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“Somebody Should Do It” and the Politics of Violent Fantasy

A new social media trend has made political murder into a punchline. Across TikTok and Instagram, a genre of deliberately

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May 9 • 9:11 PM EDT • Politics • lavocedinewyork.com
Sunday Preview – March out with the Cities of Sigmar

Massive Warhammer Age of Sigmar pre-orders incoming, alongside Made to Order classics.

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May 9 • 8:00 PM EDT • Technology • warhammer-community.com
Field day with sports made accessible for people with physical disabilities hosted at WMU

Activities like sit volleyball and adaptive golf took over Western Michigan University's (WMU) recreation center on Saturday.

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May 9 • 2:26 PM EDT • Sports • wwmt.com
Analysis: Visitors miss Casemiro

Casemiro has received a huge amount of praise for his performances this season. Manchester United's fans have taken to chanting "one more year" in the hope the Brazilian would extend his stay at Old Trafford. United have made strengthening central midfield a number one priority in the summer and this performance emphasised why.

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May 9 • 1:33 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Business Lookahead: Trump on Tour

STORY: From Trump's trip to China, to a slew of new U.S. data releases, these are the stories to watch in business and finance in the coming week. :: Trump goes to Beijing U.S. President Donald Trump visits Beijing on Thursday and Friday.It will be his first visit to China in eight years.He'll try to lock in the trade truce agreed to in October in South Korea, and avoid a rerun of the tit-for-tat tariff battle that he set off a year ago.Fresh trade data should offer a reality check on whether a protectionist White House has managed to dent Americans' appetite for Chinese-made goods.:: Saudi Aramco posts resultsThe world's biggest exporter of crude oil, Saudi Aramco, reports first-quarter results on Sunday.The numbers are expected to show the pain from the more than two-month-old Iran war.This comes as efforts to end the conflict appeared to stall after the U.S. and Iran traded fire in recent days, with some of the biggest flare-ups in fighting in and around the Strait of Hormuz since a ceasefire began a month ago.:: U.S. economic dataA bunch of new data should give a clearer view of inflation in the U.S.Tuesday's April consumer price index is expected to rise 0.6% according to a Reuters poll.Prices at the pump are likely to loom large in the numbers.Producer price data for April on Wednesday is another inflation checkpoint after the Fed’s last meeting exposed a more hawkish tilt among some policymakers who are increasingly uneasy about price pressures.And retail sales figures on Thursday should show whether higher gas prices and other costs are starting to bite into household spending.

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May 9 • 12:49 PM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
Brewers star pitcher makes MLB history Friday night against Yankees

Jacob Misiorowski didn’t just dominate the New York Yankees on Friday night. He made MLB history doing it. The young Milwaukee Brewers star delivered one of the most electric pitching performances baseball has seen in years during Milwaukee’s 6-0 shutout…

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May 9 • 12:27 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
The latest congressional redistricting changes and what to know

The remaking of the U.S. political map accelerated this week in courts and legislatures. Here's a look at where things stand.

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May 9 • 11:35 AM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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Man arrested in Vero Beach after threatening call to business

A 27-year-old man was arrested in Vero Beach after police say he made a threatening phone call to a local business, prompting an investigation.

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May 9 • 11:00 AM EDT • Business • wpbf.com
Mitt Romney returns to political fundraising, backs Susan Collins at Salt Lake City event

Former Massachusetts governor and Utah Senator Mitt Romney made his first foray back into national politics since retiring.

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May 9 • 10:44 AM EDT • Politics • wgme.com
Small Business Week highlights family-owned companies

'Fox & Friends Weekend' celebrates National Small Business Week, showcasing three family-owned businesses. Cornhole Games USA, Auburn Leathercrafters and Prayer Bowls present their American-made products and stories.

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May 9 • 8:52 AM EDT • Business • foxnews.com
'Comedy Bang! Bang!' brings ‘Ground Beefing’ to Madison

The popular comedy podcast features performers improvising fake characters. Host Scott Aukerman is bringing the show to the Barrymore Theatre May 27.

