1a·1o·spread 0.00·15 hr agogeneral·via CBS News15 hr agoBy Steve Hartman Correspondent Steve Hartman is a CBS News correspondent. He brings viewers moving stories from the unique people he meets in his weekly award-winning feature segment "On the Road." Read Full Bio Updated on: May 1, 2026 / 8:03 PM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google Sandhills, Nebraska — Go to the edge of nowhere and keep heading toward the middle of it and you will eventually come to the home of Mike and Kayla Wintz, ranchers who live and work deep in the sandhills of western Nebraska. How remote is it? "A gallon of milk is a little over an hour away," Mike told CBS News.Although they are isolated, Mike and Kayla say they have never felt more connected to this great nation, thanks to the blessing of a curse.In March, the Morrill Fire, the largest wildfire in Nebraska history, burned about 1,000 square miles of ranchland, including the fields that Mike and Kayla lease. The wildfire burned all 11,000 acres of their land."Within two hours it's all gone, it's tough," Mike said. With the grass gone, the cattle couldn't graze, and Mike and Kayla were in real danger of losing their livelihoods. Other
2a·2o·spread 0.00·7 hr agogeneral·via Fox News7 hr agoTop Fuel’s Shawn Langdon certainly had the need for speed.Langdon broke the NHRA’s speed record on Friday during a qualifying run at South Georgia Motorsports Park, reaching 345.00 mph. Brittany Force had the previous record of 343.51 mph, which she set last year in Indianapolis.Langdon had several runs of 340+ mph in preseason testing, but the 43-year-old said members of the team weren’t sure if the numbers were legit.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Top Fuel driver Shawn Langdon sets a new NHRA speed record at the NHRA Southern Nationals at South Georgia Motorsports Park in Adel, Georgia, on May 1, 2026. (Marc Gewertz/NHRA via AP)"It was special for the guys," Langdon said. "I was happy for them, especially (crew chief) Brian (Husen). We were able to do that testing, and some people had different ideas on what they thought — if it was legit or not. We kind of talked about it and Brian was like, ‘Well, we’ll just do it in the season to prove it was legit.'""It’s also good to be able to do that here, at this new track, in front of these new fans. I knew it was on a good run, but
1a·1o·spread 0.00·17 hr agogeneral·via USA Today17 hr agoUpdated May 1, 2026, 11:14 p.m. ETWASHINGTON — Jacob Misiorowski did not realize he had a no-hitter intact. Only that he was finding his groove against the Washington Nationals − just as his right hamstring began to grab in the sixth inning.Misiorowski, perhaps the premium fireballer in this era of unprecedented velocity in Major League Baseball, exited his Friday, May 1 start at Nationals Park with a right hamstring cramp, a malady the Milwaukee Brewers hope is just a mild detour during what's shaping up to be a special season.Misiorowski struck out eight Nationals in 5⅓ shutout innings of their 6-1 victory, a night that took a very dark turn for Brewers fans when The Miz paused his dominant outing and motioned for head athletic trainer Brad Epstein to come to the mound.Misiorowski had just struck out the last four batters − needing only 11 pitches to punch out the side in the fifth − and was sitting on a reasonable 85 pitches when he was removed. His season high was 101 pitches, so a solo no-hitter was possibly out of the question at that point.So a night that was undeniably dominant teetered on a spectrum between historic and disastrous
1a·1o·spread 0.00·19 hr agogeneral·via Fox News19 hr agoHelicopter crew lifts injured hiker to safety after fall on mountain in Australia Footage shows a rescue helicopter responding to Moogerah Peaks National Park in southeast Queensland, Australia, where a woman in her 20s injured her ankle in a fall and was unable to descend the mountain. Authorities said the helicopter was called to Moogerah Peaks National Park, Australia, after a hiker fell and was hurt, prompting paramedics to be lowered by winch to provide treatment and extract two people. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A hiker had to be airlifted to safety after being bitten by a rattlesnake while hiking a remote trail in Southern California.The woman was hiking in the Long Canyon Trail area in Simi Valley’s Wood Ranch community on Thursday when she was bitten by a rattlesnake, marking the seventh such incident in Ventura County in the past month as recent heat drives increased snake activity.According to the Ventura County Fire Department, she was transported from the trail to Los Robles Regional Medical Center to receive anti-venom treatment and is currently in stable condition with minor injuries.KTLA reported that rattlesnake sightings typically increase later in the summer, but recent heat has accelerated activity
