18 May 2026, 10:35 pm
Pixar’s “Toy Story 5” hits theaters in less than a month and retailers are rolling out the merch for the latest installment of the hit animated film franchise. Collectibles brand Funko has unveiled its “Toy Story 5” Funko Pop figurines, which feature new versions of the main characters Woody, Buzz Lightyear and Jessie, as well […]…
18 May 2026, 10:31 pm
San Diego is reeling after a deadly shooting at the Islamic Center left three people dead, with police confirming that two teenage suspects were later found dead following a large-scale manhunt. Related Articles Active Shooter at San Diego Mosque: Gunfire Erupts at Islamic Centre as Police Swarm SceneAustin Shooting Suspects Update: Teens in Custody After 12 Drive-Bys Target Fire Stations and Random PedestriansCarrollton Shooting Update: What We Know About the Motiv…
18 May 2026, 10:27 pm
Three men, including a security guard praised for helping protect children during the attack, were killed after two teenage gunmen opened fire outside the Islamic Center of San Diego on Monday, prompting a federal hate crime and counter-terrorism investigation. Related Articles Islamic Center of San Diego Shooting Update: What We Know About the 2 Shooters Involved in 'Hate Crime'Active Shooter at San Diego Mosque: Gunfire Erupts at Islamic Centre as Police Swarm Sce…
18 May 2026, 10:27 pm
The warmest weather of the year is forecast for later this week after early rain.
18 May 2026, 10:11 pm
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) is urging his Senate Republican colleagues to delay action on a budget reconciliation package to fund immigration enforcement operations through 2029, in part because he said a proposal to spend $1 billion on the White House ballroom is “a major policy problem.” He threatened to vote no on the budget reconciliation……
18 May 2026, 10:07 pm
Democrat Roy Cooper has an 11-point lead over Republican Michael Whatley in the Senate race in North Carolina, according to a new poll from The Carolina Journal/Harper Polling. The survey, released last week, found that nearly half of 600 likely voters in North Carolina said they would either “definitely” or “probably” back Cooper, the former……
18 May 2026, 10:00 pm
Like many people who read Hackaday, we are fairly fluent in a number of computer languages, but we have to admit it is easier to pick up languages that look like they group with things like Fortran. Sure, modern languages have all sorts of features, but the idea that you have a text file that executes in some order, variables, statements, and so on runs through most popular languages, but not all of them. Lisp and its variants are a different way of looking at thing…
18 May 2026, 9:51 pm
The Sandy Fire in Simi Valley, California, has rapidly escalated into a major brush fire, burning through neighbourhoods and forcing urgent evacuations as firefighters battle extreme conditions. The blaze ignited along the 600 block of Sandy Avenue and quickly spread across dry terrain, driven by shifting winds that complicated containment efforts. Related Articles Winter Storm Watch is Issued as High Winds and Two Feet of Snow are Expected Across Several US StatesS…
18 May 2026, 9:50 pm
One of the San Diego shooting suspects has been described as a "runaway" who left behind a note containing "hate language" to his mother, as new details about the deadly incident have emerged.Earlier today, the Islamic Centre of San Diego, on Eckstrom Avenue, in San Diego, California, was attacked by two teenage suspects - aged 17 and 18 - who killed three adults before being found dead in a car near the mosque, the largest in San Diego County.Now, San Diego Police…
18 May 2026, 9:50 pm
Colorado Democratic Gov. Jared Polis sparked a political firestorm Friday after granting clemency to former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, the Trump ally convicted in connection with a voting system security breach tied to the aftermath of the 2020 election. Polis commuted Peters’ sentence to time served, meaning the 70-year-old former clerk will be released on parole effective June 1 instead of remaining incarcerated until late 2028. The move immediately reignite…
18 May 2026, 9:49 pm
Some folks in China may soon be developing a taste for American beef again thanks to the latest trade agreement negotiated during President Donald Trump’s recent trip to the Middle Kingdom. And no, this isn’t about political “beef” — it’s the kind that ends up on dinner plates. According to Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, the Trump administration secured a deal that will reopen Chinese markets to major portions of the American beef industry after y…
18 May 2026, 9:49 pm
Chopper 6 was overhead around 7 p.m., where roughly two dozen people could be seen forming a human chain in the water to aid in the search.