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May 9 • 6:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • captimes.com
Dodgers do just enough to outlast Braves in opener

LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers clawed and scrapped their way to some offense against Chris Sale to get the better of the Atlanta Braves 3-1 in Friday night’s series opener between perennial National League powerhouses at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers had only five hits in seven innings against Sale, but made them count. Teoscar Hernández […]

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May 9 • 12:46 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Sports Discussion: Expanding the NCAA Tournament to 76 teams

Big changes have been made to the Men and Women's March Madness Tournament. From 68 to 76 teams. Rosie Langello and Craig Noyes break down it all down.

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Knicks take 3-0 series lead over 76ers as New York fans cheer on 108-94 win in Philadelphia

Philly's Xfinity Mobile Arena again sounded like Madison Square Garden East, thanks to traveling Knicks fans.

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May 8 • 9:55 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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MADSEN: Understanding gendered communication: What science reveals

This article is the fifth in a series designed to help parents, family members, educators, and community members better understand gender differences so we can more effectively support the children, youth, and families in our lives. The first editorial examined how boys and girls see the world, the second explored how they hear, the third […]

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May 8 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • standard.net
MADSEN: Understanding gendered communication: What science reveals

This article is the fifth in a series designed to help parents, family members, educators, and community members better understand gender differences so we can more effectively support the children, youth, and families in our lives. The first editorial examined how boys and girls see the world, the second explored how they hear, the third […]

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May 8 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • heraldextra.com
China’s bet on frontier science

The 15th Five-Year Plan seeks to turn China’s industrial strength into frontier science, but structural constraints may determine how far it can go

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May 8 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • eastasiaforum.org
Iran’s injured supreme leader out of public view but still shaping strategy, US intel assesses

US intelligence assesses that Iran’s new supreme leader is playing a critical role in shaping war strategy alongside senior Iranian officials, according to multiple sources familiar with the intelligence. The reports found that precise authority within a now-fractured regime remains unclear, but that Mojtaba Khamenei is likely helping direct how Iran is managing negotiations with the US to end the war.

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May 8 • 6:27 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Prosecutors aim to strip U.S. citizenship from diplomat-turned-spy

The Trump administration moved this week to denaturalize 11 other people accused of crimes, including child sexual abuse and providing material support to terrorists.

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May 8 • 5:49 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Basketball gets more beer money, while tennis and other small college sports worry over their future

Basketball got the beer money. Many smaller sports around the NCAA are still looking for a lifeline. The expansion of March Madness and the $300 million in extra revenue that comes with it through opening sponsorships to beer, wine and liquor companies offered a brief reprieve from the steady drip of headlines that underscore big-picture problems confronting college sports in an era of tightening budgets and revenue sharing with athletes.

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May 8 • 5:26 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
A common sports injury turned dangerous — how University of Missouri Health Care saved an athlete’s leg

A routine sports injury for a Missouri college athlete escalated into a medical crisis, leading to a complex, leg-saving effort at MU Health Care.

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A common sports injury turned dangerous — how University of Missouri Health Care saved an athlete’s leg

A routine sports injury for a Missouri college athlete escalated into a medical crisis, leading to a complex, leg-saving effort at MU Health Care.

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A state-by-state guide to the redistricting fight

Republicans have opened up an advantage in a national redistricting battle among states after a pair of court rulings that weakened federal Voting Rights Act protections for minorities and invalidated a key Democratic redistricting effort.

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May 8 • 4:18 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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Is Discord down? 38,000 users report issues with platform on Friday

Nearly 38,000 Discord users reported issues with the instant messaging platform just before 4 p.m. ET on Friday, May 8.

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May 8 • 4:10 PM EDT • Technology • usatoday.com
Costa Rica’s paradox of political continuity

Across Latin America, voters have punished incumbents and rejected traditional parties. Costa Rica appears to be an exception.

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May 8 • 2:22 PM EDT • Politics • atlanticcouncil.org
Experts worry 'we are not prepared' for pandemic under Trump, RFK Jr.

The hantavirus outbreak is not the start of a pandemic, officials say. But experts worry about the nation's preparedness for public health threats.

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May 8 • 12:50 PM EDT • Health • usatoday.com
WATCH LIVE: Trump expected to speak in the Rose Garden
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May 8 • 12:00 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Ariana Grande Announces ‘Petal’ Lead Single & Release Date: ‘One of My Favorite Songs I’ll Ever Write’

The track is titled "Hate That I Made You Love Me."

