Deadly US airstrike on Yemeni oil port kills more than 70 people.
A US airstrike targeted the Houthi-controlled oil terminal in Yemen in an escalation aimed at cutting off a key source of fuel and revenue for the Iran-backed Houthis, who have been attacking ships in the Red Sea. The incident is one of the deadliest since the Trump administration began a bombing campaign in March and coincides with upcoming US-Iran nuclear talks.
Victims identified in Florida State University shooting.
The two men killed in Thursday's shooting at FSU's Tallahassee campus were identified as campus dining coordinator Robert Morales and Tiru Chabba, an executive for campus vendor Aramark. New details also emerged about the shooter, who was initially described by police as the son of a veteran Leon County sheriff's deputy; however, court documents say he is the sheriff's deputy's stepson. Records also show the 20-year-old shooter changed his name after his parents' custody battle.
National Archives releases 10,000 documents on RFK assassination.
The trove of records relates to the 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, fulfilling an order made by President Donald Trump to declassify national records on the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The release includes roughly 229 files, some of which had not been digitized and were in storage for decades. Browse the digital files here.
Federal judge pauses US plans for mass layoffs at consumer bureau.
The federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from laying off about 90% of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s staff in order to consider whether such layoffs could violate a previous court order intended to preserve the agency’s operations and determine compliance with the law. The layoffs could affect up to 1,500 employees.
Genomic analysis finds all roses were once yellow.
Roses of all colors, such as white, red, pink, and peach, belong to the genus Rosa in the Rosaceae family. Reconstructing the ancestral traits through genomic analysis of 205 samples of over 80 different Rosa species revealed that all roses trace back to a common ancestor—a yellow, single-petal flower with seven leaflets.
Rare "Star Wars"-like planet orbits twin stars outside solar system.
Astronomers using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope have discovered an exoplanet, named 2M1510 (AB) b, orbiting at a 90-degree angle around a rare pair of brown dwarfs, also known as failed stars. The finding is the first confirmed case of a "polar planet" and reveals how a planet’s gravity can influence the orbits of two stars in what researchers describe as a celestial dance.
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