From trusted aide to biggest rival: Suvendu Adhikari set to become West Bengal chief minister
A former ally of Mamata Banerjee, the BJP leader will be West Bengal’s next chief minister.
Day: May 9, 2026
Investigators find evidence ‘consistent with human remains’ at home linked to Kristin Smart’s killer
A search warrant was served at home of Susan Flores, the mother of Paul Flores, who was convicted in 2022 of killing Kristin Smart
Volcano kills 3 hikers in Indonesia
Three hikers died on a remote Indonesian island when a local volcano erupted, as it has been repeatedly for decades. Chris Livesay reports.
The FCC says foreign-made routers and drones can now receive software updates at least until 2029, extending its earlier 2027 cutoff (Michael Kan/PCMag)
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The FCC says foreign-made routers and drones can now receive software updates at least until 2029, extending its earlier 2027 cutoff — The FCC’s bans on foreign-made Wi-Fi routers and drones initially included a…
Spain readies for evacuations as a hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads for Canary Islands
Health authorities across four continents are trying to track down and monitor passengers who disembarked the ship before the deadly outbreak was detected.
Major crypto bill slated for May 14 Senate Banking Committee vote
The crypto industry’s top legislative priority, a bill determining oversight of digital assets, is set to advance in the Senate Banking Committee.
As fragile Iran ceasefire, U.S. fires on Iranian oil tankers
A ceasefire with Iran is still officially in place, but U.S. forces hit and disabled two Iranian oil tankers on Friday, accusing them of attempting to violate the U.S. blockade. Weijia Jiang has more.
Jeffrey Epstein’s brother claims released suicide note is a ‘forgery’: report
A federal court on Wednesday released an alleged suicide note Epstein wrote in prison in 2019 before his death a month later
Argentina’s hot spot for Antarctic cruises insists it didn’t cause the hantavirus outbreak
Officials in Argentina’s Tierra del Fuego province are challenging the idea that the ongoing deadly hantavirus outbreak may have emerged there, pushing instead for investigations into the other Argentine provinces that passengers visited before boardin…
As hantavirus outbreak ship heads toward Canary Islands, locals protest
U.S. citizens potentially exposed to hantavirus amid the deadly outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship could be on their way back to the U.S. as soon as next week. Under newly-released plans, a special biocontainment unit in Nebraska is preparing t…