World
Hantavirus risk map shows Southwest leads US cases
The CDC has tracked 890 cases since 1993, with New Mexico, Colorado, and Arizona accounting for the highest concentrations as a cruise ship outbreak raises new questions.
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United States
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232 Newsorga stories on United States, published from 2026-01-08 through 2026-05-22. Most of this coverage sits in World, Politics, Automobile, Business, and Entertainment. Newest first below.
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Culture
"Six-seven" chant sweeps from drill rap to papal gesture
Dictionary.com crowned the nonsense phrase its 2025 Word of the Year after it migrated from a Philadelphia rap track to classrooms, video games, and Vatican City.
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Politics
Every war fought under each U.S. president
From Washington's Whiskey Rebellion to Trump's 2025 Iran strikes, the constitutional tension between presidential command and congressional war powers has shaped 235 years of American conflict.
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World
Miami officers sue Affleck and Damon over Netflix film
Two sergeants allege the crime drama 'The Rip' used real details from their 2016 narcotics case to portray them as corrupt officers who stole drug money and murdered a federal agent.
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Tech
Jeep Recon arrives as 650-hp electric off-roader
The 2026 Recon pairs Wrangler-inspired removable doors with dual-motor power, though its 230-mile range and $65,000 price raise questions in a cooling EV market.
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Tech
Apple says iPhone 17 is its most popular lineup ever
The iPhone 17 family drove Apple to record quarterly revenue of $111.2 billion, though supply constraints limited sales of the A19 chip-powered lineup.
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Politics
14th Amendment sits at center of citizenship and election fights
Ratified in 1868 to secure rights for formerly enslaved people, the amendment's citizenship and insurrection clauses are now the subject of Supreme Court battles and political debate.
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World
Baghaei defends Iran reply as Trump slams counterproposal
Tehran's spokesman said diplomacy was in good faith while naming Pakistan mediator; Trump had already called Iran's written answer unacceptable online.
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World
El Niño set to return with potentially record intensity
NOAA places the odds at 96 percent for a winter El Niño, with some forecast models pointing to the strongest event in more than a century.
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Politics
Highway account gap nears $21 billion in FY2026 as HTF cash runs low
Fuel taxes feeding the trust fund have not risen since 1993, while CBO expects the highway account to run out of cash in fiscal 2028.
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Tech
2027 Bolt EV pairs NACS fast charging with 262 EPA miles
Chevrolet listed LT at $27,600 and RS at $31,600 beside a $28,995 FAQ figure and limited-run copy, so buyers must expand footnotes before signing.
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Tech
IONIQ 6 N pairs 478 kW boost with 84 kWh pack for 2026
Hyundai’s factory sheet lists WLTP range, charging times, and N hardware, while U.S. pages stress 641 hp and scarce dealer allocation.
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Sports
LeBron James Lakers trade rumors: what is real, what is noise, and what comes next
After the Lakers’ 2026 Western Conference semifinal exit to Oklahoma City, LeBron James faces a player option and free-agency math that has reopened familiar speculation about trades, short contracts elsewhere, or retirement—while reporting tied to team and league sources describes mutual interest in another Los Angeles deal if the salary cap puzzle can be solved alongside other free agents such as Austin Reaves.
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Markets
Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square files a new ~$2.1bn Microsoft stake, arguing Azure and M365 are mispriced against AI noise
A Form 13F-HR filed 15 May 2026 for holdings as of 31 March 2026 shows Pershing Square Capital Management with about 5.65 million Microsoft shares worth roughly $2.09 billion, a new megacap line alongside sharply trimmed Alphabet; in a same-day post on X, Ackman framed Microsoft as a “highly compelling valuation” at about 21 times forward earnings, defended the OpenAI partnership economics against “overblown” exclusivity fears, and said buying began in February after weakness following Microsoft’s fiscal Q2 2026 results.
