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Then and now: Pandemic clears the air

Corrie actor Colson Smith: 'I've been trolled over my weight for 10 years'

The story of Spain’s ‘terrifying confidence’ – and how it conquered the world

The dancer aged 106 who bans the word 'old'

Iran's presidential election: Four ways it matters

New top story on Hacker News: Chinese ‘Artificial Sun’ experimental fusion reactor sets world record

New top story on Hacker News: What every programmer should know about memory [pdf]

Woman found naked in Florida storm drain is rescued again!

18th century graveyard found at former Caribbean plantation

Florida shooting victim ID’d after more than 20 injured at banquet hall

China-India clashes: No change a year after Ladakh stand-off

Hundreds gather at historic Tulsa church's prayer wall

Texas Republicans' sweeping voting restrictions bill passes Senate

Man hospitalized after shooting in Sacramento, police say

Two people shot when attempted armed robbery ends in gunfire in Midtown Miami

‘No fears’: Kayaker embarks on a 2,400-mile solo journey from California

Covid-19: Red list arrivals terminal opens at Heathrow Airport

Kingstanding stabbing: Hunt for attackers after boy 14, stabbed to death

Flat owners warning over rooftop developments

Partner of Lord Ashcroft’s son held in Belize after police officer shot dead

WHO chief: "Time has come" for global pandemic preparedness treaty

Why electric cars will take over sooner than you think

Michael Flynn denies suggesting a Myanmar-style military coup should happen in the US

New top story on Hacker News: Naomi Osaka faces default from Grand Slam for refusing to speak to media

Belarusian editor detained amid crackdown on journalists

BLM cofounder called for the end of Israel in 2015

Israel politics: Lapid nears coalition after Netanyahu fell short

Are businesses really tackling racial inequality?

Christian Diet Guru and 6 Others Presumed Dead After Plane Crashes Into Tennessee Lake

Israel coalition government a threat to security, warns Netanyahu

NSA spying row: Denmark helped US gather data on European officials, says report

Hundreds more Afghans and their families to be allowed to settle in UK

Eviction ban end puts thousands in fear of losing their homes

Whiplash: New rules to crackdown on fraudulent insurance claims

New top story on Hacker News: TermPair: Terminal sharing with AES-GCM 128 bit end-to-end encryption

New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Alternatives to Google Photos?

Ex-porn star Mia Khalifa's Israel bashing continues: 'My wine is older than your apartheid state'

New top story on Hacker News: The New York Times Uses the Dark Patterns It Derides

New top story on Hacker News: Uber charges driver for completing a 13-mile fare

New top story on Hacker News: Daniel Stenberg: curl doesn't qualify for TravisCI free tier

New top story on Hacker News: Windows 10 nagging users with Bing advertisements (push alerts)

Ex-US airline pilot admits lewd act in cockpit mid-flight

Republican 9/11 Commission chair warns GOP's Jan. 6 rejection sets a bad precedent

Two dead and more than 20 injured in Florida shooting

Oklahoma teens praised for friendship with student with Down syndrome, as graduation photo goes viral

Netanyahu May Finally Be Out as Israeli Opposition Finds Enough Votes to Axe Him

Chinese cargo spacecraft docks with orbital station

EU gives TikTok a month to respond to consumer complaints

Shelter in place issued for parts of Deptford Township, NJ: Officials

New top story on Hacker News: GPG-Tui, a Terminal User Interface for GnuPG

New top story on Hacker News: Firesign Theatre’s ‘Dope Humor of the Seventies’

New top story on Hacker News: Scottish Café

New top story on Hacker News: Dark Patterns Hall of Shame

New top story on Hacker News: How Did Chop Suey Become a Staple of Chinese American Cuisine?

Family hopes for return of US journalist detained in Myanmar

Idaho governor repeals mask mandate ban issued by lieutenant while he was out of state

Man charged in deaths of children returned to Nebraska

Solo Yellowstone hiker came face-to-face with grizzlies before bear attack, park says

‘Tyranny’: Idaho Gov. Brad Little repeals McGeachin’s ban on mask mandates

'I made the best selection to win the game' - but did Guardiola get it wrong?