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May 8 • 11:32 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Virginia Supreme Court strikes down Democrats’ redistricting plan, dimming party’s midterm hopes

Voters narrowly approved the amendment April 21, but the court's ruling renders the results of that vote meaningless.

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May 8 • 10:42 AM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Steph Curry Gets a Special Edition Fitbit Air

As a part of yesterday's Fitbit Air release, Google also began selling a special edition version made in partnership with Steph Curry. This specific model is the version that Curry has been...

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May 8 • 10:30 AM EDT • Technology • droid-life.com
The Hidden Opponent spotlights student-athlete mental health

Led by softball player Maddie Manes '26, swimmer Hannah Waldron '27, and baseball player Danny Tambascia '28, Brandeis' chapter of The Hidden Opponent (THO) continues to grow and expand its impact on campus. The Hidden Opponent is a national nonprofit organization that works with high schools and colleges to promote discussions around mental health in athletics. They recently collaborated with the Brandeis softball team during their matchup against Tufts on April 22 to highlight their mission ahead of May's Mental Health Awareness Month.

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May 8 • 8:34 AM EDT • Health • brandeisjudges.com
🏀 Y! Sports AM: 76 teams

What's long been inevitable is now official: March Madness expansion is here.

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May 8 • 8:04 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Waunakee Senior Center

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May 8 • 8:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • hngnews.com
Temperament questions have dogged Katie Porter, but not her rivals

Former Rep. Katie Porter has been dogged by questions about her temperament, even as her male challengers have made televised outbursts and tangled with reporters.

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May 8 • 7:00 AM EDT • Politics • sfchronicle.com
MARY BRUNKOW

A chance discovery made around 80 years ago paved the way for Mary Brunkow’s painstaking work, which contributed to redefining how the immune system functions. From investigating an obscure gene dismissed as ‘junk’ by other scientists, to choosing to opt out of academia and conduct her research at a biotech startup, Brunkow has embraced the unexpected throughout her career.

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May 8 • 4:41 AM EDT • Science • nobelprize.org
🗞️ Madrid in meltdown, Friday's back pages look like this

What should have been a week of preparation for Sunday’s Clásico has turned into Real Madrid’s biggest internal crisis in years. This Friday’s front pages all agree on a devastating diagnosis:...

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May 8 • 3:19 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Election results so far at a glance - and what's still to come

Reform UK has made gains at the expense of Labour and the Conservatives in early council election results overnight.

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May 7 • 11:59 PM EDT • Politics • bbc.com
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Resident Evil Requiem update live, adds Leon Must Die Forever mini-game

The much-discussed mini-game for Resident Evil Requiem has just been made available as part of a new update for the game, which is revealed to be Leon Must Die Forever. Nintendo Switch 2 players can access it now. The mode can be unlocked after finishing the main story. According to Capcom, it includes “the nonstop combat action that players know...

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May 7 • 9:44 PM EDT • Technology • nintendoeverything.com
Datadog converted an AI first business, without leaving behind its old business, says Jim Cramer

'Mad Money' host Jim Cramer digs into software stock Datadog.

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May 7 • 7:56 PM EDT • Business • cnbc.com
Governor Moore Installs Final Rail of the Purple Line, Visits Small Business During “Delivering for Maryland” Tour in Montgomery County

Governor Wes Moore today made the third stop on his statewide “Delivering for Maryland” tour in Montgomery County.

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May 7 • 7:53 PM EDT • Business • governor.maryland.gov
WWE’s Chelsea Green Reveals New Health Update After Heart Procedure

Chelsea Green has shared another health update after recently undergoing a heart procedure. While she says progress has been made, she still deals with some physical discomfort as she continues her recovery. The WWE star recently had surgery for SVT (supraventricular tachycardia). Green previously revealed that her heart rate shot up to 228 beats per […] The post WWE’s Chelsea Green Reveals New Health Update After Heart Procedure appeared first on Wrestlezone.

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May 7 • 7:40 PM EDT • Health • sports.yahoo.com
Federal court rules against Trump's new global tariffs

A federal court ruled Wednesday against the new global tariffs President Donald Trump imposed after a stinging loss at the Supreme Court.

