Lead: An explosion on Monday at a fireworks manufacturing facility in Liuyang, a county-level city administered by Changsha in Hunan province, killed 26 people and injured 61, state media reported. The blast prompted a halt to nearby fireworks production, large-scale rescue operations and the detention of the company manager as investigators worked to determine the … Read more
May 5, 2026 — At Frost Bank Center on Monday night, the sixth-seeded Minnesota Timberwolves edged the No. 2 San Antonio Spurs 104-102 in a tightly contested Western Conference semifinal opener. Anthony Edwards returned from a knee injury off the bench and supplied a late burst while Minnesota’s balanced attack overcame a historic shot-blocking performance … Read more
Lead: On May 4, 2026, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York hosted the annual Met Gala, this year organized around the Costume Institute exhibition themed “Costume Art.” Co-chairs Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman and Venus Williams led a guest list of roughly 400 attendees as celebrities delivered theatrical, on-theme red-carpet statements. The evening included a … Read more
May 4, 2026 — Valve’s new Steam Controller went on sale today on the Steam store and generated immediate demand. Priced at $99 (£85 in the U.K.), the pad brings magnetic thumbsticks, haptic rumble motors, two trackpads, mappable rear buttons and a claimed 35+ hours of battery life. Orders appeared at 10 a.m. PT / … Read more
Lead On Monday, Iranian forces struck at least one commercial vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, the United Arab Emirates said, after reporting that two drones targeted an ADNOC-owned tanker. The U.K. Maritime Trade Operations Center separately reported a merchant ship on fire about 14 nautical miles west of Mina Saqr; the cause remains unverified. … Read more
Lead: Health officials in Albuquerque, New Mexico are probing a cruise ship outbreak suspected to be hantavirus after three people died and additional passengers fell ill. The World Health Organization and U.S. authorities are coordinating laboratory testing, including viral sequencing, and epidemiological tracing. The suspected pathogen is a rodent-borne hantavirus group known to cause two … Read more
Lead Family members identified the driver who crashed an explosives-laden rented vehicle into the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland just before 3 a.m. on May 2, 2026, as 48-year-old Bruce Valentine Whitman. Whitman, a former bartender at the private club, died after the vehicle caught fire; police say several improvised devices were found but most … Read more
Lead: At least 10 people were transported to area hospitals after shots were fired around 9 p.m. at a gathering of young people near Arcadia Lake in Edmond, Oklahoma. Edmond police said the reports came in late Saturday evening, and several additional victims drove themselves for treatment. No arrests had been announced by late Sunday, … Read more
Lead On May 3, 2026, United Airlines Flight UA169, a Boeing 767 carrying 221 passengers and 10 crew, contacted a light pole and a tractor-trailer on the New Jersey Turnpike as it approached Newark Liberty International Airport. The aircraft landed, taxied to the gate and evacuated no injured passengers; the truck driver received minor injuries … Read more
Lead GameStop on Sunday made an unsolicited $55.5bn cash-and-stock bid to acquire eBay, valuing the e-commerce company at $125 a share. The offer, announced by GameStop and detailed in a letter from CEO Ryan Cohen, follows efforts by GameStop to accelerate its e-commerce transformation. GameStop said it has a financing commitment that would include about … Read more
Lead: President Donald Trump announced that the United States will begin guiding commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz starting Monday as part of an initiative he called “Project Freedom.” The U.S. Central Command said the operation will deploy guided-missile destroyers, more than 100 aircraft and roughly 15,000 service members to support what officials described … Read more
Three people have died and several others are ill following a suspected hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius during a voyage from Ushuaia, Argentina to Cape Verde, the World Health Organization told the BBC. One hantavirus infection has been laboratory-confirmed and five additional cases remain under investigation. A 69-year-old British national is in intensive care … Read more
Lead: Six months before November’s midterm elections, a Washington Post–ABC News–Ipsos poll released on 3 May 2026 finds President Donald Trump’s public disapproval at 62%, the highest level recorded across his two terms. The survey shows acute voter dissatisfaction on economic issues and the administration’s handling of the February war with Iran, with wide majorities … Read more
Lead: On Jan. 2, 2022, Gloria Choi placed a frantic 911 call in Lakewood, Washington, saying her boyfriend was following her and that “he’s got a gun.” Seconds later multiple shots were fired; Choi was extricated by first responders and pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. Investigators tied the attack to a pattern of stalking … Read more
Lead David Benavidez and Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez headlined a cross-division title night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on May 2, 2026, with Ramirez defending his WBA and WBO cruiserweight belts against Benavidez. The evening’s undercard and prelims produced several decisive outcomes — including Tito Sanchez’s 10th-round TKO and Ismael Flores’s unanimous decision upset — … Read more
