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Wildlife wanderlust: 5 stories of animal stowaways

By United Press International, Inc. | 5/12/2026 9:00 AM

A look back at five times animals stowed away in cars, trucks and cargo ships to wind up hundreds, or even thousands of miles from home.

music

Fan Favorite Songs By Olivia Rodrigo, TWICE & Sienna Spiro Are Coming to Toca Boca World

By Billboard | Kyle-Brandon Denis 5/12/2026 9:00 AM

The new initiative also coincides with the five-year anniversary of Rodrigo's SOUR album. Get all the details.

finance

This dot-com survivor says AI build-out is more like 1997 than 1999 — and still urges investors to hold more cash

By MarketWatch.com | Steve Goldstein 5/12/2026 8:43 AM

The riveting gains for microchip stocks have many analysts drawing parallels to 1999, just ahead of the dot-com crash, when the build-out of a key technology led to parabolic moves and frenzied speculation.

politics

Trump attacks New York Times over report on reflecting pool's rising costs

By The Hill | Sophie Brams 5/12/2026 8:36 AM

President Trump ripped The New York Times on Tuesday morning over a report detailing the ballooning cost of his project to repair and renovate the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. “The Failing New York Times, which is one of the worst newspapers anywhere in the World, and is losing subscribers on an hourly basis, is now...

technology

40,000-ton Trump-class battleships to run on nuclear power, US Navy confirms

By Interesting Engineering | 5/12/2026 8:24 AM

technology

Body-cam captured human workers’ motion helps train robot ‘brains’ in Korean firm trial

By Interesting Engineering | 5/12/2026 8:20 AM

upstate

Greenport Rescue Squad expands coverage across Columbia County

By NEWS10 ABC | 5/12/2026 8:05 AM

real_estate

Petersen Commons Breaks Ground At 1440 Rahway Avenue in Woodbridge Township, New Jersey

By New York YIMBY | 5/12/2026 7:31 AM

basketball

Timberwolves vs. Spurs odds, prediction, time: 2026 NBA playoff picks, Game 5 best bets from proven model

By CBS Interactive Inc | 5/12/2026 7:15 AM

FFNEWS

Weekly airfreight rate rises mostly ease

By Air Cargo News | 5/12/2026 6:51 AM

WORLD

Canadian intelligence officers visit Quebec company after sniper rifles turn up in Russia

OPINION

How Democrats’ rage over Virginia gerrymander exposes their larger contempt for democracy

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Luke Bronin beats John Larson in convention upset, faces primary

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How Suttle Lodge makes its ever-popular Frozen Pump cocktail

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How Co-Op Multiplayer Works In Subnautica 2

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License plate numbers from old car earn $50,000 lottery prize

FASHION

From Halle Berry to Taylor Swift, the latest celebrity engagement rings are distinctive and deeply personal

NEW_JERSEY

As forensic audit shows sloppy finances, Trenton will spend more

NEW_JERSEY

Amid affordability push, Sherrill wants full consumer watchdog staff

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Parakeets, Lemons, Flowers in a vase at CADAN OTEMACHI

by Contemporary Art Daily | May 11 2026

FFNEWS

Chapman Freeborn launches next flight out service

by Air Cargo News | May 12 2026

food

The Odd Myth About Dolley Madison And Oyster Ice Cream

by The Daily Meal | May 12 2026

knowledge

Hantavirus Seems to Be Spreading Like the Plague—Is It Time to Start Freaking Out?

by Reader's Digest | May 11 2026

lifestyle

All the dresses banned from Cannes Film Festival – including Bella Hadid's naked gown

by Hello! Magazine | May 12 2026

long_island

Woman caught on camera harassing boy at Dix Hills trampoline park; police seek ID

by greaterlongisland.com | May 12 2026

metro

Lincoln Center is building a new 2,000-person theater, which will anchor a novel garden space

by Timeout.com | May 12 2026

music

Fan Favorite Songs By Olivia Rodrigo, TWICE & Sienna Spiro Are Coming to Toca Boca World

by Billboard | May 12 2026

odd_fun

Wildlife wanderlust: 5 stories of animal stowaways

by United Press International, Inc. | May 12 2026

opinion

How Democrats’ rage over Virginia gerrymander exposes their larger contempt for democracy

by New York Post | May 12 2026

people

Taylor Swift is staying one step ahead of AI by legally protecting her voice and image

by marca.com | Apr 28 2026

real_estate

Renderings Revealed for Emmet Building’s Residential Conversion At 95 Madison Avenue in NoMad, Manhattan

by New York YIMBY | May 12 2026

shopping

Tudor’s Unexpected Move May Leave Seiko Fans Asking ‘What If?’

by Gear Patrol | May 11 2026

soccer

End of an era as Real Madrid captain left out of Spain preliminary squad for World Cup

by Yahoo Sports | May 12 2026

travel

Here’s how to connect with cultural Menorca

by Wanderlust | May 11 2026

Word of the Day

catercorner

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 12, 2026 is:

catercorner • \KAT-ee-kor-ner\ • adverb or adjective

Catercorner is used to describe two things that are located across from each other on opposite corners. It is a less common variant of kitty-corner.