New top story on Hacker News: What is the Fourth Dimension? (1884)

New top story on Hacker News: New York’s Hyphenated History

New top story on Hacker News: The pandemic revives interest in a morbid French financial scheme

New top story on Hacker News: Joseph Weizenbaum’s Original ELIZA

Opinion: Not a dime's worth of difference between McConnell and McCarthy

Parents of kidnapped Belarus student beg Putin: 'Release our daughter'

Republican 9/11 Commission chair warns GOP's Jan. 6 rejection sets a bad precedent

Black passenger intervenes after woman punches flight attendant in face

Body of hiker missing for 10 days found in Joshua Tree desert, officials say

Emmys 2021: The binge-worthy TV shows in this year's race

Venezuela's paradise beach resort turns into violent nightmare

Tokyo 2020: Meet the armless archer aiming for gold at the Paralympics

Week in pictures: 22 - 28 May 2021

After a 32-year battle for justice, what is Hillsborough's legacy?

George Floyd: After a flood of donations, what next?

Tetraplegic Steven Webb is elected mayor of Truro

Mud reveals secrets of when humans began to change planet

Is Kintyre's 'Route 66' the next road to recovery?

Champions League final: Dover Athletic face ruin in 'dog eat dog' football world

New top story on Hacker News: Berkeley Lab Debuts Perlmutter, World’s Fastest AI Supercomputer

New top story on Hacker News: Have I Been Pwned: Open-Source in the .NET Foundation and Working with the FBI

New top story on Hacker News: What’s Wrong with Bob Dylan’s Biographers?

Idaho governor repeals mask mandate ban issued by lieutenant while he was out of state

Who's behind recent rise in US anti-Semitic attacks?

NTSB: Pilot error caused fatal helicopter crash in Bahamas

GOP opposition to Jan. 6 commission provides new wedge against Manchin

Opinion: Not a dime's worth of difference between McConnell and McCarthy

Hong Kong electoral reform: LegCo passes 'patriots' law

Coast Guard: 2 dead, 10 missing after boat overturns in Keys

Russian hackers target aid groups in new cyber-attack, says Microsoft

NJ to give beachgoers COVID shots over Memorial Day weekend

Farmers should not fear Australia trade deal, UK minister says

Taiwan must choose between virus and politics

Glasgow: The city that has been locked down for nine months

The looming battle over abortion in the US

In Tarun Tejpal acquittal, judge questions 'appropriate' behaviour for rape victims

Drones and live-streams: How tech is changing conservation

New top story on Hacker News: Etleap (YC W13) Is Hiring a Technical End User Documentation Writer

New top story on Hacker News: QUIC is now RFC 9000

New top story on Hacker News: A six figure meme making job at a legit company

New top story on Hacker News: Stuffed Dormouse and Fish Gut Sauce: The Flavors of Pompeii (2019)

Poll: Majority of Americans believe Jan. 6 Capitol riot was an attack on democracy

Feds: Semi driver who killed 5 kids lied on health forms

Bernie Sanders drops effort to block US arms sale to Israel – report

Trump 'derailed' Boris Johnson's coronavirus planning by demanding the UK join a 'bombing campaign in the Middle East,' says former aide to PM

San Jose mass shooting witness says gunman was 'targeting certain people' in workplace attack that left 9 victims dead

Florida cheerleader allegedly stabbed 114 times, teen suspect to be charged as adult

Newspaper headlines: Doubt over lockdown easing as Hancock faces pressure

Biden calls out Republicans who have taken credit for rescue plan but voted against it

Europe airspace row escalates as Russia blocks flights avoiding Belarus

Mom and seven others barge into classroom to beat up teen, North Carolina police say

Report alleges Missouri lawmaker had sex with intoxicated teen as on-duty cop

Baton Rouge police strip-search teen and enter home without warrant

UN agency says over 180 migrants intercepted off Libya coast

Fear and insurrection: Why Mitch, Rand and the GOP are afraid of Jan. 6 commission.