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Business
Bank of America agrees to $2.25 million settlement over 7-Eleven ATM balance inquiry fees
A proposed class deal in federal court in Southern California would end litigation over allegations that Bank of America assessed more than one out-of-network balance inquiry fee during a single visit to FCTI-operated ATMs in 7-Eleven stores between May 2018 and November 2021, with a $2.25 million fund and a June 2026 claim deadline for many former accountholders.
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Business
Elon Musk and Sam Altman face off in OpenAI charitable-trust trial
A nine-person federal jury in Oakland, California, is weighing whether OpenAI and its leaders unjustly enriched themselves and breached a charitable trust when the ChatGPT maker moved from a nonprofit-only posture toward a capped-profit structure, with Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers splitting liability and remedies into separate phases and pretrial filings discussing disgorgement theories on the order of $134 billion.
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World
Trump says US and Nigerian forces eliminated ISIS deputy Abu-Bilal al-Minuki
In a 16 May 2026 Truth Social post, Donald Trump claimed American and Nigerian troops carried out a complex strike that killed Abu-Bilal al-Minuki—calling him ISIS’s global second-in-command—while thanking Abuja; U.S. legal designations have listed the same figure under the spelling al-Mainuki as a senior ISIS leadership official.
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Science
NASA recasts Artemis III as a 2027 Earth-orbit docking dress rehearsal
Agency materials now describe Artemis III as a crewed low Earth orbit mission in mid-2027 that will launch four astronauts on SLS and Orion, use a non-propulsive upper-stage spacer instead of the interim cryogenic propulsion stage, and rehearse rendezvous and docking with commercial lunar lander pathfinders before the first South Pole landing moves to Artemis IV in early 2028.
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Science
SpaceX CRS-34 mission launches to International Space Station
A Falcon 9 lifted NASA’s 34th Commercial Resupply Services flight from Cape Canaveral’s SLC-40 at 6:05 p.m. EDT on 15 May 2026, sending a Cargo Dragon with nearly 6,500 pounds of supplies and experiments toward an autonomous Harmony forward-port docking targeted for the morning of 17 May.
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Entertainment
Drake debuts Iceman, Habibti, and Maid of Honour albums
The Toronto rapper dropped three full-length projects at once on 15 May 2026—Iceman, Habibti, and Maid of Honour—after teasing the rollout through his Iceman livestream series, marking his first major solo album cycle since 2023’s For All the Dogs.
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Science
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft closes in on Mars for gravity-assist flyby
On May 15, 2026, NASA’s Psyche probe is set to pass roughly 2,800 miles above Mars at about 12,300 mph, using the planet’s gravity to bend and accelerate its trajectory toward metal-rich asteroid Psyche while teams calibrate cameras and other instruments ahead of a late-2029 arrival.
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Sports
NFL releases 2026 regular season schedule: Week 1 slate and full 32-team calendars
The league unveiled the full 2026 regular season on Thursday 14 May 2026—including a Wednesday Super Bowl rematch in Seattle, a Thursday opener in Melbourne, and all 18 weeks for every franchise, with several international and holiday showcases already fixed.
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Technology
Google now defaults new accounts to 5GB free storage unless a phone number is verified
Reporting on fresh Google Account sign-ups says users who complete registration without linking and verifying a phone number see a 5GB shared cap across Gmail, Drive, and Photos—while adding a number can unlock the familiar 15GB pool at no charge, in a shift Google’s own help pages began wording as “up to 15GB” around March 2026.
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Politics
Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions overturned by South Carolina Supreme Court
In a unanimous May 13, 2026 ruling, the state’s highest court vacated Richard Alexander “Alex” Murdaugh’s 2023 double-murder convictions—faulting Colleton County Clerk of Court Rebecca “Becky” Hill’s jury communications and sharply limiting how financial-crime evidence may shape a retrial—while prosecutors vowed to try the killings again and stressed Murdaugh remains imprisoned for massive fraud sentences.