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May 7 • 5:58 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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Tennessee lawmakers pass U.S. House map carving up majority-Black district in Memphis

The new voting districts approved Thursday could give Republicans a chance to win all nine of the state’s congressional seats in the November midterm elections.

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May 7 • 5:28 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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How Disneyland Remade American Politics

America is turning 250, and The Free Press is marking the occasion with a yearlong series of events, conversations, and stories celebrating our country’s history. Today, we’re taking a journey with historian Beverly Gage to Southern California. Beverly traded the archives for the open road for her new book, This Land is Your Land: A Road Trip Through U.S. History. We’re proud to publish an excerpt, on the theme park that shaped American politics—and the presidents who loved it. —The Editors On July 17, 1955, Ronald Reagan stood near a mocked-up wood-plank town in Anaheim, California, where a 13-star flag flew incongruously over an “Old West” landscape, and introduced the world to Disneyland. He had been invited by Walt Disney himself to co-host the park’s live ABC broadcast, alongside Art Linkletter and Bob Cummings—three Hollywood actors who seemed to embody a wholesome, all-American ethos. From the imagined past of Frontierland, the show leaped ahead to Tomorrowland, set in the far-off year of 1986, emphasizing the technical marvels yet to come: nuclear energy harnessed for civilian purposes, human beings riding rocket ships into space. Disney foretold great things for a 1980s in which the United States would serve as “a source of joy and inspiration to all the world.” But even he could not predict the most important political fact of the age: that his genial co-host would become president. Southern California was a strange place to build a park about the past, because the region at the time was all about newness and abundance and growth. For a lot of its history, Orange County had been Southern California’s version of flyover country: a vast agricultural expanse between two desirable places, Los Angeles and San Diego. But Disneyland was changing that. Before long, 50 miles south of deep-blue Hollywood, Orange County would become a region famed for its right-wing politics—but also for its mythmaking skills. Those two things, it turned out, went naturally together. ADVERTISEMENT The two presidents Southern California gave America both understood this instinctively. Richard Nixon and Reagan each built a national career on invoking a version of the American past in which the specificities of historical context mattered less than the big picture. For Nixon, progress meant proclaiming a “New American Revolution” on the eve of America’s bicentennial while dismantling the federal programs that had built the postwar middle class. For Reagan, it meant recapturing a lost optimism and an old-fashioned faith in America as an exceptional nation. Both men were less interested in history as it actually happened than in history as it felt—and Orange County, a place that had built itself almost entirely from scratch, turned out to be exactly where the myth of America’s future was getting made. I’m a historian—and historians tend to be myth-busters. With the country’s 250th birthday on the horizon, I figured it was a good time to step out of the ivory tower and check in with the past as it exists here and now, at the museums and monuments and roadside attractions where Americans go to learn about their history. After all my travels—to Davy Crockett’s Tennessee and Texas, to the real Erie Canal, to the birthplace of the American automobile and the actual Old West—I couldn’t miss out on Disneyland, the single most influential historic attraction in U.S. history.

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May 7 • 5:01 PM EDT • Politics • thefp.com
In Las Vegas Arts District, Cortez Masto, Small Business Owners Shine Light on Trump Tourism Slowdown - Senator Catherine Cortez Masto

***VIDEO AVAILABLE*** FTPs for TV stations is available here. Las Vegas, Nev. – Today, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Las Vegas small business owners put a spotlight on the tourism slowdown caused by President Donald Trump’s economic policies. Over the past year, the Trump Administration has placed blanket tariffs on our allies, increased costs and made it more […]

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May 7 • 5:00 PM EDT • Business • cortezmasto.senate.gov
Trump sets July 4 deadline for EU tariff hike decision

Trump claimed he had a 'great call' European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen about the looming tariffs.

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May 7 • 4:58 PM EDT • Politics • aljazeera.com
White House press secretary welcomes baby girl

Karoline Leavitt announced on social media Thursday that Viviana, or “Vivi,” joined her family on on May 1.

