Donald Gibb, the actor whose six-foot-four frame and impeccable comedic timing turned a dim-witted fraternity bully named Ogre into one of the most beloved characters of the 1984 film Revenge of the Nerds, died Tuesday May 12, 2026 at his home in Texas. He was 71. His son Travis
Jason Collins, the NBA center who changed American sports history in April 2013 by becoming the first active male athlete in any of the four major professional sports leagues to publicly come out as gay, died on Tuesday May 12, 2026, at his Los Angeles home. He was 47. His family
Brandon Clarke, the Memphis Grizzlies forward who spent every season of his seven-year NBA career in Memphis, was found dead Monday May 11, 2026 at a home in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles. He was 29 years old. The Grizzlies and his agency Priority Sports confirmed h
A commencement speaker at the University of Central Florida had one of the more uncomfortable minutes any graduation speaker has experienced in recent memory on the evening of Friday May 8, 2026, when she told a room full of arts and communications graduates that artificial intel
A Russian cargo ship carrying what its own captain later admitted were components for two submarine nuclear reactors sank off the coast of Spain in December 2024, and a CNN investigation published Monday May 12, 2026 reveals the full picture of where those reactors were likely he
Part 1 made the geopolitical argument for Trump’s pardon of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez. Part 2 examined the case the Biden Department of Justice put on. Part 3 examined how the prosecutors lied to get the trial in front of a biased judge and an uninformed ju
A single contaminated ingredient from a single California supplier has triggered one of the most far-reaching food safety events in recent memory. Dozens of popular snack products have been recalled due to potential salmonella contamination, and federal agencies continue to warn
Quantum Computing Inc. opened Tuesday May 12, 2026 trading approximately 26 percent higher at around $12.81, up from a prior close of $10.18. This comes after the company reported first quarter 2026 earnings Monday evening that beat analyst estimates on both revenue and earnings
Audi officially confirmed the summer launch of its first-ever full-size luxury SUV, the Q9, while reporting first quarter 2026 results on May 5, and has since released the first official interior photographs while setting a world premiere date of July 29, 2026. The car Audi has n
The sun fired a powerful M5.7 solar flare on Saturday May 10, 2026, launching a fast-moving coronal mass ejection, a massive cloud of charged particles, into space at approximately 650 kilometers per second. Most of that cloud is heading east of Earth and will miss our planet ent
Apple released iOS 26.5 on Monday May 11, 2026, and it is available right now for every iPhone running iOS 26. The update brings two confirmed new features, patches more than 50 security vulnerabilities, and lays the groundwork for one change that is not live yet but will be sign
Ahmad Hardy, the Missouri Tigers running back who led all Power Four players in rushing yards last season and earned first-team All-America honors, was shot in the upper left leg at a concert in his home state of Mississippi early Sunday morning May 10, 2026. Missouri Athletics a