18 May 2026, 9:35 pm
A note left by one of the teenage suspects contains general "hate rhetoric", investigators say.
18 May 2026, 9:30 pm
Musk's Claims Against Altman and Microsoft Dismissed After Less Than Two HoursA federal jury took less than two hours to dismiss Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman, finding his claims were filed outside the statute of limitations. The verdict clears the path for OpenAI's planned IPO at a valuation nearing $1 trillion.
18 May 2026, 9:30 pm
Déjà Vu: Is Mythos in Hands of Bad Actors Akin to Cobalt Strike, Brute Ratel Abuse?Anthropic's Claude Mythos and similarly powerful artificial intelligence tools pose elevated cyber risk to the healthcare sector, warns a new report. Addressing the onslaught of newly discovered bugs will require healthcare organizations to evolve their vulnerability mindsets.
18 May 2026, 9:30 pm
AI Rebuilds $50B Pharma Giant's Thinking, Plan Could Help Every Data-Driven FirmGSK is redesigning pharmaceutical research around AI, from data infrastructure to autonomous scientific agents. Its platforms accelerate hypothesis generation, imaging analysis and drug discovery workflows, offering CIOs a blueprint for enterprise-scale AI transformation in regulated industries.
18 May 2026, 9:27 pm
SADSBURY TWP., Pa. - A crash involving a tractor trailer and another vehicle shut down the Route 30 bypass in Chester County on Monday, May 18, according to the Chester County Department of Emergency Services.Route 30 bypass closed after serious crashAuthorities were dispatched to the scene around 6:46 p.m. for a crash involving a tractor trailer and another vehicle, according to Chester County officials. The crash happened on the Route 30 bypass between Sadsbury T…
18 May 2026, 9:23 pm
"It's not always like the most comfortable of situations, but I think that's where I sort of differed in feeling like I wouldn't have handled the situation this way," the actress said of Tisdale's essay.
18 May 2026, 9:19 pm
Ministry of Defence names soldier who fell from her horse as Lance Bombardier Ciara Sullivan, 24, part of the King’s Troop, Royal Horse ArtilleryA soldier who died after falling from her horse at the Royal Windsor Horse Show was named as Lance Bombardier Ciara Sullivan, 24 – an “exceptional jockey” with an “infectious energy”, her commanding officer said.Sullivan, part of the King’s Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, fell at around 7pm on Friday after exiti…
18 May 2026, 9:14 pm
Suifenhe, a small city in China’s economically depressed rust belt, is a microcosm of an evolving Chinese-Russian trading relationshipSuited and booted in a navy twinset tracksuit and colourful high-top trainers, Wang Runguo is hustling. Darting across the gleaming floors of his cavernous car showroom, the 45-year-old from one of China’s poorest provinces is closing on yet another deal. It is all in a day’s work for the man whose salary has more than doubled i…
18 May 2026, 9:10 pm
A man has been arrested more than a year after a double shooting left a man dead and a woman hurt, according to the Philadelphia Police Department. The shooting happened around 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, on the 100 block of West Indiana Avenue in North Philadelphia, police said. When officers got to the scene that day, they reported finding two gunshot victims, officials said. A 55-year-old man Carlos Diaz-Rodriguez was found unconscious by…
18 May 2026, 9:09 pm
OCEAN CITY, NJ - The Coast Guard says a 19-year-old man is missing after he was last seen on a boogie board in the surf near 10th Street in Ocean City, New Jersey, on Monday, May 18.Coast Guard and beach rescue teams search for missing swimmerAccording to the Coast Guard, two people were about 200 yards from shore on boogie boards when one of them lost his board, was hit by a wave, and did not resurface. Ocean City Beach Rescue successfully recovered one person, wh…
18 May 2026, 9:09 pm
Democrats criticize deal as a slush fund that ‘funnels taxpayer dollars’ to president’s political alliesSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailThe justice department announced on Monday it was creating a loosely controlled and secretive $1.776bn fund to compensate Donald Trump allies as part of an agreement in which Trump and his sons dropped a $10bn longshot lawsuit against the IRS.The money, which critics said was essentially a slush fund, will be…
18 May 2026, 9:03 pm
President says he has instructed US military to be ready for ‘a full, large scale assault of Iran, on a moment’s notice’ – key US politics stories from Monday 18 MayDonald Trump says he has called off a planned attack on Iran at the behest of Gulf states so talks could continue.In a post to his Truth Social platform, the US president claimed that the leaders of Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia had approached Washington because of the chance o…
18 May 2026, 9:01 pm
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi on Monday endorsed San Francisco City Supervisor Connie Chan in the race to succeed her for her seat in Congress.
