Hurdle Hints and Answers for April 8, 2026

The Winter Olympics gets 8 new events, including its first new sport in decades Athletes compete during the men's sprint race at the Ski Mountaineering World Cup event in Bormio, Italy in February 2025, a year before the sport makes its debut at the Winter Olympics....

Queen Elizabeth II: Coin portrait of late monarch draws criticism in AustraliaRoyal Australian Mint$5 and 50 cent versions of the coin have been released to mark the centenary of Queen Elizabeth II's birthTwo commemorative coins, released by the Royal Australian Mint and bearing a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, have been criticised for their lack of resemblance to the late monarch.The $5...

'Stop, stop, stop': Listen to LaGuardia control tower audio during collisionAn Air Canada plane carrying 72 passengers and four crew initially landed safely from Montreal on Sunday evening before colliding with a firefighting vehicle. Air traffic control audio captures the moments leading up to the deadly crash that killed two pilots. Forty-one passengers and crew were taken to the hospital,...

Iran pushes back against Trump's deadline Israeli search and rescue personnel work at the site of a residential building destroyed in an Iranian strike in the northern city of Haifa on April 5, 2026. Ilia Yefimovich/AFP via Getty...

Shooting Videos of Fancy Cars With the Galaxy S26's New Camera Feature Is a DreamWhile my esteemed CNET colleagues were in San Francisco for the release of the Samsung Galaxy S26 series, I was in Barcelona ahead of MWC 2026, seeing the sights and eying the fancy cars that ply the Spanish city's streets. Once my colleagues arrived with the Galaxy S26 in tow, I found a novel use for one of...