The day closed with the Gulf cease-fire fraying again as U.S. forces shot down a fresh wave of Iranian missiles and drones, while at home Texas scrambled to contain the country's first flesh-eating screwworm cases in sixty years and the Knicks pushed within two wins of a title — three very different threats, all still unresolved as the lights went out.
U.S. Central Command said American forces intercepted seven Iranian ballistic missiles fired toward Kuwait and Bahrain — shooting down six — hours after downing four attack drones aimed at the Strait of Hormuz. The military then struck Iranian coastal radar sites, in the latest spasm of violence threatening a fragile cease-fire.
The New York Knicks edged the San Antonio Spurs 105-104 in Game 2 to take a commanding 2-0 series lead in the NBA Finals. Two more wins put the franchise within reach of a long-elusive championship.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott confirmed the state is coordinating with the federal government after the first U.S. New World screwworm cases in decades surfaced in Zavala County, southwest of San Antonio. A second case in a one-month-old calf was confirmed later in the day about five miles from the first.
President Trump said he 'wouldn't mind' cutting staff at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, backing acting director Bill Pulte — who has no intelligence experience — in slashing an office already scaled back this term.
Former HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra won the top spot in the primary, advancing to November's race to succeed Gavin Newsom as California governor.
Prediction-market platforms Kalshi and Polymarket have enlisted hundreds of paid influencers to drive interest in everything from sports to political races — including the contested LA mayoral contest.
American forces headed off fresh Iranian missile and drone attacks across the Persian Gulf as the war that began nearly 100 days ago continued to simmer with no resolution in sight.
Ghana has logged 14 arrests over false news and offensive speech in under 16 months — nearly double the previous administration's eight-year total — raising alarm about free speech under President John Mahama, who once called using state power against dissent a 'dangerous blueprint.'
US officials detailed a plan to fight the flesh-eating New World screwworm, eradicated domestically in 1966 and just found in Texas, by releasing hundreds of millions of sterile genetically-altered flies, deploying sniffer dogs, and ringing the infection site with a containment zone. Experts warn the sterile-fly supply may not be enough to halt the spread.
Cancellation of a medical entrance exam taken by more than two million people has stoked anger at Narendra Modi's government, fueling rising youth discontent over jobs and a string of education scandals.
Thailand's Revenue Department said it may pursue bankruptcy proceedings against former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra if it cannot recover 17.6 billion baht ($538 million) in outstanding taxes.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the country's navy must be developed into a force capable of taking on part of its nuclear war deterrent, state media KCNA reported.
Crew aboard the ISS were ordered back after sheltering through an air-leak scare.
A feature-length documentary traces the history of C++ and its creator's stubborn ambitions.
A tool promising full keyboard-driven control of macOS, Linux, and Windows draws a big crowd.
Microsoft open-sourced in-database durable execution for Postgres.
Researchers triangulated a potent GPS-jamming source bleeding across European airspace.
The UK government swapped Stripe for Dutch payments provider Adyen across gov.uk.
A close reading asks whether AI-assisted patches added bugs to rsync — and sparks 350 comments.
A Rochester team claims a desalination method that produces drinking water without added waste.
Google released quantization-aware-trained Gemma 4 models tuned for mobile and laptop inference.
An argument that Conventional Commits pushes developers to optimize the wrong things.
An Ask HN thread collects people's first genuinely unsettling moment with generative AI.
A deep dive into the surprising fiddliness of repairing modern camera lenses.
A homelabber benchmarked every IP KVM he could find and ranked the lot.
The Economist reports India's fertility rate has fallen faster than anyone forecast.
A theory paper argues transformers are inherently succinct representations of certain functions.