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Business
Airlines worldwide cancel flights and raise fees as jet fuel costs spike amid Middle East supply shock
Jet fuel benchmarks have roughly doubled since the start of 2026 as the Iran war and Strait of Hormuz disruption squeeze Middle East refinery exports. European carriers that import about a third of their jet fuel from the region are slashing summer capacity—Lufthansa Group alone announced 20,000 flight cuts through fall—while energy officials warn replenishment windows are tight. In North America, majors have largely avoided Europe-scale cancellations so far but are passing costs through higher fares, checked-bag fees of roughly $45 for many domestic first bags, fuel surcharges on some international tickets, and ancillary trims such as Delta ending complimentary snacks on the shortest hops.
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World
Trump and Xi to meet in Beijing: The key issues shaping the China summit
With Chinese state media confirming a May 13–15, 2026 state visit by U.S. President Donald Trump, the Xi Jinping meeting will sit atop parallel ministerial trade talks in Seoul, unfinished implementation from last autumn’s Busan truce, and acute geopolitical stress over the Middle East and Taiwan—this guide separates what is on the public record from what remains negotiation space.
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World
Son of Kouri Richins, Utah author convicted of murder, reveals new details about night his father died
In a prosecutors’ memo filed ahead of sentencing, Richins’ middle son—now 11—disputed his mother’s account of sleeping in his room when Eric Richins died in March 2022, recalling an early bedtime without a bath, a locked parents’ door, and a blaring TV before the 911 call, CBS News and Utah outlets reported.
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World
Trump turns Taiwan arms sales into bargaining chip with China
As Donald Trump flew to meet Xi Jinping in Beijing in May 2026, the president openly said he would discuss U.S. arms sales to Taiwan—adding that Xi “would like us not to”—while a roughly $14 billion package remained in limbo and bipartisan senators warned that American support for Taiwan must not be traded away.
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Politics
Trump administration picks detention industry veteran David Venturella to lead ICE
The Department of Homeland Security is elevating David Venturella—an ICE alumnus who later spent more than a decade at GEO Group and most recently supervised detention contracts—to become Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s next acting director on June 1, 2026, succeeding Todd Lyons amid a sprawling enforcement and detention build-out.
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Sports
Jason Collins, first active NBA player to come out as gay, dies at 47
The former Stanford center and 13-year NBA veteran who came out in Sports Illustrated in 2013 and later played openly for the Brooklyn Nets died on May 12, 2026 after what his family called a valiant fight with glioblastoma, the league and relatives confirmed.
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Entertainment
Donald Gibb, ‘Revenge of the Nerds’ and ‘Bloodsport’ actor, dies at 71
Donald Richard Gibb—the hulking ex-jock who turned Fred “Ogre” Palowaski and Kumite brawler Ray Jackson into 1980s pop-culture shorthand for beer-chugging menace—died May 12, 2026 at home in Texas after a long illness, his family told outlets including TMZ and trade publications.
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Technology
Googlebook: new laptop line built around Gemini intelligence
Google unveiled Googlebook on 12 May 2026 as a premium laptop category that merges Android and ChromeOS foundations, puts Gemini at the OS experience layer, and promises Magic Pointer contextual actions plus prompt-built desktop widgets—hardware from Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP, and Lenovo is slated for fall.
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Sports
Brandon Clarke dies at 29: what is known about the cause of death, his Grizzlies career, and key stats
The Memphis Grizzlies and the NBA confirmed the death of forward Brandon Clarke at age 29 while Los Angeles-area authorities said early reporting pointed to a possible overdose pending autopsy—framing a life that spanned Vancouver roots, a Gonzaga breakout, and seven seasons defined by efficiency, injury setbacks, and deep Memphis ties.
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Technology
Apple iOS 26.5 update: new features explained, full patch notes, and a change summary table
Apple shipped iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5 in mid-May 2026 as a mid-cycle release: consumer-facing highlights include beta-grade end-to-end encrypted RCS between iPhone and Android on cooperating carriers, a downloadable Pride Luminance wallpaper, and a new Suggested Places strip in Maps ahead of a US and Canada Maps ads programme later in the summer—alongside StoreKit subscription APIs, receipt fixes, and wallpaper-gallery bug fixes documented for developers in the official SDK release notes.
