An Alabama pastor is reconciling with his gubernatorial loss after running a campaign where he flippantly posted videos on social media smoking marijuana and hurling out profanities. JaMel Brown, 35, placed fourth in the Democratic primary for Alabama governor earlier this week, only generating about 4.3 percent of the votes. …
Scientists uncover cancer-causing chemicals hidden in everyday foods
More people are paying close attention to what they eat, often tracking calories, exercising daily, and filling their plates with foods that seem naturally healthy, including fruits and vegetables. Yet even nutritious foods can carry hidden chemical concerns. Some contaminants can enter food from the environment, while others can form…
NASA Announces Realignment to Accelerate Mission Delivery
NASA announced Friday an agencywide realignment to increase mission focus and move out on the National Space Policy. These changes position the agency to better deliver on the nation’s highest‑priority objectives with speed and efficiency. During the Ignition event in late March, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and agency leaders outlined…
Rat virus cruise ship crew member is hospitalised after testing positive for hantavirus days after doomed vessel docked in the Netherlands
By OLIVIA ALLHUSEN, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 15:23 BST, 22 May 2026 | Updated: 15:24 BST, 22 May 2026 A crew member aboard the doomed ‘rat virus’ cruise ship has been hospitalised after testing positive for hantavirus just days after the vessel docked in the Netherlands. Dutch health authorities confirmed…
Queensland Tourism Industry Council boss Melanie Anderson steps down after shocking Donald Trump joke at business lunch
By KYLIE STEVENS, SENIOR BREAKING NEWS REPORTER, AUSTRALIA Published: 14:10 BST, 22 May 2026 | Updated: 14:54 BST, 22 May 2026 A top tourism executive who joked about hiring a sharpshooter to assassinate US President Donald Trump to resolve accommodation shortages ahead of the 2032 Olympics has resigned. Queensland Tourism…
Australia is battling its largest diphtheria outbreak in living memory
Preparing a diphtheria and tetanus vaccination SIMANJUNTAK/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Diphtheria is surging in Australia for the first time since widespread vaccination began in the 1930s. The country has recorded 230 cases of the dangerous bacterial infection and one related adult death this year, with case numbers accelerating. The majority have occurred in…
NASA is updating its Artemis moon base plan. You can find out how on May 26.
Moon Base News Conference (May 26, 2026) – YouTube Watch On NASA will give an update on Tuesday afternoon (May 26) about its plans to build a moon base, and you can watch it live. The agency will host a press conference Tuesday at 2 p.m. EDT (1800 GMT) at…
Ebola outbreak in Congo is ‘spreading rapidly’ and a ‘very high risk’, WHO warns
The head of the World Health Organisation has warned that the Ebola outbreak in Congo is ‘spreading rapidly’ and now poses a ‘very high’ risk at the national level. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the UN health agency was revising upward to ‘very high’ its assessment of the risk…
PM in Muslim-majority Senegal condemns Western ‘tyranny’ for ‘imposing homosexuality on the rest of the world’
By PERKIN AMALARAJ, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 13:40 BST, 22 May 2026 | Updated: 13:51 BST, 22 May 2026 Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko today condemned Western ‘tyranny’ in wanting to ‘impose’ homosexuality ‘on the rest of the world’ and rejected any attempt to stop the application of a new…
Scientists warn that current vitamin B12 guidelines may be putting your brain at risk
Vitamin B12 is best known for helping the body make DNA, red blood cells, and healthy nerve tissue. But research suggests that simply meeting the current minimum standard may not always be enough, especially for older adults. A UCSF led study found that healthy older people with lower vitamin B12…