Three Israeli drone strikes on vehicles just south of Beirut on Saturday killed four people while a series of airstrikes on southern Lebanon killed at least 13, including a man and his 12-year-old daughter, state media and the Health Ministry said. https://to.pbs.org/48LG79i

Happy National Nurses Day! We’re honoring the nurses and health care workers who show up for NM in every corner of our state. But words aren’t enough.  That’s why I introduced the Public Health Nursing Act—to address the public health crisis and revitalize the nursing workforce in NM & our country!

This artwork is titled Watchmaker, painted by Jacob Lawrence in 1946.

Senator London Lamar on @GovBillLee @MarshaBlackburn and TN Republicans stealing representation from majority-Black Memphis:

💚May is mental health awareness month🟢 Mental health conditions can affect anyone. Compassion, understanding, and access to care can make a meaningful difference. There is treatment available: www.samhsa.gov/find-help/lo... #SeeThePerson #MHAM2026

We are not the same…

A wonderful story of renewal: To save salmon, a tribe near Seattle is flooding farmland www.npr.org/2026/05/03/n...

Mariska Hargitay and the Joyful Heart Foundation have reached a historic milestone with all 50 states passing rape kit reform. This mandates the testing of all backlogged and new kits, provides dedicated funding, and ensures survivors can finally track the status of evidence.

Hourly workers across a number of industries have long been grappling with unstable schedules and pay as their employers use software to slash labor costs and maximize productivity.

DOJ identified 4 green card holders who voted in 2024 in NJ, or 0.00006% of total votes. As I wrote in 2024, noncitizen voting remains extraordinarily rare. Audits find only a tiny handful of cases, most often green card holders who got bad advice from others.

Hidden in the cliffs of Hickory Nut Gorge in North Carolina lives a salamander found nowhere else on Earth. Before Hurricane Helene struck, there were only an estimated 200 to 500 Hickory Nut Gorge green salamanders left. Now, a dedicated team of conservationists are working to bring them back.

King Charles III and Queen Camilla paid tribute to victims of the 2001 terrorist attacks during a busy swing through New York City on Wednesday — the first visit to the Big Apple by a reigning British monarch in 16 years. https://to.pbs.org/4vQExN4

To whoever asked her name recently, it’s Shanell Oliver.

*EVERY candidate for any federal office must be able to pass a citizenship exam with 90% or better. *NO presidential pardon powers anymore. *Abolish the electoral college. *Abolish DHS. *Restore pre-Reagan corporate regulations. *Codify reproductive rights and universal healthcare.

“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.” We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:

Join our daily presence at the federal immigration court: 1961 Stout St in Denver. We provide our immigrant friends with important information and resources, monitor for ICE presence and observe in courtrooms.

One of the world’s most threatened primates, Raffles’ banded langur, is getting a lifeline in Singapore. A citizen science program has identified vital food plants and corridors to reconnect fragmented forests. This community data is key to protecting biodiversity amid intense urban development.

Just a reminder that ICE/CBP are still in American cities, while Republicans in Congress work to give those agencies more and more of your tax dollars. Impeachment is the American remedy for an authoritarian regime.

I visited the tulips on the Pearl Street mall in Boulder. 🌱

Could be used to house ICE agents while awaiting trial.

e360.yale.edu/features/dav... Lets all be flower people.

Judge halts local TV giant Nexstar's deal for Tegna until trial www.npr.org/2026/04/17/n...

DPS has already repurposed two of them: The former Palmer Elementary is now a preschool center, and the former Castro Elementary is the new home of Summit Academy

Part of an ancient group of egg-laying monotreme #mammals, Attenborough Long-Beaked #Echidnas of #WestPapua are critically endangered. Fight for their survival when you shop and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social wp.me/pcFhgU-7Qj

This is happening to tens of thousands of people. It is a disgrace. It is a parody of due process; after more than a decade, the government suddenly orders you to return to a court hearing in just days, thousands of miles from where you live. And it's tearing lives apart.

Today, Danielle Smith and the UCP caucus unveiled plans to rig the next election: A new motion indicates the UCP's plans to manipulate the election maps for the next election in their favour, and without any requirement to consult the public. This has never been done in Canadian history. /1

Reservation land is held in trust by Congress. So you might lease an acre to live on, but you can’t use it as collateral for a loan or build equity on it. www.nhonews.com/features/let...

Water is life! I’m here in ABQ’s North Valley at one of my favorite acequias to talk about the importance of water to our communities. We’ve got a difficult year ahead with low snowpack, but are working every day to make critical investments in our water infrastructure.

For more than five decades, the #EndangeredSpeciesAct has saved 99% of species under its care from #extinction. But this bill, H.R. 1897, would unravel that success and put countless species — like sea turtles, wolverines, monarch butterflies, and manatees — at greater risk of disappearing forever.

Barred Owl in Pinellas County, Florida #birds

Erika Arhuiz Vega died after suffering severe medical neglect at Core Civic’s privately owned ICE detention center in California City and being deported back to Peru. This isn’t the first case like this either and we fear that there is and will be more. @lataco.bsky.social

Doctors Without Borders on the war in Lebanon. Link: xcancel.com/msf/status/2...

'I adore her now': Mother learns to cope with child's autism in a country with little help www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The 6 arrested yesterday, along with the 9 arrested Wednesday, brings the total to 15 arrested at the Idaho State Capitol building this week in Boise while resisting the extreme anti trans bathroom ban, Idaho HB 752. This law is the most extreme in the country but citizens are not going silently.

The rarest owl in the world is the Pernambuco Pygmy #owl. Maybe now #extinct due to massive forest loss in #Brazil 🇧🇷 from #meat 🥩 #palmoil 🌴 #soy 🥜 and #sugarcane #deforestation Help them and be #vegan #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social palmoildetectives.com/2021/02/20/p...

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A very good history of Cuba since the revolution. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

🚨 From red states to blue states, small towns to major cities — Americans rose up this weekend and said it loud: NO KINGS. This movement isn’t slowing down. It’s just getting started. 🇺🇸

DOGE Damage Drags on in DC, Where Inequality is Widening as a Result talkingpointsmemo.com/news/doge-fe...

An official who was briefed on the investigation said Heifler, 26, identified as a member of the JDL 613 Brotherhood, a New Jersey-based group founded in 2024 that describes its membership as "Jewish warriors" fighting back against rising antisemitism. n.pr/4bT2nPh

@columjournreview.bsky.social on SFGATE’s national parks reporting. 🔗: bit.ly/4bDkvxI