May 2nd, 2025

• ​Wildfires Burn 5,000 Acres in Israel, but 'Miraculously' Leave Homes Untouched
• Jerusalem hills wildfires under control after nearly 30 hours; no major injuries
• Fires near Jerusalem burn for second day but roads, towns reopen with foreign aid on way
• Jerusalem area wildfires still rage but evacuated residents allowed to return; 18 suspected arsonists arrested, claims PM Netanyahu
• Israel declares national emergency as wildfires force evacuations - Witnesses tell of 'walls of flame' surging across woodland, while high winds disrupt Independence Day events
• Motorists abandon cars as 'worst wildfire in decades' rages near Jerusalem
• Several countries sending firefighting planes to Israel to help tackle major wildfire
• Arab news and social media call on Palestinians to 'burn settlers homes' as fires rage in Israel
• 'Perhaps the largest fire in Israel's history' - Roads closed, Independence Day events canceled, and settlements evacuated
• Severe dust storm sweeps 9 Arab states, worsening Gaza's plight
• Netanyahu: Return of hostages important, but war's 'supreme goal' is victory over enemies
• Fury as Netanyahu says 'victory' trumps return of hostages
• UK's Charles laments 'immense pain and suffering' of Gaza hostages in letter to Herzog
• Trump: Fewer than 24 hostages are alive; we don't know how Edan Alexander is doing
• Israel bows its head in remembrance of 934 civilians and 931 security forces personnel who lost their lives since Oct 7
• Rioters storm Ra'anana synagogue during screening of Israeli-Palestinian memorial event
• IDF planning major shift in Gaza aid delivery in bid to thwart Hamas diversion
• Palestinian envoy tells UN court Israel is killing Gaza civilians. Israel says it's being persecuted
• Israeli foreign minister slams UN, calls it 'rotten, anti-Israel, and antisemitic body'
• The U.S. backs Israel's ban on the U.N.'s Palestinian aid agency at the World Court
• IDF downs Houthi missile fired from Yemen, setting off sirens in Haifa and across north
• IDF says Yemen missile was intercepted before entering Israeli territory
• IDF confirms fighter jets struck near Damascus palace of Syrian leader Sharaa
• Deadly clashes in Syria's Druze areas raise fears of widening unrest
• Some Druze in Syria begin to take up arms, as sectarian violence hits home
• Druze protesters take to the streets, demand Israel step in to aid community in Syria
• Sa'ar: World must intervene in Syria to defend Druze from regime's 'terrorist gangs'
• Document shows Iran had imperial plans in Syria that were foiled by Assad's collapse
• Iran to meet 3 European powers ahead of next nuclear talks with US
• Iran talks in Rome not happening this weekend and were never confirmed, State Department says - Tehran is still committed to getting to a 'fair and lasting agreement,' according to a foreign ministry spokesperson
• US-Iran nuclear talks postponed, Iran says next round 'depends on US approach'
• Trump threatens sanctions against buyers of Iranian oil after US-Iran nuclear talks are postponed
• Former Mossad Chief Yossi Cohen: Israel 'must do everything in its power' to stop Iran's nuclear threat
• Rubio says Iran shouldn't be afraid of nuclear inspections, including by US
• Rubio: Iran Has to Allow Us to Inspect All Sites, Stop Sponsoring Terrorists, Enriching, Building Long-Range Missiles to Get Deal
• Iran accused of 'covering up' death toll in port explosion amid concerns of uprising
• 'A factory of antisemitism': Indian expert calls out Pakistan's role in global Jew hatred
• India Tells Marco Rubio Kashmir Terrorists 'Must Be Brought to Justice'
• South Korean Presidential Frontrunner Potentially Disqualified by Court Ruling - Yoon was impeached for declaring martial law in December, ostensibly to combat "subversive anti-state elements"
• Slovakia and Hungary Warn Brussels Risks 'Destruction' of EU if Ukraine Admitted Without Unanimous Consent
• Body of Ukrainian journalist who died in Russian detention returned by Moscow with signs of torture and with missing organs
• Points for kills: How Ukraine is using video game incentives to slay more Russians - Ukraine has created a macabre points scheme based on video games to boost the effectiveness of its soldiers
• Danger From Space: Old Soviet Satellite Kosmos 482 Set To Fall Back to Earth Next Week, Raising Fears It May Cause Deadly Strike on Our Planet's Surface
• Zelensky Hints Ukraine May Attack Victory Day Parade in Moscow That Will Include 20 Heads of State
• Army plans for a potential parade on Trump's birthday call for 6,600 soldiers, AP learns
• JD Vance Casts Tiebreaker Vote to Thwart Anti-Tariff Move Supported by 3 Republicans
• Lawmakers Are Growing More Skeptical Trump's Tariffs Will Spark an Industrial Renaissance in the U.S.