Holiday islands considered for green list

Biden plans to commemorate Tulsa race massacre

Kansas City Northland Republicans want special session on KCPD budget changes

Tone-deaf racial comments aside, Coral Gables does the right thing honoring Harriet Tubman | Opinion

The women fighting for digital equality

Vernon Jones: ‘Wish people recognized death of Jesus as much as George Floyd’

Collins races to save Jan. 6 commission from filibuster

Woman in pair’s alleged killing spree in SC, Missouri charged with murder in York

How patient 'tsunami’ threatens to overwhelm GPs

Climate: World at risk of hitting temperature limit soon

Eric Carle: Very Hungry Caterpillar author dies aged 91

Passengers refused boarding amid testing confusion

New top story on Hacker News: I still like C and strongly dislike C++

New top story on Hacker News: Have you ever hurt yourself from your own code?

New top story on Hacker News: Build a RISC-V CPU from scratch

Susan Collins to support breaking Jan. 6 commission filibuster

Elderly Man Eats Once a Day After SF City Truck Killed His Working Wife

National Trust ‘could become more woke’ after chairman’s resignation

Biometrics appointments are backlogged. That’s good news for some U.S. visa applicants

Anger as armed white police officers with dogs pose with captured Black suspect

‘Bomb Threat' That Justified Belarus Hijacking Came 24 Minutes After

WhatsApp: Facebook-owned app goes to court over India privacy rules

Disneyland will soon allow guests from outside California to visit park. What to know

Woman says off-duty Texas officer shot her when she confronted him in driving dispute

Chester County suspect accused in 4 SC, Missouri murders denied bail. What to know

Woman uses law to convene grand jury in attack

Venezuela’s Maduro receives harsh economic blow from an unlikely source: China

Bank of England suspected Gupta bank in 2019

‘The struggle is real’: Boise restaurants are closing because they’re so short-staffed

Covid: Dominic Cummings to be quizzed by MPs on pandemic handling

Covid vaccine: 30 and 31-year-olds in England now invited

Building projects hit by lack of supplies and price rises

Millions cannot afford water bills, says watchdog

AI emotion-detection software tested on Uyghurs

The Papers: Lockdown 'farce' as vaccines 'hit new high'

From protests to 'patriots': Why China is crushing Hong Kong dissent

New top story on Hacker News: GameStop Is Creating a NFT Platform

New top story on Hacker News: The Cardiovascular Secrets of Giraffes

Chester County suspect accused in 4 SC, Missouri murders denied bail. What to know

Grief, smiles as Floyd family meets Biden a year after death

The Fog of Trump is lifting

Peru's Shining Path kills 16, including children, ahead of polls

DR Congo's Goma volcano: Desperate search for children missing after eruption

Biden’s meeting with Putin is not a ‘reward’, says White House as summit confirmed for Geneva on 16 June

Fed-up savers may test their luck in prize draws with rates so low

The EU moves to isolate Belarus after the government diverted a flight carrying a Belarusian dissident

Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi appears in court for first time since military coup

School Strike 4 Climate: Thousands join Australia protest

Texas will likely allow people to carry handguns without a license

Hundreds of ex-Biden staffers call on him to help end Israel’s ‘occupation, blockade and settlement expansion’

The EU moves to isolate Belarus after the government diverted a flight carrying a Belarusian dissident

Charlotte business owner: NC plan to pay $1,500 bonus is more free market meddling

'Dangerous' home teeth-whitening kits sold online

UK tourism spending 'worth just half of pre-pandemic level'

Covid: Councils urged to allow England Parkrun events to resume

The Papers: Brits flock to Spain as EU leaders condemn Belarus

Belarus plane: What happens with a military jet interception?