18 May 2026, 8:50 pm
The same Heritage's Dairy Store location had been robbed just weeks earlier. Store employee Collin Conway described a previous robbery in which the suspect was armed.
18 May 2026, 8:49 pm
Two teen gunmen kill three at San Diego mosque in suspected hate crime.
18 May 2026, 8:48 pm
PHILADELPHIA - A teenager is in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle in a hit-and-run Monday afternoon in Philadelphia’s 2nd District, according to the Philadelphia Police Department.Police say the crash happened at about 2:59 p.m. near Cottman Avenue and Horrocks Street. The 16-year-old victim was crossing the street when he was struck by a Jeep Liberty.Medics with the Philadelphia Fire Department took the teenager to Albert Einstein Medical Center…
18 May 2026, 8:47 pm
Samsung Electronics and its labor union remained far apart after the first day of intensive government-mediated negotiations aimed preventing strike.
18 May 2026, 8:45 pm
Three people were killed in a shooting Monday morning at the Islamic Center of San Diego, authorities said. Two suspects in the shootings are dead.
18 May 2026, 8:44 pm
The US has banned entry to foreigners travelling from several African countries after health officials confirmed an American citizen had contracted Ebola.The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) imposed a 30-day suspension on foreign nationals who have recently travelled through the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Uganda or South Sudan within the past three weeks.The restrictions will not apply to US citizens or lawful permanent residents.On Mond…
18 May 2026, 8:43 pm
The winner of the GOP runoff in the Texas Senate race between Sen. John Cornyn and state Attorney General Ken Paxton faces a closely contested matchup against Democratic nominee James Talarico, according to a new poll from the Barbara Jordan Public Policy Research and Survey Center at Texas Southern University. The survey, released Monday, found……
18 May 2026, 8:43 pm
Norway’s controversial child protection system comes under glaring scrutiny in a drama that considers the blind spots in both progressive thinking and traditional values.
18 May 2026, 8:42 pm
Forza Horizon 6 managed to slip in a sly reference to Pokémon. Xbox and Playground Games' beloved racing franchise has returned, and it's arguably better than ever. Forza Horizon 6 takes the series to Japan, a long-requested setting amongst fans. Not only is Japan a beautiful location for any game, but it has a very strong and thriving car culture. After years of fleshing out the franchise, Playground finally felt comfortable in taking on the setting and making the…
18 May 2026, 8:40 pm
Japanese hospitals are facing growing financial pressure as they pay large referral fees to private recruiting agencies to hire nurses and doctors.
18 May 2026, 8:39 pm
Two teenage gunmen opened fire at an Islamic Center in San Diego on Monday and killed three men before killing themselves a few blocks away, police said.
