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Helping Alaska Dogs, Helping People: A New Plan to Cut Bites and Boost Vet Care

May 10, 2026

Alaska’s remote towns face a huge problem: many stray dogs roam free, and kids often get bitten. A new state bill wants to solve this by creating a special fund that will pay for spay and neuter services. The money would come from custom license plates and donations, plus the fund’s own investment

health

Passengers Evacuated From Hantavirus‑Affected Ship in Tenerife

May 10, 2026

The World Health Organization’s chief stepped onto Tenerife to calm locals about a cruise ship carrying more than 140 people that had a hantavirus case on board. He reminded the islanders that this situation is not like COVID‑19 and that the risk of spread remains low. No one on the vessel was showi

health

New Jersey Alerts Doctors About Cruise‑Ship Rat Virus

May 10, 2026

The state of New Jersey joined six other regions on Friday to warn health professionals that people returning from the MV Hondius cruise may carry a rat‑borne virus called hantavirus. Eight passengers on the ship tested positive, and three died. Seven Americans left the vessel last month; another 17

sports

Korea’s Esports Team Gets a New Start for 2026

May 10, 2026

In March, the Korean e‑sports governing body was chosen to prepare the national squad for an upcoming world cup. The partnership promised that it would pick players, set up training camps, and manage all the logistics for the 2026 competition. Just a month later, in April, both parties announced

health

Raising Voices: A Community Call for Safer Births

May 10, 2026

A quiet gathering at a South Side church turned into an urgent conversation about pregnancy and health. Expecting mothers, future moms, and their friends listened to a panel of doctors, midwives, and advocates who shared how to fight for safer births. The focus was on Black women, whose birth‑relate

sports

Indoor Golf’s Big Leap: From Korean Trend to U. S. Boom

May 10, 2026

Golfzon now runs more than 6, 500 indoor golf simulator sites across South Korea, owning a large share of the country’s off‑course market. Years ago, many Koreans saw simulators as just a fancy video game, but that view has flipped. Today the company reports twice as many rounds inside its centers t

technology

AI Bots Get Their Own Crypto Wallets – A New Twist in Digital Money

May 10, 2026

Trust Wallet and Mesh are revamping crypto wallets so that AI agents can store value, prove who they are, and move money on the blockchain. The change comes because a bot can’t do anything until it has a wallet with funds, said Mesh CTO Arjun Mukherjee at CoinDesk Miami. He called this the “co

religion

Religious freedom debates heat up as new commission pushes boundaries

May 10, 2026

A government panel created last year is stirring controversy by pushing ideas that could reshape how religion interacts with public life in America. The group, made up mostly of conservative Christian leaders, recently shared its goals in public meetings. Their proposals include giving religious gro

health

Calm over hantavirus on a ship heading to Tenerife

May 10, 2026

A cruise ship with over 140 people on board is sailing toward Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands. The ship, called the MV Hondius, left from a remote area in the Arctic. It’s carrying passengers and crew who might have been exposed to hantavirus, a rare but serious infection. Officials have moved f

politics

What a cruise ship virus reveals about global health debates

May 10, 2026

A rare hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship near Antarctica has suddenly become the center of a political tug-of-war. Five people got sick—three died—from a virus most hadn’t even heard of before. Yet the real story isn’t the virus itself. It spreads mainly from rodents, not easily between people, a