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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — For roughly 380 right whales left in the North Atlantic, which can die after getting tangled in fishing ropes or hit by ships, the Trump administration said this month it wants to delay new protections by almost a decade in favor of commercial fishing interests. The sleek black whales, which weigh as much as a midsized bulldozer, are critically endangered and their numbers have declined sharply […]

BERLIN (AP) — A driver plowed into people in the center of the German city of Leipzig on Monday and several were injured, police said. Few details were immediately available. Police didn’t immediately give a precise number of injured, but said there were no deaths, German news agency dpa reported. A statement posted on the Leipzig city website said the car and its driver had been stopped and no longer […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is breathing on his own after being hospitalized with pneumonia and placed on a ventilator, his spokesperson said Monday. Giuliani, 81, remains in critical but stable condition at a Florida hospital and is being monitored as a precautionary measure, spokesperson Ted Goodman said. Goodman said Giuliani’s condition was exacerbated by restrictive airway disease attributed to his exposure to dust […]

The Chicago Sky waived 2025 first-round draft pick Hailey Van Lith on Monday. The 24-year-old point guard averaged 3.5 points and 1.6 assists in 29 games (no starts) as a rookie in 2025. WNBA teams have until Thursday at 5 p.m. ET to make their final roster cuts before the regular season begins Friday. Van Lith averaged 12.5 points and 4.5 assists in two preseason games for Chicago, which opens […]

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 […]