18 May 2026, 8:37 pm
Former House speaker, who had not yet weighed in, declared Connie Chan ‘best prepared’ to represent cityNancy Pelosi on Monday endorsed Connie Chan, a San Francisco supervisor, in the race to succeed her as the city’s representative in Congress, calling her the candidate who “stands above the rest”.Pelosi, the first woman to serve as speaker of the House, will retire at the end of her term and had not yet weighed in on the contested primary for the San Fra…
18 May 2026, 8:36 pm
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the u2018climate emergencyu2019, public health u2018crisesu2019 and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation. The post News Round-Up appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
18 May 2026, 8:34 pm
A teenager was hospitalized on Monday afternoon after being hit by a car while trying to cross the street, according to the Philadelphia Police Department. Police said that the crash happened around 3 p.m. on Monday, May 18 near the intersection of Cottman Avenue and Horrocks Street in Northeast Philadelphia. Investigators reported that a silver-colored 2011 Jeep Liberty was driving on Cottman Avenue when it hit a 16-year-old boy who was trying to cross at H…
18 May 2026, 8:30 pm
A birthday celebration in Mexico turned into a life-altering medical emergency for Nina Bakhshi after a horrific fall during a trip to Cancun left her paralysed and facing urgent spinal surgery. What began as a leisure getaway quickly escalated into a critical hospital case, with reports stating that doctors waited 28 hours before operating on her lower back. Related Articles 10 Photos of Gaurika Bishnoi: 2026 PGA Championship Winner Aaron Rai's Wife Is Also an Acco…
18 May 2026, 8:29 pm
New York Times: “Nancy Pelosi, the first woman to serve as speaker of the House, on Monday threw her significant clout behind a woman in the race to succeed her: Connie Chan, a member of the San Francisco board of supervisors.”…
18 May 2026, 8:28 pm
Kia President Song Ho-sung said the company plans to deploy the humanoid robot Atlas first in difficult and physically demanding assembly processess.
18 May 2026, 8:27 pm
NOTUS: “President Trump pressed Senate Majority Leader John Thune to fire the Senate parliamentarian after she ruled Republicans could not include funding for the president’s ballroom in a budget bill.”…
18 May 2026, 8:25 pm
A crash involving a semi truck and at least two other vehicles has forced the roadway to be shut down on Monday evening. According to Pennsylvania 511, Route 30 – Coatesville-Downingtown Bypass – is shut down in both directions between the Coatesville and Chester City exits. SkyForce10 was over the scene around 8 p.m. where a white semi-truck could be seen crashed through the guardrail and into a wooded area off the road. A second vehicle was see…
18 May 2026, 8:25 pm
With significant offices on the line, state and local election officials say they are taking precautions while encouraging voter participation.
18 May 2026, 8:22 pm
President’s remarks about Taiwan arms deals being a ‘negotiating chip’ with Beijing have been seized on by Chinese state mediaIt has been an unsettling few days for Taiwan’s government. When Donald Trump met Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday, many feared the unpredictable US leader could upend Washington’s longstanding support for Taipei.But beyond a starkly worded statement from Xi stressing China’s claims over Taiwan, which it claims as part of its ter…
18 May 2026, 8:22 pm
Civilian vessels under Russian attack in Black Sea; Kyiv condemns Belarus nuclear drills as threat to Nato and global security. What we know on day 1,546 Continue reading...
18 May 2026, 8:14 pm
Officials in the Trump administration on Monday moved to weaken and change key parts of federal guidelines that dealt with "forever toxins" in water.
18 May 2026, 8:12 pm
Japan is considering deploying unmanned aircraft equipped with airborne early-warning radar systems as part of efforts to strengthen Pacific defense.
18 May 2026, 8:10 pm
BBC investigation finds hundreds of videos showing self-confessed thieves posing with stolen bikes.
18 May 2026, 8:10 pm
The money he was using as marked with the words "Motion Picture Purposes."…
18 May 2026, 8:07 pm
As teams prepared for the Pennsylvania game, the Palumbo High School girls' flag football squad focused on what their coach described as a daunting challenge.
18 May 2026, 8:07 pm
In Netflix’s first major deal out of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, the streamer has picked up global rights outside of France to breakout Critics Week opener “In Waves,” an adaptation of AJ Dungo’s 2019 graphic memoir. The animated romance directed by Phuong Mai Nguyen boasts a voice cast led by Oscar-nominated Stephanie Hsu and […]…
18 May 2026, 8:02 pm
See what Disney is doing to create magical moments for military families during America's 250th anniversary.