1a·1o·spread 0.00·21 hr agogeneral·via Fox News21 hr agoThe father of a teen allegedly slaughtered by her stepbrother on a cruise is skipping the June murder trial, saying he simply cannot "relive" the trauma of discovering the girl's body in her cabin."Unless they ask for me to be there, neither my wife or I will be attending," Christopher Kepner, 41, told the Daily Mail."I’ve heard all the evidence. I saw it for myself. They have everything they need. It’s going to be too painful to relive it all again."Kepner’s 16-year-old stepson, Timothy Hudson, is headed to trial June 1 in Miami federal court on first-degree murder and aggravated sexual abuse charges in the Nov. 7 slaying. Timothy has pleaded not guilty.CHEERLEADER WHO DIED ON CRUISE SHIP 'FOUGHT FOR HER LIFE' AS FEDS WEIGH POSSIBLE CHARGES FOR STEPBROTHER The 16-year-old stepbrother, identified as T.H. in court documents, is accused of sexually assaulting 16-year-old Anna Kepner and intentionally killing her on Carnival Cruise Line’s Horizon ship. (Shauntel Kepner/Facebook)In a harrowing account, Kepner described the moment his family vacation became a living nightmare.SEND US A TIP HERE"I checked her pulse. I pulled her out from under the bed," Kepner said. "I knew my daughter was dead long before the medical examiner
1a·1o·spread 0.00·17 hr agogeneral·via USA Today17 hr agoUpdated May 1, 2026, 2:09 p.m. ETLAS VEGAS -- David Benavidez, the boxer who Mike Tyson nicknamed the “Mexican Monster,’’ began his climb at more than 8,000 feet above sea level.It was early April when he and his entourage drove to Mount Charleston, which at nearly 12,000 feet is the highest peak in Southern Nevada.Benavidez, 29, wore camouflage pants, a black hoodie and the look of determination as he sprinted and walked up the steep, asphalt road.A two-time world champion, Benavidez (31-0, 25 KOs) was training for his fight against WBA and WBC cruiserweight champion Gilberto "Zurdo'' Ramirez (48-1 30 KOs) Saturday, May 2 at T-Mobile Arena (PBC Pay-Per-View on Prime Video). It figures to be the biggest fight of Benavidez’s career, but unlikely to be tougher than a lifetime of training under the direction of his father.“The first time he put me in a sparring session, I was like two years old,’’ Benavidez said of an encounter that has been ingrained in him from a young age. “The first round, I was crying and I came back to the corner and I told my dad, ‘I don't want to do this no more.’“He said, "Okay, let me tell you
1a·1o·spread 0.00·16 hr agogeneral·via The New York Times16 hr agoWhile Alabama fans ponder whether it was prudent to give head coach Kalen DeBoer a contract extension with a raise after the Crimson Tide went 20-8 in his first two seasons as Nick Saban’s replacement, there is plenty of optimism inside the program.Coaches are especially excited about the direction of the defense. The Tide have gotten bigger on that side of the ball, and we’re told it now looks more like what Alabama had been accustomed to under Saban, especially on the interior of the line. Last year, the starting lineup just wasn’t bulky, ranking in the SEC’s bottom four in height and weight. This season, coaches expect to rank in the upper half of the conference.USC transfer Devan Thompkins (6-5, 300 pounds) turned heads in the spring, looking even better than some in Tuscaloosa were expecting. He brings physicality on a level the Tide have lacked at times over the past two seasons.“He really had a good spring,” DeBoer, whose new deal is worth a total of $87.5 million over seven years, told The Athletic this week. “He’s very versatile. He can play inside and outside. He can get that push in the pocket with his strength but also
1a·1o·spread 0.00·17 hr agogeneral·via The Washington Times17 hr agoSALT LAKE CITY — Taylor Frankie Paul, a reality TV star from “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives,” and the father of her 2-year-old son were ordered Thursday to stay 100 feet away from each other for the next three years as a Utah court commissioner continues to assess custody plans for the child. Paul has been unable to spend unsupervised time with her son since an April 7 hearing, when Third District Court Commissioner Russell Minas said Paul had a history of volatile behavior directed at her former partner, Dakota Mortensen, while kids were present. Minas on Thursday described the pair’s dynamic as “very toxic” before granting Paul and Mortensen’s dueling requests for protective orders against each other. He found that “there’s been violence that occurred both ways between these parties” and urged them to figure out how to function as co-parents to their son, Ever. “I’m hoping that you’re not people who just thrive on the drama and the conflict,” Minas said. “You’ve got to put your child first and shield the child from this conflict.” Paul, Mortensen and their families were present in court, but no other cast members from the Hulu reality show attended. Attorneys offer