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World
Tehran vows ‘no retreat’ as Netanyahu meets UAE president during the war on Iran
Iranian leaders doubled down on defiance messaging while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held talks with UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan—signalling how Gulf capitals balance public solidarity, discreet security coordination, and anxiety about a long US–Israel–Iran fight.
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Entertainment
Rod Stewart hails King Charles for putting 'ratbag' Trump 'in his place'
Sir Rod Stewart used a charity gala at London's Royal Albert Hall to congratulate King Charles III on his recent U.S. state visit, telling the monarch in front of a star-studded audience that the King had put Donald Trump 'in his place' while branding the U.S. president a 'little ratbag' in language that drew laughter from the King and instant headlines across British tabloids.
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Automobile
Audi Q9 revealed as three-row flagship: specs, dimensions, launch timing and what buyers can expect
Audi has moved its next flagship from the A8 limousine to a full-size Q9 SUV: a three-row, PPC-based range-topper aimed squarely at the BMW X7 and Mercedes-Benz GLS, with a high-tech cabin preview—captain's chairs, panoramic electrochromic glass, dual curved displays and fast charging banks—while a world premiere remains slated for the second half of 2026 and market rollouts are expected to prioritise the United States, China and the Gulf before wider European allocation.
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Politics
Trump set for Beijing state visit May 13–15 with Xi; U.S. CEOs expected on trip
President Donald Trump plans to meet Xi Jinping in Beijing on a state visit from May 13 through May 15, 2026, after earlier delay talk around the widening Iran conflict. Elon Musk, Tim Cook, and other chief executives appear on advance guest lists, but tariffs, export controls, oil sanctions, and paperwork for aircraft and chips will decide whether the visit changes facts on the ground.
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World
FinCEN alerts banks to IRGC sanctions evasion via fronts and digital assets
The Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network told U.S. financial institutions to watch for Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps networks that use front companies, cryptocurrency rails, and other intermediaries to bypass sanctions. The notice lands as President Donald Trump publicly called the Iran ceasefire on life support and as Washington keeps squeezing procurement channels tied to Iranian drones and missiles.
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Entertainment
Explicit burns and shoe jabs: The most controversial jokes from the Netflix Kevin Hart roast
From brutal punchlines about Tom Brady’s revenge over a 2017 affair to Katt Williams’ explicit jabs and raw jokes about a 1990 family tragedy, Netflix’s live event blurred the line between comedy and genuine outrage.
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World
Philadelphia airport: CBP dog Nitro flags Mexico-bound traveler; officers seize $44,690 in unreported cash
Customs and Border Protection says a currency detector K-9 hit on a Cancún-bound passenger who declared $10,000 but was carrying far more split across pockets, envelopes, and a carry-on—then released him after returning $240 for humanitarian reasons.
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Entertainment
Netflix Roast Night Goes Off Track As Shane Gillis Targets Chelsea Handler With Jeffrey Epstein Joke
During Netflix’s Roast of Kevin Hart, host Shane Gillis hammered Chelsea Handler over a long-reported 2010 dinner at Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan home; Handler answered with barbs tied to Gillis’s 2019 exit from Saturday Night Live.
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Business
Peter Schiff doubles down on calling Strategy’s STRC a “Ponzi” as MSTR swings on Bitcoin and earnings
The longtime gold advocate says perpetual preferred payouts are circular “obvious” finance; Strategy’s CEO counters that Stretch proceeds go straight into Bitcoin. Third‑party coverage also summarized Schiff pressuring regulators—without any confirmed SEC probe.
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Entertainment
Who was Sheryl Underwood’s husband Michael—and why did the Kevin Hart roast ignite backlash?
Underwood’s first husband died by suicide in 1990 after a short marriage; decades later, Netflix’s live roast put new punchlines about that loss in the spotlight before she answered Tony Hinchcliffe from the stage.
