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NEW YORK (AP) — Mike Trout’s latest homer against the New York Yankees put him some rare company, and going deep again made history at Yankee Stadium.

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Trout homered for the fifth time during a four-game series on Thursday, crushing a 446-foot drive in the seventh inning for theLos Angeles Angels in an 11-4 victory.

The three-time MVP joined Jimmie Foxx (1933), Darrell Evans (1985) and George Bell (1990) as the fourth player with five homers in a series against the Yankees, according to MLB research.

Trout homered twice on Mondaybefore going deep again in the following two games. In the series finale Thursday, Trout drove a 2-2 slider from reliever Angel Chivilli about halfway up the left field bleachers to give the Angels a 7-4 lead. That drive made Trout the first player to hit five homers in a series in the Bronx.

“I heard that after the game,” Trout said. “It’s pretty surreal. All the great players that came through here, so it’s pretty cool.”

“Honestly, not surprising,” Los Angeles manager Kurt Suzuki said. “When you’re with Mike every day, there’s nothing that you believe that he can’t do."

He also became the first visiting player to homer in four consecutive days at the current Yankee Stadium, which opened in 2009.

Trout went 6 for 16 with five homers and nine RBIs in the series. He also has homered in his last five games at Yankee Stadium and drew an intentional walk in his next plate appearance before Jo Adell hit a grand slam.

“At this point it’s vintage Mike Trout,” Adell said. “When he’s healthy and feeling good, there’s nothing like it. It’s special. It’s one of a kind. So for all of us to experience it, it’s special.”

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“He’s unbelievable,” Suzuki said. “He really is. It’s been an amazing week for him.”

Trout is hitting .246 with seven homers and 16 RBIs. He is 9 for 27 (.333) with five homers and 13 RBIs on the Angels’ road trip, which coincides with him making a mechanical tweak.

Trout’s career-high homer streak is seven games, achieved Sept. 4-12, 2022. He has homered in four straight games for the fourth time in his career.

Trout’s homer was part of a four-game series that featured four homers from Yankees’ slugger Aaron Judge. Judge homered twice Monday, again on Wednesday and went deep in the first inning in the series finale.

“He’s unreal,” designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton said after the Yankees lost for the seventh time in nine games. “Cool showing from him and Judgie all series. Obviously, you don’t want that against us, but you got to acknowledge the greatness.”

According to the Elias Sports Bureau, it was the first time opposing players who owned multiple MVPs hit at least three homers in the same series.

“It was an impressive show by those two,” Suzuki said. ”

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Super Typhoon Sinlaku is slamming the U.S. Northern Marianas and Guam in the western Pacific Ocean with high winds, storm surge and rainfall flooding as the planet's strongest tropical cyclone of 2026, so far. It was the second of twin Pacific tropical cyclones that could thrust forward the formation of El Niño.

Guam, Marianas Latest

The eye of Super Typhoon Sinlaku, currently at Category 4 intensity, is making landfall on the islands of Saipan and Tinian, in the U.S. Northern Mariana Islands.

As it drew closer to the islands, Sinlaku developed a second outer eyewall, which lashed the islands with high winds and torrential rain. This is something we see at least once, if not multiple times, with intense tropical cyclones.

(MET 101:What Is An Eyewall Replacement Cycle?)

Its inner eyewall with its most intense winds is now pummeling Saipan and Tinian, prompting a rare "extreme wind warning" from the National Weather Service, issued only when an eyewall of an intense tropical cyclone is nearing land.

Saipan International Airport has seen gusts over 100 mph for over 10 hours, with a peak gust so far of 130 mph. Farther south, Guam International Airport clocked a peak gust of 87 mph.

Torrential rain continues to lash Guam and the Northern Marianas. Parts of Saipan and Guam have picked up 5 to 7 inches of rain from Sinlaku, and flash flood warnings are in effect.

Forecast

Sinlaku's siege in the islands will continue through at least Wednesday, due in part to its current slow forward speed, until conditions slowly improve after that.

This will be the strongest typhoon to strike so close to Saipan and Tinian since Category 5 Super Typhoon Yutu did so in late October 2018.

In Saipan and Tinian, devastating winds, storm surge of at least 10 to 15 feet above normally dry ground in areas of onshore winds and 15 to 25 inches of rain could lead to widespread flash flooding, according to the National Weather Service.

In Rota Island, damaging winds are also possible, along with a storm surge of at least 3 to 5 feet in areas of onshore flow and 10-20 inches of flooding rainfall.

