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  • Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech during the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in central Moscow on May 9, 2026. Russia celebrates the 81st anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two (WWII). (Photo by Pavel Bednyakov / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    Putin presides over Russia’s Victory Day parade without tanks, missiles and other heavy equipment due to threat of Ukrainian long-range drones

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  • TOPSHOT – In this picture obtained from Iran’s ISNA news agency on May 4, 2026, vessels are pictured anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas in southern Iran. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on May 4 denied that any commercial ships had crossed the Strait of Hormuz, after the US military earlier said two US-flagged merchant vessels had transited through the vital waterway. (Photo by Amirhossein KHORGOOEI / ISNA / AFP via Getty Images) /Politics

    Bahrain, which hosts the U.S. Navy’s Mideast HQ, arrests dozens with alleged links to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard

    By Adam Schreck, Samy Magdy, and others
  • FILE – A Frontier Airlines jetliner taxis down a runway for take off from Denver International airport on Nov. 25, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)North America

    Pedestrian who jumped Denver airport fence dies after being hit by Frontier Airlines plane, sparking an engine fire and forcing passengers to evacuate

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  • Passengers on the the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship, MV Hondius, watch epidemiologists board the boat in Praia, during their voyage to Spain’s port of Tenerife, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo)Politics

    As hantavirus outbreak unfolds, the CDC is missing in action, experts say. ‘I’m very sorry to say that we are not prepared’

    By Mike Stobbe and The Associated Press
  • Files on UFOs, released Friday, May 8, 2026, by the Pentagon, are photographed in Washington. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)Innovation

    UFO files show Buzz Aldrin saw a ‘sizeable’ object close to the moon and a ‘fairly bright light source’ that the Apollo 11 crew felt could be a laser

    By Seung Min Kim, Collin Binkley, and others
  • hackingCybersecurity

    Student hackers get revenge on final exams as ‘ShinyHunters’ takes down nearly 9,000 schools study software

    By Heather Hollingsworth and The Associated Press
  • eisenhower officePolitics

    Trump wants to repaint a historic landmark. Preservationists say it will destroy it—and cost taxpayers $7.5m

    By The Associated Press and Darlene Superville
  • UFOsNorth America

    Pentagon begins releasing new files on UFOs, telling public to draw their own conclusions

    By Collin Binkley, Seung Min Kim, and others
  • trumpEconomy

    U.S. economy surprises with 115,000 new jobs created in April

    By Paul Wiseman and The Associated Press
  • mamdaniReal Estate

    New York is going to tax the wealthy’s second homes, but not tax wealth itself

    By Anthony Izaguirre and The Associated Press
  • collinsPolitics

    73-year-old Susan Collins has been a senator for decades. She only just disclosed a benign essential tremor

    By Patrick Whittle, Kimberlee Kruesi, and others
  • uspsLaw

    Trump administration thinks maybe it’s okay to let people send handguns to each other through the mail

    By The Associated Press and Jessica Hill
  • Motorbikes drive past a billboard with graphic showing the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali KhameneiPolitics

    Iran is setting up an agency to tax ships passing through Hormuz even as it negotiates a peace deal

    By Adam Schreck, David McHugh, and others
  • mcdonald's logoRetail

    McDonald’s posts better-than-expected first quarter sales. But higher gas prices threaten demand

    By The Associated Press and Dee-Ann Durbin
  • whitmerPolitics

    Surging gas prices, auto-crushing tariffs and ominous special elections: GOP sees Michigan slipping away

    By Joey Cappelletti and The Associated Press