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Former two-term Senator Samuel Carrión picks up papers to enter Senate race as filing deadline looms

Tom Eader

Former Senator Samuel Carrión joins the field of prospective senatorial candidates as aspirants pick up papers for Senate, delegate to Congress, and board seats.
Judge partially grants TRO blocking ballot-access rules as prospective candidates file new lawsuit

Tom Eader

Federal judge temporarily blocks key provisions of election settlement as prospective candidates also file new suit challenging legitimacy of VI Democratic Party.
WTJX NEWSFEED: May 14, 2026

Marcellina Ventura-Douglas

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: The U.S. Coast Guard says approximately 200 gallons of diesel fuel was removed from the sunken vessel Lucky Me near Altona Lagoon on St. Croix. Police have identified the victim in Wednesday morning’s fatal shooting on St. Thomas as 66-year-old Aubrey L. Frett as investigators continue searching for leads in the territory’s 11th homicide of the year.

Evgeniy Maloletka

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AP

Death toll in attack on Kyiv apartment building now stands at 24

The Associated Press

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that a Russian missile attack on a Kyiv apartment building the previous day killed 24 people, including three children.
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Which Trump cabinet member has a new reality show? The quiz knows

Holly J. Morris

This week, in Warshington, D.C., the Senate confirmed Kevin Warsh as the next chair of the Federal Reserve and we wrote a quiz question about his name. Enjoy that, and the other nine, too.

Madison Thorn/Bloomberg via Getty Images

After redistricting, what does representation mean to Tennessee voters?

Stephen Fowler

What does representation look like for Tennessee voters who were split into three new congressional districts last week? NPR traveled from Memphis into the Nashville suburbs to ask.
Caleb Alvarado for NPR

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Gen Z homeowners? Yes, more in their 20s are managing to buy despite the odds

Jennifer Ludden

Gen Z homeowners now outpace millennials at the same age. They're more likely to be single and less likely to use help from parents.

National News

BBC News World Service

Xi takes Trump on tour of Communist Party's seat of power as China visit ends

Trump and Xi toured Zhongnanhai, the heavily guarded compound where China's top leaders live and work.
CIA chief visits Cuba as energy crisis worsens

The reported visit to Havana came after the US renewed an offer of aid to ease the effects of its oil blockade.
New outbreak of Ebola kills 65 in eastern DR Congo

Africa's top health agency says around 246 cases have been reported.
Five Italians die during cave scuba dive in Maldives

Four of the Italians were part of a team from the University of Genoa.

Abortion-rights activists protested outside of the Supreme Court in March 2024, when the overall FDA authorization of the abortion pill mifepristone was challenged. It remained available after that case.

Jose Luis Magana

The Supreme Court keeps abortion pill mifepristone available by telehealth

Selena Simmons-Duffin

The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the abortion pill mifepristone can continue to be prescribed online or over the phone and sent through the mail.