4 climbers fall at elevation of 18,200 feet on America’s tallest peak as rescuers try to reach them

Rescuers are trying to reach four climbers who fell on Alaska’s Mount McKinley, North America’s tallest peak, the National Park Service said Thursday. The climbers’ conditions weren’t immediately known following the fall, which was reported to Denali National Park and Preserve rangers overnight, and rangers were seeking a weather window to allow them to reach …

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Long COVID Might Be Twice As Common As Previously Thought

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, May 29, 2026 (HealthDay News) — The number of people suffering with long COVID could be double current estimates, a new study suggests. An AI tool found that about 16% of nearly 460,000 patients with COVID-19 had developed long COVID, researchers reported May 27 in JAMA Network Open. Applied across …

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Colombians Head to the Polls With Peace Efforts, Economy on Agenda

BOGOTA, May 29 (Reuters) – Colombians are set ⁠to ⁠vote on Sunday in what is ⁠likely the first round of a presidential election, amid deep polarization between ​those seeking continuity with the leftist government and those pushing for a shift to restore security and economic ‌growth. Ivan Cepeda, the candidate for the ‌leftist Historic Pact …

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Kanye West to Perform in the Netherlands Despite Bans Elsewhere

AMSTERDAM, May 29 (Reuters) – U.S. rapper Kanye West, ⁠who ⁠has been barred from ⁠performing in several countries due to past antisemitic comments, ​is set to hold concerts in the Netherlands next month, after its migration ‌minister said there were no ‌legal grounds to deny him entry. Dutch lawmakers had urged the government ⁠to bar …

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Nitrogen gas executions are constitutional, federal judge rules

Montgomery, Ala. — A federal judge ruled on Thursday that execution by nitrogen gas doesn’t violate the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment, rejecting an Alabama inmate’s claim that it causes excessive suffering. The ruling came after the first bench trial in the country to examine the constitutionality of the execution method that has …

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Spain’s Sanchez Running Out of Road as Corruption Probes Stack Up

By Victoria Waldersee, Javi West Larrañaga and Charlie Devereux MADRID, May 29 (Reuters) – Eight years after ousting a corruption-mired, ⁠centre-right ⁠government on the promise of cleaning up politics, Spain’s Socialist Prime ⁠Minister Pedro Sanchez is running out of road as graft accusations stack up against his party and family. Lauded abroad by liberals for …

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