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Scott Remer, the only full-time spelling bee coach, charges $180 an hour. Champs say he's worth it

Scott Remer is the country's only full-time, professional coach for kids competing in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Suspect in 'Trump House' owner attack is mentally ill Navy vet, victim's wife says won't survive: reports

A Navy veteran is charged with attempted murder after allegedly attacking the owner of a well-known pro-Trump property in Escondido, California.

Scott Remer, the only full-time spelling bee coach, charges $180 an hour. Champs say he's worth it

Scott Remer is the country's only full-time, professional coach for kids competing in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Suspect in 'Trump House' owner attack is mentally ill Navy vet, victim's wife says won't survive: reports

A Navy veteran is charged with attempted murder after allegedly attacking the owner of a well-known pro-Trump property in Escondido, California.

Scott Remer, the only full-time spelling bee coach, charges $180 an hour. Champs say he's worth it

Scott Remer is the country's only full-time, professional coach for kids competing in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Suspect in 'Trump House' owner attack is mentally ill Navy vet, victim's wife says won't survive: reports

A Navy veteran is charged with attempted murder after allegedly attacking the owner of a well-known pro-Trump property in Escondido, California.

Scott Remer, the only full-time spelling bee coach, charges $180 an hour. Champs say he's worth it

Scott Remer is the country's only full-time, professional coach for kids competing in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Around the world

Congo curtails funeral wakes in Ebola outbreak as WHO upgrades risk assessment

Authorities in northeastern Congo have banned funeral wakes and gatherings of more than 50 people to curb a rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak.

France bans Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir after 'unspeakable' flotilla detainee taunts

France has banned Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, citing his "unspeakable" behavior toward activists from a flotilla to Gaza.

Bodies of four missing Italian divers found inside 'shark cave' in Maldives days after they vanished

Rescuers found four Italian divers' bodies deep inside a Maldives underwater cave days after they vanished during a dive far beyond recreational limits.

Ebola treatment center set on fire in Congo after residents clash with authorities over victim's body

Angry residents reportedly set fire to an Ebola treatment center in eastern Congo during a clash over retrieving the body of a suspected Ebola victim.

Mojtaba Khamenei using ‘bin Laden template’ to survive, learned from Abbottabad: analyst

Analyst compares Mojtaba Khamenei's disappearance from public view to Osama bin Laden's decade of hiding, calling it a strategic milestone for the U.S.

Hezbollah grooms children for martyrdom through its scout movement, report claims

Experts say Hezbollah recruits and radicalizes youth through its Mahdi Scouts, preparing children to become fighters and carry out jihad missions.

Mamdani won't attend Israel Day Parade, breaking decades-long mayoral tradition amid antisemitism surge

NYC's Israel Day Parade expects record turnout after Mayor Mamdani confirmed he will not attend, drawing criticism from Jewish leaders citywide.

Technology

GitHub scales back bug bounties, reminds users security is their responsibility too

Faced with the growing volume of submission to its bug bounty program, GitHub is replacing cash bounties with swag rewards for reports with low security impact — and asking researchers to stop submitting reports that are low quality or about things that aren’t its fault.

2026 network outage report and internet health check

ThousandEyes, a Cisco company, monitors how ISPs, cloud providers and conferencing services are handling any performance challenges and provides Network World with a weekly roundup of events that impact service delivery.

Oracle and the AI boom’s hidden debt bomb

The old adage goes that during a boom, the companies that profit most are the ones selling the picks and shovels.

Workday extends Sana AI to ITSM after HR, finance

Workday conversational AI platform Sana for Workday is now ready to talk about IT Service Management (ITSM) automation as part of the company’s broader effort to help enterprises streamline workflows, especially across HR and finance, with autonomous AI agents.

AntV data visualization tool the latest to be hit by ongoing npm supply chain attacks

The world’s largest open-source registry, node package manager (npm), has been hit by another fast-moving malware attack, this time targeting the widely-used AntV enterprise data visualization tool.