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May 7 • 4:42 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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Absci Reports Business Updates and First Quarter 2026 Financial and Operating Results

Successfully dosed all four planned healthy volunteer SAD cohorts of ongoing ABS-201™ HEADLINE trial; well-tolerated with favorable emerging safety data Preliminary pharmacokinetic (PK) modeling from HEADLINE trial supports ABS-201's targeted dosing interval Initiated dosing of first MAD cohort of AGA participants of ongoing ABS-201™ HEADLINE trial Expanding prolactin program portfolio with addition of ABS-202 to internal pipeline VANCOUVER, Wash. and NEW YORK, May 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A

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March Madness: Here's how the new 76-team NCAA tournament will work
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May 7 • 3:59 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
March Madness: NCAA Tournament, Men's and Women's, Will Expand to 76 Teams

The NCAA will expand both its men's and women's March Madness tournaments to 76 teams for next season.

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May 7 • 3:46 PM EDT • Sports • foxsports.com
Meet the Mad Scientist Who Helped Create Kelly Slater’s Surf Ranch

A French engineer, a circular-pool dream and thousands of simulations collide in the untold story behind Kelly Slater’s Surf Ranch and the next generation of wave pools.

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May 7 • 3:45 PM EDT • Science • surfer.com
Tennessee Republicans approve map carving up majority-Black US House district

Republican lawmakers in Tennessee approved a new US House map Thursday that carves up a majority-Black district in Memphis, reshaping it to the GOP’s advantage as part of President Donald Trump’s strategy to hold on to a slim majority in the November midterm elections.

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March Madness expands to 76 teams as committees lock in long-term men's, women's NCAA Tournament change

A Thursday vote that was long awaited will now trigger the polarizing expansion of college basketball's most cherished event

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May 7 • 1:34 PM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
WATCH LIVE: Trump's push to paint Eisenhower building white reviewed by Capital planning commission
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Fake rumors, real killings: Inside Congo's deadly health misinformation crisis

Angry mobs attacked and killed Four health workers conducting vaccination research in an episode that took place in October.

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May 7 • 12:26 PM EDT • Health • detroitnews.com
Appeals court appears poised to reject Hegseth’s bid to punish Mark Kelly over ‘illegal orders’ video

A federal appeals court appeared ready Thursday to reject Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s effort to punish Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly over his call to US service members to refuse illegal orders.

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May 7 • 12:04 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Chief Justice laments perception of 'political' Supreme Court

Roberts seemed to acknowledge dimming public approval of the court, shown in recent polls, as conservative majority pushes law dramatically rightward.

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May 7 • 11:29 AM EDT • Politics • usatoday.com
‘Dream becomes real’: FAMU business school gets $300K for scholarships

FAMU's\u00a0spring commencement\u00a0speakers\u00a0did\u00a0more than address graduating students – they also\u00a0made six-figure donations\u00a0to one of its flagship schools.

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May 7 • 11:00 AM EDT • Business • tallahassee.com
WATCH LIVE: Trump meets with Brazil's Lula at the White House
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May 7 • 10:31 AM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Get tickets to Business Report’s Women’s Leadership Symposium for revealing conversations about what transformation really looks like

If there’s one thing the past few years have made clear, it’s that the ability to adapt isn’t just an advantage—it’s survival. Business Report‘s 2026 Women’s Leadership Symposium is built around exactly that reality. Get tickets and additional details about the Women’s Leadership Symposium and the Influential Women in Business celebration here. Themed “The Power of […]

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Victoria Beckham’s Teen Daughter Turned Her Skin Issues Into Business Idea

Victoria Beckham’s teen daughter turned her skin problem into a business idea. During an episode of the “Aspire with Emma Grede” podcast, the fashion designer made an appearance. She spoke about how h...

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Administrator sets standard with positive leadership

Madison Kinkaid's steadfast leadership is why she's being honored as the National Ever Forward Administrator Champion.

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May 7 • 9:00 AM EDT • Health • news.sanfordhealth.org
How Fast Is the Universe Expanding? These Cosmologists Finally Figured It Out

The most precise measurement of the expansion rate ever made suggests an unknown force may be affecting the universe.

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May 7 • 8:59 AM EDT • Science • wsj.com
Rudy Giuliani released from ICU. Latest health update

Former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani was released from the ICU and continues to recover in the hospital after being admitted for pneumonia this month.

