‘Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off’

NEW YORK (AP) — And now, back to our regularly scheduled programming. More than three weeks after the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner was thrown into chaos and panic when a man stormed the Washington Hilton lobby and opened fire in what prosecutors say was an attempt to kill President Donald Trump, the event has …

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Divers find bodies of 4 Italians in Maldives sea cave

Rome — Italy’s Foreign Ministry said Monday rescuers have located the bodies of four Italian divers who were believed to be deep inside an underwater cave in a Maldive atoll. Searches had resumed on Monday after being suspended following the death of a local military diver during a perilous mission to try to reach them. …

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Luigi Mangione Due in Court for Ruling on Backpack Evidence in CEO Killing Case

NEW YORK, May 18 (Reuters) – Luigi Mangione ⁠is ⁠due in a New York court ⁠on Monday for a judge’s ruling on whether evidence found in ​the alleged assassin’s backpack can be presented at his trial on charges that he murdered a health ‌insurance executive in Manhattan. Mangione, 28, ‌is accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare …

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US States Reject Anti-Vaccine Bills as Public Health Groups Fight MAHA

WASHINGTON, May 18 (Reuters) – Dozens of state anti-vaccine bills backed by “Make America Healthy Again” supporters have ⁠failed ⁠after public health groups won over Republican state lawmakers, marking ⁠a series of defeats for the backers of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The failures show a limit to the political power of ​the MAHA …

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Child among at least 10 people shot dead by gunmen in central Mexico

Mexican authorities on Sunday said at least 10 people were killed in an attack by gunmen in the town of Tehuitzingo in the east-central state of Puebla. The victims were six men, three women and a child, and all were shot in the early hours of Sunday, Puebla’s public security agency said in a statement. …

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Smog Linked To Lewy Body Dementia Risk, Major Study Finds

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, May 18, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Long-term exposure to smog might increase the risk of Lewy body dementia, the brain disease that CNN founder Ted Turner battled for several years before his recent death, a new study says. Even small increases in particle pollution and nitrogen dioxide are linked to …

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Kremlin Dismisses Zelenskiy Warning on Russian Threat to NATO From Belarus

MOSCOW, May 18 (Reuters) – The Kremlin ⁠said ⁠on Monday that ⁠Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s assertion that ​Russia was considering an attack on a NATO country ‌from Belarus did not ‌deserve a response from Russia. On Friday, Zelenskiy ⁠said ⁠Russia was seeking to draw Belarus deeper into its ​war in Ukraine and was weighing plans …

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