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<ul><li>In retaliation for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_bombing_of_the_Iranian_embassy_in_Damascus" title="Israeli bombing of the Iranian embassy in Damascus">an Israeli airstrike</a> on the Iranian embassy in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus" title="Damascus">Damascus</a>, Iran <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Iranian_strikes_in_Israel" title="2024 Iranian strikes in Israel">conducts missile and drone strikes</a></b> against Israel.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics" title="Nobel Prize in Physics">Nobel Prize</a>–winning <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theoretical_physics" title="Theoretical physics">theoretical physicist</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Higgs" title="Peter Higgs">Peter Higgs</a></b> dies at the <span class="nowrap">age of 94</span>.</li>
<li><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_April_8,_2024" title="Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024">A total solar eclipse</a></b> appears across parts of North America.</li>
<li><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Mozambique_boat_disaster" title="2024 Mozambique boat disaster">A ferry sinks</a></b> off the northern coast of Mozambique, leaving more than 100 people dead.</li>
<li>In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">NCAA Division I</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina_Gamecocks_women%27s_basketball" title="South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball">South Carolina Gamecocks</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_NCAA_Division_I_women%27s_basketball_championship_game" title="2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball championship game">win</a></b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_NCAA_Division_I_women%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament">the women's championship</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UConn_Huskies_men%27s_basketball" title="UConn Huskies men's basketball">UConn Huskies</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_championship_game" title="2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game">win</a></b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">the men's championship</a>.</li></ul><p><b>Ongoing: </b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_crisis_(2018%E2%80%93present)" title="Haitian crisis (2018–present)">Haitian crisis</a>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" title="Israel–Hamas war">Israel–Hamas war</a>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar_civil_war_(2021%E2%80%93present)" title="Myanmar civil war (2021–present)">Myanmar civil war</a>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Sea_crisis" title="Red Sea crisis">Red Sea crisis</a>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" title="Russian invasion of Ukraine">Russian invasion of Ukraine</a>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Sudan_(2023%E2%80%93present)" title="War in Sudan (2023–present)">War in Sudan</a>
<br><b>Recent deaths: </b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonette_Mendes" title="Antonette Mendes">Antonette Mendes</a>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Sievers" title="Eric Sievers">Eric Sievers</a>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Nimmons" title="Phil Nimmons">Phil Nimmons</a>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Boder" title="Michael Boder">Michael Boder</a>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Yarbrough" title="Karen Yarbrough">Karen Yarbrough</a>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Grote" title="Jerry Grote">Jerry Grote</a></p>
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