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Science diplomacy lessons from a North Korean volcano

Mount Paektu, a mythic, active volcano on the border between North Korea and China, is almost the epitome of a scientific challenge that crosses political lines. In 946 CE, it erupted in one of the five biggest volcanic events of the past 10,000 years, kicking up huge quantities of ash and sending destructive mud flows down river channels for hundreds of kilometres. Should this happen again, the entire region, including easternmost Russia, South Korea and even Japan could be hit. “It’s definitely got the potential to be big,” said James Hammond, a professor of geophysics at Birkbeck, University of London. An eruption on the scale of 946 would have “huge regional impact.” For the past 15 years, Hammond has helped lead a groundbreaking collaboration with North Korean scientists to study the volcano, navigating scientific sanctions, tough export controls on scientific equipment and a long, pandemic-enforced exodus from the country. Although he seems more at home on far-flung research expeditions – before speaking to Science|Business, Hammond was camping out on a Greenland ice sheet – he has also advised the European Commission on its changing science diplomacy strategy. His long experience with North Korea has made Hammond sceptical of blanket bans on science collaboration, no matter the country.This is a live question in Europe, where in the wake of Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, institutional ties with Russian universities were almost entirely severed, although some scientists fear this could undermine our understanding of climate change’s impact on the Arctic. Here, Hammond tells the story of the Mount Paektu mission and the policy lessons he takes from it. Ominous rumblingsThe genesis of Hammond’s collaboration came in 2002, when Mount Paektu began to rumble ominously. Earthquake activity picked up and the volcano began to emit unusual gases. North Korean scientists took notice. “People felt we need to know more about this volcano,” said Hammond. In 2011, North Korean vulcanologists put out a request for international expertise to help them learn more. At the time, Hammond and his collaborator, Clive Oppenheimer, were working on a vulcanology project in another sanctioned country, Eritrea, and so decided to answer the call. Within a month, they had flown into Pyongyang. “It was pretty incredible,” recalls Hammond (left). “We were made to feel like honoured guests, and invited to official celebrations.” The scientific opportunity was huge. Paektu is unusually positioned, a thousand kilometres from where tectonic plates rub against each other in the Pacific. “It was an incredibly interesting volcano, but not much research had been done, at least not in the international community,” he said. “There was so much we felt we could do. And we had these partners that were super keen to engage.”The mission received an unusual visitor in the form of volcano-obsessed filmmaker Werner Herzog, who accompanied Hammond and Oppenheimer while directing his 2016 film Into the Inferno about volcanos across the world. Four days into the trip, the German director delivered a long speech about reunification to his North Korean hosts, recalls Hammond. “He got to the heart of the Koreans and how they felt, and how they thought, in a way that I'm not sure I ever will,” he said. UN sanctionsHowever, Hammond realised he’d been “naïve” about how difficult it would be to collaborate with North Korea, which was sanctioned far more heavily than Eritrea. “We didn’t fully appreciate the all-encompassing nature of restrictions,” he said. In 2016, as tensions escalated over Pyongyang’s nuclear tests, a United Nations resolution banned all joint scientific work with North Korea. However, the UN sanctions did allow countries to request carve outs, and the UK successfully requested an exemption for Hammond’s work. Related articlesEU pushes for joint science diplomacy, but care needed to avoid gridlock, experts sayRussia severs its last ties with German scienceAnchor Greenlanders in Arctic climate research, experts tell EU ahead of policy updateExport controls have also delayed Hammond’s work. In one case, it took 18 months to get approval from the UK government to take seismometers, which measure earthquakes, to North Korea. “It was frustrating,” he said. “But they didn’t just say no.” However, one instrument, called an induction coil, used to measure how the earth conducts electricity, was blocked entirely because it can in theory be used to detect submarines. Karaoke bondingSince the collaboration started in 2011, Hammond has visited the country around 15 times, although the pandemic closed off North Korea for more than five years. A trip last November was Hammond’s first since the outbreak. Despite this lengthy interlude, Hammond has deep bonds in the country. The North Korean scientists Hammond works with are somewhat isolated, as they struggle to access the latest research papers and travel to international conferences. That said, they are “excellent geophysicists” and are “very well trained in the field,” he said. Over karaoke and chats about their families, “we’ve made friendships, for sure,” he said. The authorities have to sign-off things like the placement of seismometers, for example, but Hammond said these requests have been approved. “Everything that we've asked for within a scientific context has been delivered.”Scientific backchannels? These kind of personal links between scientists across political lines are one purported benefit of science diplomacy. During the Cold War, some historians argue, scientific contact between the US and Soviet Union laid a groundwork of trust for other cooperation, such as on arms control. Hammond agrees that backchannel contacts to North Korean geophysicists are hardly likely to defuse a military crisis on the Korean peninsula, but the simple fact of the scientific collaboration makes contacts between diplomats that little bit easier. “It creates opportunities to understand each other a little bit better,” he said. “When maybe you have those more difficult discussions as diplomats, it's coming from a slightly better place.” Cutting tiesDrawing lessons from the Mount Paektu mission for today’s links with Russian science isn’t simple. The analogy is far from exact, Hammond said, “because one is essentially a Cold War, versus a pretty hot war in the case of Russia.” But Hammond’s broader argument is that the challenges we face, such as climate change, pandemics, biodiversity loss, pollution and so on, have globalised in an unprecedented way, making blanket shutdowns in collaboration with any country unwise.He’s somewhat critical of the UN scientific sanctions imposed on North Korea in 2016, even though they did allow for exceptions. “I think a blanket halt to some of these things, when we face big global challenges [. . .] that’s quite a risky thing to do,” he said.Institutional endorsement?European academics are still by and large free to work individually with Russian counterparts. However, official, institutional partnerships have largely ended. Shortly following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russian university rectors wrote a public letter endorsing the war, meaning European universities fear official collaboration could also be seen as a kind of endorsement. Hammond acknowledges there is a risk of legitimising regimes, and state-controlled universities, through scientific cooperation. “That’s the trade off you have to make,” he said. Strategic projectsWith Russia, instead of giving a green light to restart all Arctic science, a middle ground might be firing up a few carefully selected “strategic” projects, said Hammond. After all, European countries are still collaborating with Russia on the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, an experimental nuclear fusion plant in the south of France. However, even if Europe did try to revive Arctic science with Russia, there’s no guarantee Russian scientists would play ball. A series of high-profile arrests of physicists in Russia accused of sharing their findings with the outside world has made collaboration fraught. Even before the invasion of 2022, “the Russian regime made it increasingly difficult, and this sort of discouraged people,” Dag Rune Olsen, rector of the Arctic University of Norway, told Science|Business last year.

