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May 4 (Reuters) – Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was recovering from pneumonia on Monday and remained in a critical but stable condition after being hospitalized, according to his spokesperson. Giuliani, 81, came to global prominence in 2001 as he led New York’s recovery from the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center towers, which his spokesperson said led to him developing restrictive airway disease. “This condition […]

The Dallas Mavericks are hiring former Toronto Raptors executive Masai Ujiri as their new team president and alternate governor, multiple outlets reported Monday. Ujiri, 55, spent 12 seasons in the Raptors’ front office (2013-25) and was the architect of the franchise’s first NBA championship in 2018-19. Before joining Toronto, Ujiri was the general manager of the Denver Nuggets from 2010-13 and was named the NBA’s Executive of the Year for […]

By Sumit Saha May 4 (Reuters) – Nitrogen-focused fertilizer producers are set to report stronger quarterly earnings as a surge in prices, driven by Middle East gas disruptions, lifts margins, though the benefit may only start to fully show in coming quarters. Analysts expect nitrogen-focused producers such as CF Industries and Nutrien, which make fertilizers derived from natural gas such as urea and urea-ammonium nitrate, to outperform fertilizer peers with […]

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A new study suggests that a tiny, icy world beyond Pluto harbors a thin, delicate atmosphere that may have been created by volcanic eruptions or a comet strike. Just 300 miles (500 kilometers) or so across, this mini Pluto is thought to be the solar system’s smallest object yet with a clearly detected global atmosphere bound by gravity, said lead researcher Ko Arimatsu of the […]

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A second sloth taken to a central Florida zoo for rehabilitation has died out of a group given up by a yet-to-open tourist attraction facing scrutiny for the deaths of more than 30 other sloths imported from Guyana and Peru. Habanero, an adult male, was euthanized Saturday to prevent further suffering at the Central Florida Zoo and Botanical Gardens. He had been taken there for rehabilitation […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana man who spent decades in prison for a wrongful conviction began work Monday overseeing the criminal court in New Orleans after a judge temporarily blocked the state from eliminating the position. Calvin Duncan won 68% of the vote to serve as Orleans Parish criminal court clerk. But at the urging of Republican Gov. Jeff Landry, the GOP-controlled state Legislature raced to pass legislation eliminating […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday restored broad access to the abortion pill mifepristone, blocking a ruling that had threatened to upend one of the main ways abortion is provided across the nation. The order signed by Justice Samuel Alito temporarily allows women seeking abortions to obtain the pill at pharmacies or through the mail, without an in-person visit to a doctor. Those rules had been in effect […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge told the U.S. government Monday not to cut down more than 10 trees without first providing notice amid a legal dispute at a historic Washington golf course that President Donald Trump plans to renovate. U.S. District Court Judge Ana Reyes said during a remote hearing that she wasn’t going to issue a temporary restraining order just yet in the case brought by the DC […]

CENTCOM Denies Iranian Strike on Warship; Tehran Calls It ‘Warning Shots’   By The Media Line Staff   US Central Command (CENTCOM) denied Monday that Iran successfully struck an American warship near the Strait of Hormuz, after Iranian media initially claimed it struck the ship and Tehran later described the incident as “warning shots.”   In a statement on X CENTCOM stated that Iran’s claim of a successful strike was false. “The truth is, […]