1a·1o·spread 0.00·18 hr agogeneral·via Newsweek18 hr agoMillions of Americans from Texas to New York are under frost advisories and freeze warnings Friday afternoon as a massive cold front sweeps across the United States, bringing a sharp and unseasonable drop in temperatures at the start of May.The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a wide swath of cold-weather alerts across the Southern Plains, Midwest, Northeast and Mid-Atlantic as the front pushed east, with nighttime lows expected to plunge below freezing in some areas. Forecasters warned the sudden chill could damage early-season crops and sensitive vegetation, posing a particular risk as much of the country has already entered the growing season.The surge of cold temperatures is the result of a polar vortex that hit in March and April, AccuWeather lead long-range expert Paul Pastelok told Newsweek. It "created an atmospheric traffic jam" that allowed waves of cold air to move south from Canada into the Midwest and Northeast, Pastelok said. "Below-average departures during the first 10 days of May will be significant, especially in the Ohio Valley, Great Lakes and interior Northeast," Pastelok said. ...On Friday afternoon, frost advisories and or freeze warnings were in place for the following states: Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Iowa, Missouri,
1a·1o·spread 0.00·17 hr agogeneral·via Newsweek17 hr agoFive people have been killed after a small plane crashed in Texas on Thursday night.Emergency responders were dispatched to reports of a downed aircraft near the city of Wimberley at about 11.05 p.m., Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra said.The Cessna 421C aircraft had five individuals on board at the time of the crash and all were killed, according to authorities. The identities of the victims have not yet been released.Plane Safety ConcernsInvestigations into the cause of the crash remain ongoing but they come after a string of high‑profile aviation incidents over the past two years, including near misses, runway incursions and fatal crashes.Many Americans say they feel more anxious about flying than they once did, although overall incident rates remain low. Viral videos and intense media coverage have amplified those fears, prompting questions about aircraft manufacturing, air traffic control staffing and regulatory oversight.U.S. aviation officials acknowledge the concern but stress that commercial flying remains one of the safest forms of transport, pointing to decades‑long declines in fatal accidents and the industry’s layered safety systems....What To Know"Preliminary information indicates the aircraft was traveling at a high rate of speed at the time of impact. Based on current findings, there is no
1a·1o·spread 0.00·16 hr agogeneral·via USA Today16 hr agoUpdated May 1, 2026, 6:43 p.m. ETGolden State Warriors owner Joe Lacob and general manager Mike Dunleavy Jr. met with Steve Kerr about the status of his job earlier this week.Kerr's coaching contract is expiring and there hasn't been any indication whether he would want to return, or whether the Warriors want him back at the helm. According to ESPN, the three had a two-hour meeting Monday that was described as "productive."Following their meeting, the consensus is that the parties are at a standstill. Although discussions are expected to continue into the upcoming week, there is seemingly no urgency to come to a decision. As one source told ESPN, "It's April. We don't need to rush."According to NBC Sports Bay Area's Monte Poole, the drawn out process isn't a matter of a contract negotiation over dollars, but instead about "professional and personal principles."“From what I understand, (Kerr) in those meetings didn’t sound like someone who didn’t plan on coaching next season,” one league source told NBC Sports Bay Area.Another league source told NBC Sports Bay Area: "I think it’s more like 50-50 that he comes back. When the season ended, I would have said it was at least 60-40 that
1a·1o·spread 0.00·19 hr agogeneral·via USA Today19 hr agoApril 30, 2026Updated May 1, 2026, 4:16 p.m. ETRob Lowe has a soft spot for shelter dogs. His first shelter pet joined the family when he was a kid, and alongside wife Sheryl Berkoff, he's fostered and arranged adoptions for up to 20 pets at a time in "shelter sweeps.""I would like everybody to have a pet in their life," Lowe said. "And I also would like pets to be properly cared for and healthy."Lowe has a perennial houseful of dogs. The current family pets include Daisy, Oscar and Bob, Jack Russell terriers who are all semi-related to the dog Lowe and Berkoff had when their sons Matthew, 33, and John Owen, 30, were kids. Owen and Olive, German shorthaired pointer half-siblings, and Bella, which Lowe calls a "an amazing mix of blankety blank and Chihuahua," round out the pack.In honor of Adopt a Shelter Pet Day, the actor and "chief pet advocate" for Ultimate Pet Nutrition spoke to USA TODAY Pets about what to consider before you adopt, his non-negotiable daily ritual with his dogs and his favorite on-set moments with his pets.What to consider before adopting a shelter petBefore you adopt, consider if the dog breed is the
