Arctic ship noise is disrupting narwhals

For Alex Ootoowak, watching the speckled gray narwhals migrate in the icy waters of the Arctic during hunting season is a cherished childhood memory. "It felt like a never-ending, looped-over scene of whales just constantly swimming past you all in the same direction, all migrating throughout the day, sometimes more than a day," said Ootoowak

Comey Indicted Again; SCOTUS, King Charles, Fed Update

Comey Indicted Again, King Charles' Message To Congress, SCOTUS Temp Protected Status Good morning. You're reading the Up First newsletter.  Subscribe  here to get it delivered to your inbox, and  listen  to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today's top stories The Department of Justice has secured

South Korea Appeals Court Sentences Ex‑President Yoon

Supporters of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol stage a rally outside of the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 29, 2026. Ahn Young-joon/AP hide caption toggle caption Ahn Young-joon/AP SEOUL, South Korea — A South Korean appeals court on Wednesday sentenced ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol to seven years in

{“title”:”How Legacy Airlines Undermined Spirit’s Low‑Fare Model”,”content”:”A month ago, Aran Darling booked a cheap red‑eye from Los Angeles to New York to attend a food‑industry event. Darling and his partner, Izzy de la Meme, operate Froot Stand, a small business that buys and sells exotic fruit from Ventura, California. A Manhattan invitation from a major client made the bargain fare worth the trip — until news broke that Spirit Airlines, freshly in bankruptcy for the second time in a few years, might be grounded or liquidated. Darling watched the headlines, called the airline repeatedly, and posted his concerns to Froot Stand’s Instagram followers. At LAX, staff joked Spirit could fold at any moment. He got on the plane anyway.

Spirit Airlines is having trouble Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images About a month ago, Aran Darling booked a cheap red-eye flight from Los Angeles to New York for a work event. Darling and his significant other, Izzy de la Meme, own a small business named Froot Stand. They buy avocados

Eagle Nest Cams Build Online Communities

One of the Decorah, Iowa, bald eagles feeds its eaglets. The bald eagle livestreams allow viewers to watch the eagles from anywhere. Raptor Resource Project hide caption toggle caption Raptor Resource Project Sometimes, Gloria Gajownik wishes people acted more like bald eagles. Bald eagle families don't yell at each other (except for the occasional squawk)

Supreme Court Fish-Oil Ruling Could Raise Drug Costs

sinceLF/iStockphoto/Getty Images The United States pays undeniably high prices for brand-name drugs. But when it comes to generics — the cheaper copycat medicines that now fill nine out of every 10 prescriptions in America — the country gets a very good deal. Americans pay less, on average, for generic medications than people in any other

Powell’s Last Fed Meeting Before Leadership Change

The Senate Banking Committee votes Wednesday on Kevin Warsh's nomination to serve as the next chairman of the Federal Reserve. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images North America Change is coming to the Federal Reserve — even as interest rates are expected to hold steady. The central bank is

Can Santa Marta Spur a Global Fossil-Fuel Exit?

Colombia's President Gustavo Petro, Colombia's Environment Minister Irene Vélez Torres and Dutch Minister of Climate and Green Growth Stientje van Veldhoven attend the International Conference on the Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels in Santa Marta, Colombia, on April 28, 2026. Raul Arboleda/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Raul Arboleda/AFP via Getty Images

Supreme Court Weighs Ending TPS for Haitians and Syrians

The Supreme Court Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images President Trump could move forward with mass deportations of people who have been living legally in the U.S., many of them for more than a decade, if he prevails in two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday. At issue is

Holocaust Denial Attempt in New Hampshire Schools

AFP via Getty Images and U.S. National Archives/Collage by Emily Bogle This January, in a drab committee room of the New Hampshire state legislature, a Republican state lawmaker teamed up with a German Holocaust denier to propose that the state's public schools incorporate a conspiracy theory when developing their lesson plans: namely, that the Nazis'
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