May 2026 Archives

Category 5: Hurricanes eye chance to return to conference final

May 9, 2026 Cory Lavalette

PHILADELPHIA — The Hurricanes will look to close out their second round series with the Flyers and become the fifth team to win their first eight playoff games. Carolina has outshot its opponent in all […]

Real WKRP radio comes to Cincinnati, decades after satirical sitcom

May 8, 2026 The Associated Press

CINCINNATI — WKRP isn’t dead — as of Monday, it’s living on the air in Cincinnati. The call letters from the fictional radio station featured in a CBS sitcom were adopted in time for Monday’s […]

SHAPIRO: When does speech become dangerous?

May 8, 2026 Ben Shapiro

Americans love arguing about free speech. We invoke the First Amendment as a kind of political force field: You can say whatever you want, whenever you want, without consequence. But the First Amendment only restricts […]

Audit finds NC A&T misused $5M in student fees

May 8, 2026 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — North Carolina A&T University improperly directed more than $5 million in Administrative Recovery Funds (ARF) as financial assistance to students without any evidence of merit- or need-based criteria, according to a recent investigative […]

BARONE: The young, violent political left

May 8, 2026 Michael Barone

You have to be awfully smart to believe something this stupid. In a Manhattan Institute survey of Democratic voters, 46% said they believed it was definitely or probably true that “the assassination attempt against Donald […]

The stream: ‘The Drama,’ MUNA, Rachel McAdams, Dan Stevens, ‘The Other Bennet Sister’

May 8, 2026 The Associated Press

“The Drama,” a rom-com that goes bad starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson, and the synth-pop group MUNA releasing their fourth studio album, “Dancing on the Wall,” are some of the new television, films, music and […]

Hurricanes win again, move to 1 win away from conference final

May 8, 2026 Cory Lavalette

PHILADELPHIA — The Hurricanes have spent most of the postseason suffocating the opposition. In Thursday’s Game 3, they let their special teams do the work. Jalen Chatfield scored the go-ahead shorthanded goal late in the […]

This week in history: May 7 to May 13

May 7, 2026 The Associated Press

May 7 1915: A German U-boat torpedoed and sank the British liner RMS Lusitania off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans, out of the nearly 2,000 on board. 1945: Nazi […]

Category 5: Hurricanes look to keep rolling in Game 3 in Philly

May 7, 2026 Cory Lavalette

PHILADELPHIA — The Hurricanes hit the road for the first time in the second round when they play the Flyers on Thursday. Carolina leads the series 2-0 and will look to take full control against […]

Famous birthdays this week: May 7 to May 13