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May 7 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencebusiness.net
An extinct human species made surprisingly creative butchery tools

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May 7 • 7:00 AM EDT • Science • popsci.com
Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. Reports Fiscal 2026 Third Quarter Results

Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. (NYSE: MSGE) (“MSG Entertainment” or the “Company”) today reported financial results for the fiscal third quarter e...

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Who is central Ohio high school basketball's best player ever? Vote now

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May 7 • 6:03 AM EDT • Sports • dispatch.com
Radiologists speak out against whole-body MRI screening in prominent editorial

Matthew S. Davenport, MD, MBA, and Scott B. Reeder, MD, PhD, made their plea to patients and providers in an opinion piece published May 6 in JAMA.

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'It wasn't stage-managed, it was just joy'

Arsenal should celebrate. If there's one learning to be taken from the days between Saturday's victory over Fulham and Tuesday's against Atletico Madrid - it's that vibes are paramount. For the majority of this season, Arsenal have been top of the table, soundtracked by endless talk of a quadruple or non-quadruple, unable to move for bottle memes.

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How it's made: Our interactive asking chatbots mental health scenarios

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With NCAA Tournament expansion imminent, some of the game's biggest coaches still aren't sold on the idea

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Susan Collins Says She Has Long Had a Benign Tremor

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Health officials monitoring potential hantavirus infections in at least 3 states

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Bucks owner wants to have Giannis Antetokounmpo decision made by NBA Draft: 'He may or may not be with us'
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9 Defensemen Sharks Could Target This Off-Season

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People once risked everything just to keep their hats on

Centuries ago in England, hats weren’t just accessories—they were statements of power and rebellion. Refusing to remove a hat could challenge authority, even in courtrooms and before kings. People valued their hats so deeply that robbery victims sometimes begged to keep them over money. In a world where going bareheaded signaled poverty or madness, hats shaped identity, respect, and even family discipline.