18 May 2026, 8:00 pm
The assembly of a healthy brain requires new cells to travel incredibly long distances to arrive at their correct final destinations. A recent laboratory mouse study reveals that dopamine receptors located on stationary support cells act remarkably like traffic signals, slowing down migrating neurons so they settle in the correct areas. These findings, published in the European Journal of Neuroscience, suggest that early disruptions to dopamine signaling could perma…
18 May 2026, 8:00 pm
Al Jazeera's correspondent in Tehran says Iran's leaders are 'projecting defiance' and rejecting 'pressure' from the US.
18 May 2026, 7:59 pm
Burnham vows not to 're-run' Brexit and King joins 'buddies' at Chelsea Flower Show leads the papers.
18 May 2026, 7:57 pm
Fuhrman, who found bloody glove at Simpson’s home, charged with perjury after audio revealed use of racial slursFormer Los Angeles police detective Mark Fuhrman, who was convicted of lying during testimony at the OJ Simpson murder trial, has died.Fuhrman was one of the first two police detectives sent to investigate the 1994 killings of Simpson’s ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ronald Goldman, in Los Angeles. He reported finding a bloody glove at Si…
18 May 2026, 7:55 pm
Speculation surrounding the political future of Benjamin Netanyahu has intensified after prediction markets began signalling growing confidence that former Israeli leader Naftali Bennett could soon return to power. Related Articles Is Benjamin Netanyahu Alive? Israel PM Misses Security Cabinet Meeting for the 14th Time in a RowTucker Carlson Claims Netanyahu Threatened Him and Two Family Members; Calls Israel 'Most Violent Country on Earth'Israeli Prime Minister Net…
18 May 2026, 7:54 pm
Gaon Cable has signed a busduct supply contract worth up to 4 trillion won, or about $2.7 billion, with a major U.S. tech. company for data centers.
18 May 2026, 7:54 pm
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), fresh off of his loss in the Louisiana Senate Republican primary, is calling out the Trump administration’s creation of a $1.8 billion fund to compensate people who claim they were targeted by the Biden Justice Department, saying it raises the specter of self-dealing. “I don’t actually see any legal precedent for……
18 May 2026, 7:53 pm
Retiring Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Monday endorsed San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan (D) in the race to succeed her in California’s 11th Congressional District. “I know and love this district, I know the Congress and I know Connie,” Pelosi said, with Chan sitting next to her, in a video that their two campaigns shared……
18 May 2026, 7:52 pm
Former LAPD Det. Mark Fuhrman, infamous for discovering the bloody glove in O.J. Simpson's murder case and using racial slurs in tapes played during the trial, has died.
18 May 2026, 7:47 pm
Few had heard of the crude oil-derived chemical until recently, but shortages caused by the blockade of the strait of Hormuz have led to a spike in concernJapan’s government is fighting to cushion the economic impact of the Middle East war, as the shortage of oil sends inflation rising, with the crisis threatening to undermine prime minister Sanae Takaichi’s wide poll lead.Amidst it all, new polling shows that Japan has seen a surge in concern over shortages of…
18 May 2026, 7:45 pm
Fire on Santa Rosa Island in Channel Islands national park becomes state’s largest this year and threatens rare plantsA wildfire that broke out on an island in the Channel Islands national park has become California’s largest wildfire so far this year, burning through more than 10,000 acres, destroying historic structures and endangering rare plant communities that conservationists had struggled to reclaim.About six dozen firefighters have been deployed to contr…
18 May 2026, 7:42 pm
Close advisers to Trump warned after last week's U.S.-China summit that likelihood of China invading Taiwan within next 5 years has increased.
18 May 2026, 7:42 pm
All Arsenal eyes will be on Bournemouth v Man City on Tuesday with the Gunners agonisingly close to ending their 22-year wait for a Premier League title.
18 May 2026, 7:41 pm
The state trial court handed down its ruling in People v. Mangione, on whether to suppress part of all of the contents of the backpack Luigi Mangione was carrying at the time of his arrest in the state prosecution against him. In the federal case against Mangione, the federal court back in January denied the motion to suppress the contents of the backpack. But today the state court suppresses some of the contents for the state court prosecution (in particular, the…
18 May 2026, 7:40 pm
The Trump administration has frequently accused US allies of failing to live up to mutual defence obligations.