1a·1o·spread 0.00·20 hr agogeneral·via Global News20 hr agoOntario’s finance minister says the government has “moved on” from its short-lived, deeply controversial decision to buy a private jet, offering no indication of if or when the province will release details of its sale. Over a matter of days in mid-April, the Ford government said it had taken possession of a second-hand Bombardier Challenger 650 and then sold it again for the same $28.9 million it bought it for.Premier Doug Ford apologized for how he had communicated his plan but lamented having to sell the jet, saying it was “embarrassing” that Ontario didn’t have a plane for him or his cabinet to use.The fiasco — which appeared to coincide with a polling slump for the governing Progressive Conservatives — led to accusations from critics that the premier was out of touch.Two weeks after the government confirmed it had bought the plane, Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy tried to shrug off questions about the jet as a non-story. Story continues below advertisement Asked if and when the government would release documents to prove how much it had bought and sold the plane for, he said the government wasn’t focusing on the issue. Get daily National news Get daily Canada news delivered
1a·1o·spread 0.00·18 hr agogeneral·via USA Today18 hr agoMay 1, 2026, 3:30 p.m. ETSpoiler alert! We're discussing details about a major cameo in “The Devil Wears Prada 2” (in theaters now). Stop reading now if you haven’t seen the movie yet and don’t want to know what happens.It’s been the worst-kept secret in Hollywood.Over the last few weeks, Lady Gaga has sparked feverish speculation that she would make a cameo in “The Devil Wears Prada 2.” In early April, she released the soundtrack’s pulsing lead single “Runway,” a house-pop stomper with rapper Doechii. And early last week, the superstar walked the red carpet at the sequel’s glitzy New York premiere.Now, we can confirm that Gaga does indeed appear briefly in the new movie as herself.After a slew of budget cuts, Runway magazine can no longer afford to fly John Legend and his piano to Italy to perform during their show at Milan Fashion Week. At the suggestion of right-hand man Nigel (Stanley Tucci), editor-in-chief Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep) reluctantly agrees to call in a favor and ask Gaga, even though she says that Gaga is "impossible" and that her last Runway cover nearly "killed me."The two women briefly congregate backstage for an amusingly chilly meeting. "I was surprised
1a·1o·spread 0.00·17 hr agogeneral·via Newsweek17 hr agoBrian Harpole, who served as Charlie Kirk’s security chief, sued conservative activist Candace Owens, accusing her of defamation, according to a new complaint filed on Thursday.Kirk was assassinated during an appearance at Utah Valley University in September, a major escalation of political violence at a time of growing polarization. Owens, who was friends with Kirk, has been accused of spreading conspiracy theories about his death in the months that followed as she has feuded with others close to the late activist, including his wife, Erika Kirk. The lawsuit is the latest legal challenge for Owens, who has faced other litigation in connection with remarks about French first lady Brigitte Macron.Newsweek reached out to Owens for comment via her media contact form.Candace Owens Defamation Lawsuit: What to KnowThe lawsuit was filed by attorney Matt Sarelson of Dhillon Law Group on behalf of Harpole, who served as Kirk’s security detail the day of the assassination. A complaint filed against Owens accuses her of “falsely accus[ing] Brian Harpole of conspiring to assassinate Charlie Kirk.”The complaint listed several conspiracy theories spread after the shooting, including one accusing Harpole of involvement in a scheme with the U.S. government to assassinate Kirk.“Owens is the most high
