What we know about the Secret Service shooting near the White House
Secret Service officers shot an armed man near the White House on Monday after he fled from officers and fired in their direction, according to Secret Service Deputy Director Matt Quinn. A 15-year-old bystander was also struck but did not suffer life-threatening injuries. Quinn said investigators believe the suspect shotContinue Reading
New Discoveries Changing Biology
2025’s most surprising breakthroughs in biology included a finding that a father’s environmental exposures can impact the development of their offspring, research confirming that intelligence evolved independently in birds and mammals, and a new mathematical model reveals that evolution happens in explosive bursts. 0:04 TWO PATH’S TO INTELLIGENCE A groupContinue Reading
My Advice to America’s Teachers
The greatest honor of my life wasn’t serving in the Cabinet. It was being a teacher.Continue Reading
Marco Rubio holds a news briefing at the White House – watch live
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Another blaze, same building: Thorncliffe Park fire reignites | CTV News Toronto Noon May 5, 2026
A new fire has started burning through the apartment after crews were doing remedial work. Beth Macdonell reports from the scene. 153 kg of cocaine, 10 kg of heroin, half a kilo of ketamine, $1.6M in cash, and an illegal gun were seized during this 18-month long investigation. The OntarioContinue Reading
He grew up without books. Now Dougals Stuart is an award-winning author
Douglas Stuart won the coveted Booker Prize in 2020 for his debut novel, “Shuggie Bain,” about a boy in 1980s working-class Glasgow, caring for his mother as she struggled with alcoholism. Geoff Bennett spoke to Stuart about his latest book, “John of John,” which follows a young man’s return toContinue Reading
The WNBA’s Toronto Tempo will be ‘Canada’s team’: president
The WNBA’s Toronto Tempo will be ‘Canada’s team,’ franchise president Teresa Resch told Reuters ahead of the team’s inaugural season, which begins on Friday with a game against the Washington Mystics. #sports #canada #wnba #basketball #toronto #News #Reuters #Newsfeed 👉 Subscribe: https://reut.rs/4b8fRGn Keep up with the latest news from aroundContinue Reading
Problem with Ukraine’s 25,000 combat robots isn’t hardware — it’s keeping them connected on battlefield
Ground-based robotic systems are increasingly being used in combat conditions. However, their effectiveness is tightly constrained by one critical factor — stable communications, says adviser to Ukraine’s Minister of Defense, Serhii “Flash” Beskrestnov, ArmyInform reports. Ukraine plans to contract 25,000 unmanned ground systems, which will be gradually delivered to frontlineContinue Reading
Russia recruited 994 Armenians for its war. Yerevan is pivoting west anyway.
At least 204 Armenian citizens are dead or missing fighting in Russian uniforms in Ukraine — approaching the toll of the September 2023 war that ended Armenia’s three-decade presence in Nagorno-Karabakh, when 223 Armenian fighters died. The Ukrainian “I Want to Live” project published the data on 4 May andContinue Reading
As PJM Reopens Interconnection Queue, Experts Warn Damage to Maryland’s Clean Energy Plans Is Already Done
Gas and nuclear projects make up roughly 55 percent of the total capacity of the more than 800 new generation projects, a dramatic shift from the renewable-dominated queue PJM spent the last four years clearing. By Aman Azhar For the first time in four years, regional grid operator PJM InterconnectionContinue Reading
“Assault on the First Amendment”: Dem. FCC Commissioner on Megamergers & The Traitor Targeting Kimmel, ABC
As Traitor 47 continues to attack media organizations and journalists, we speak with a sitting member of the Federal Communications Commission about how the administration has weaponized the FCC to go after his perceived enemies in the media. Anna Gomez is the sole Democratic commissioner on the FCC, which isContinue Reading
Typical Microsoft! Turns Out VS Code Was Adding Copilot as a Git Co-Author Without Telling Anyone
VS Code has been quietly appending a Co-authored-by: Copilot line to users’ git commits, including ones written entirely without Copilot’s involvement. The culprit behind this, git.addAICoAuthor, is a feature that was introduced in VS Code 1.110 back in March. It is designed to tag commits with a Copilot co-author trailerContinue Reading