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CVS Health CEO David Joyner: Our Aetna business got off track, but we've had five quarters of improvement

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2K's NFL Game Is Dead, Take-Two CEO Rules Out Return to Baseball Games

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Southern Republicans press ahead with election-year House redistricting despite protests

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WATCH: Trump welcomes UFC fighters to the White House, previews upcoming South Lawn fight

President Donald Trump summoned reporters to the Oval Office on Wednesday touting the upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship match that will take place at the White House in June.

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Iran War Looms Over Vance as He Visits Iowa

The vice president, a skeptic of the war, made his first visit of the cycle to the state that will kick off the 2028 nominating process.

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The top health care worry among MAHA supporters isn't what you think

The top worry among MAHA followers is remarkably similar to the rest of the nation − rising health care costs, according to a poll from KFF.

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Cameo, speeches, pushing gold bullion: how Farage has made millions since becoming an MP

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Lone Star Politics: May 3, 2026

This week, the Supreme Court made a ruling on new congressional maps and voting rights. We take a look at how it will impact an already intense battle for Congress. Plus, we spoke to a Google representative about the concerns from voters over new data centers in Ellis County.

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Mad Science of Greater Kansas City: Dino-Volcano

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‘The Seminarians: Sovereignty Through Education’ premieres May 7 in Tahlequah

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Georgia Senate candidate Derek Dooley says trans athlete participation undermines gains in women’s sports

Former college football coach Derek Dooley made his stance on transgender athletes' participation in women's and girls' sports clear in an interview with Fox News Digital.

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Paul Bettany and Will Sharpe talk Marvel and Mozart

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Michigan Democrats keep control of state Senate in election win that offers clues about midterms

Democrat Chedrick Greene won a special election in Michigan on Tuesday, securing his party’s control of the state Senate through the remainder of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s term.

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CarPlay in iOS 26 promises video playback feature, here's the latest

Apple made a major U-turn with CarPlay after a decade of not allowing video playback. Starting with iOS 26, Apple...

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Trump's Indiana wins show his power over GOP with more primaries and redistricting debates ahead

Tuesday's election results in Indiana prove President Donald Trump can still punish wayward party members after he endorsed a slate of challengers who defeated almost every one of those lawmakers he wanted to dislodge.

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Solo cruises: What to know before booking a cruise alone

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Science Made Easy at Barnegat Library

SHARING SKILLS: Darlene Cavalier will show how small acts can make a big change. (Supplied Photo) Are you a science enthusiast who’s always wanted to be involved, but not sure how? The Barnegat branch of the Ocean County Library will host “Becoming a Citizen Scientist” on Tuesday, May 12,. 2 p.m. Learn how to contribute

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FOX Business names TGU Home Solutions one winner of ‘Made in America’ contest

TGU Home Solutions President and CEO Jared Gay discusses winning Fox Business’ ‘Made in America’ small business contest and his custom home enterprise on ‘Mornings with Maria.’

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Giving my 10-year-old more independence has made more confident, too

I was scared to let my kids roam alone or have sleepovers. Now that our oldest is almost 11, I think it's time to give them more independence.

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Canary Islands refuses to allow MV Hondius with hantavirus to dock

Three people have died from the disease so far but the WHO says the risk to the public is still 'low'.

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Apple may have just made one of the most important new Siri announcements

Apple’s painfully slow launch of the new Siri has become such a long-running saga, it seems to have all the...

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Ride a jet ski through a re-creation of an Alaska mega-tsunami with the help of science

The world’s second-tallest tsunami wave on record tore through the remote Tracy Arm fjord in Alaska last August, leaving immense destruction in its wake. Scientists have made it possible for you to experience the disaster from the safety of home

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GTA 6 Estimated to Have Cost Take-Two $1 Billion to $1.5 Billion So Far, CEO Strauss Zelnick Says 'It Was Expensive'

GTA 6 may well be the most expensive video game ever made, with parent company Take-Two estimated to have spent $1 billion to $1.5 billion so far.

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