172 Best Memorial Day Sales for the Long Weekend Lead: Memorial Day weekend (Monday, May 25, 2026) brings a broad slate of holiday markdowns. CNN Underscored’s deals team has vetted thousands of offers and published a curated list of 172 top sales running through the long weekend. Editors highlight deep cuts on grills, electric mowers, … Read more
Lead Memorial Day weekend (Monday, May 25, 2026) has kicked off with a broad slate of holiday discounts across appliances, outdoor gear, tech and apparel. Our deals editors reviewed thousands of candidate offers and published a curated list of 172 live Memorial Day sales, highlighting 72 standout discounts drawn from more than 170 brands. Shoppers … Read more
Lead: On May 23, 2026, the Pyramids of Giza hosted a crossover heavyweight headliner as Oleksandr Usyk defended his WBC heavyweight title against kickboxing legend Rico Verhoeven in Cairo. The card’s preliminaries began at 11:00 a.m. ET on Uncrowned, with the DAZN pay-per-view main card scheduled to start at 2:00 p.m. ET and ring walks … Read more
Head coach Mauricio Pochettino’s full 26-man United States roster for the 2026 World Cup, obtained by The Guardian and confirmed by multiple sources, includes Club América winger Alejandro Zendejas and omits Lyon midfielder Tanner Tessmann. The list, set to be publicly announced at a televised event in New York City on Tuesday, also keeps Gio … Read more
Lead On Saturday, May 23, 2026, at the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, Oleksandr Usyk (24-0, 15 KOs) defended his WBC heavyweight title in a high-profile crossover bout with kickboxing legend Rico Verhoeven (boxing 1-0, 1 KO; kickboxing 66-10). The fight headlined a DAZN pay-per-view card that began with Uncrowned-streamed prelims at 11:00 a.m. ET … Read more
Lead: On May 22, 2026, SpaceX launched Starship Flight 12, the first test of the new Starship V3, from Starbase, Texas. The upper stage, Ship 39, deployed 22 dummy Starlink satellites in orbit and then reentered for a planned water landing in the Indian Ocean, where it toppled and broke up on splashdown. The Super … Read more
On May 22, 2026, SpaceX launched its first Starship V3 test flight (Flight 12) from Starbase, Texas. The 408-foot vehicle lifted off in the evening, deployed 22 dummy Starlink satellites, and the Ship 39 upper stage reentered and made a planned fiery splashdown in the Indian Ocean after a controlled landing burn. The Super Heavy … Read more
Who: SpaceX’s first Starship V3 test flight (Flight 12). When: launched May 22, 2026, with liftoff around 6:30 p.m. EDT (2230 GMT) and splashdown events late that evening. Where: launch from Starbase, Texas; upper-stage splashdown in the Indian Ocean west of Australia and booster splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico. What: Ship 39 deployed 22 … Read more
SpaceX launched the first flight of its upgraded Starship V3 (Flight 12) from Starbase, Texas, on May 22, 2026, with liftoff just after the scheduled 6:30 p.m. EDT (2230 GMT) window. The Super Heavy booster separated as planned but did not complete a boost-back burn and impacted the Gulf of Mexico; Ship 39 reached space, … Read more
SpaceX launched the first flight of its upgraded Starship V3 (Flight 12) from Starbase, Texas, on Friday, May 22, at 6:30 p.m. EDT (2230 GMT) after a one-day slip and a scrubbed attempt on May 21. The suborbital mission carried 22 dummy Starlink satellites and reached space despite engine losses on both stages; the Super … Read more
Lead Kevin Warsh, 56, was sworn in as chair of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors on Friday, succeeding Jerome Powell, who led the central bank since 2018. His confirmation followed a sharply divided Senate vote after a contentious nomination process in which only Senator John Fetterman broke with most Democrats to advance the appointment. … Read more
SpaceX is set to attempt a second launch of its upgraded Starship V3 on May 22, 2026, during a 90-minute window that opens at 6:30 p.m. EDT (2230 GMT) from Starbase, Texas. The attempt follows a May 21 scrub caused by a hydraulic pin that failed to retract on the tower arm, which SpaceX said … Read more
Lead: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday there has been “slight progress” in indirect negotiations with Iran mediated through Pakistan, while firmly rejecting any Iranian proposal to impose a paid “tolling system” on commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. The comments came in Sweden during NATO meetings as diplomats and militaries weigh … Read more
At a NATO ministers’ meeting in Helsingborg, Sweden, allies and U.S. defense officials expressed surprise after President Donald Trump posted that he would send 5,000 U.S. troops to Poland just weeks after ordering a comparable reduction of forces in Europe. The announcement contradicted earlier administration statements and military moves that had begun to remove roughly … Read more
Lead: SpaceX scrubbed the May 21 launch attempt of its first Starship Version 3 (V3) megarocket at Starbase, Texas, due to a technical issue late in the countdown. The company said it expects to try again no earlier than Friday, May 22, with a planned window opening at 6:30 p.m. EDT (2230 GMT) and a … Read more
