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Month: May 2026

5 things to know for May 18: Prayer event, Trumpโ€™s new warning, primaries, Ebola outbreak, severe storms

By Alexandra Banner, CNN Many of us already have a complicated relationship with Mondays. This one could be especially rough for New Yorkers: city officials are warning of major travel disruptions as strikes disrupt Americaโ€™s busiest commuter railroad. Hereโ€™s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with your day.

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Stephen Colbert is signing off โ€œThe Late Showโ€ this week as CBS ends the iconic late-night TV franchise.

Colbert heads into his final โ€˜Late Showโ€™ week with gratitude โ€” and plenty of CBS jokes

By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — Stephen Colbert is going out with a smile โ€” and with many jokes at CBS and its parent company Paramountโ€™s expense. Colbert is signing off โ€œThe Late Showโ€ this week as CBS ends the iconic late-night TV franchise. Many โ€œLate Showโ€ fans are disappointed, even angry, about the cancellation,

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Luigi Mangione is led into the Blair County Courthouse for an extradition hearing on Tuesday

Luigi Mangioneโ€™s notebook writings, gun seized from his backpack will be allowed in upcoming murder trial, judge rules

By Nicki Brown, Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Some evidence found in Luigi Mangioneโ€™s backpack at the time of his arrest will be excluded from his upcoming trial, a New York judge ruled Monday, though other key items โ€“ including a 3D-printed gun and writings expressing frustration with the healthcare industry โ€“ will be allowed.

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Workers paint the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool a shade called "American flag blue" on May 13.

โ€˜Itโ€™s not supposed to look like youโ€™re going to dive inโ€™: Historians criticize Trumpโ€™s Reflecting Pool makeover as group sues

By Sunlen Serfaty, Devan Cole, Dugald McConnell, CNN (CNN) — Workers with boots dyed an โ€œAmerican Flag Blueโ€ have painted over about two-thirds of the iconic Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, covering the dull gray with bright azure following a directive by President Donald Trump to expedite the pace of the project. Trump earlier this month

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Ron Howardโ€™s new film on famed photographer Richard Avedon, explained in four remarkable shots

By Sheena McKenzie, CNN (CNN) — Like many of us, director Ron Howard had come across Richard Avedonโ€™s photos all his life, without realizing it. Thereโ€™s the iconic portrait of Marilyn Monroe looking off-camera, deflated. Charlie Chaplin mimicking devil horns. Brooke Shields in a provocative Calvin Klein ad. As Howard dug through the archives and

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Armas en la televisiรณn y en las calles de Irรกn mientras Trump renueva las amenazas de guerra

Matthew Chance Al caer la noche sobre la extensa capital de Irรกn, y mientras los picos nevados de las montaรฑas Alborz se desvanecen en la oscuridad, miles de iranรญes han salido habitualmente a las calles para participar en manifestaciones patrocinadas por el Estado, destinadas a movilizar a sus partidarios contra Estados Unidos. Cerca de la

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Las venganzas de Trump rinden frutos, pero ยฟa quรฉ costo para el Partido Republicano?

Anรกlisis por Stephen Collinson, CNN El presidente Donald Trump intensifica su campaรฑa de represalias tras derribar a otro crรญtico republicano en una campaรฑa que le resulta profundamente satisfactoria, pero que conlleva crecientes riesgos polรญticos para su partido. Trump destruyรณ las esperanzas de reelecciรณn del senador de Louisiana Bill Cassidy en las primarias republicanas del estado

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EE.UU. invoca el Tรญtulo 42 para limitar la entrada de personas provenientes de paรญses afectados por el brote de รฉbola

Por Helen Regan Los Centros para el Control y la Prevenciรณn de Enfermedades (CDC) de Estados Unidos invocaron el Tรญtulo 42, una ley de salud pรบblica que restringe la entrada al paรญs durante brotes significativos de enfermedades transmisibles, debido al brote de รฉbola en la Repรบblica Democrรกtica del Congo y Uganda. La orden se aplica

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Washington monitors fourth person for hantavirus as Bend doctor remains isolated

(Updated May 17, 2026; Health officials in Washington are now monitoring a fourth person for possible hantavirus exposure) SEATTLE & KING COUNTY, Wa. (KGW) โ€” Health officials in Washington state, are now monitoring a fourth person in King County for possible hantavirus exposure, according to our news affiliate, KGW in Portland, as a Bend doctor

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