// The store is catercorner from the park, making it the perfect location to grab snacks for our picnic.

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Examples:

“Positioned on balconies catercorner from each other, Tom Brady completed a pass across Bourbon Street to Rob Gronkowski, proving they’ve still got it. Gronk promptly spiked the football on the fan-filled street below.” — Rebecca Cohen and Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 9 Feb. 2025

Did you know?

Catercorner gets its first element from the Middle French noun quatre, meaning “four,” which English speakers modified to cater and applied to the four-dotted side of a die—a side important in several winning combinations in dice games. Perhaps because the four spots on a die can suggest an X, cater eventually came to be used dialectically as a verb meaning “to place, move, or cut across diagonally”; cater was later combined with corner to form catercorner to describe things positioned diagonally from each other. (In one early usage from an 1825 magazine article, the author marvels at an “ancient Roman fresco painting, in which a luxurious table is represented as groaning under (among other choice dishes …) four peacocks, with their tails set, cater-corner!”) Eventually the variants kitty-corner and catty-corner, which are now the more common forms, developed. Despite all appearances, these terms bear no etymological relation to our feline friends.

Wildlife wanderlust: 5 stories of animal stowaways

Fan Favorite Songs By Olivia Rodrigo, TWICE & Sienna Spiro Are Coming to Toca Boca World

This dot-com survivor says AI build-out is more like 1997 than 1999 — and still urges investors to hold more cash

Trump attacks New York Times over report on reflecting pool's rising costs

40,000-ton Trump-class battleships to run on nuclear power, US Navy confirms

Body-cam captured human workers’ motion helps train robot ‘brains’ in Korean firm trial

Greenport Rescue Squad expands coverage across Columbia County

Petersen Commons Breaks Ground At 1440 Rahway Avenue in Woodbridge Township, New Jersey

Timberwolves vs. Spurs odds, prediction, time: 2026 NBA playoff picks, Game 5 best bets from proven model

Weekly airfreight rate rises mostly ease

Canadian intelligence officers visit Quebec company after sniper rifles turn up in Russia

How Democrats’ rage over Virginia gerrymander exposes their larger contempt for democracy

Newcomers

Luke Bronin beats John Larson in convention upset, faces primary

How Suttle Lodge makes its ever-popular Frozen Pump cocktail

How Co-Op Multiplayer Works In Subnautica 2

License plate numbers from old car earn $50,000 lottery prize

From Halle Berry to Taylor Swift, the latest celebrity engagement rings are distinctive and deeply personal

As forensic audit shows sloppy finances, Trenton will spend more

Amid affordability push, Sherrill wants full consumer watchdog staff

Parakeets, Lemons, Flowers in a vase at CADAN OTEMACHI

Chapman Freeborn launches next flight out service

The Odd Myth About Dolley Madison And Oyster Ice Cream

Hantavirus Seems to Be Spreading Like the Plague—Is It Time to Start Freaking Out?

All the dresses banned from Cannes Film Festival – including Bella Hadid's naked gown

Woman caught on camera harassing boy at Dix Hills trampoline park; police seek ID

Lincoln Center is building a new 2,000-person theater, which will anchor a novel garden space

Fan Favorite Songs By Olivia Rodrigo, TWICE & Sienna Spiro Are Coming to Toca Boca World

Wildlife wanderlust: 5 stories of animal stowaways

How Democrats’ rage over Virginia gerrymander exposes their larger contempt for democracy

Taylor Swift is staying one step ahead of AI by legally protecting her voice and image

Renderings Revealed for Emmet Building’s Residential Conversion At 95 Madison Avenue in NoMad, Manhattan

Tudor’s Unexpected Move May Leave Seiko Fans Asking ‘What If?’

End of an era as Real Madrid captain left out of Spain preliminary squad for World Cup

Here’s how to connect with cultural Menorca

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Israel legalizes death penalty for those guilty of worst Oct. 7 crimes

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10 Odd & Fun

1.Wildlife wanderlust: 5 stories of animal stowaways

2.Driver filmed with football net on top of car

3.Look: Three baby raccoons rescued from Pennsylvania chimney

4.License plate numbers from old car earn $50,000 lottery prize

5.Look: Heirloom locket lost at store returned to family after 2 months

6.Watch: World's largest dog pool party held at Florida park

7.Watch: Kitten fished out of drainage system using leash as a lasso

8.Watch: Arizona man finds Asian water monitor swimming in his pool

9.Watch: Idaho man balances skateboard on his chin for over an hour

10.Woman's first-ever $5 lottery ticket earns $200,000 prize