In Guam, along with tropical-storm-force winds, a storm surge of 1 to 3 feet above normally dry ground is possible in areas of onshore winds, along with 6 to 12 inches of rain, leading to some flash flooding.

After that, Sinlaku is forecast to curl north, then northeastward into the open Pacific, well east of Japan.

One Of Strongest So Early

Sinlaku became the planet's strongest tropical cyclone so far in 2026 last weekend after it rapidly intensified from Category 1 to super typhoon (at least 150 mph) status.

But it didn't stop there.

Sinlaku reached its peak estimated intensity of 185 mph maximum sustained winds and a pressure of 890 millibars, roughly the peak intensity of Hurricane Melissa last October (190 mph; 892 millibars).

According to hurricane expert Dr. Jeff Masters of Yale Climate Connections,Sinlaku tied for the second strongest January through April typhoon on record by wind speedwith Super Typhoon Hester in 1953, behind only Super Typhoon Surigae in mid-April 2021.

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While Northwest Pacific typhoons can happen any time of year, most typhoons typically happen from July through November.

Twin Cyclones

Sinlaku was one of two systems, along with now dissipated Cyclone Maila, that formed on opposite sides of the equator, known as twin cyclones.

This phenomenon is unheard of in the Atlantic, but is much more common in the western Pacific and Indian oceans, which host favorable conditions for tropical systems both north and south of the equator. In the South Atlantic, tropical systems don’t form close to the equator, and form rarely at all in that basin. In the Pacific, twins can form as often as two to three times a year.

Maila formed at the beginning of the month in a tantrum of stubbornness in the Solomon Sea. The cyclone never really moved over much during its lifespan, but did become arare Category 4 stormfor the Solomon Sea. For several days, the storm’s forecast cone of uncertainty was more like a giant circle since the storm only moved tens of miles.Just try to figure out this track.

Weather explained: The term tropical cyclone is used in many of our stories as a generic, all-encompassing term for tropical depressions, tropical storms and hurricanes. But in some parts of the world, the term is used in place of hurricane or typhoon.

They form when a burst of wind and moisture moving eastward at low latitudes is split in half by the equator. The resulting storms were briefly mirror images of each other and spun in opposite directions.

TheCoriolis effectis the main reason that the two tropical cyclones rotated differently. In the Northern Hemisphere, storms will spin counterclockwise, while they spin clockwise south of the equator.

(Weather Words:The Coriolis Effect)

The two systems generally drift away from the equator during their lifetime, but can remain connected by tendrils of moisture for several days.

El Niño Impacts

Indirectly and with a significant delay, these two cyclones could have impacts around the world by this summer, long after they’ve dissipated.

The wind burst that helped them form and the additional eastward flow created by the twins will likely help intensify this year’s expected El Niño.

These strong winds will push warm water located between Hawaii and New Guinea eastward toward South America, helping to trigger El Niño's formation later this year.

(MORE:Super El Niño Possible|How That Could Affect Tracks)

Once this process begins, it becomes difficult to stop. When the eastern Pacific is engulfed in warmer water, thunderstorms begin to form, which tends to pull in more wind from Oceania. This spurs more thunderstorm activity and so the loop begins. This is called theBjerknes feedback loop.

(MORE:What Super El Niño Means For Atlantic Hurricane Season)

Before the 1997-98 El Niño, typhoons Ivan and Joan in the Northern Hemisphere and Tropical Cyclone Lusi helped enhance a westerly wind burst, and thus are credited with enhancing the strength of the El Niño that year.

Similarly, in 2015, Cyclone Pam and Tropical Storm Bavi are credited with enhancing the strength of the super El Niño that year.

Jonathan Belleshas been a digital meteorologist forweather.comfor 9 years. His favorite weather is tropical weather, but also enjoys covering high-impact weather and news stories and winter storms. He's a two-time graduate of Florida State University and a proud graduate of St. Petersburg College.

A munitions company that handles explosives for the U.S. military is facing a fine of over $3 million after Tennessee investigators found dozens of safety violations at the company's facility where an explosionkilled 16 peoplelast year.

TheOct. 10 explosiondestroyed Building 602 at Accurate Energetic Systems' facility in McEwen, Tennessee, killing all 16 employees inside. According to investigators, employees in that building were working a supply chain that handled "melt cast explosives."

A 122-page inspection shared with CBS News details more than 100 safety violations, with at least 44 described as "willful-serious."

