V

Apr 30 2026ENTERTAINMENT

Big Stars Line Up for 2026 Met Gala

The Met Gala is coming up soon, and the list of attendees looks huge. A group of top musicians, actors, athletes and fashion icons will be on the carpet at the Metropolitan Museum in New York. Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman and Sabrina Carpenter are among those who will help host the event. Other w

reading time less than a minute
Apr 30 2026EDUCATION

Graduation Speakers Light Up Mississippi Universities in 2026

Mississippi’s graduation season is fast approaching, and each campus has lined up a mix of leaders, scholars, and celebrities to inspire new graduates. Alcorn State University will open its ceremony on May 9 with Pelicia E. Hall, the executive vice president of ViaPath Technologies, who will shar

reading time less than a minute
Apr 30 2026HEALTH

Mental Health in Somali Communities: A Fresh View

Somali people living in Western Europe face a mix of cultural, faith‑based, and modern medical ideas when they think about mental illness. These overlapping beliefs influence how they notice symptoms, talk about them, and decide whether to seek help. Researchers gathered many studies that expl

reading time less than a minute
Apr 30 2026SCIENCE

Old Observatory Keeps Weather Stories Alive

A weather station in Milton, Massachusetts has been watching the sky for more than 140 years. Every day a man named Matthew Douglas climbs a staircase in the observatory’s tower, opens a hatch on the roof and watches a glass sphere burn a tiny line into paper. That line marks how long the sun has sh

reading time less than a minute
Apr 30 2026SCIENCE

One Shot, Three Wins: A New Chicken Vaccine

Scientists have made a breakthrough that could protect chickens from three deadly diseases with just one shot. The vaccine uses a harmless strain of the Newcastle disease virus (NDV) as a carrier. Instead of the usual genes, they inserted pieces from a dangerous NDV strain that is common today

reading time less than a minute
Apr 30 2026SCIENCE

Discovering Cosmic Bends: A Crowd‑Powered Hunt for Space Warps

A fresh citizen science effort invites people worldwide to sift through new images from the Euclid Space Telescope in search of dramatic spacetime distortions. The project, named Space Warps and hosted on the Zooniverse platform, leverages Euclid’s high‑resolution surveys to spot gravitational le

reading time less than a minute
Apr 30 2026CRIME

A Young Girl’s Search Triggers Police Hunt in Remote Australia

The story begins with a missing five‑year‑old girl from a small community near Alice Springs. She vanished late on a Saturday, and her family named her Kumanjayi Little Baby according to local tradition. Police discovered a body about five kilometres south of the place where she disappeared, and

reading time less than a minute
Apr 30 2026EDUCATION

Plum Middle School Gets a Big Roof and More

Plum Middle School is about to start another round of major upgrades after the school board signed contracts worth $3. 4 million. The first phase began last summer, and now the second phase will tackle the biggest job: replacing a roof that is over 25 years old and leaking into parts of the build

reading time less than a minute
Apr 30 2026FINANCE

Volta Finance Faces Volatile March with Mixed Returns

In March, the investment firm Volta Finance reported a net loss of 2. 4 %. The decline was steeper than the average for U. S. high‑yield bonds, which fell 1. 2 %, and similar to Euro high‑yield bonds at 2. 7 %. A contrasting picture emerged in leveraged loan indices, where the U. S. market gained 0.

reading time less than a minute
Apr 30 2026HEALTH

Finding Hidden Pain in the Doctor’s Office

General doctors see many women each week, but a lot of violence in their homes stays hidden. This study looked at how doctors spot signs that a woman may be suffering from partner abuse. Researchers talked to 11 family physicians, including three men, across ten clinics. They used made‑up s

reading time less than a minute