Summerton, South Carolina: On May 23 a windblown patio umbrella struck and killed Dana Weigner while she dined at the Driftwood Grill on Lake Marion. First responders were called around 7:40 p.m.; the Clarendon County Coroner’s Office pronounced her dead at 8:43 p.m. after EMS attempted life-saving measures. Clarendon County Coroner...
Omaha, Neb. — The NCAA Division I Baseball Championship subcommittee announced Monday that UCLA was named the No. 1 overall seed for the 2026 tournament after a 51-6 regular season, with Georgia Tech seeded No. 2 and Georgia No. 3. The 64-team field opens 16 double-elimination regionals this Friday ahead...
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The Myrtle Beach Police Department this week warned that venomous wildlife and marine vegetation have washed ashore along area beaches due to strong currents, urging beachgoers to avoid contact, notify first responders, and follow first‑aid steps such as tentacle removal and vinegar application for stings. Authorities said...
Newport, Ky. — Thomas Massie filed a Statement of Candidacy with the Federal Election Commission on May 25 to allow fundraising and potential campaigning for Kentucky's 4th Congressional District in 2028 after losing the recent Republican primary to Ed Gallrein. Massie, who served nearly 14 years in the House, confirmed...
United States-based security researchers reported that four popular Laravel-Lang Composer packages were surreptitiously poisoned with malware after attackers manipulated Git tags to redirect users to malicious code, according to a SecurityWeek article published Monday. The affected PHP localization libraries are laravel-lang/lang, laravel-lang/http-statuses, laravel-lang/attributes, and laravel-lang/actions, which are widely used by...
Americans are paying an average of $4.51 per gallon for gasoline on Sunday, May 25, 2026, making this Memorial Day weekend the most expensive at the pump in four years, according to AAA. Prices are being driven by the ongoing U.S.-Israel war with Iran and the near-total closure of the...
On May 25, 2026, a volatile convective system interacting with deep Gulf moisture produced a widespread severe weather outbreak across Texas, according to the National Weather Service. By midday, a rapidly consolidating line of severe thunderstorms moved from the Texas Panhandle into central parts of the state, evolving into a...
More than 700 websites running the Ghost content management system have been compromised through a recently disclosed vulnerability, CVE-2026-26980, according to research by Chinese cybersecurity firm Qianxin XLab reported Monday by SecurityWeek. The flaw affects Ghost versions 3.24.0 through 6.19.0 and allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary database content. Using...
Washington. Voters in Texas will hold a Republican primary runoff on Tuesday after no candidate secured a majority in the March 3 primary; top vote-getter John Cornyn faces Attorney General Ken Paxton, who received President Donald Trump's endorsement on May 19, and the contest occurs alongside multiple congressional and state...
The United States and Iran are negotiating a memorandum of understanding aimed at ending their nearly three-month war and reopening the Strait of Hormuz, a vital route for about 20% of global oil shipments. According to a CNN analysis updated early May 25, 2026, three main obstacles remain: control and...
