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NPR (The Associated Press) - 40,000 people under evacuation orders after chemical tank leak in Southern California Sat May 23 01:01:50 2026

About 40,000 people were under evacuation orders and schools shut down Friday in Southern California after a storage tank continued to leak a hazardous chemical that officials said could rupture or explode.

About 40,000 people were under evacuation orders and schools shut down Friday in Southern California after a storage tank continued to leak a hazardous chemical that officials said could rupture or explode.Open

NYTIMES (Apoorva Mandavilli and Hamed Aleaziz) - U.S. to Block Entry to More Noncitizens Who May Have Been Exposed to Ebola Sat May 23 00:57:01 2026

The Trump administration announced plans to expand a ban on entering the United States to legal permanent residents who had been in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda or South Sudan.

NYTIMES (Declan Walsh and Arlette Bashizi) - Mob Burns Congo Ebola Center Amid Rare Strain Outbreak Sat May 23 00:57:00 2026

Several hundred people massed at the gates of a hospital to demand the body of a suspected Ebola victim. Violence broke out when staff refused the request.

ABCNEWS - WATCH: Nine students sent to hospital after school bus crash near Boston Sat May 23 00:42:04 2026

Police say the bus was turning left when it was hit by a speeding car. The students are expected to be OK.

NYTIMES (Dustin Volz and Julian E. Barnes) - Tulsi Gabbard Resigns as Director of National Intelligence. Trump Names Aaron Lukas Acting Chief. Sat May 23 00:36:45 2026

Ms. Gabbard had a difficult tenure in the Trump administration and was seldom seen in the room when the president made important national-security moves.

ABCNEWS - Evacuation orders issued for 40,000 people in California over explosion threat Sat May 23 00:01:40 2026

Officials said Friday there is no active gas leak or plume, but that the tank is "actively in crisis" and is unable to be "secured."

NYTIMES (Rylee Kirk) - Rob Base, Rapper Known for ‘It Takes Two,’ Dies at 59 Fri May 22 23:56:17 2026

The singer died on Friday after a “private battle with cancer,” according to his official Instagram account.

NYTIMES (Emily Baumgaertner Nunn) - What is methyl methacrylate, the chemical at the center of the Orange County crisis? Fri May 22 23:56:17 2026

The E.P.A. warns that short-term exposure to the compound, methyl methacrylate, can cause skin and eye irritation and respiratory issues.

ABCNEWS - Trump says he won't attend Don Jr.'s wedding, will remain at the White House Fri May 22 23:21:17 2026

President Trump said he won't be traveling to his son Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding this weekend, and that he will remain at the White House instead.

ABCNEWS - 4 dead, 90 trapped in coal mine accident in northern China: State media Fri May 22 23:21:16 2026

The accident occurred Friday night local time at the Liushenyu coal mine in Changzhi City, according to the Chinese state news agency Xinhua.