What to know as passengers on cruise ship hit by hantavirus arrive in Spain Sunday
Passengers and crew members from a cruise ship going through a hantavirus outbreak are set to disembark in Spain on Sunday.
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Last year, Michelle Wilcox was planning her funeral. This year, she and her husband will fly from Chicago to Dallas to meet her granddaughter.
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Three Syracuse police officers were injured in a shootout at a New York apartment complex. The standoff is ongoing.
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Getty: Luis Alvarez How smart choices and quicker response can outsmart stroke
Stroke remains one of the most common and disabling medical emergencies in the United States, but doctors say most can be prevented.
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Virginia Democrats filed a joint motion asking the state Supreme Court for a stay on its ruling voiding a redistricting referendum.
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AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File ‘We just hit somebody’: Pilot warns of emergency as Frontier jet aborts Denver takeoff
Air traffic control audio captured the moments after a Frontier Airlines jet struck a person on a runway at Denver International Airport.
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Iran, US exchange fire in Hormuz; Officials race to track virus ship passengers
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Spencer Platt/Getty Images April jobs report shows stable but sluggish growth
Employers added 115,000 jobs in April, while the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.3%, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.
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FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images US evaluates Mexican consulates after unproven far-right allegations
The U.S. is evaluating all 53 Mexican consulates for potential closure following claims of political meddling.
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FBI via the Department of Defense Are aliens real? Pentagon’s newly released UFO files suggest the truth is out there
Are you a believer or a skeptic? Well, your stance on aliens may change after seeing newly released UFO files from the Pentagon.
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A federal judge has released a note allegedly left by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein prior to his suicide.
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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — May Mendoza is in need of water. But despite the fact that her restaurant, Perrin’s on the Water, is literally on the waters of the Texas Gulf Coast, drinking water is in increasingly short supply. On a sunny Wednesday in late April, she taped up signs in the bathrooms and on…
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Maxine Wallace/The Washington Post via Getty Images Virginia Democrats plan to appeal redistricting ruling to US Supreme Court
Virginia Democrats filed a joint motion asking the state Supreme Court for a stay on its ruling voiding a redistricting referendum.
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Louisiana Senators debate new congressional maps before protest-packed gallery
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State Department to revoke passports over unpaid child support
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Virginia’s high court strikes down Democrats’ ‘10-1’ map
Law & Order
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Three Syracuse police officers were injured in a shootout at a New York apartment complex. The standoff is ongoing.
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France escalates case against Elon Musk over X content and AI posts
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Navy strikes back at Iranian attacks on US warships
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Judge unseals suicide note allegedly written by Jeffrey Epstein
Cost of Living
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Spencer Platt/Getty Images April jobs report shows stable but sluggish growth
Employers added 115,000 jobs in April, while the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.3%, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.
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Childcare costs are skyrocketing. Would government intervention make a difference?
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Home prices rose in most metro areas, but the market remains sluggish, report finds
Detention and Development
New ICE facilities don’t always follow local rules. It’s costing cities serious legal fees: Exclusive
Cities across the country are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on legal fees tied to federal plans to expand ICE detention centers.
Salt Lake City is in a drought. Can it spare water for an ICE detention center?
Salt Lake City faces an urgent question: Can a valley in a drought support an immigration detention center the size of a small city?
Senators move to block ICE detention centers without local approval
Senators introduced legislation that would prevent DHS from establishing immigration detention centers without securing approval from local officials.
Government Oversight
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Jay L. Clendenin/Getty Images We’ll soon learn a lot more about LA leaders’ actions in the Palisades Fire
Victims of the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles will soon be learning a lot more about the actions of their elected officials as that fire began.
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Trump admin moves $2B in health funds to help shut down USAID
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The office meant to investigate abuse in immigrant detention is gone
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Top DC police brass on leave after crime stat controversy
Immigration
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FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images US evaluates Mexican consulates after unproven far-right allegations
The U.S. is evaluating all 53 Mexican consulates for potential closure following claims of political meddling.
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Florida, DHS could close ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ DeSantis says it ‘served its purpose’
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DHS pushes environmental surveys for ICE facilities after Maryland court order
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US-Iran conflict
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Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Is the US still at war with Iran?
The Trump administration has said the war is over, almost over, and never happened — all in the same week. Here’s what we actually know.
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Education
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Teachers in LA have agreed to a deal that gives them a raise, but may still go on strike to support fellow education workers.
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Texas considers required reading lists with Bible passages in schools
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Judge blocks Trump admin’s efforts to get college data on applicants’ race
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Teacher-backed initiative makes California’s temporary tax hike permanent
Social Issues
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Hantavirus is not the new COVID-19, despite what social media says
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Hundreds of homes damaged as tornadoes rip through Mississippi, injuring at least 17
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AI in Healthcare
AI outperforms doctors in diagnosis tests — but don’t expect it to replace your doctor
A new study found AI outperformed ER doctors at diagnosis — but its own authors say the results shouldn’t be used to replace physicians.
The truth behind a medical condition that never existed
Researchers invented the fake disease bixonimania. Artificial intelligence tools started telling people they had it.
Move fast and heal things? AI tests regulation and medicine’s cautious culture
AI tools are flooding health care. The speed of innovation, lax regulation means that many don’t improve patient care, cost.
Health
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Michelle Wilcox via NM Media Relations Midwestern mom given fatal diagnosis last Mother’s Day. She’s still here
Last year, Michelle Wilcox was planning her funeral. This year, she and her husband will fly from Chicago to Dallas to meet her granddaughter.
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Spain preps isolated evacuation for hantavirus-hit cruise ship
Energy
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Noah Berger/Getty Images via Amazon Web Services Officials issue their highest alert yet on data centers’ electricity demand
North America’s grid reliability watchdog is sounding the alarm over data centers and calling for immediate action from grid operators.
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Gas surpasses $4.50 average. Can oil tanker escorts bring prices down?
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Iran war, UAE’s departure lessen OPEC’s grip on global oil trade
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40 years after Chernobyl, the US pushes nuclear power once again
Privacy
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Getty Images Hackers attack widely used learning platform, disrupting schools nationwide
Hackers launched a ransomware attack against Canvas, an online learning platform used by educational institutions across the country.
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Is the apocalypse now? One man is tracking flights by the rich to find out
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Grok told him he was in danger. He got ready for ‘war’
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He negotiated a nuclear deal with Iran in 2015. Iranian hackers just leaked his emails
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How high corn production hides the financial strain of US farms
U.S. crop yields reached record highs in 2025, but rising input costs and volatile prices threaten farmer finances.
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Sticker shock on tomatoes? Why this grocery store staple is the latest casualty of the Iran war
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Refugees, asylum seekers among 1.1 million households at risk of losing SNAP food assistance
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Media
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Rick Diamond/Getty Images Ted Turner, CNN founder who transformed American news media, dies at 87
Ted Turner, the philanthropist and media mogul who founded CNN, creating the 24-hour news cycle, has died at 87.
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A member of the traditionally conservative Murdoch family looks to step into progressive media
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Meta announces new age-verification safeguards, but the kids aren’t having it
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