1a·1o·spread 0.00·11 hr agogeneral·via Nature11 hr agoResearch Highlight Published: 24 March 2026 Acute coronary syndromes Gregory B. Lim1 Nature Reviews Cardiology volume 23, page 302 (2026)Cite this article 214 Accesses 1 Altmetric Metrics details Treatment with self-amplifying RNA (saRNA) to increase the production of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) preserved ventricular function and reduced cardiac fibrosis in mouse and pig models of myocardial infarction (MI). This finding comes from a new study published in Science, in which the investigators induced ANP production using intramuscular injection of lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) containing saRNA encoding the pro-protein of ANP (pro-ANP).ANP is an endogenous hormone released by the atria in response to stretch that has antihypertrophic, proangiogenic and antifibrotic effects on the heart. The expression of Nppa (encoding pro-ANP) is upregulated in the border zone after MI in neonatal mice and, to a lesser extent, in adult mice, which have worse adverse cardiac remodelling. Therefore, the investigators hypothesized that this reduced production of ANP in adult mice might underlie their attenuated myocardial regenerative capacity. This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution Access options Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals Get Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription $32.99 / 30 days cancel any time Subscribe to this
1a·1o·spread 0.00·20 hr agogeneral·via Fox News20 hr agoNEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Polk County, Florida Sheriff Grady Judd put an illegal immigrant, a Jan. 6 Capitol participant and a social media influencer front and center after a sweeping undercover sting netted 266 arrests tied to prostitution, human trafficking and child predators.Polk County Sheriff Judd delivered a blunt breakdown Friday of what he called some of the "more outrageous events" uncovered during the multi-agency operation dubbed "Polk Around and Find Out.""We made 266 total arrests," Judd said, adding that "about 247 of them were in the human trafficking operation," with suspects collectively racking up "1,028 previous charges" before deputies "added 439 more charges to the repertoire."SHERIFF REVEALS 26 ILLEGAL MIGRANTS NOT ON FEDERAL 'RADAR' AMONG 255 ARRESTED IN FLORIDA SEX-TRAFFICKING STING A multi-day undercover operation targeting human trafficking, prostitution and child predators in central Florida resulted in 266 arrests, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said Friday. (Polk County Sheriff's Office)Deputies arrested people from eleven states and eighteen different countries."People that think, ‘Oh, this is low-level and not violent’ – yeah, that’s wrong. It is violent, and it’s dangerous," Judd said.Among those highlighted was Ryan Yates, of Odessa, Florida, whom Judd said had previously been convicted
1a·1o·spread 0.00·14 hr agogeneral·via The New York Times14 hr agoCHICAGO — As the Chicago Cubs wait for the bullpen to get healthy, their position players have been carrying the load. But while nothing severe seems to be popping up, that group has been taking some dings of late as well. The most recent came in Friday’s 6-5 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks when Nico Hoerner was pinch hit for in the bottom of the second.It was later announced that Hoerner exited with “left-sided neck tightness.” Hoerner, who doubled to lead off the first inning, was shown on the local broadcast wincing in discomfort as he strolled into second.“Kind of left side of his neck, trap, tightened up right before the game as he was warming up,” manager Craig Counsell said. “It got worse on the swing and the run around the bases. He tried to go out there in the second, and he couldn’t throw, just couldn’t move his neck at all. It’s a muscle thing. We’ll see how he’s doing tomorrow. … It may be a day or two, but I think it’ll be fine after that.”Hoerner said he didn’t feel anything Thursday or Friday morning when he came to the park. When he was doing his normal
1a·1o·spread 0.00·11 hr agogeneral·via The New York Times11 hr agoMore StoriesDarius Garland to make Clippers debut Monday at WarriorsGarland was held out Sunday with the Clippers hosting the Pelicans, the first of an 18-game March schedule for Los Angeles.Law Murray13Warriors' Steph Curry making 'progress' in return, will be re-evaluated in 10 daysThe Golden State star has been dealing with runner's knee for over a month and has not participated in a game since Jan. 30.Nick Friedell98Fantasy basketball hot topics: Memphis' minutes crunch, Jonathan Kuminga's Atlanta debutStan Son addresses fantasy-relevant NBA news, including Memphis' minutes share, injuries and who to target on waivers. Stan Son9How the Celtics built the NBA's best offense — without Jayson TatumNo Tatum, no problem. Joe Mazzulla and the Celtics have figured out a way to outsmart the rest of the NBA. Esfandiar Baraheni11SKIP ADVERTISEMENTAdvertisementWarriors' Draymond Green, Kristaps Porziņģis out vs. NuggetsPorziņģis was declared out with an undisclosed illness earlier Sunday. Green was scratched before the opening tip with a lower back issue.Nick Friedell47Bulls' Zach Collins to undergo season-ending toe surgery; Jaden Ivey out 2 weeksCollins appeared in only 10 games this season after undergoing a procedure for a fractured wrist in October.Joel Lorenzi12Fantasy basketball hot topics of the week: Managing matchups and injuries for the