Among the violations, officials with the Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration said they found evidence that Accurate Energetic Systems had not taken adequate precautions to prevent the ignition of flammable vapors being handled at the facility. The agency said the company also failed to maintain required safety information for its hazardous equipment and demonstrated plain indifference to employee safety.

"AES, despite clear knowledge of the industry standards and recognized explosion hazards in Building 602, continued operations with excessive personnel, unnecessary occupancy, and explosive quantities far beyond the minimum needed for safe and efficient operations," investigators said in their report.

"AES demonstrated plain indifference to employee safety by failing to limit personnel present, duration of employee exposure, and amount of explosive material present during operations in Building 602 that exposed employees to known explosion, fire, and blast hazards," the investigators said. "AES increased limits including the net explosive weight, personnel, and transient limits for Building 602 without documented basis demonstrating intentional disregard for industry standards."

The 16 victims were identified as: Jason Adams, Erick Anderson, Billy Baker, Adam Boatman, Christopher Clark, Mindy Clifton, James Cook, Reyna Gillahan, LaTeisha Mays, Jeremy Moore, Melinda Rainey, Melissa Stanford, Trenton Stewart, Rachel Woodall, Steven Wright and Donald Yowell.

In a statement to CBS News, Accurate Energetic Systems CEO Wendell Stinson disputed the state's findings.

"We believe that TOSHA's findings do not represent the standard of safety we strive to achieve every day, nor our commitment to the wellbeing of our team members and their loved ones," Stinson said.

He said the company was investigating the explosion and assisting government investigators.

"Those we lost embodied the very heart of our community," Stinson said. "They were our friends and family, and we suffer from their loss. We miss them, love them, and will always cherish our memories of them."

Attorney Darren Richie, who is representing the families of Reyna Gillahan and Steven Wright, said, "Every aspect of this is egregious."

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His firm alleges the explosion was not unforeseeable and notes that the $3.13 million penalty from the state Occupational Safety and Health Administration is the largest in Tennessee history.

"This company took a $120 million Department of Defense contract in 2025," Richie said. "I believe that these folks knew exactly what they were doing, and they were fine sacrificing their employees' lives for that $120 million contract."

Richie provided CBS News with a draft of two wrongful death lawsuits his firm plans to file later this month in federal court on behalf of the Gillahan and Wright families.

Earlier this week, each family demanded $150 million from Accurate Energetic Systems in a prelitigation settlement offer. A company spokesperson declined to comment on the potential litigation to CBS News.

"What we can say is that the families of the victims of this tragedy have been our focal point since October 10," the spokesperson said in a statement.

Richie said the company rejected the settlement demand and argued the state's workers' compensation program is the exclusive remedy for any injury in the workplace. Richie alleged the company also refused to provide insurance information to families.

"To date, the conduct of AES to show their gratitude to the families and support to the families consists of three items: They had a barbecue food truck at an event for the families, they sent a T-shirt with the deceased loved one's picture on it to the families and a $50 gift card to Walmart. Needless to say, that's insulting," Richie said.

Stinson said the company has been providing long-term care and resources through a support fund and the nonprofit health system Centerstone.

"With the assistance of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, Helping Hands of Hickman/Humphreys County, Centerstone, and thousands of people within our community and from across the country, we have provided financial relief, grief and ongoing counseling, regular food deliveries, access to professional services and consulting, and recurring everyday needs among a host of other support measures," the company spokesperson told CBS News. "We continue to be devastated for their losses."

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The State Departmentannounceda “significant expansion” of itsvisa restriction policyto target “those working on behalf of U.S. adversaries to undermine” the country’s interests in theWestern Hemisphere.

The department also said it has already “taken steps” to impose restrictions on 26 individuals as part of the expansion. A list of the individuals’ identities and their specific activities that warranted the visa restriction has not been made public. The policy will generally render the individuals and their family members ineligible for entry into the country.

Activities that could warrant the restriction, according to the announcement, include but aren’t limited to: “enabling adversarial powers to acquire or control key assets and strategic resources in our hemisphere; destabilizing regional security efforts; undermining American economic interests; and conducting influence operations designed to undermine the sovereignty and stability of nations in our region.”

The State Department’s policy aligns with the Trump Administration’s desire to exert more influence over the Americas. President Donald Trump has embraced the term “Donroe Doctrine,” a contemporary reinterpretation of an 1823 foreign policy vision by former President James Monroe that focuses on U.S. dominance in the Western hemisphere. Trump has pushed for this foreign policy maxim asChina, a U.S. geopolitical competitor, hasincreasingly influencedthe region.