New top story on Hacker News: Than Average

New top story on Hacker News: Need Something Sorted? Sleep on It

New top story on Hacker News: Rf: an experimental refactoring tool for Go

Nebraska inmates' fight to wed ends after one of them dies

Spicy marriage: Duke of Cambridge reveals that Duchess’s curries are too hot for him

Mom loading children into car for school is killed in ‘ambush,’ Texas police say

Aircraft associated with military crashes in Las Vegas valley

Manhunt suspect in SC, Missouri killings found ‘tired and thirsty,’ Chester sheriff says

1 dead, 1 in custody following shooting early Sunday morning in Kansas City, police say

Judge digs into Apple app store policies as Epic trial ends

Here are last-minute Memorial Day weekend ideas from Catalina to San Diego

Meghan McCain, Joy Behar square off in heated antisemitism exchange on 'The View'

Florida woman, nearly naked, leads cops on high-speed chase in stolen car

Israeli officials 'regret' bombing Gaza AP bureau as post-ceasefire clean up begins

White Republicans an outlier on views about race in America

Michigan governor apologizes for social distancing blunder

Missing Princess Latifa appears in new photos posted online

Kamala Harris wipes hand after greeting South Korean leader, faces Twitter backlash

Suez Canal to blame for grounding of massive container ship, ship owner's lawyer says

2 children only survivors of Italian cable car accident that killed at least 13

26-year-old man shot at central Fresno nightclub, police say

AP FACT CHECK: Senate GOP misrepresents Jan. 6 riot panel

Rare 1971 Plymouth Hemi 'Cuda Convertible gets record $4.8 million auction bid, but it's not enough

Paving over cicadas: survival threatened by urbanization

New book claims Obama was a 'parasite' who sucked the Democratic Party dry to get reelected

Thrill is gone: Los Angeles skyscraper slide won't reopen

Father sues after Illinois police mistake his daughter’s ashes for drugs

Nearly 150 arrested at TikTok 'kickback' party after thousands attend viral California event

Column: Why McCarthy and McConnell want you to forget about the Jan. 6 riot

Jews in New York protest Israel

Michigan father of 5 dies after refusing vaccine

It's a red-hot real estate market — so why are home sales plunging?

A Kendall masseuse lost her license after she made a $300 offer to play doctor

Editorial: Not even beach parking lots can be off-limits in a study of sites for temporary homeless housing

Record-setting cargo ship to dock in Savannah and Charleston next week. When to see it

Virgin Galactic rocket plane flies to edge of space

Guards on duty the night Epstein died by suicide admit they falsified records and strike deal with prosecutors to avoid jail time

A Georgia judge will allow Fulton County ballots to be unsealed and examined for evidence of fraud

A Kansas woman is using an obscure 1887 law to convene her own grand jury, after a prosecutor refused to charge her attacker with rape

Israel-Gaza: What Bella Hadid’s stance says about changing conversations

'Did weak wi-fi password lead the police to our door?'

Italy wins Eurovision: 'Rock and roll never dies'

Guatemala disappeared: Reuniting families with the remains of loved ones

Postcards: Londoners' lockdown secrets revealed

‘I have dementia, but I’m still here, I’m still me’

Your pictures on the theme of 'woodland walk'

Inside Russia's Trefoil military base in the Arctic

New top story on Hacker News: The Collectors Who Hunt Down Radioactive Glassware

Missing Princess Latifa appears in new photos posted online

Nepal president dissolves Parliament; elections in November

Does a $75m settlement make up for three decades in prison?

Dua Lipa blasts group that condemned her for Mideast stance

Suit says kids at private school held preschooler down, poked his eyes & kicked him

Food, shelter, beatings: Border city divided over migrants

Covid: India tells social media firms to remove 'India variant' from content

Victim of fatal shooting in Lexington early Saturday has been identified

Subtropical Storm Ana moves away from U.S.; Gulf disturbance dissipates after Texas landfall

Thrill is gone: Los Angeles skyscraper slide won't reopen

Covid-19: Sewage testing ramped up in England

Covid: Out in Brighton on the first Friday night after rules ease

Water so toxic 'it could burn your eyes'

Amazon in pictures: Sebastião Salgado's last frontier

Covid Vaccines: Could they be magnetic?

