Rihanna and A$AP Rocky are expecting their third child, the rapper confirmed on Sunday at the Met Gala.https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rihanna-pregnant-2025-met-gala-asap-rocky/
May 8 marks 80 years since people across Europe celebrated the Allied victory over Nazi Germany. While the fighting in the Pacific would continue for months, many saw it as the end of six long years of war. A new book tells the story of remarkable American women who helped that victory happen.https://www.cbsnews.com/video/spitfire-women-tells-the-story-of-heroic-women-who-flew-missions-during-world-war-ii/
Supporters of the former corporate lawyer say he is well-prepared and thoughtful, but critics accuse him of failing to think more than one step ahead and breaking promises.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/world/europe/friedrich-merz-chanellor-who-is.html
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Plus, the Met Galaās unforgettable looks.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/podcasts/the-headlines/israel-escalation-gaza-air-traffic-control-crisis.html
States have long used taxes on hospitals and nursing homes to increase federal matching funds. If Republicans end the tactic, red states could feel the most pain.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/upshot/medicaid-hospitals-republicans-cuts.html
At the beloved attraction in San Francisco Bay, visitors could scarcely believe President Trump had suggested turning Alcatraz back into a penitentiary.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/us/alcatraz-trump-tourists.html
At every level of government, authority figures are embracing once-extreme ideas, including that the Earth is flat or that the state controls the weather.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/business/media/trump-conspiracy-theories.html
Sweeping trains, sharp suiting, feathered finery and more.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/style/met-gala-2025-best-dressed.html
While a starry group of co-chairs greeted guests, Spike Lee, Venus Williams, Zoe SaldaƱa and Rihanna discussed the significance of dandyism and the importance of the event.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/style/met-gala-cocktail-party.html
We have photos from the biggest night in fashion.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/briefing/met-gala-fashion.html
In lavish halls, days before a conclave will select a new pope, power brokers came together for a mix of devotion, activism, money and socializing.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/us/conclave-pope-conservative-catholics.html
Itās Danny Kind, and heās not even Catholic. But heās in a college class that simulated the conclave of 1492. (There were costumes, bribes and Oreos.)https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/us/conclave-pope-class.html
Experts say there isnāt a single front-runner, but several names have been cited as indications of the direction the Roman Catholic Church might take.https://www.nytimes.com/article/next-pope-francis-candidates.html
The release of the memo further undercuts the Trump administrationās rationale for using the Alien Enemies Act to deport scores of Venezuelans to a prison in El Salvador.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/us/trump-venezuela-gang-ties-spy-memo.html
President Trump and his allies have portrayed their efforts to bypass due process as necessary for national security.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/us/politics/trump-constitution-immigration-hearings.html
The clone, TeleMessage, was the subject of a reported hack in which the contents of some direct messages and group chats were stolen.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/us/politics/signal-clone-telemessage-waltz-security-breach.html
The proposal for a federal program came after the president called for tariffs on movies filmed overseas, causing confusion and concern across the industry.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/movies/tariffs-trump-voight.html
In Bangladesh, the factories that make clothing for export had remade themselves and raised national incomes along the way. They never bargained for a trade war.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/business/trump-tariffs-bangladesh-factories.html
President Trump has ended a tariff loophole that generated lots of business for delivery companies shipping inexpensive goods from China to the U.S.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/business/trump-tariffs-ups-fedex.html