WHO says possible human-to-human transmission in cruise ship hantavirus outbreak
The World Health Organization says it is investigating possible human-to-human transmission in a hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship off...
Year: 2026
Danger pay for US troops could double, expand to more regions
As the U.S. remains at war with Iran, the Pentagon’s fiscal year 2027 budget request has raised the prospect of...
The yellow jets go dark: What happens to Spirit’s fleet?
Americans won’t be seeing those big yellow Spirit Airlines planes flying overhead anymore now that the company has shut down....
Gas surpasses $4.50 average. Can oil tanker escorts bring prices down?
A gallon of regular gasoline in the U.S. now costs more than $4.50 on average. Before the war with Iran,...
Several airports are named after presidents, but Trump’s is a little different
It’s not unusual to see an airport named after a president, but a recent nomenclature proposal in Florida has some...
A member of the traditionally conservative Murdoch family looks to step into progressive media
The news industry has seen significant consolidations in ownership in recent years, and it seems things could tighten further. James...
Refusing evacuation, this Marine packed dirt into his wound and continued to fight
Conducted from March 19 to April 19, 1967, Operation Prairie III was one of a series of movements by the...
Home prices rose in most metro areas, but the market remains sluggish, report finds
Home prices rose in 71% of U.S. metro markets during the first quarter of 2026 even as national price growth...
Grok told him he was in danger. He got ready for ‘war’
Adam Hourican, a former civil servant from Northern Ireland, says he downloaded Grok, the AI chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s...
Democrats press Trump to break silence on Israel’s nukes
More than two dozen House Democrats want the Trump administration to break with decades of silence on Israel’s undeclared nuclear...