2a·2o·spread 0.00·18 hr agogeneral·via BBC News18 hr ago12 hours agoLucy Manning,special correspondentandWinnie Agbonlahor,LondonSelana Lau's familyNuria Sajjad and Selena Lau were killed in July 2023The driver of the car which crashed into the grounds of a south-west London school killing two eight-year-old girls has been charged by prosecutors.Nuria Sajjad and Selena Lau died after a Land Rover driven by Claire Freemantle crashed into an end-of-term tea party on the lawn of The Study Preparatory School in Wimbledon in July 2023.The Metropolitan Police apologised for how it "initially dealt with the incident" and said it would "fundamentally reset" how it investigates fatal and serious crashes.The 48-year-old was charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving and seven offences of causing serious injury by dangerous driving. Her lawyers said she would deny all charges.The parents of the children killed and injured were in central London on Friday morning to meet the police about their charging decisionIn a statement, the girls' parents said they were one step closer to finding out why their children died, which they described as an "unthinkable tragedy".They added: "In June 2024, we rejected the Crown Prosecution Service's decision to take no further action because we did not believe that decision had been made on
1a·1o·spread 0.00·18 hr agogeneral·via USA Today18 hr agoApril 30, 2026Updated May 1, 2026, 2:15 p.m. ETThis isn't a test, but it would be helpful if you remembered a few things you learned in high school.Netflix and the BBC have brought the literary and English class classic "Lord of the Flies" to our television screens, a deeply relevant story for the complicated and brutal world of 2026. It's a gripping and superb adaptation that just might make it the best show of the year.And while it's a book most of us probably have read and is endlessly referenced in other popular culture, you may not remember the salient details of the story. But don't worry: From Piggy to a pig's head on a stick, we break down everything you need to remember about "Flies" before you watch the series. And you really should watch the series.What to know about the book 'Lord of the Flies'Written by English author William Golding and first published in 1954, the novel follows a group of English schoolboys whose plane has crashed on a deserted island amidst a wartime evacuation. Alone without any adults, the boys try to organize themselves to get food, water, shelter and fun. They elect a chief, Ralph (Winston
1a·1o·spread 0.00·11 hr agogeneral·via Nature11 hr agoNews & Views Published: 13 June 2025 Fibre optics Lishu Wu1 Nature Physics volume 21, page 877 (2025)Cite this article Conventional geodetic techniques — such as electronic distance measurements, borehole strainmeters, tilt measurements and satellite-based methods — lack the spatiotemporal resolution needed to resolve rapid magma intrusion dynamics, such as the evolution and emplacement of magma volume in real time.To address this issue, Li and colleagues deployed a distributed acoustic sensor in Keflavík and converted a 100-km-long telecommunication fibre cable — running along the coastline from Keflavík through Grindavík — into a sensing array with 10,000 recording channels. The system contained a low-pass filter with a 0.01-Hz cutoff frequency and a spatial median filter to remove common-mode noise. As magma deforms the Earth’s crust, it alters the phase of the scattered light propagating through the fibre. By analysing these phase shifts across the channels, the sensing set-up could track strain rates and map subsurface magma migration in real time. This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution Access options Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals Get Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription $32.99 / 30 days cancel any time Subscribe to this journal Receive 12 print
