The shower will peak during pre-dawn hours in early May, as fast-moving meteors trail across Earth's atmosphere, thanks to debris left behind by Halley's Comethttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-to-watch-the-peak-of-the-spectacular-eta-aquariid-meteor-shower-180986539/
The more than 2,000-year-old tire was found among a trove of artifacts during excavations ahead of construction for a new golf course near Inverness, Scotlandhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-thought-theyd-found-a-piece-of-old-farm-equipment-it-turned-out-to-be-a-rare-iron-age-chariot-tire-180986519/
Harry, in a dispute with his father over his personal protection, said he couldn’t “see a world in which I would bring my wife and children back to the U.K.”https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/02/prince-harry-security-appeal-family/
A Washington Post examination of videos, satellite imagery and expert analysis reconstructs how the fatal explosion at Iran’s Shahid Rajaee port unfolded.https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2025/05/02/iran-explosion-port-bandar-abbas/
Addressing the Trump team’s concerns over China’s role in the fentanyl crisis could let both sides soften trade stance.https://www.wsj.com/world/china/beijing-weighs-fentanyl-offer-to-u-s-to-start-trade-talks-287cf233
President Trump is pressuring Mexico to allow deeper U.S. military involvement in the fight against drug cartels.https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/trump-mexicos-sheinbaum-spar-over-drug-cartels-f3aae16c
Beijing is by far the biggest remaining buyer of Iranian oil and refined products after most other customers have pulled out amid crippling sanctions.https://www.wsj.com/world/trumps-new-sanctions-threat-looks-past-iran-to-target-china-81057f52
Blacks were making rapid progress before the 1960s. Racial preferences didn’t help, and if anything they slowed the improvement.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-tragedy-of-affirmative-action-black-mobility-racial-preferences-merit-b1ca70e3
China’s communists seek to silence his powerful voice for freedom. He can do more good in Rome.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/hong-kongs-dissident-cardinal-zen-should-defect-vatican-catholic-democracy-rome-30aa5dc3
When I go somewhere I want to remember, I affix a memento to the back of my truck.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/my-life-story-told-in-bumper-stickers-memories-family-truck-5eec1734
If so, a reader has a recommendation.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/does-the-catholic-church-need-a-joyful-pope-francis-dolan-noonan-f24ef4af
The director of the Museum of the Ancient Near East replies to Ruth Wisse.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/harvard-isnt-curtailing-christians-and-jews-museum-77c907c2
‘Well-intentioned, top-down coercion is paternalistic government in the truest sense.’https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-says-its-a-two-doll-christmas-tariffs-economy-toys-24bfbe93
The White House on Friday released President Donald Trump's proposed budget for the 2026 fiscal year, which calls for $163 billion in cuts to federal spending.https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trumps-2026-budget-proposal-calls-163b-cuts-federal/story?id=121399833
Measles cases in the U.S. have surpassed 900 as outbreaks continue to spread across the county, according to new CDC data published Friday.https://abcnews.go.com/Health/measles-cases-surpass-900-us-infections-confirmed-29/story?id=121391716
The nonprofit corporation overseeing National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service is firing back at President Donald Trump's executive order to pull funding.https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/cpb-fires-back-trumps-executive-order-pulling-funding/story?id=121400535
In an internal memo obtained by ABC News, a branch chief wrote, "We are able to resume processing enrollments, certifications, and letters at this time."https://abcnews.go.com/US/911-health-care-program-restores-cancer-treatment-certifications/story?id=121379803
Experts are pushing back after the HHS released a report, calling for the use of psychotherapy among children and teens with gender dysphoria over gender-affirming care.https://abcnews.go.com/Health/concern-after-hhs-report-advocates-therapy-trans-kids/story?id=121372589
Longtime Washington lawyer Abbe Lowell is launching a new firm that aims to represent those who he says have been "inappropriately targeted" by the Trump administration.https://abcnews.go.com/US/newly-launched-law-firm-represent-inappropriately-targeted-trump/story?id=121396758
More than a month after two powerful earthquakes devastated Myanmar, the country is spiralling deeper into crisis as continued military attacks, obstructed aid access and widespread displacement leave nearly 6.3 million people in urgent need.https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/05/1162881