Day: May 18, 2025

Researchers uncover the odd reason an ‘unusual’ mummy survived the centuries

1:30 pm May 18, 2025

WARNING: This article contains graphic images. Reader discretion is advised. Researchers have uncovered the reason an “unusual” 18th-century mummy was preserved so well in Austria – and it’s highly abnormal. A study about the mummy was recently published in the journal Frontiers in Medicine. The so-called “air-dried chaplain” is housed in the crypt of the […]

Texas AG Ken Paxton sued over new rule to rein in ‘rogue’ DAs by allowing him access to their case records

1:14 pm May 18, 2025

Five Texas district attorneys are suing state Attorney General Ken Paxton, challenging new rules that would give his office broad authority to access their office’s case records, according to a new report. In the two lawsuits filed on Friday, the district attorneys said the rule, in effect since April, is an unconstitutional overreach that violates […]

Trump’s Middle East ‘bromance’ and Qatar jet controversy lampooned on SNL finale

11:01 am May 18, 2025

“Saturday Night Live” lampooned President Donald Trump’s recent Middle East trip in its season finale, trivializing what the administration billed as a major foreign policy reset. The cold open featured James Austin Johnson as an exaggerated Trump alongside a fictionalized Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The sketch suggested an unlikely bromance. “We’re together now, kidding, […]

‘You saved my life:’ Freed hostage Edan Alexander thanks Trump in emotional phone call

8:00 am May 18, 2025

In an emotional and widely shared moment, President Donald J. Trump spoke directly with Edan Alexander, the 21-year-old American-Israeli soldier who was recently freed from Hamas captivity, during a phone call captured on camera and released by the White House. “Mr. President,” Alexander greeted Trump at the start of the call, visibly moved. “You’re the […]

Massive sailing vessel collides with Brooklyn Bridge in dramatic NYC crash caught on camera

7:50 am May 18, 2025

A naval training ship donning a massive Mexican flag crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City on Saturday night, sending passengers into the murky water. Videos posted to social media appear to show the mast of the ship crashing into the bridge just before 8:30 p.m., as passengers and nearby onlookers screamed, prompting […]