1a·1o·spread 0.00·18 hr agogeneral·via USA Today18 hr agoUpdated May 1, 2026, 2:54 p.m. ETNorth Carolina police are asking for the public's help in searching for a local legend who went missing six years ago – he's big, he's pink and he stands on all fours.The missing subject, a concrete pig named Sir Hamalot, was stolen in 2020 from a Raleigh-Durham-area restaurant he once guarded, the Hillsborough Police Department shared in a Facebook post on Thursday, April 30.The department shared the post in hopes of bringing the concrete pig back home"There are some things you just don’t mess with… and this is still one of them," police wrote in the Facebook post.Police said in the comments that Facebook memories inspired the recent post.Here's what to know about the missing concrete pig.Sir Hamalot is 'a local legend'The concrete pig is important to the town of Hillsborough, located about 14 miles northwest of Durham, police said.The pig’s owner is Cannie Lloyd, who works for the Orange County Sheriff's Office, Hillsborough Assistant Chief of Police Andy Simmons said in an email to USA TODAY on May 1.Lloyd previously owned a restaurant called Bacons back in April 2020. Sir Hamalot called the restaurant home until someone stole him that month, Simmons said.Sir
1a·1o·spread 0.00·15 hr agogeneral·via Reason15 hr agoFrom Oregon Court of Appeals Judge Ramón Pagán, joined by Judges Robyn Aoyagi and Jacqueline Kamins, Wednesday in Estens v. Wells: [In a child custody hearing, w]itnesses testified to an incident in which mother took the child on vacation to Hawaii and claimed to father that she had been bumped from her flight, requiring her to return the child late. Mother's boyfriend testified that she had not been bumped from the flight. Mother was also found to be evasive about details of the child's medical care. She denied, but then later admitted, that she had cancelled or skipped medical appointments. The parties also testified about text messages between mother and father where mother had greatly exaggerated the number of times that child had attended a particular extracurricular activity in what appeared to be an attempt to have father help pay for the activity. In its decision, the trial court explained that one of the factors it was considering was that mother had abused father: "Another factor that I may have skipped over is the abuse of one parent by the other. There has been no allegation of abuse. However, I find that Mother's communication with Father and the testimony amounts
1a·1o·spread 0.00·21 hr agogeneral·via Fox News21 hr agoFor the first time in his MLB career, Pete Alonso rolled into New York City as part of a visiting team.Only, on Friday, he wasn't headed to his old Citi Field stomping grounds; he was headed to the Bronx as he and his Baltimore Orioles teammates took on the New York Yankees.And, right off the bat, Alonso knew he was back in the Big Apple, and that was all thanks to the city's trademark nightmare traffic.ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Baltimore Orioles first baseman Pete Alonso made his return to New York City on Friday, only it wasn't against the Mets. (Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images)The Baltimore first baseman was asked about his emotions when he arrived back in town, and he went right to bagging on the traffic."We flew into Newark, and then, I'm like, 'We're definitely back because we hit an insufferable wall of traffic,'" Alonso told SNY. "So it was definitely (like), 'Yeah, alright, we're here. We're back; we are for sure back. This is unmistakably New York City.'"SNY's Michelle Margaux asked him if that meant Baltimore didn't have traffic."No, they do, just not an insufferable wall of traffic,"
1a·1o·spread 0.00·19 hr agogeneral·via USA Today19 hr agoMay 1, 2026, 6:10 p.m. ETJust as Texans were about to break out their swim gear, a cold front is rolling in, with a "light freeze" possible in parts of the state.The National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center is forecasting temperatures falling below seasonal averages across the Lone Star State as it heads into the first week of May."Some record low maximum temperatures may be set in the Southern states, with highs in the 40s and 50s in some locations, compared to historical averages in the 70s to near 80," AccuWeather Meteorologist Brandon Buckingham said. "That's 20 to 30 degrees below average."The cold snap is part of a long list of severe weather conditions the state is facing this week, including tornadoes and storms in North Texas, drought in South Texas, and prime wildfire conditions in the Texas Panhandle.Here's a look at the temperatures across the state's major cities throughout the weekend.Austin, San Antonio and Houston to see cool and rainy weatherAccording to NWS San Antonio, the State Capitol will see highs in the high 60s to mid-70s over the weekend, with lows in the 50s.Just over an hour away, San Antonio will see similar weather, with highs in the