Over 3,000 fans will attend the final of this year's Eurovision Song Contest

George Floyd death: How US police are trying to win back trust

'A meme that almost made me quit my family WhatsApp group'

The 10-year-old boy who beat a chess grandmaster - but didn't want to boast

George Best: How Man Utd legend left for Dunstable Town

Myanmar: The small embattled town that stood up to the army

New top story on Hacker News: All recipe websites should be adjustable like this

New top story on Hacker News: Despite social pressure, boys and girls still prefer gender-typical toys

New top story on Hacker News: The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants (1990) [pdf]

New top story on Hacker News: Video Games Inspire Great UX (2019)

‘Die Jew.’ Jewish family visiting South Florida harassed while walking in Bal Harbour

Joe Manchin calls increasingly likely GOP filibuster of Jan. 6 commission 'so disheartening'

Two Miami Republicans break rank, vote with Democrats to investigate Jan. 6 riot

Owner of AP tower destroyed in Israeli airstrike in Gaza says he saw no evidence of Hamas in the building

An ancient star casts new light on the birth of the universe

Higher plastic bag charge comes into force in England

What the IDF's past special-ops missions reveal about how Israel takes out Hamas' rockets and tunnels

FBI seized 18 electronic devices in Rudy Giuliani raid

Trooper collapses from fentanyl exposure after fixing face mask, Michigan police say

‘If it killed me, it killed me.’ Survivor recounts brutal bear attack in Alaska wild

911 system restored in Charleston area after AT&T outage after ‘major system failure’

ICE to close Georgia detention center where immigrant women alleged medical abuse

Cuba threatens to prosecute exiles in absentia for anti-regime activities abroad | Opinion

India's holiest river Ganges is swollen with Covid victims

The iBOT: Inside Dean Kamen's mission to revolutionize the wheelchair

Top Mueller prosecutor says New York investigators are likely examining if the Trump Organization falsified tax records

Better rail services promised in huge shake-up

Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire comes into effect

Covid: Stillbirth and prematurity risks may be higher

Author Hilary Mantel says UK needs written constitution

Severely ill - and still made to quarantine in a hotel

Covid: Australia's vaccine hesitancy worries medical experts

Olivia Rodrigo has become 2021's biggest pop star - here's how

New top story on Hacker News: The Anus Is an Evolutionary Marvel

New top story on Hacker News: Setting up a Raspberry Pi with 2 Network Interfaces as a simple router

New top story on Hacker News: First-Time Buyer Lorenz Curves (2020)

Jesús Santrich: Leader of Colombian breakaway rebel group 'killed'

Exposed: The BBC’s failure to properly investigate Martin Bashir’s Diana interview

Pro-Israel and pro-Palestine demonstrators clash in violence outside consulate in NYC

FBI seized 18 electronic devices in Rudy Giuliani raid

Covid: Australia's vaccine hesitancy worries medical experts

Meet the YouTubers who stood for Mayor of London

Butlin's resorts back open for business

Sixteen-year-olds try to break into China's livestream market

Eurovision 2021: Covid upsets Iceland's live shows

US v Canada: Who won the vaccine rollout?

New top story on Hacker News: Nikola Tesla invention from 100 years ago suddenly makes more sense today

New top story on Hacker News: File Descriptor Limits

New top story on Hacker News: Google MUM: A new AI milestone for understanding information

New top story on Hacker News: Landlock merged in mainline for Linux 5.13

New top story on Hacker News: Patricia’s Perfect Pull: A Crystal Grower’s Story

New top story on Hacker News: The State of Toolchains in OpenBSD

Democrats back off demand that Biden delay U.S. arms sale to Israel

35 Republicans buck Trump, back study of Jan. 6 Capitol riot

Teens in hijabs called ‘terrorists’ by Tennessee man, feds say. Now he faces prison

