On a gray day and over a muddy Pimlico Race Course track, Seize the Grey led all the way in Saturday's Preakness Stakes and held on at the finish to deny Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan a shot at the Triple Crown. Benny Gantz, a key member of Israel's three-member war cabinet, said Saturday he would quit the government if it does not adopt a new plan to end the war in Gaza. An Amtrak train struck a vehicle Friday in upstate New York, killing three people. An Ohio judge on Friday ruled against a state law banning cities from making their own laws regulating the sale flavored tobacco. Police on Friday said an imprisoned Oregon man was charged in connection with the deaths of three women in Portland. Israeli troops recovered the body of Ron Benjamin Saturday after he was among 252 citizens of Israel and other nations captured during the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel. Federal authorities are investigating the use of underage workers at an Alabama poultry plant owned by the same firm found responsible for the death of a 16-year-old worker in Mississippi. A ballot initiative seeking to make abortion a right and requiring taxpayer funding through state and local health insurance plans qualifies for inclusion on Colorado's Nov. 5 ballot. The U.K. Health Security Agency reported 46 cases of cryptosporidiosis, an illness that causes intense diarrhea, linked to a water crisis in Brixham, England. Federal police in Alberta say a U.S. citizen convicted of rape was behind the murders of four women in the Canadian province in the 1970s. Police in Philadelphia and Chicago ended attempts by pro-Palestinian protestors to take over buildings at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Chicago Friday night. Boeing's first crewed space mission was delayed again due to a persistent helium leak. Flash floods triggered by heavy rain killed 50 people Friday in Afghanistan's Ghor province, according to government officials. Focus Features has announced plans to release "Bugonia," a new movie starring Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, in the United States. Pop music star Britney Spears has shared a video of her injured leg on Instagram. The State Department is warning Americans traveling abroad of "the potential for terrorist attacks, demonstrations, or violent actions against U.S. citizens and interests." Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed separate measures that would protect access to contraception and remove a tax exemption for the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The Academic Senate of the University of California, Los Angeles voted against issuing a "no confidence" statement against the school's chancellor, or censuring him. Humanitarian aid has started moving into Gaza via a temporary pier, two days after the U.S. military began construction on the floating causeway. Sarah Paulson won the Distinguished Performance Award for her work in the Outstanding Play Revival "Appropriate" at Friday's Drama League Awards gala in New York. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico remains in serious condition but with an improved prognosis reported Saturday. Rudy Giuliani's 80th birthday party in Florida was interrupted when the former New York City mayor was served with a notice of indictment in an alleged plot to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Arizona. At least seven people died as a storm system with wind speeds of up to 100 mph and a tornado passed through the Houston area and threatened the Southeast. Pop music star Taylor Swift's "Tortured Poets Department" is the No. 1 album in the United States for a third consecutive week. Actor Tina Fey turns 54 and artist Ai Weiwei turns 67, among the famous birthdays for May 18. |
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