1a·1o·spread 0.00·14 hr agogeneral·via USA Today14 hr agoApril 30, 2026Updated May 1, 2026, 4:43 p.m. ETShilo Sanders chided a female reporter on social media after she wrote about his brother, Shedeur Sanders.Sanders told veteran reporter Mary Kay Cabot to "go make a sandwich" in response to her opinion.Cabot, a distinguished reporter, responded by highlighting her role in opening doors for women in sports journalism.Colorado football coach Deion Sanders previously has told his players to respect women and to address them as “miss” instead of their first names. But his middle son Shilo Sanders didn’t exactly heed that advice on social media April 29, sparking a response from the female reporter whom he chided online, followed by Shilo saying the reporter had “so much emotion.”The controversy highlights the challenges female sports reporters still face, even one as distinguished as Mary Kay Cabot, who started covering the Cleveland Browns as beat writer in 1991.In this case, Cabot reported Shilo’s younger brother Shedeur Sanders isn’t leading the competition to become the Browns’ starting quarterback. She reported Shedeur ranks behind high-priced veteran quarterback Deshaun Watson and then gave her opinion the team should declare Watson as the top quarterback as soon as possible so the Browns starting offense could “start to
2a·2o·spread 0.00·18 hr agogeneral·via BBC News18 hr ago10 hours agoMaisie LillywhiteGloucestershirePA MediaJames Holder denied both charges against himSuperdry co-founder James Holder has been convicted of rape.Holder had been on a night out in May 2022 when he went back to the woman's flat in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, and attacked her.The 54-year-old was found guilty by a jury of seven men and five women after a five-day trial at Gloucester Crown Court, sitting in Cirencester.Holder, of Cheltenham, was found not guilty of a charge of assault by penetration by the jury.Recorder David Chidgey dismissed Holder's application of bail to get his affairs in order and say goodbye to his family, stating he was too much of a flight risk, due to his "significant resources".The fashion tycoon, who set up Superdry with Julian Dunkerton in 2003, was on an "impromptu night out" on 6 May 2022 which ended at the woman's flat, he told the court.James Holder is taken away from court after the guilty verdictA witness said she had called a taxi for Holder and a separate one for the victim, but Holder had then got into the back of the victim's taxi, destined for her home address.The court heard Holder had fallen asleep on the woman's bed while
2a·2o·spread 0.00·19 hr agogeneral·via Fox News19 hr agoThe WNBA and much of its media are politically liberal and often treat criticism of the league and many of its players, minus Caitlin Clark, as a microaggression or an attack on women’s sports as a whole. That’s ironic, given that they’ve done little to protect the integrity and fairness of the sport, instead backing policies and politicians that, in critics’ view, undermine it.A good example of taking criticism to an unfounded extreme is self-professed "anti-racist", as it says in her X bio, ESPN’s Holly Rowe. New York Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu is interviewed by ESPN reporter Holly Rowe after winning the three-point contest during the 2025 WNBA All Star Skills Challenge at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on July 18, 2025. (Trevor Ruszkowski/Imagn Images)After one of my posts went viral this week, highlighting an abysmal play from Reese’s preseason return to Chicago (she was traded to the Atlanta Dream this offseason), I argued that the idea she’ll be as memorable or impactful as Caitlin Clark 20 years from now is laughable. In response to a repost on Instagram, Rowe wrote, "YO @JonnyRoot_ stop bullying women."ANGEL REESE LOOKS IMPRESSIVELY BAD IN PRESEASON GAME AGAINST HER FORMER TEAMBefore I respond to that asinine claim,
1a·1o·spread 0.00·16 hr agogeneral·via The Daily Wire16 hr agoWendy’s is reversing course on one of its most unpopular menu decisions. The fast-food chain is bringing back the Sweet and Sour dipping sauce after months of customer complaints. The popular sauce, a go-to pairing for chicken nuggets, was removed in September as part of a revamped lineup that included Signature, Scorchin’ Hot, Creamy Ranch, Honey BBQ, Honey Mustard, and Sweet Chili.While Wendy’s also dropped Ghost Pepper Ranch and BBQ, neither sparked the same backlash as the loss of Sweet and Sour. A Wendy’s spokesperson confirmed the sauce was making a comeback, but said its future depends on customers. “After nearly seven months of thousands of social media comments, posts and tags demanding its return, the beloved tangy, savory dip is back,” a spokesperson told USA Today earlier this week. “At Wendy’s, we’re always listening to our fans — and they made it clear they wanted Sweet and Sour sauce back,” the rep continued. “It’s available now for a limited time only. However, Wendy’s fans can ultimately determine if it sticks around by ordering the sauce with their meals and getting loud on social media.”The official Wendy’s Instagram account shared the same messaging, urging customers to rally behind the returning