Mexican president pressures US to stop aid for NGO

Mom used ‘several pieces’ of furniture to kill 1-year-old son, Ohio police say

Sturgeon wields the axe in post-election SNP cabinet shake-up

2 dead, 2 hurt after Porsche tried to pass slow traffic, Independence police say

Coral Gables mayor reconsiders renaming Dixie Highway for Tubman. We applaud him | Editorial

Nord Stream 2: Biden waives US sanctions on Russian pipeline

Trump releases 909-word statement complaining about New York's criminal investigations into his business

Rail services to come under unified state control

Woman found shot, killed in Raleigh; homicide investigation underway

Covid: Government criticised over pre-pandemic planning

Rape victims: Calls for pre-recorded evidence to be used in trials

Newspaper headlines: Holiday rules 'chaos' and PM Covid nurse quits NHS

George Floyd one year on: Reflections from the UK

Kabul attack: 'You have to be brave to send your child to school'

People pay to watch me play chess

'Women are perfectionists - it can hold us back'

Robot artist Ai-Da self-portraits go on display

Covid India variant: Where is it, how does it spread and is it more infectious?

India's holiest river is swollen with Covid victims

Under deadly attack French police demand better protection

Ezinma: How Beyoncé's violinist is tearing up the classical rulebook

New top story on Hacker News: Movfuscator: Compile C into only mov instructions

New top story on Hacker News: Facebook Calls Links to Depression Inconclusive. These Researchers Disagree

New top story on Hacker News: The Bleak Prescience of Richard Wright

Gaza reports deadliest day of fighting as Israel-Hamas aerial bombardments enter second week

Arizona auditors backtrack, say no election data destroyed

Prosecutor: Fatal police shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. was "justified"

Kevin McCarthy appears to throw GOP broker 'under the bus' in rebuke of House's Jan. 6 commission deal

Study: Climate change added $8 billion to Sandy's damages

Death toll climbs as calls for Israel-Hamas ceasefire go unheeded

Leaders agree in Paris on helping African economies revive

GOP-dominated Arizona supervisors call for end to election audit

Israel keeps pounding Gaza to stop rocket fire: "Whatever it takes"

Princess Diana gave me information in faked bank statements, claims Martin Bashir

Myanmar election: No evidence fraud in 2020 vote, observers say

SC Gov. McMaster signs open carry with permit gun bill into law. What you need to know

A former Associated Press editor suggested that Hamas did have offices in the agency's Gaza City building, which Israel destroyed over the weekend

Biden's tax return shows steep fall in income

Long Covid pay decision for key workers could take a year

Porn blocker 'missing' from Online Safety Bill prompts concern

Green light for 'net zero' equivalent for nature

Medical cannabis 'saved my life'

How US police training compares with the rest of the world

New top story on Hacker News: Saying the Difficult Things

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Apply for a job through SSH, $ ssh jobs.hackclub.com

New top story on Hacker News: Identify a Facebook user by his phone number despite privacy settings set

New top story on Hacker News: Home Gardening

Fargo man commits suicide in court after ‘bad news’ from the judge

'A city beneath a city': Israel says 'nine miles of Hamas tunnels' smashed in overnight air strikes on Gaza

New York to lift mask mandate for vaccinated people

Buffett's firm sells off financials, halves Chevron stake

France holds global talks to offer debt relief for Sudan

McCarthy praises Trump over Biden because he ‘didn’t need to sleep 5 hours a night’

Joe Biden’s silence in the face of Israeli violence is a disgrace

Indonesia's Gojek, Tokopedia to merge as GoTo Group

New top story on Hacker News: Federal Gov. left ‘completely blind’ on cyberattacks looks to force reporting

China criticizes U.S. for preventing U.N. Security Council statement calling for Israel-Hamas cease-fire

Rubio raises UFO concerns in "60 Minutes" interview

Covid economy: What economists got right (and wrong)

Rep. Matt Gaetz snorted cocaine with an escort, witnesses say

Brooklyn Center in Minneapolis votes through sweeping police reform after fatal shootings of Black men

