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Families Sue OpenAI for $1B Over Tumbler Ridge School Shooting

Seven families of victims in the Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, school shooting have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman over the company’s alleged failure to alert law enforcement about the gunman’s threatening activity on ChatGPT, even after the system flagged the shooter’s account for “gun violence activity and planning” months before the attack.

The February shooting killed eight people, including six children. Altman apologized last week for not notifying authorities. (Read More)​

Navy Eyes Japanese and Korean Shipyards for Future Warships

The Pentagon is considering foreign partners for warship design and construction to offset U.S. shipbuilding constraints that have limited Navy surface fleet capacity.

The fiscal 2027 budget proposal includes $1.85 billion in research and development funding to study frigate programs built abroad. Officials are expected to review Japanese and South Korean shipyards, along with frigate designs currently in service in those countries, including Japan’s Mogami-class and South Korea’s Daegu-class. (Read More)​

Trump Keeps Naval Blockade on Iran, Weighs Possible Strikes if Nuclear Talks Fail

President Donald Trump said the U.S. will maintain its naval blockade on Iran until a nuclear deal is reached, calling it more effective than military strikes.

CENTCOM said 42 vessels have been turned back since April 13, with 41 tankers holding 69 million barrels of unsold oil worth over $6 billion. Trump also weighs possible military action if Tehran refuses negotiations, according to Axios sources. (Read More)​

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➤ A Ukrainian strike on a field refueling site roughly 93 miles inside Russia’s Voronezh Oblast damaged Mi-17 and Mi-28 helicopters and killed one serviceman. The operation was conducted by the 429th Unmanned Systems Brigade “Achilles,” the 43rd Separate Army Aviation Brigade, and Special Operations Center “A.” (Read More)​

➤ Ukrainian drone firm TAF Industries received a request from a foreign shipowner to provide counter-drone protection for a commercial vessel transiting the Strait of Hormuz, marking its first potential private maritime security mission. The plan involves deploying specialists with interceptor drones to protect the ship during passage. (Read More)​

➤ A Hezbollah FPV drone killed an Israeli Defense Ministry contractor and wounded his 19-year-old son in southern Lebanon’s Aitaroun area. The 44-year-old victim, Amer Hujirat, was operating an excavator near Bint Jbeil when an explosives-laden suicide drone struck his vehicle. (Read More)​

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➤ Two Jewish men were stabbed in London’s Golders Green in what police described as a terrorist incident. The victims were both in stable condition in hospital, and a suspect is now in police custody. An alleged Iranian front group, HAYI, claimed responsibility for the attack. (Read More)​

➤ Bahrain has revoked the citizenship of 69 people, accusing them of supporting Iranian attacks on the country and “colluding with foreign entities.” The move follows reported Iranian strikes on facilities in Bahrain amid the wider regional conflict involving Israel and the U.S. (Read More)​

➤ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Israel of importing grain he said was “stolen” by Russia from Ukraine. The European Union has warned it is prepared to impose sanctions on those involved in the trade. (Read More)​

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➤ The U.S. Air Force plans to acquire nearly 27,000 low-cost cruise missiles under its Family of Affordable Mass Missile (FAMM) program. In FY27, it is requesting $300 million in reconciliation funding to purchase 1,000 missiles. Procurement is expected to rise to 5,300 in FY28 and continue increasing until reaching 7,990 in FY31. (Read More)​

➤ Bell has put forward a new concept for the MV-75A next-generation tiltrotor aircraft for the U.S. Marine Corps, which is being considered as a potential successor to the AH-1Z Viper and UH-1Y Venom helicopters. (Read More)​

➤ Japan deployed its ShinMaywa US-2 amphibious rescue aircraft to the annual U.S.–Philippines Balikatan military exercises, marking Japan’s first combat troop deployment to Philippine soil since World War II. Tokyo sent about 1,400 troops to the largest iteration of the drills, held from April 20 to May 8. (Read More)​

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➤ A U.S. Navy sailor assigned to a mine countermeasures ship en route to the Strait of Hormuz was scratched by a monkey while the USS Chief was moored in Phuket, Thailand for refueling. The sailor required medical evacuation to Sasebo, Japan. The Navy said the incident did not delay the ship’s mission.

➤ Anthropic revealed “Project Deal,” an internal experiment where AI agents acted as both buyers and sellers on behalf of real people. The pilot involved 69 employees, each given about $100. The AI agents completed 186 transactions totaling over $4,000.

➤ The United States and U.S. companies signed multibillion-dollar energy and AI-related deals with Balkan countries on Tuesday, as Washington seeks to counter Russian influence in Europe’s energy sector. The agreements include a $6 billion LNG export deal with Albania and support for a new gas pipeline linking Croatia and Bosnia.

On this day in history: On April 30, 1975, Saigon fell to North Vietnamese forces, ending the Vietnam War. The last Americans evacuated by helicopter from the U.S. Embassy rooftop as People's Army tanks rolled through the presidential palace gates.
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