18 May 2026, 7:37 pm
US president says Gulf states asked him to delay planned strikes on Iran because ‘they think they are close to making a deal’UAE blames Iran or its proxies for drone strike fire near nuclear plantFriedrich Merz has been embroiled in a row with Donald Trump over his war on Iran ever since the German chancellor suggested the Trump team was being outplayed in its negotiations with Tehran and said he would not advise his children to study or work in the US in the cu…
18 May 2026, 7:36 pm
OpenAI’s plans now seem all but guaranteed, given that the world’s richest man couldn’t put a stop to themOn Monday morning, a jury in Oakland, California, handed a resounding victory to Sam Altman and OpenAI in their long, bitter courtroom battle with Elon Musk.The federal jury found Altman, OpenAI and its president, Greg Brockman, not liable for Elon Musk’s claims that they unjustly enriched themselves and broke a founding contract made with Musk when foun…
18 May 2026, 7:34 pm
Doosan is close to finalizing its acquisition of SK Siltron, the world's third-largest semiconductor wafer maker, in a deal expected to accelerate.
18 May 2026, 7:33 pm
Bonnie Blue was filmed in a British nightclub earlier this year apparently drinking shots while showing a visible bump, sparking a fierce backlash on social media. Users accused the adult content creator of endangering an unborn child and questioned whether the 'pregnant' drinking was real or simply another Bonnie Blue stunt. Related Articles 'Get Back on Your Knees and Start G******': Pregnant Bonnie Blue Fires Filthy Insult at Disney Star Maitland WardViral Post C…
18 May 2026, 7:32 pm
A new infostealer variant targets macOS users by spoofing Apple, Microsoft, and Google and then then gets to work searching for victims’ password managers so it can steal all of their credentials and access cryptocurrency wallets such as MetaMask and Phantom. The updated SHub stealer variant is called Reaper, and it uses macOS Script Editor, pre-populated with the malicious payload to execute the malware, according to SentinelOne research engineer Phil Stokes, who…
18 May 2026, 7:32 pm
“President Trump aired his displeasure with the Senate rules referee during a Monday call with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, criticizing her decision to block a filibuster-proof vote on security money for his East Wing renovation and ballroom,” Semafor reports. “The president is leaning on the Senate to deliver $1 billion in new Secret Service funding — including $200 million associated with the demolition of the East Wing for his ballroom and other fac…
18 May 2026, 7:31 pm
Sony has confirmed price rises for its PlayStation Plus (PS+) subscription service. Read more…
18 May 2026, 7:31 pm
The age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales could be raised to as high as 14 under David Lammy's overhaul to the youth justice system. The Youth Justice White Paper, published by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), sets out a major re-think as to how Britain's justice system handles young offenders.Mr Lammy said Labour would "carefully consider" whether the existing age of criminal responsibility of 10 reflected "modern understanding of childhood, vulnerabili…
18 May 2026, 7:31 pm
A man washes his hands before being screened to enter Kyeshero Hospital in Goma, Congo, on May 18, 2026. Jospin Mwisha/AFP via Getty ImagesAs a deadly outbreak of Ebola virus spreads in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on May 17, 2026, that it is transferring “a small number of Americans” who were in Congo and who were exposed to the virus. Some of these exposures are classified as high-risk…
18 May 2026, 7:28 pm
A former Trump Justice Department official on Monday criticized what he called the administration’s “shocking” settlement with Live Nation and its subsidiary Ticketmaster, telling lawmakers that the department abused its prosecutorial discretion to reach the deal. Roger Alford, a former principal deputy assistant attorney general in the department’s Antitrust Division, appeared before a Democrat-led congressional forum on Capitol Hill and said he was spea…
18 May 2026, 7:28 pm
The U.S. and China reaffirmed their shared goal of N. Korea's denuclearization during last week's summit between President Trump and President Xi.
18 May 2026, 7:28 pm
Fuhrman had found the bloody glove at Simpson’s Brentwood estate while investigating the murders of Simpson's ex-wife, Nicole Brown, and her friend Ron Goldman, that became a key piece of evidence.
18 May 2026, 7:23 pm
The primaries should winnow down the nearly two dozen candidates seeking to challenge incumbent Governor Tina Kotek.
