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United flight returns after Bluetooth device named 'BOMB' prompts inspection
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Pride faces funding shortfall as sponsors pull back
PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Pride celebrations across the country continue to lose out on large sponsorships as corporations, a key source of funding, shrink their affiliation with diversity causes and LGBTQ+ events. Corporate sponsorships of celebrations in several cities
Politics
Treasury Prepares Proposed $250 Bill Featuring President Trump
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent displayed a mockup of a proposed $250 note bearing President Donald Trump during a White House briefing, saying the department has prepared designs in case Congress authorizes a special commemorative bill tied to the nation’s 250th anniversary.
Business
Hunger in U.S. Now Worse Than Pandemic Peak
More people in the United States are going hungry now than during the depths of the pandemic six years ago. A survey released Wednesday by the Federal Reserve Bank of
Culture
Indonesia halts Papua documentary screenings
NewsFeed Indonesian authorities have shut down several screenings of a new documentary about alleged human rights abuses in Papua, including Indigenous land seizures. Jessica Washington explains the controversy. Published On 27 May 2026
Business
Gulf shrimpers seek congressional help as fuel soars
Acy Cooper eats lunch out of his pickup truck at the Myrtle Grove Marina in Port Sulphur, La. on Friday, May 15, 2026. Cooper had just returned to the marina after a shift ferrying oil rig workers from offshore platforms — a job he's taken because of falling shrimp prices and increasing fuel costs.
World
Russia Orders Foreigners to Leave Kyiv Ahead of 'Systematic Strikes'
Moscow calls upcoming ‘systematic strikes’ on Ukrainian capital a response to Kyiv’s recent attack in Luhansk. Russia has warned it plans to launch a “series of systematic strikes” on defence industrial facilities in Kyiv, and urged foreign citizens to leave the Ukrainian capital.
Health
Ebola surges in eastern DRC amid conflict and mistrust
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo—Health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo are scrambling to contain an outbreak of Ebola virus, which is suspected to have killed more than 200
Health
Bangladesh's Silent Measles Crisis: Hundreds of Children Dead
Hantavirus and Ebola are making headlines. But another deadly outbreak is unfolding that's barely registered on the
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Anonymous Afghan Cousins’ Photos of Pain and Hope
Do these photos depict fiction or reality ... or both? A bicyclist
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Leaders Seek $1 Billion to Secure Houses of Worship
Eric Fingerhut, the president and CEO of the Jewish Federations of North America, speaks at an event in D.C. on May 18, 2026.
Health
Former Nurse Speaks Nationwide on Hospital Safety After Fatal Error
When RaDonda Vaught got her first speaking request, it had been a year since that day in a Nashville courtroom, when she listened as