GitHub admits major source code leak after 3,800 internal repositories breached

Microsoft’s GitHub has suffered what appears to be its biggest ever security breach after confirming that attackers exfiltrated code from around 3,800 of the company’s internal repositories. News of the incident first emerged on May 19, when GitHub said it was investigating “unauthorized access.

GitHub scales back bug bounties, reminds users security is their responsibility too

Faced with the growing volume of submission to its bug bounty program, GitHub is replacing cash bounties with swag rewards for reports with low security impact — and asking researchers to stop submitting reports that are low quality or about things that aren’t its fault.

Sports News

Barbashev, Eichel score in 2:07 span, Golden Knights stun Avs 3-1 to take 2-0 series lead

Jack Eichel and Ivan Barbashev scored in a 2:07 span in the third period and the Vegas Golden Knights stunned the Colorado Avalanche 3-1 on Friday night to take a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference Final.

Josh Hart was frustrated by a postseason shooting slump. The Knicks knew his work would pay off

Josh Hart was frustrated with a postseason shooting slump, wondering why what he was doing in practice wasn’t showing up in the games.

Sprinter Fred Kerley says he's running clean at Enhanced Games, and that he'll be at the LA Olympics

Sprinter Fred Kerley says he isn't taking performance enhancers as he embarks on the next phase of a career that officially kicks off Sunday at the Enhanced Games, where drugs are allowed.

Giants' key defensive tackle tears Achilles tendon during practice, out for the season: reports

New York Giants defensive tackle Roy Robertson-Harris reportedly suffered a season-ending torn Achilles tendon during OTA practice, a major blow to an already thin defensive line.

Gilgeous-Alexander, bench propel Thunder past Spurs 123-108 after historic slow start for 2-1 lead

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 26 points and 12 assists, and the Oklahoma City Thunder climbed out of a 15-point hole minutes into the game to beat the San Antonio Spurs 123-108 on Friday night and take a 2-1 lead in their series.

Detroit Pistons’ Ausar Thompson named First-Team All-Defense, first player honored since Ben Wallace

Detroit Pistons forward Ausar Thompson has been named to the 2025-26 Kia NBA All-Defensive First Team, becoming the first Pistons player to earn the honor in 20 years.

Robert Griffin III urges Americans to remember the reason for Memorial Day during visit to Washington DC

Robert Griffin III partnered with USAA to visit the Poppy Wall of Honor and share powerful stories of fallen soldiers' families this Memorial Day weekend.

Politics News

Rubio aims to ease tensions with NATO allies as Trump confounds them with abrupt decisions

Secretary of State Marco Rubio already faced a difficult task in soothing NATO allies anxious about President Donald Trump's often-abrupt announcements.

NAACP’s Elegbede enters crowded Rochester mayoral race

The field of candidates vying for the top office in the city of Rochester is getting crowded. The latest to enter is the local NAACP president, bringing the number of announced candidates to seven.

Trump drops IRS lawsuit, paving the way for a settlement

The president sued the IRS and the Treasury Department in January, demanding $10 billion over the leak of his tax returns years ago.

Warren torched over ‘my kind of man’ praise for Platner after death-wish post for wounded veteran resurfaces

Elizabeth Warren stays silent when confronted about her support for Graham Platner, whose Nazi-linked tattoo and disturbing posts sparked backlash.

Republicans call off vote on Iran war resolution that was on the verge of passing

Republicans struggled Thursday to find the votes to dismiss legislation that would compel President Donald Trump to withdraw from the war with Iran, delaying planned votes on the matter into June.

Fraudsters abused Biden's lax policies to steal billions, financial watchdog claims

OJ Oleka says fraud became a feature in government programs under Biden, with state treasurers now fighting to reclaim billions for American taxpayers.

Military families want DOJ to distribute nearly $800M from French cement company found guilty of bribing ISIS

Military families sue Lafarge after French court convicted the cement company of funding ISIS, as DOJ holds $777 million in unreleased victim funds.