18 May 2026, 7:23 pm
A 19-year-old man who was last seen in the water with a boogie board off the coast of Ocean City is missing, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Monday, May 18. The Coast Guard was called to a water rescue at around 5:05 p.m. and they successfully pulled one person out of the water, officials said. The person rescued is alive and speaking with officials. The recovered swimmer said that he saw the 19-year-old lose his footing on the boogie board, but he did not resu…
18 May 2026, 7:22 pm
Last week marked one of the most important events on Donald Trump’s foreign policy calendar. The president sat down in Beijing for a much-anticipated meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. All signs looked positive before the summit, with some commentators comparing it to Richard Nixon’s famous China trip in 1972. We don’t yet have a full readout of how the meeting went, but the president himself indicated that he and Xi discussed, among other weighty subjec…
18 May 2026, 7:19 pm
"Full Phil," brash and throttling as it is, is an overly italicized screw-loose satire that some will want to see, because in its halfway funny, halfway off-putting extreme way it dares to color so far outside the lines.
18 May 2026, 7:16 pm
Meghan Markle is accused of being a hypocrite for sharing a photo of her 4-year-old daughter, Lilibet, with the youngster's back facing the camera. Since she created a new Instagram account, Markle has been sharing photos and videos of her kids, but she rarely shows their faces to protect their privacy. Related Articles Why Prince Harry Allegedly Prioritises King Charles Over Meghan Markle's Hollywood Ambitions for Their KidsMeghan Markle Accused Of 'Merching The Ki…
18 May 2026, 7:13 pm
A jury on Monday threw out Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI and founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman because he waited too long to file the claims.
18 May 2026, 7:12 pm
Former Los Angeles police detective Mark Fuhrman, who was convicted of lying during testimony at the OJ Simpson murder trial, has died.
18 May 2026, 7:12 pm
On the road to Parliament Square, men kept stopping Kate to tell her she was beautiful. She was a devout Christian and aesthetician from Kent and she wore an elaborate skirt made of Union Jacks. It had taken months to prepare her outfit for Tommy Robinson’s “Unite the Kingdom” march. “I wanted to wear something that was quite ladylike, but covered up,” she told me. “I saw a girl last year, she had all her bits hanging out. I think that’s a bit distaste…
18 May 2026, 7:12 pm
Keir Starmer is facing the strangest dilemma of his leadership. He is expected to campaign for the victory of a man who would like to end his premiership. If Andy Burnham becomes Labour’s candidate in the Makerfield by-election, the Labour Party machine will be expected to campaign for him with the usual discipline and enthusiasm. Yet, every vote cast for Burnham is potentially another nail in Starmer’s political coffin. It may be some comfort to Starmer to k…
18 May 2026, 7:11 pm
Investors around the world are continuing to sell off government bonds, which means borrowing – for the state, for employers and for consumers – is getting more expensive. The lower the price of debt in the market, the more it costs the issuer of that debt to borrow. In a deliberate confusion of correlation and causation, some British news organisations and politicians have chosen to attribute the rise in UK gilts yields entirely to what Kemi Badenoch has taken…
18 May 2026, 7:11 pm
If Andy Burnham succeeds in the Makerfield by-election next month, Labour will immediately face a new challenge: a Greater Manchester mayoral by-election. There’s no guarantee the party would win without Burnham as the candidate. And regardless, the new mayor would face another election campaign in 2028, when Burnham’s term is due to end. But which party is most likely to win the mayoralty if Burnham steps down? Greater Manchester effectively backed Reform in…
18 May 2026, 7:10 pm
The NewsThe Trump administration is set to start paying the president’s political allies up to $1.8 billion in taxpayer money, and critics have no clear path yet to contest the deal in court.The biggest hurdle standing in their way: A lawsuit has no obvious plaintiff.“It’s ordinarily hard to get standing in a case like this where the government has generally violated the law — but there’s not, at least for most people, a specific harm,” said Brendan Ball…
18 May 2026, 7:09 pm
In letters sent to the BBC from prison, Hayden Davies says he has had no contact with British authorities.