London protest against Israeli attacks on Gaza

Israel Gaza conflict: Gazan officials say Sunday was 'deadliest day'

Israel Gaza conflict: Homes and buildings destroyed in Sderot and Gaza City

India's Covid crisis hits Covax vaccine-sharing scheme

Nigeria's Boko Haram militants: Six reasons they have not been defeated

New top story on Hacker News: The Achilles Heel of the Coronavirus

New top story on Hacker News: Bill Atkinson's Polaroids of the Lisa UI Under Development

Blinken speaks with Associated Press CEO after Israeli airstrike destroys Gaza office

Israeli paramedics: 2 dead in synagogue bleacher collapse

India, hard hit by COVID-19, faces intensifying Tropical Cyclone Tauktae

Missing Houston tiger found safe

Chris Wallace presses Liz Cheney on Trump supporters: 'Why alienate them?'

Cheney says McCarthy, Stefanik are 'complicit' in spreading Trump's lies

China successfully lands rover on Mars

Tinslee Lewis case under review by insurance investigative unit, Cook Children’s says

Israel accused of tricking major news outlets into reporting a fake Gaza invasion to lure Hamas fighters into tunnels that were targeted for massive airstrikes

Jeffrey Epstein Gave Bill Gates Advice on How to End ‘Toxic’ Marriage, Sources Say

New top story on Hacker News: Ditching meat isn’t the answer for climate change. Better farming is

New top story on Hacker News: Developing MLB’s Automated Ball/Strike System

Texas' 'Go Topless Jeep Weekend' ends in nearly 100 arrests

Republican Arizona election official says Trump "unhinged"

Putin bemoans Ukraine's crackdown on pro-Russia opposition

John Swinney accused of presiding over second Covid exams crisis in two years

Heffernan: The GOP hivemind keeps it doubling down on its biggest loser

‘Shocked and Horrified’: Israeli Airstrike Destroys AP, Al Jazeera Offices on Live TV

Can ‘Never Trump’ Republicans gain party control – or is it a lost cause?

A man accused of storming the Capitol with a giant Confederate flag will get to go on a family road trip while awaiting trial

Updated terror advisory warns of ‘complex and volatile’ threats from domestic and ‘grievance-based’ groups

Frankie Morris: Three arrested after teen's disappearance

New top story on Hacker News: Why I Quit DIY

New top story on Hacker News: All About Cockatoos (2002)

"Shocked and horrified": AP, Al Jazeera condemn Israel's bombing of their offices in Gaza

Ron DeSantis' Newsmax town hall was filled with signs he's eyeing 2024

Israel accused of tricking major news outlets into reporting a fake Gaza invasion to lure Hamas fighters into tunnels that were targeted for massive airstrikes

China successfully lands rover on Mars

Gupta empire facing UK fraud probe over Greensill

Electric vehicles could soon cost less than gas-powered vehicles

Joe Biden has proven an elusive target for Republicans. With the Cheney fight over, their focus is back on the president

Former USC president’s son defends father, calls USC a ‘toxic atmosphere’

Bernie Sanders condemns what he calls 'racist nationalism' from Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu while calling for an immediate ceasefire

Pokémon card sales at major US retailer halted over security fears

A lost whale - 6,000 miles from home

Experts warn extreme weather could cause 'climate trauma' pandemic

Liz Cheney: Why her sacking by the Republican Party matters

Eurovision 2021: From child refugee to Swedish pop star

Week in pictures: 8 - 14 May 2021

TikTok: How Israeli-Palestinian conflict plays out on social media

Drain-spotting: The people who keep their minds in the gutter

Tokyo Olympics: Why doesn't Japan cancel the Games?

Theatres in England get ready to reopen, but fear a Covid plot twist

Is there a future for Alex Salmond?