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Politics
Arcadia Mayor Wang charged as Chinese foreign agent, resigns from office
Arcadia Mayor Eileen Wang resigned after federal charges accused her of acting as an illegal agent for the People’s Republic of China. The charges, linked to her activities before taking office, involve promoting pro-Beijing propaganda through a purported news website and coordinating with PRC officials. She has agreed to plead guilty to the felony count.
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Politics
Cole Tomas Allen indicted in alleged Trump assassination bid at WHCA dinner
Grand jurors handed up four felonies after the April 25 breach at the Washington Hilton; prosecutors say Allen reached the Terrace Level with a shotgun before officers stopped him above the ballroom.
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World
Trump rejects Iran's 14-point counterproposal as US–Iran ceasefire strains over Hormuz and uranium
Trump called Iran's May 10 response 'totally unacceptable' in a Truth Social post, rejecting a 14-point plan that sought to end the war in 30 days, secure reparations, and retain limited enrichment — while Netanyahu insisted the conflict is 'not over' until enriched uranium is removed.
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Markets
How Polymarket became Wall Street's third opinion alongside analysts and economists
Intercontinental Exchange — the New York Stock Exchange's parent and the operator of the world's largest financial-market data infrastructure — completed a $2 billion equity commitment to blockchain-based prediction market Polymarket on March 27, 2026 (initial tranche October 2025 at a roughly $9 billion valuation, final $600 million cash tranche in March), and in February 2026 launched the 'Polymarket Signals and Sentiment' institutional data feed that pipes the platform's real-time crowd-sourced probability assessments directly into the ICE Consolidated Feed alongside NYSE equity prices and corporate-actions data; the move ratifies what hedge funds and proprietary trading firms had already begun doing through 2024-2025 — using Polymarket prices as a structured 'third opinion' on macro outcomes such as CPI prints, FOMC decisions, election results and geopolitical events, sitting alongside sell-side analyst consensus (the first opinion) and economist survey consensus (the second opinion), with Australian forecasting firm Dysrupt Labs telling Business Insider that prediction markets agree with traditional consensus '95% of the time' but generate up to 12 basis points of uncorrelated gains on the 5% of occasions when they diverge.
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Politics
'They steal a lot': Trump revives Fort Knox gold audit pitch, 15 months on
In a Sunday May 10, 2026 interview with Sharyl Attkisson on Sinclair's Full Measure, US President Donald Trump revived his February 2025 promise to personally audit the United States Bullion Depository at Fort Knox, Kentucky — telling Attkisson 'we wanted to go and knock on their door — Fort Knox, very thick door — and to see whether or not we have any gold in there... I wonder if they left the gold in Fort Knox because they steal a lot' and later adding 'I do want to go to Fort Knox sometime. I want to see if the gold is there, which I'm sure it will be' — but 15 months after the original announcement, no Trump administration visit has occurred, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has stated on the record that the September 30, 2024 audit report found 'all the gold present and accounted for,' and the Fort Knox vault still holds 147,341,858.382 fine troy ounces (about half the US Treasury's gold) at a statutory book value of $42.22 per ounce but a market value north of $435 billion at current spot prices.
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Culture
Army veteran's $240,150 win is biggest single-game prize in Price Is Right history
Retired US Army veteran Vanesa McCaskell from Virginia broke the 54-year single-game prize record on CBS daytime institution 'The Price Is Right' on the Friday May 8, 2026 Mother's Day episode, taking home $227,500 in cash plus a mother-daughter trip to Morocco valued at $12,650 — a combined $240,150 haul that shattered the previous $210,000 record set on the game 'Cliffhangers' in 2016 — by drawing all five balls successfully on 'The Lion's Share,' the first custom-branded pricing game in the show's history, introduced this season under a multi-year Fremantle partnership with BetMGM whose top jackpot tops out at $500,000; the episode was taped in December, forcing McCaskell to keep the historic win secret for nearly five months — which she described to USA TODAY as 'torture' — with the win finally landing on a Mother's Day theme that fit the trip-with-her-mother prize and on the week of her own birthday.
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