac Studio gradually becoming impossible to buy?
- US Space Command: Russia is now operationalizing co-orbital ASAT weapons
- Apple stops weirdly storing data that let cops spy on Signal chats
- Eight months early and under budget, the Roman Telescope is ready to launch
- BMW bumps the 7 Series for 2027, adds all-new battery
- Greenhouse gases from data center boom could outpace entire nations
- Dyson PencilVac Review (2026): Limited but Handy
- The Best Cordless Vacuums for Your Whole House (2026)
- VMax New V4 Electric Scooter Review: Unleash the Beast
- They Wanted to Join Raya. They’ve Been on the Waiting List for Years
- Best Merino Wool T-Shirts (2026): Ibex, Icebreaker, Unbound Merino
- The Federal Agency Coming for Gender-Affirming Care
- The Men Behind Your Favorite AI Gay Thirst Traps
- 5 Reasons to Think Twice Before Using ChatGPT—or Any Chatbot—for Financial Advice
- Airfare Keeps Going Up. Here Are Some Tricks to Finding Cheap(er) Tickets
- The WIRED Gear Team’s Tips on Ways to Save Money
- Sam's Club Promo Codes: 60% Off for April 2026
- Target Promo Code: $50 Off | April 2026
- KitchenAid Promo Codes: Save Up to 20%
- Design Within Reach Promo Codes: 30% Off | April 2026
- US Special Forces Soldier Arrested for Polymarket Bets on Maduro Raid
- Newly Deciphered Sabotage Malware May Have Targeted Iran’s Nuclear Program—and Predates Stuxnet
- Rednote Draws a Line Between China and the World
- Apple’s Next Chapter, SpaceX and Cursor Strike a Deal, and Palantir’s Controversial Manifesto
- At 'AI Coachella,' Stanford Students Line Up to Learn From Silicon Valley Royalty
- Palantir Employees Are Starting to Wonder if They're the Bad Guys
- Lume Cube Edge Light Go Review (2026): Versatile, Portable
- These New Smart Glasses From Ex-OnePlus Engineers Have a Hidden Cost
- Engadget Podcast: Tim Cook’s Apple era and what lies ahead for John Ternus
- DeepSeek promises its new AI model has 'world-class' reasoning
- The Morning After: Polymarket and a hairdryer
- Porsche's new Cayenne Turbo Coupé Electric can do 0-60 mph in 2.5 seconds
- US soldier arrested for allegedly making over $400,000 on Polymarket with classified Maduro information
- Claude can now connect to lifestyle apps like Spotify, Instacart and AllTrails
- Microsoft is reportedly offering voluntary buyouts to up to 7 percent of its employees
- Meta is downsizing by about 10 percent
- Titanium Court mashes together genres and cultural references to tell a strange, funny tale
- X is shutting down its Communities feature
- Apple, Amazon join push for looser greenhouse emissions reporting
- Apple TV's upcoming For All Mankind spinoff Star City oozes Cold War-era paranoia
- Rivian begins production on the R2 electric SUV
- Five Annapurna Interactive games get Switch 2 releases
- Ubisoft has finally dropped a trailer for that Assassin's Creed: Black Flag remake
- Someone allegedly used a hairdryer to rig Polymarket weather bets
- Turkey wants to ban social media for kids under 15
- Meta will show parents the topics of their teens' AI conversations
- 2027 BMW i7 first look: A fantastically techy car for the 1 percent
- DJI Lito 1 and Lito X1 drone review: High-quality aerial video at its most affordable
- Do Walking Pads Improve Your Fitness? I Tested 2 While I Worked
- Kids, Social Media and Safety: Why a Years-Long Battle Has No End in Sight
- 4 Tech Products I Rely on to Help My Toddler Sleep
- Aurzen Zip Cyber Foldable Portable Projector: Not Bright, Poor Connectivity, but a Lot of Fun
- All the New Features the Massive iOS 26.4 Update Brings to Your iPhone
- Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for April 24 #782
- Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for April 24, #1048
- Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for April 24, #1770
- Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Friday, April 24
- Meta Centralizes Access to Facebook, Instagram, AI Glasses and More Apps
- Mullvad VPN Creates iOS Master Switch to Protect Users From Data Leaks
- Parents Can Now See What Their Kids Are Asking Meta AI About
- Samsung Brings Ikea Smart Home Support to Its Platform, With One Important Caveat
- Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for April 24, #578
- ChatGPT Helped Plan FSU Shooting, Florida Officials Say
- LG's Micro RGB TVs Boast Big Screens, Big Colors and Big Prices
- You Can Now Stream DirecTV on Your Meta Quest Headset
- Best Android Smartwatch for 2026
- Happy 20th Birthday, Spotify. Here's the Platform's Most Streamed of All Time
- Tesla Owners May Need to Visit New Microfactories to Update Full Self-Driving
- Elon Musk's SpaceX Teams Up With Cursor for AI Coding: How Rockets and AI Fit Together
- Claude Can Connect to More Apps You Use Every Day
- The Motorola Razr Fold Has a UK Price, but Will It Be So Expensive in the US?
- ChatGPT 5.5 Is All About Math, Science and AI Research
Generated: 4/24/2026, 7:24:45 AM Sources: Composite Weather API, RSS feeds (NYT, BBC, NPR, TechCrunch, The Verge, Ars Technica, Wired, Engadget, CNET)