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May 5, 2026

Shocking video shows moment plane clips truck on New Jersey Turnpike

New dashcam video shows the moment of impact when a United Airlines plane clipped a bakery truck on the New Jersey Turnpike. It happened as the plane was attempting to land at Newark Liberty International Airport on Sunday. Video from inside the truck shows the driver singing along to a song on the radio just moments before the Boeing […]

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May 5, 2026

WHO warns of human spread as hantavirus strands cruise ship passengers

A cruise ship remains anchored off West Africa after a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has killed three people and sickened others on board. Now, health officials are investigating whether the virus may have spread between passengers.  The MV Hondius is currently off the coast of Cape Verde with roughly 150 people on board, including 17 […]

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May 5, 2026

Meta announces new age-verification safeguards, but the kids aren’t having it

Meta says it’s going to start using artificial intelligence to remove people under 13 from its sites and services. But the kids? They’re drawing on mustaches in hopes of bypassing age restrictions.  The changes — and efforts to circumvent them — come as Meta faces a youth-harm trial in New Mexico, where officials are seeking […]

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May 5, 2026

Court fast-tracks Louisiana redistricting, spurring moves in Tennessee, Alabama

The Supreme Court on Monday moved to immediately finalize its ruling striking down Louisiana’s congressional map, a step that cleared the way for new district lines and set off swift redistricting efforts across the South ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The court granted a request to issue its judgment without waiting the usual 32 […]

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May 5, 2026

Democrats press Trump to break silence on Israel’s nukes

More than two dozen House Democrats want the Trump administration to break with decades of silence on Israel’s undeclared nuclear weapons program, arguing that the war in Iran has made the policy harder to sustain. In a letter obtained by The Washington Post, 29 lawmakers led by Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, asked Secretary of State […]

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May 5, 2026

Grok told him he was in danger. He got ready for ‘war’

Adam Hourican, a former civil servant from Northern Ireland, says he downloaded Grok, the AI chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s company xAI, out of curiosity. He quickly became “hooked,” he told the BBC, last August, after his cat died. Soon Houircan began speaking to an anime-style character on the Grok app known as Ani — […]

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May 5, 2026

Home prices rose in most metro areas but the market remains sluggish, report finds

Home prices rose in 71% of U.S. metro markets during the first quarter of 2026 even as national price growth continued to slow, according to a report released Tuesday by the National Association of Realtors.  Sixteen metro areas posted double-digit price gains, the report said. Overall, the median single-family existing-home price rose to $404,300 last […]

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May 5, 2026

Most wealthy nations are scared of AI, but one is really excited

If you mention artificial intelligence to a person in the United States, chances are that person would roll their eyes or even let out a groan to show you they couldn’t care less about it. But ask someone in China, and their ears might perk up.  Sentiment toward AI varies from nation to nation, with […]