• Weekly jobless claims surge to 241,000, more than expected, in latest sign of economic trouble
• National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and His Deputy, Alex Wong, Are OUT Following Signal Chat Leak
• Vance denies Waltz's removal as NSA was due to 'Signalgate,' calls his UN ambassador nomination a 'promotion'
• Trump is sending his national security adviser Mike Waltz to the UN in a shakeup
• Elon Musk admits DOGE is "not as effective as I'd like" amid jump in federal spending
• Trump's Quest for Crypto Riches Is a Constitutional Scandal Waiting to Happen - The largest investors in Donald Trump's crypto coin have been promised a private audience with the president. The arrangement could put Trump at odds with the Constitution and add fuel to calls for his impeachment, experts say
• Sen. Grassley Releases Emails of Biden FBI Agents Plotting and Celebrating Peter Navarro's Indictment
• Kamala Harris says Democrats must be like elephants in an earthquake, claims US is in 'constitutional crisis'
• Conservative Legend David Horowitz Dead at 86 - He Warned About Obama's 'Rules for Revolution'
• 'Afraid to Actually Fight': Hunter Biden Drops Lawsuit Against Two IRS Whistleblowers
• President Trump Signs "Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Biased Media" Executive Order to Defund NPR and PBS
• Fox News, Smartmatic file dueling motions for summary judgment in defamation case
• Over 80 Harvard Faculty to Donate Portion of Salaries in 'Resistance' Against President Donald Trump
• May Day demonstrations in US and around the globe protest Trump agenda
• Cuba Stages Mass May Day Rally To Denounce US Sanctions
• Masked protesters attack Socialists at France May Day rally
• Police Arrest More Than 400 In Istanbul May Day Showdown
• Eduardo Bolsonaro to Bannon: 'Brazilian Establishment Wants To Kill My Father' - Tens of Millions May Flee the Country if the Elections Are Rigged Again
• Google CEO Sundar Pichai Warns that Breaking Up His Search Monopoly Would Hamper 'Innovation'
• Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Reveals 30% of Company's Code Written by AI
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Tinogasta, Argentina
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Malango, Solomon Islands
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Manuel Avila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Kandrian, Papua New Guinea
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 23,000ft
• Lewotobi volcano in Indonesia erupts to 17,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 16,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Poas volcano in Costa Rica erupts to 10,000ft
• Underwater volcano off Oregon's coast inching closer to eruption, scientists say - While scientists don't have an exact timeline of when the volcano could erupt, they say it's likely to happen before the end of the year
• Axial Seamount showing signs of approaching eruption as magma builds up off Oregon coast
• At least three people were killed in Pennsylvania after a serial derecho tore across the region Tuesday, with officials in Pittsburgh calling the event "unprecedented" as damage assessments and power restoration efforts get underway
• Warmest start to May on record in UK as temperatures prompt wildfire warnings
• Florida Makes History: First State to Criminalize Geoengineering and Weather Modification
• Spain's grid denies dependence on solar power to blame for blackout
• Iberian blackout: Cyberattack may not be to blame - but the threat to power grids is real
• Trump's Treasury Department Targets Mexican Cartels Trafficking Fentanyl, Stolen Fuel
• Federal Judge Issues Permanent Injunction, Bars Trump Administration From Using Alien Enemies Act to Remove Venezuelan Gang Members
• DeSantis Offers to Fly Illegal Aliens to El Salvador - Says He's Ready to Round Up 10,000 Within 72 Hours If DHS Approves Plan
• ICE joins DeSantis in touting one-week record of arresting 1,120 people in the US illegally
• Second Protective Order Filed Against MS-13 Gang Member Kilmar Abrego Garcia Released - Garcia Told Wife He Could Get Away with Murder If He Killed Her
• Illegal Alien with Lengthy Criminal History Fatally Shoots Texas Father in Front of His Children
• Churches sue Trump admin. over ICE raids in houses of worship
• Nicaraguan Dictator Daniel Ortega Accuses Trump Of 'Crimes Against Humanity' Over Deportations
• "Operation Lights Out" Targets Online Sexual Predators, Leads to 19 Arrests including Human Trafficking Charges
• Georgia Former Democrat Congressional Candidate Who Called for Trump's Assassination Arrested in Multi-State Child Sex Trafficking Sting
• "Somebody Got to Her" - Epstein Victim Virginia Giuffre's Father Breaks Silence in First Live Interview, Insists She Didn't Die by Suicide
• Stephen Miller: Transgender Surgery for Minors Is 'Child Torture'
• Trump mocks trans athletes in women's sports to roaring applause at Alabama commencement speech
• Canadian Trans Musicians Cancel Their Own U.S. Concert Dates to Protest Trump
• Tesla arson suspect released after lawyer argues detention would disrupt sex-change treatments
• Gender dysphoria should be treated with therapy instead of transition treatments, massive Trump-ordered HHS report urges
• Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Signed a Memorandum to Provide Remedies for Service Members Who Were Hurt by Experimental COVID Vaccines - Now Those Affected Want to Know If Anyone Was Fired
• Kennedy Issues Demands for Vaccine Approvals That Could Affect Fall Covid Boosters
• HHS to require placebo testing of 'all new vaccines,' raising questions about approval of updated Covid-19 shots
• RFK Jr.'s latest vaccine plan threatens future of shots, experts say
• DNI Tulsi Gabbard tells podcaster Megyn Kelly she's working with HHS to uncover Covid-19's origins, end gain-of-function research - "We have to end this gain-of-function research"