Lead On May 31, 2026, at about 2:11 p.m. Eastern Time a meteor fragmented high over the South Shore near Boston, producing a loud boom heard across Massachusetts and into neighboring states. NASA estimates the breakup released energy equivalent to roughly 300 tons of TNT and says fragments fell into Cape Cod Bay at a … Read more
Lead On May 31, 2026, at about 2:11 p.m. Eastern Time a meteor exploded over the waters off Massachusetts, producing a loud boom that was heard across much of the state and into neighboring states. NASA estimated the breakup released energy equivalent to roughly 300 tons of TNT, and preliminary tracking placed the fragmentation near … Read more
A phase 3 trial presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting in Chicago shows that a daily oral drug, daraxonrasib, roughly doubled median survival for patients with metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (mPDAC). The randomized study enrolled about 500 patients whose cancer had already spread; those taking daraxonrasib survived a median 13.2 … Read more
Lead On Sunday 31 May 2026 at Roland-Garros, Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk defeated third seed and four-time champion Iga Swiatek 7-5, 6-1 to reach her first Paris quarterfinal. The 15th seed ended Swiatek’s bid for a clay-court title after a one-hour 40-minute match and extended Kostyuk’s unbeaten clay streak this season to 16 matches. The result … Read more
Colombians voted on Sunday in a tightly contested presidential election that could shift the country’s diplomatic and security orientation toward the United States. The ballot, held in Bogotá and across the country, follows months of public acrimony between outgoing left-wing President Gustavo Petro and US President Donald Trump over drug trafficking and US policy in … Read more
Lead Colombians are voting in a presidential election on Sunday after months of public friction between outgoing left-wing President Gustavo Petro and US President Donald Trump. Voting opened at 08:00 local time (13:00 GMT) and will close at 16:00; no candidate is widely expected to secure an outright majority and a runoff is likely on … Read more
Lead As the nation prepares to mark its 250th birthday, the Freedom 250 “Great American State Fair” planned for the National Mall has seen multiple headline performers withdraw, leaving organizers scrambling. The lineup — announced May 27 — lost at least five acts amid claims the event was misrepresented as nonpartisan. On Saturday, President Donald … Read more
Lead Victor Wembanyama was unanimously named the 2026 Western Conference Finals Most Valuable Player on May 31, 2026, after the San Antonio Spurs closed out a seven-game series win over the Oklahoma City Thunder. In Game 7 at San Antonio, the 22-year-old posted 22 points and 7 rebounds in a 111-103 victory that sends the … Read more
Lead On Saturday officials announced the recovery of the ninth and final missing employee from the chemical-tank implosion at the Nippon Dynawave paper mill in Longview, Washington, bringing the confirmed death toll to 11. The implosion and tank rupture occurred at 7:15 a.m. on Tuesday during a shift change; recovery teams worked across five days … Read more
Seattle’s light rail system has finally reached a level of usefulness after decades of delays and controversy, but last week’s budget showdown at Sound Transit exposed a severe funding shortfall that could reshape expansion plans. The agency unveiled an immediate $35 billion gap in the ST3 program, forcing cuts that effectively truncate the promised Ballard … Read more
Lead At the Puskás Arena in Budapest on May 30, 2026, Arsenal took an early lead over defending champions Paris Saint-Germain when Kai Havertz finished from close range to make it 1-0. The match, a UEFA Champions League final, has swung back toward parity after Ousmane Dembélé converted a penalty to level at 1-1. The … Read more
Lead Thai rescuers say four more men who had been trapped for 10 days in a flooded cave system in central Xaysomboun province, Laos, were brought out on Saturday at about 15:10 local time (08:10 GMT). The four are part of a group of seven villagers who entered narrow tunnels seeking gold and were cut … Read more
Lead Samsung Display has announced the industry’s first 31.5-inch 4K (3840×2160) OLED monitor panel capable of 360Hz, unveiled ahead of Computex 2026 and set to be shown at the event next week. The new Penta Tandem QD-OLED panel also supports a dual-mode reaching 680Hz at 1080p, adopts an RGB “V-stripe” sub-pixel layout, and targets VESA … Read more
Lead: On Friday at the 2026 French Open in Paris, 39-year-old Novak Djokovic was eliminated in the third round after a five-set loss to 19-year-old Joao Fonseca. Djokovic took the opening two sets 6-4, 6-4, but Fonseca rallied to win 6-3, 7-5, 7-5 and advanced to the tournament’s fourth round for the first time. The … Read more
Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi told the House Oversight Committee on Friday in a closed-door session on Capitol Hill that the Justice Department committed “redaction errors” when it released records tied to Jeffrey Epstein. Bondi said she had been assured by the review team that withheld materials were non-responsive, privileged or duplicative, and she … Read more