Trump cited the doctrine when the U.S. conducted an extraordinarymilitary operationto depose Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro earlier this year. The U.S. military has alsocontinuedto strikealleged drug-trafficking boatsas part of what it described as a campaign against narco-terrorism, though public evidence supporting the narco-terrorism claims is scant.

Immigration policy as foreign policy

The State Department’s visa expansion policy announcement cited the Trump Administration’s authority under theImmigration and Nationality Act, which says the entry of foreign nationals can be restricted if the Secretary of State has reasonable ground to believe it “would have potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences” for the U.S.

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The President has, since his return to the White House, implemented a harsh anti-immigrant agenda, but he has wielded immigration tools as a foreign and domestic policy lever.

Amid the U.S. war on Iran, the State Department has recentlyterminated the legal statusesofat least seven Iranian nationalswith ties to the Iranian regime.

In July, the Administrationrevoked the visasof Brazilian judge Alexandre de Moraes and his allies, whom it accused of conducting a “political witch hunt” against Trump allyJair Bolsonaro.

And in September, the State Departmentsaidit will revoke the visa of Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro, who commonly clashes with Trump, after he urged U.S. soldiers to disobey Trump’s orders, in protest of the U.S.’s role in the war in Gaza. Petro visited Washington earlier this year using a special visa, though the Colombian leaderclaimedhis visa was “reinstated” until the end of his term in August.

At thestart of the year, nationals of 39 countries, and individuals traveling on Palestinian Authority-issued travel documents, were either fully or partially restricted from entering the U.S., expanding aJune 2025 travel ban. In January, the Administration alsopaused visa processingfor nationals of 75 countries deemed to have a high risk of using public benefits.

The Trump Administration hasrevoked visasfor speech it deems divisive, and it has revoked thousands ofstudent visasfor overstays and other alleged violations, such as what it claims to be support for “terrorism” that included participation in pro-Palestinian protests. Legal and undocumented immigrants have beentargetsfordetention and deportation, andtourists, visitors, andinternational studentshave been placed under heightened scrutiny. The Administration also hastightened its criteriafor U.S. citizenship applicants to “root out anti-Americanism.”

GENEVA, April 17 (Reuters) - Nearly 900 Rohingya refugees ‌were reported missing ‌or dead in the ​Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal in 2025, making it the ‌deadliest year ⁠on record for the route, the ⁠United Nations refugee agency said on Friday.

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More ​than one ​in ​seven of ‌the estimated 6,500 Rohingya refugees who attempted the sea crossing last year were reported missing ‌or dead, ​marking the highest ​mortality ​rate worldwide ‌for refugee and migrant ​sea ​journeys, UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch told reporters ​in ‌Geneva.

(Reporting by Olivia Le ​Poidevin, Editing by ​Friederike Heine)

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A former student opened fire at a high school in southeastern Turkey on Tuesday, wounding at least 16 people, before killing himself, an official said.

The 18-year-old attacker, armed with a shotgun, fired randomly inside a vocational high school in Siverek, Sanliurfa province. He later killed himself with the same shotgun after being “cornered by police,” Gov. Hasan Sildak said.

The attack left 10 students, four teachers, a canteen employee and a police officer hurt, Sildak said. While most of them were being treated in Siverek, five of the teachers and students were transferred to a hospital in the provincial capital because their conditions were more serious, the governor said.

The motive for the attack remains unclear. School shootings are rare in Turkey.

The attacker did not have a criminal record, Sildak said. The school had been declared safe and no permanent police officer was assigned to protect it, he added, calling the shooting an “isolated incident.”

NTV television and other media reports said the assailant had threatened an attack on the school on social media prior to the shooting.

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One student told the state-run Anadolu Agency that he and a friend jumped out of their classroom window to flee the attacker.

“He suddenly entered the classroom and fired. He fired four or five times. Two people were hit. He then went into the next classroom,” Anadolu quoted Omer Furkan Sayar as saying. “We first threw ourselves to the ground and then two of us jumped out of the window.”

Sayar continued: “He didn't say anything, he entered and started to shoot directly.”

Earlier, media reports said all students were evacuated and police special operations units were deployed after the assailant refused to surrender.

“The individual was cornered inside the building through police intervention and died after shooting himself," Sildak told reporters, adding that a “comprehensive” investigation into the shooting would be carried out.

Video footage showed dozens of students running out of the school toward the gate and onto the street.

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