Olympics-Los Angeles Olympics Organizers Sell 4 Million Tickets in First Release

LOS ANGELES, April 23 (Reuters) – Organizers of ⁠the ⁠2028 Los Angeles Olympics said ⁠on Thursday they had sold more than 4 million tickets ​in the first release this month, an early sign of strong demand for the Summer Games ‌more than two years before ‌the opening ceremony. LA28 said registration had opened at Tickets.LA28.org …

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Sneak peek: The Killing of Theresa Fusco

ALL NEW: Nearly 41 years after a New York teenager is killed, an unexpected breakthrough in the case. “48 Hours” correspondent Erin Moriarty reports Saturday, April 25 at 10/9c on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.

Exclusive-Trump Poised to Expand Refugee Program for White South Africans

WASHINGTON, April 23 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration is considering more than doubling an annual ⁠refugee ⁠limit to bring more white South Africans into the U.S., ⁠according to three people familiar with the matter. Trump, a Republican, paused refugee admissions from around the world when he took office in ​January 2025. Weeks later, he …

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Iran touts video of purported Strait of Hormuz ship seizures as Trump keeps quiet on next move

9m ago Iran releases video purportedly showing commandos boarding ships in Strait of Hormuz Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has released dramatically-edited video of what it claims to be its forces boarding and seizing two of three commercial vessels intercepted in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday. The U.K. military’s Maritime Trade Operations Center (UKMTO) …

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High-ranking lieutenant of notorious drug gang to be extradited from Ecuador to U.S.

Ecuador’s top court on Wednesday approved the extradition to the United States of a high-ranking lieutenant of the “Los Choneros” gang. Dario Penafiel, known as “Topo,” was arrested in September in Ecuador’s Amazon, where he is believed to have been coordinating illegal mineral extraction. Authorities said Topo had ties to a dissident faction of Colombia’s …

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Trump’s Election Fraud Claims Spread Distrust Before Midterms, Reuters/Ipsos Poll Finds

By Nathan Layne and Jason Lange WASHINGTON, April 23 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s years-long campaign to undermine faith in ⁠U.S. ⁠elections has gained broad traction with the American public, ⁠a Reuters/Ipsos poll shows, potentially creating fertile ground for misinformation heading into November’s midterm elections. The six-day poll completed Monday showed sharp partisan divides ​over …

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