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Colman Domingo wrapped up his first "Saturday Night Live" episode with an emotional closing speech, though viewers watching live didn't get to see it.

At the end of the April 11 episode of "SNL," the "Euphoria" star, 56, got reflective about the significance of hosting the NBC sketch show for the first time. He was joined on stage by Brazilian singer Anitta, the night's musical guest.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2026/04/12/colman-domingo-snl-goodnight-speech-cut-off/89580543007/"Tonight is for all the little boys in inner cities, all the little girls in small corners of Brazil," Domingo said. "Tonight is for the dreamers. Tonight is for the people who bring light into the world, especially Lorne Michaels and this beautiful cast."

He added, "Thank you to the band. Thank you to everyone who came, to come together in a dark room and just laugh, when we need more laughter in the world. This has been an epic night, and we want to send you away with a big ol' kiss and love, and to love on each other. Thank you so much to every single one of you in this building."

Viewers watching on NBC missed nearly all of Domingo's speech, as the broadcast suddenly ended and cut to commercial just a few words into his remarks. It's common for "SNL" goodnights to not air in their entirety because the show has run out of time and reached the end of its programming slot, though the cutoff isn't always as abrupt as it was with Domingo's episode.

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Ukraine successfully conducted its 72nd prisoner exchange on Saturday, April 11, bringing home 182 citizens from Russian captivity just ahead of the Orthodox Easter holiday. The swap resulted in the release of 175 military personnel and seven civilians, according to the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War.

President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed the return of the defenders in a social media post, noting that the group includes warriors from the Armed Forces, National Guard, and Border Guard Service. “Most of them had been in captivity since 2022,” Zelensky stated. “Finally, they are home. It is a matter of principle for us to return everyone from Russian captivity.”

A major highlight of this exchange was the return of 25 officers, a group the Russian side had previously categorically refused to include in negotiations. More than half of the freed defenders were captured during the siege of Mariupol, while several National Guard members taken prisoner during the occupation of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (ChNPP) in the early days of the invasion were also released.

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Federal prosecutors urged U.S. District Judge Anthony J. Trenga in a March 31 court filing to overturn a lower court ruling that prohibited the DOJ from using a “filter team” to search reporter phone and laptop as part of an FBI investigation into a government contractor accused of leaking classified material.

Magistrate Judge William Porter ordered in February that the government could not “open, access, review, or otherwise examine” any of Natanson’s “seized data,” instead authorizing an independent judicial review.

“Given thee government’s filter team to search a reporter’s work product—most of which consists of unrelated information from confidential sources—is the equivalent of leaving the government’s fox in charge of the Washington Post’s henhouse,” Porter wrote. documented reporting on government leak investigations and the government’s well-chronicled efforts to stop them, allowing the government’s filter team to search a reporter’s work product—most of which consists of unrelated information from confidential sources—is the equivalent of leaving the government’s fox in charge of the Washington Post’s henhouse,” Porter wrote.

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Donald Trump threatened to jail a journalist – or journalists – who reported that a second US airman was missing after being shot down by Iran on Friday in an effort to identify their source.

The badly injured airman hid in a mountain crevice to avoid capture before being rescued by a US recovery team that received heavy fire. The US president announced on Sunday that the service member had been recovered.

During a press conference at the White House on Monday afternoon, Trump told reporters that his government was aggressively pursuing the “leaker” who revealed information about the missing airman to the media. He claimed that the news report put Iran on notice and put the airman in danger.

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Longtime "60 Minutes" correspondent Steve Kroft has revealed he "hated" working at the show.

The retired journalist, 80, sat down on Bill O'Reilly's "We'll Do It Live!" podcast for the April 2 episode to reflect on his CBS career, which included 30 seasons on "60 Minutes." When O'Reilly asked Kroft if he would work at "60 Minutes" again, he had a surprising answer: "No, I probably wouldn't do it again. I hated it."

The veteran broadcaster cited the exhausting and demanding nature of the job.

"The job is just 24 hours a day," he said. "I mean, you may get a couple of hours of bad sleep. Beepers going off, getting on jets, going here and there, the whole thing, then coming back and spending three or four days writing the script, and then going to the screenings, and then starting it all over again."

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Iraqi authorities are continuing the search for American journalist Shelly Kittleson who was kidnapped March 31 on a busy street in central Baghdad, Reuters reported.

The Iranian-aligned militia group Kataib Hizballah was responsible for Kittleson's kidnapping, according to The New York Times, which reported that the group offered on April 1 to negotiate with the Iraqi government for her release in exchange for several militia members being held by authorities.

“We will continue to coordinate with the FBI to ensure their release as quickly as possible,” Dylan Johnson, assistant secretary of state for global public affairs, said in a March 31 post on X. Johnson did not refer to Kittleson by name.

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