Hr. 7 World History 5/8/26 by Ty Kohl

Harrison Perkins

2026-05-08 18:42:26 UTC

The NCAA is expanding the men’s and women’s March Madness tournaments from 68 to 76 teams starting next season. The new format adds a larger opening round, but the main bracket will still feel mostly familiar. The change is mainly about increasing revenue, including more money from new alcohol advertising deals.

Levi Thayer

2026-05-08 18:43:30 UTC

Trump has recently told the Pentagon to release all files related to UFOs to the American public. Citizens can now see and decide for themselves what they think these phenomena are caused by. There have been sightings by US troops all over the world and even astronauts have seen bright flashing or flying lights on the moon which were theorized to be caused by ice.

Caden Banner

2026-05-08 19:02:00 UTC

The Virginia Supreme Court voided Democrats’ attempt to redraw the state’s US House map in an April referendum, a devastating blow to the Democratic Party’s efforts in the national redistricting battle launched by President Donald Trump ahead of this fall’s midterms.

The court ruled that the process of creating the referendum violated the state Constitution.

Jonah Fortier

2026-05-08 19:02:19 UTC

President Donald Trump announced a three day ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war on Truth Social, saying it would run from Saturday through Monday. He said the pause would cover all military operations and include a prisoner exchange of 1,000 people from each side, while framing it around Russia’s Victory Day and Ukraine’s World War II ties. The article says talks are still continuing and suggests the ceasefire could be a step toward ending the conflict, though further updates are expected.

Mark Hampson

2026-05-08 19:03:15 UTC

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is dispatching staffers to meet with American passengers on the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship in the Canary Islands, sources told CNN, as Spanish authorities warn of approaching bad weather.

While health authorities across several countries race to contain the outbreak – which has so far led to five confirmed and several possible cases of the virus – concern is shifting to what will happen when the MV Hondius docks in Tenerife, the largest of Spain’s Canary Islands.

Nermeen Saed

2026-05-08 19:03:48 UTC

Situation at a glance

On 2 May 2026, a cluster of passengers with severe respiratory illness aboard a cruise ship was reported to the World Health Organization. The ship is carrying 147 passengers and crew. As of 4 May 2026, seven cases (two laboratory confirmed cases of hantavirus and five suspected cases) have been identified, including three deaths, one critically ill patient and three individuals reporting mild symptoms.

Sam Vargas Perez

2026-05-08 19:07:20 UTC

Global health authorities are working to contain an outbreak of hantavirus aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship.

The total number of confirmed cases associated with the outbreak is increasing, health officials said. To date, three people who were aboard the ship are known to have died of the virus.

More than 100 passengers remain on the ship, and the World Health Organization is monitoring their health. Officials said that the "overall public health risk remains low" but that there may be some person-to-person spread.

Ember beard

2026-05-08 19:07:28 UTC

The Hantavirus Spreading on the Dutch Cruise ship, MV Houndius, has recently been causing a panic throughout the world. Many have been scared something similar to COVID is happening, however, Maria Van Kerkhove, director of epidemic and pandemic management at the World Health Organization (WHO), said at a briefing on Thursday, “This is not Covid, this is not influenza. It spreads very, very differently,” The virus spreads a lot less than COVID 19 did, however it is 40-50% more fetal.

Salvador Riojas

2026-05-08 19:07:45 UTC

As of early May 2026, Kansas City hotels report significantly lower than expected bookings for the FIFA World Cup, with 85-90% of operators seeing demand below projections, sometimes falling behind typical summer levels. Despite this, local leaders still expect high turnout, attributing lower bookings to released FIFA room blocks, high costs, and a slow, late booking rush.

Jordan Jones

2026-05-08 19:10:04 UTC

Canvas was shut down because of a hacked data base system, many colleges and university's that use Canvas to do multiple. A cyberattack shut down an education platform used by universities and K-12 schools across the US Thursday, depriving students and teachers of essential classroom materials – at a time when many are taking or prepping for final exams.

Leelah Standifer

2026-05-11 15:12:38 UTC

Eighteen passengers from the cruise ship at the center of the hantavirus outbreak are now back in the US and being monitored at medical units. Sixteen of those people, including at least one who tested positive, are in Nebraska, and two others have been transferred to Emory University in Atlanta. All of the 16 people in Nebraska are asymptomatic, while one of the people in Atlanta is experiencing symptoms, health officials said, while stressing the virus does not spread easily.

Ava Baird

2026-05-11 18:39:08 UTC

Eighteen passengers from the cruise ship at the center of the hantavirus outbreak are back in the US and being monitored at medical units. Sixteen of those people, including at least one who tested positive, are in Nebraska, and two others have been transferred to Emory University in Atlanta. The virus, typically tied to rodents, may have passed from human to human aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship, the World Health Organization said. Three passengers have died since April 11 and a handful of others are sick.

Landon

lrice350 — 2026-05-15 15:24:26 UTC

Scientists say they’ve identified the largest long-necked, herbivorous dinosaur to ever live in Southeast Asia, and it could be their last remains of this dinosaur The dinosaur’s scientific name is Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis. a massive dinosaur estimated to have weighed approximately 27 tons when it roamed the Earth.