United States braces for six-day tornado outbreak

 

A prolonged severe weather episode is forecast to impact the central United States from Thursday, May 14 through Tuesday, May 19, 2026, with the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center warning of multiple days of tornadoes, destructive hail, and damaging winds. The threat zone extends from the Plains into the...

United States comedian Pete Davidson, Elsie Hewitt separate

 

American comedian Pete Davidson and fashion model Elsie Hewitt have ended their relationship a little over a year after it began, and five months after the birth of their daughter, Scottie Rose Hewitt Davidson, on December 12, 2025. According to people familiar with the situation, the split is largely attributed...

New York City revokes Diddy’s ceremonial key

 

New York, United States – New York City Mayor Eric Adams has formally revoked the Key to the City from music executive Sean “Diddy” Combs, following the public release of a 2016 surveillance video that shows Combs physically assaulting his former partner, Cassie Ventura, in a hotel hallway. Adams initiated...

United Kingdom presenters Tess Daly, Vernon Kay separate

 

Television presenters Tess Daly and Vernon Kay have confirmed they are separating after 22 years of marriage, according to statements released in the United Kingdom. The pair, who married in 2003 and have two children, disclosed that they decided to end the marriage following what sources described as years of...

Streamer Held on Seven-Figure Bond After Courthouse Shooting

 

Clarksville, Tennessee. On Wednesday, May 13, livestreamer Dalton Eatherly, 28, allegedly shot another man during a daytime confrontation outside the Montgomery County Courthouse, leaving both Eatherly and the other man wounded; law enforcement detained Eatherly and hospitalized the injured parties while prosecutors prepared felony charges. Earlier that week he had...

FBI Announces Reward to Locate Former Air Force Specialist

 

WASHINGTON — The FBI this week announced a $200,000 reward for information leading to the capture and prosecution of Monica Elfriede Witt, a former U.S. Air Force counterintelligence specialist who defected to Iran in 2013 and was indicted by a federal grand jury in February 2019 on espionage charges for...

United States jury deliberates Musk-Altman OpenAI dispute

 

Washington, United States – In a closely watched federal court case over the future of OpenAI, legal teams representing Elon Musk and Sam Altman delivered their closing arguments in a high‑stakes showdown. Musk’s attorneys argued that OpenAI’s transition from a purely non‑profit research lab to a for‑profit structure breached fiduciary...

United States to host World Cup halftime spectacular

 

United States – FIFA has announced that the 2026 World Cup final, to be held at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, will feature a Super Bowl-style halftime show headlined by Madonna, Shakira, and South Korean group BTS. The new format will debut during the championship match of the...

Multiple U.S. towns report overnight structure fires, investigations

 

Selma, N.C. — Multiple fire departments responded Thursday night to a fire at the Atkinson Milling Company off NC 42 East after crews were dispatched around 8:30 p.m. when a blaze was reported inside the business. Units from the Antioch, Northside, Corinth Holders, Selma and Middlesex Fire Departments arrived to...

United States tech firms flag Anthropic supply-chain risk

 

United States – U.S. technology companies are increasingly designating Anthropic as a supply chain risk amid the AI firm’s escalating legal dispute with the U.S. government. Firms such as Figma have disclosed in regulatory and customer communications that this classification could jeopardize their ability to sell or maintain AI-powered tools...