The World Health Organization declared a "public health emergency of international concern" for the rapidly spreading deadly outbreak of a rare Ebola virus in central Africa. The determination isn't a pandemic emergency, but there are risks of spread in countries neighboring DRC and Uganda.

Canadian who was on cruise ship now isolating in B.C. tests ‘presumptive positive’ for hantavirus www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

WHO revises hantavirus cases lower after US passenger tests negative reut.rs/3RpNn4E

Breaking news: Federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty for the man charged with killing a young couple at the Capital Jewish Museum in D.C. last year.

#Ebola: New outbreak in NE DRC, in Ituri province, where the large 2018-2020 outbreak took place. Security issues there make responses challenging. DRC has announced this one is caused by the Bundibugyo species of Ebola. Only 2 previous Bundibugyo outbreaks (2007, 2012). No licensed vaccine for it.

WHO warns loosely regulated nicotine pouches risk youth addiction reut.rs/4wwg1B7

NEW: We've spent 10 months tracking the outcomes in tens of thousands of lawsuits brought by ICE detainees amid an unprecedented detention push. It's not a cose call: judges have ruled more than 10,000 times against ICE, a 9-1 ratio. See the database: www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

Rising temperatures and heat-related deaths on New York construction sites highlight the need for better worker protections.

Youth suspected of stealing NYC subway door switch, second train gear theft in week

So are allegations being investigated? 'Israel to Sue New York Times Over Column Alleging Widespread Sexual Abuse of Palestinians by Israeli Authorities,' via @haaretzcom.bsky.social

BREAKING: A grand jury has indicted the companies that operated the ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore in 2024 for charges including conspiracy to defraud the government.

Since a Los Angeles teenager posted a video this spring that showed him running into a Scientology building in Hollywood, young people across the world have been inspired to enter the churches and facilities as part of the TikTok trend now known as the Scientology speedrun.

My reporting finds that sexual violence against Palestinians by Israeli authorities is widespread. I'm grateful to these assault victims for sharing with me the brutality they endured. Whether we're pro-Israel or pro-Palestinian, we should unite in being anti-rape. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/o...

His father had just been buried. Then West Bank settlers forced him to dig up the body

BREAKING: One of the 17 American passengers evacuated from a cruise ship in the Canary Islands has tested positive for the hantavirus but is not showing any symptoms, U.S. health officials said.

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My comments and interview with @usatoday.com www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

The World Health Organization identified this outbreak early on. But experts worry spillover of pathogens from animals to humans will only increase.

New: With fears of hantavirus outbreak, here's the real pandemic risk “We have to be aware of the fact that zoonotic spillover epidemics are increasing with frequency and overall in severity,” Dr. Peter Hotez told me. With weakened U.S. public health response, here’s why we are at risk.

The Justice Department moved to strip a dozen people of naturalized citizenship, a once-rare practice that the Trump administration has increasingly used.

After 15 years of reporting on infectious disease outbreaks, what continues to fascinate me about them is the challenge of making high-stakes decisions under uncertainty. The hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius is a perfect example My story in @science.org is here (and a thread to come): 🧪 #IDsky

Six Canadians now isolating at home after exposure to hantavirus. Four remain aboard the cruise ship and will be monitored, by @alannasmith.bsky.social @mostafaalasar.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

You should include the buses though

1. #CDC issued its 1st alert to health providers & public health depts on the cruise ship #hantavirus outbreak overnight. I got it at 12:45 am ET This should have happened days ago. CDC's communications are tightly controlled by HHS in this administration. This isn't the way CDC normally functions.

A 17-year old boy was charged on Thursday with murder in connection with an attack on a man who had been sleeping on the street in Times Square. The NYPD said the attack was motivated by a social media trend.

The State Department said it would review the 53 Mexican consulates in the U.S., the latest sign of growing tensions between the Trump administration and one of its most important foreign allies.

New York state set to ban law enforcement, including ICE, from wearing masks reut.rs/4f3QmJS

This story is WILD. Juan Orlando Hernandez, the Honduran ex-president pardoned by Trump for narcotrafficking, seemingly caught on tape in dozens of conversations (if true), discussing plans with GOP and other figures to attack left-wing governments, and saying Israel paid for his pardon from Trump.

The #hantavirus outbreak onboard the MV Hondius is an rapidly evolving situation. Here are some takeaways from the #WHO press conference today. A key one for me: the US and Argentina, both recent WHO dropouts, are cooperating with the WHO-led efforts. www.statnews.com/2026/05/07/h...

Gaza investigation: A family's fight to find their missing relatives

I won't be silent in the face of a continuing record rise of antisemitism in our nation. We've got to push back and speak up against antisemitism, bigotry, and hate in all its forms. We are all stronger when we stand together.

A suicide note purported to be written by Jeffrey Epstein was made public on Wednesday after being sealed for years. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/n...

My Poblano friends who are from northern Manhattan: “I think Dominicans celebrate Cinco de Mayo more than us.”

Tonight, Park East Synagogue in NYC is hosting a real estate expo to auction off a cluster of Israeli settlements in the West Bank. A synagogue is being used to host the promotion of illegal land sales of stolen land. Promo describes it as "The Great Israeli Real Estate Event":

Senate Republicans have added $1 billion for White House East Wing security enhancements in the immigration enforcement funding bill, including the construction of President Trump's ballroom. The bill bars any of the funding being spent on “non-security elements.” nyti.ms/4d5Mq8G

Hantavirus, a rare disease often caused by contact with droppings from infected rodents, is suspected in the deaths of three people who were aboard a cruise ship sailing the Atlantic Ocean. Here's what to know about hantavirus.

Manchester United great Alex Ferguson has been taken to the hospital after feeling unwell ahead of his former team's Premier League game against Liverpool.

Tim Andrews was so close to death, he was ready to risk what little life he might have left. One pig- and one human-kidney transplant later, he says he is now thinking of his future in terms of decades instead of days. bit.ly/3QKTznK 📸: Jasper Colt, USA TODAY

Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon have killed at least seven people and wounded others.

The driver of the vehicle died and Portland police said the scene still had explosives that could detonate. Operators were using robots to disarm them.

Police said people tried to enter an apartment hosting a party and opened fire using what officials described as a "rifle-style weapon."

May 1 marks the first payment of billions to try to address ongoing harms from the overdose crisis.

The move comes after the country’s chancellor commented that Iran had 'humiliated' the United States over the course of the war in the Middle East.

A very large sea lion is drawing onlookers to a pier popular among both other sea lions and tourists in San Francisco, wowing visitors and catapulting him to online fame. The name that has stuck is Chonkers — because, well, he is chonky.

After a late-night battle, the House of Representatives greenlit a budget blueprint to give ICE and Border Patrol roughly $70 billion. bit.ly/493qvxQ 📸: AFP via Getty Images

After military officers staged a coup in Mali, they ordered French troops to leave the country, ending a nearly decade-long Western-led anti-terrorism operation. Instead, the junta turned to Russia for help quelling a sprawling Islamist insurgency.

Marred by infighting in a razor-thin majority, GOP leaders are struggling to fulfill the chamber's most basic role on issues from government funding to authorizing critical spy powers that President Trump himself has demanded, all just months before the midterm elections. https://cnn.it/3OR08o4

EXCLUSIVE: Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) told Republican House candidates that he will suspend the May 16 House primaries to redraw the state's congressional map. This would help Republicans pick up another seat or two in the midterms www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

LONDON (AP) — Counterterror police are investigating whether the stabbings are linked to recent arson attacks on synagogues and other Jewish sites in the British capital.