"Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Noraram.
Passengers aboard the Dutch cruise ship tying to the deadly Hanta virus outbreak
“are making their way back to their home countries for a valuation.”
The vessel arrived near Spain's Canary Islands today, where public health officials coordinated medical screenings and charter flights for people leaving the ship, and P.R. Megal-Mesias reports. "The M.B. Honda's cruise ship arrived early Sunday at a seldom-used port in Denerife. The largest island of the archipelago.
It did not dock and it will remain at a distance. Medical staff are evaluating passengers on board, who will then be transported in small groups to the port, from there to the airport, about 10 minutes away, where they will be flown to the countries of origin. Authorities are reporting not the passengers are showing symptoms.
The first group to this embark are 14 Spanish citizens who will be flown to Madrid.
The complex operation involving the Spanish Army and two national ministries has caused a political firestorm in Spain with the central government taking measures to overrule the opposition of local authorities. Megal-Mesias and P.R. News, reveal the Spain." Several Republican-led states in the South are moving towards changing their congressional
maps. They hope to give Republicans the edge in midterm elections this fall. In South Carolina lawmakers are considering a new map and tended to give the Republicans all the states 7 seats in the House of Representatives, including the one now held by Democrat Jim Clyburn.
“"I'm going to run irrespective of what to make up with the district might be because I believe”
that I have a record that is very acceptable to the South Carolina voter, and I have a good understanding of America's promise and will run on that." Prices are up, but people are still spending for Mom, $25 more than they did last year.
The National Retail Federation projects total spending to reach a record of $38 billion
this mother's day. NPR's Amy Held has more on this story. "Per person planned spending is $284 on average. Mother's Day is the busiest day of the year for restaurants. Beyond brunch, there are cards and jewelry, but the top gift, 3/4 of shoppers say they're
getting flowers. The thorn price." Up more than 7% in recent weeks, hit by tariffs and fuel costs, many flowers are flown in than moved in refrigerated trucks. To adapt, Eric Luoma, a florist in Scottsdale, Arizona says he's getting creative with
happy ourselves and partnering with local growers. "We're just trying to keep things affordable for our customers because we want to keep people buying flowers." sellers say they're looking to flourish in other ways offering grab-and-go bouquets and smaller arrangements, Amy Held and PR News.
This is NPR News in Washington. Search teams in Indonesia today found the bodies of two hikers missing since the volcano erupted Friday. They were buried under deep, densely packed volcanic material about 165 feet from the rim of the main crater.
The body of a third hiker was located yesterday.
They were among 20 hikers who set out to climb Mount Eccono in defiance of safety restrictions. In a world where you can gamble and almost anything, some like to bet on the time ice will break under the Laskan River. Scientists are paying attention to. As Shelby Herbert reports, the guessing game provides an important climate data point.
The Nina ice-classic clock stopped on Monday night when a tripod balanced on the river ice-tipped over. The game signals the arrival of summer and has gone on for over a century.
“Alaskan climatologist Martin Stufers says, "That's why it's a valuable data point."”
"It's very seldom that you have a homogeneous, continuous long-term climat series. We can see a tendency to earlier pre-cups." Still, he says scientists can't use the data to predict river ice-break up down to the minute. Otherwise, he would have wanted some point.
For NPR News, I'm Shelby Herbert in Fairbanks. Most in time, for Mother's Day, the social security administration has released the list of the most popular baby names in 2025. Alivea leads for the girls for the seventh year in a row, Charlotte is in second place, ending Emma's six-year run in that spot.
She's now third. On the boy side, Liam is number one also for the seventh year in a row, followed by Noah and Oliver. I'm Noah Rom, NPR News in Washington. For a growing number of women, single motherhood feels like the right choice.
She walked eyes with me, and that was the moment that I knew we were about to have one hell of a life together. On the Sunday Story, how these single mothers are making it work. Listen now to the Sunday Story from the up-first podcast on the NPR app.