New top story on Hacker News: The Return of Fancy Tools

New top story on Hacker News: Roden Crater

New top story on Hacker News: Prioritise the Highest Order Bit

Iran helped Hamas develop missile technology used to attack Israel

Israel ground forces shell Gaza as rocket fire intensifies

A lesson in rights from Afghan schoolgirls

Pelosi calls Greene's confrontation with AOC a ‘verbal assault’

Biden says Israel's airstrikes on Gaza aren't a 'significant overreaction'

Gupta empire facing UK fraud probe over Greensill

Meal vouchers? Free park admission? SC health officials mull COVID vaccine incentives

Airbnb predicts unprecedented rebound in travel

CDC: Fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear a mask

Xi Jinping: From princeling to president

Covid in Bolton: What's causing the spike?

New top story on Hacker News: The Brain Maps Out Ideas and Memories Like Spaces

New top story on Hacker News: Microfarms come to South L.A. frontyards, bringing fresh produce to food deserts

New top story on Hacker News: How SpaceX lands Starship (sort of)

New top story on Hacker News: Wake Turbulence from a Paper Airplane (2020) [video]

Will anything break the GOP’s embrace of election lies?

Doctor explains why parents shouldn't wait to vaccinate their kids

Uyghur imams targeted in China's Xinjiang crackdown

Arizona Senate Republicans sign lease to continue vote audit

Israel threatens Gaza ground invasion despite truce efforts

Joss Whedon has been going by 'Joss' for so long that his wife might get deported

Biden says Israel's airstrikes on Gaza aren't a 'significant overreaction'

China says Xiaomi removal from U.S. blacklist "beneficial"

3 women arrested after pig’s head left at former home of Chauvin witness, CA cops say

Newsmax takes host off the air after he called Israel the 'home country' of Jewish Americans

$9.99 a gallon? Officials receive complaints about price gouging at NC gas stations

Couple lied about kidnapped baby so police would find stolen truck, Arizona cops say

Scientists urge restoration of federal gray wolf protections

Company: Ex-Trump lawyer raiding nonprofit for personal use

AOC calls Marjorie Taylor Greene a 'belligerent person that's not in control of themselves' after the GOP lawmaker chased her down a hallway in the Capitol

Pelosi calls Greene's confrontation with AOC a ‘verbal assault’

Trevor Noah Has a Message for Israel: ‘What Is Your Responsibility?’

Colonial Pipeline: US fuel firm resumes service after cyber-attack

Covid: The race to vaccinate the world

Falkland Islands: Veterans reunite after almost 40 years

The plasterer redecorating domestic violence survivors' homes

Eid: 'You can be Muslim and still enjoy playing football'

Lampedusa: Italy's gateway to Europe struggles with migrant influx

I love being a mogul: The Hollywood stars going into business

St Vincent: 'Without music, I'd be dead'

Tommy Mallet: 'I don't read emails longer than five words'

New top story on Hacker News: Network Realism: William Gibson and new forms of fiction (2010)

Former Trump officials say they did nothing wrong during Jan. 6 Capitol riot

Witness: Man angered by Texas deputies in yard killed them

White House on Liz Cheney: 'Disturbing' to see her attacked for speaking truth

How Hamas pierced Israel's famous Iron Dome shield

Tennessee inmate asks court to declare he can't be executed

Documents: Firefighters could be fired for Bryant photos

Colonial Pipeline restarts operations following ransomware attack

'No evidence' of staycation boom for Scotland's crisis-hit tourism industry

Hard-liner Ahmadinejad again seeks to be Iran's president

She posed as a Miami-Dade student to boost Instagram following, cops say. She’s behind bars

As ethnic violence rocks Israel, Arabs cite deep grievances

Veterinarians backlogged after COVID-19 brings on pet boom

Number of children traveling alone at border eases in April

Cyclist killed in S.C. dispute, shooter dies after gun battle with police

Decision on Minuteman to shape US nuclear policy for decades

Footage shows Andrew Brown was ‘ambushed’ by deputies firing repeatedly, lawyer says

Video shows Iron Dome interceptors filling the sky as more than 100 rockets rain down on Israel

Biodiversity: Throwing money at schemes ineffective - charity

Democrat Joe Cunningham wants SC Gov. McMaster to enact $1,200 return-to-work bonus

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