Independent

• Maine high schoolers accidentally served baked dirt for dessert after science experiment mix-up

  The potting soil had been baked in a foil-covered dish earlier that day to sterilize it for a science project

• RFK tells schools to cut back on screen time and go back to old textbooks as Trump touts AI for education

  The recommendations are at odds with the president’s strong endorsements for AI in the classroom

• Sinkhole forces canceled flights and delays at one of New York’s biggest airports as runway is shut down

  Hundreds of flight disruptions caused by the incident, according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

• Texas Six Flags to debut a roller coaster that has shattered six world records

  The new attraction will feature a 285-foot drop at a 95-degree angle, tilting riders past a standard vertical descent

• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky warns Moscow planning possible northern offensive targeting Kyiv

  Kyiv is ramping up defences in the north of the region and believes Belarus may be more deeply involved

• Three dead, more than a dozen first responders hospitalized, after possible hazmat situation in New Mexico

  Police rushed to a home in Mountainair for a ‘suspected overdose’ Wednesday

• New documentary sees AOC visit Trump country where voters embrace her in fight over new data center

  The documentary sees the New York Congresswoman travel to Morgan County, Georgia, where Trump won over 70 percent of the vote in 2024

• Elderly woman dies after getting into fight with Tim Hortons worker over drive-thru order issue

  Surveillance footage showed Anita Grayson, 75, entering the coffee shop in Fort Wayne on May 13 before appearing to strike a store manager, resulting in a scuffle

• Jan. 6 cops sue to block Trump’s $1.8B ‘slush fund for insurrectionists’ after IRS bail out

  Harry Dunn and Daniel Hodges say the fund illegally rewards rioters for violence against law enforcement

• These are America’s most misspelled words

  ‘Bougie’ is the most misspelled word in America, according to a new analysis