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The Latest: Starmer fights for political survival as calls for his resignation grow in UK 05/12/2026 01:22pm • U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is fighting for his political survival after a disastrous set of results in local elections for his Labour Party last week. Dozens of Labour lawmakers are calling on Starmer to resign, though several ministers publicly spoke of their support for Starmer as they left Barcelona star Lamine Yamal waves Palestinian flag during title parade 05/12/2026 01:10pm • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) ��� Barcelona star Lamine Yamal waved a Palestinian flag during an open top bus parade as the team celebrated winning the Spanish title. The 18-year-old winger, who is already widely regarded as one of the best soccer players in the world, held the flag as the team bus drove t Nigerian military airstrike kills 100 civilians at a market, rights group claims 05/12/2026 01:07pm • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) ��� Nigeria 's military Tuesday denied a rights group's claim that an airstrike killed 100 civilians in a market over the weekend, as attention turned again to a long-running fight against armed groups in the country's volatile north. Amnesty International in a statement Monday s Van Gisbergen wins again at Watkins Glen as Cup Series gears up for All-Star Race 05/12/2026 01:05pm • All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES NASCAR All-Star Race Site: Dover, Delaware. Track: Dover Motor Speedway. Race distance: 350 laps, 350 miles. Schedule: Friday, practice, 7 p.m.; Saturday, qualifying, noon; Sunday, race, 1 p.m. (FS1). Last year: Christopher Bell earned his first All-Star victory a US hotel operators say promised boon from hosting World Cup hasn���t materialized yet 05/12/2026 01:05pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The promised economic boon from the World Cup hasn���t matched expectations, at least not yet, for U.S. hotels. Room bookings have been lighter than expected in most of the 11 U.S. cities hosting the world���s most watched sporting event, according to an April survey by the America Small study hints that revving up immune cells might help fight HIV 05/12/2026 01:04pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Scientists are tweaking a powerful cancer therapy in hopes it could fight HIV instead, by supercharging patients' own immune cells. On Tuesday, researchers said a single dose of those revved-up cells strongly suppressed HIV in two people ��� one for nearly a year and the other fo After a court win and first spring practice as Ole Miss' No. 1 QB, Chambliss is ready to recharge 05/12/2026 01:03pm • OXFORD, Miss. (AP) ��� Mississippi quarterback Trinidad Chambliss is ready to ���disappear��� for a while. Having spent the previous eight months under college football's media microscope, the sixth-year senior smiled when reporters asked about his summer plans once spring practice wrapped up. ���I� Neil deGrasse Tyson takes on aliens and how we should greet them in 'Take Me to Your Leader' 05/12/2026 12:59pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Neil deGrasse Tyson has had a lifelong fantasy of being abducted by aliens. That's right, he actually wants to be taken. ���I even picture the scenario in my head: I���m sitting out there alone, and a beam of light comes down,��� he says. ���It���s not a spacecraft that���s hoverin US-Audiobooks-Top-10 05/12/2026 12:40pm • Audible best-sellers for the week ending May 8: Nonfiction 1. Strangers by Belle Burden, narrated by the author (Random House Audio) 2. Birth Vibes by Jen Hamilton, narrated by the author (Grand Central Publishing) 3. The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins, narrated by the author (Audible Studios 4. Fa Expressions you use every day and where they came from 05/12/2026 12:33pm • This content is sponsored by Long Fence. Each day, you probably use a variety of expressions, idioms, proverbs, and slang that aren���t meant to be taken literally. If you've ever wondered why we say certain things the way we do, you might be able to guess where they came from. Still, some Englis America 250: Catherine Bauer���s vision for affordable housing continues to resonate today 05/12/2026 12:31pm • Catherine Bauer devoted her life to improving housing for low-income families and has been called the "mother of public housing." "A brilliant woman who thought that we ought to treat housing as a public good, the way we treat the fire department or the police department," said Elizabeth Deakin, What to know about hantavirus, the illness linked to a cruise ship outbreak 05/12/2026 12:31pm • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) ��� An outbreak aboard a cruise ship of a rare rodent-borne illness called hantavirus has left three passengers dead and sickened others, but global health officials say the risk to the general public remains low because the germ does not easily spread between people. ���This Wisconsin athletic director search committee includes Colts GM Ballard and former NBA star Finley 05/12/2026 12:18pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) ��� Indianapolis Colts general manager Chris Ballard and two-time NBA All-Star Michael Finley are part of the nine-person search committee to help select Wisconsin���s next athletic director. Wisconsin announced the committee members Monday. Incoming Interim Chancellor Eric Wilcot Ministers take office in Hungary's first non-Orb��n government in 16 years 05/12/2026 12:17pm • BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) ��� The Hungarian government's new Cabinet was sworn into office on Tuesday, marking the final transfer of power from the former administration of Viktor Orb��n to a new center-right government led by Prime Minister P��ter Magyar. The swearing-in of the 16 ministers came afte Two tennis players ranked outside the top 500 suspended for testing positive for clostebol 05/12/2026 12:15pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Two tennis players ranked outside the top 500 have been provisionally suspended after testing positive for clostebol, the International Tennis Integrity Agency announced Tuesday. The players are No. 546 Karlis Ozolins of Latvia and No. 1,123 Daniil Kakhniuk of the United States. Both