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A Frontier Airlines flight at Denver International Airport struck and killed a pedestrian who had breached airport security, resulting in 12 reported injuries among passengers and a brief engine fire. The incident prompted the temporary closure of the runway and the cancellation of the flight.

Researchers have definitively identified 'Jersey,' the enslaved Black child depicted in an 18th-century portrait by Joshua Reynolds, as a real individual. Challenging prior assumptions that such figures were often imaginary, the findings confirm Jersey's service in the Royal Navy and his later baptism as George Walker, shedding light on the historical presence and contributions of marginalized persons.

The MV Hondius cruise ship, impacted by a hantavirus outbreak, commenced the evacuation of 94 passengers from 19 nationalities at the Port of Granadilla de Abona in Tenerife, Spain, with further repatriations slated for Monday.

Federal agents have searched the Portsmouth office of Virginia State Sen. L. Louise Lucas in connection with an ongoing corruption investigation. The action has drawn sharp criticism from Democrats and Black voters, who view it as political retribution for Lucas's influential role in the state's contentious redistricting battles.

The U.S. Supreme Court's April 28 ruling, which invalidated Louisiana's second majority-Black congressional district, has drawn sharp criticism from Civil Rights leaders, who assert the decision undermines the Voting Rights Act and facilitates expanded partisan gerrymandering by Republicans.

Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown announced two legal victories this week, successfully challenging actions by the Trump administration. These rulings blocked the imposition of tariffs on imported goods and restored homeland security funding that states argued was politically motivated, underscoring efforts to uphold the rule of law and protect vital state resources.

An apparent cyberattack, claimed by the hacking group ShinyHunters, shut down Canvas, a prominent education platform utilized by universities and K-12 schools across the United States, disrupting access to essential classroom materials. The group issued a ransom demand, threatening to leak sensitive data from millions of users, including students, teachers, and staff, if their conditions were not met.

Seattle paraeducators are warning that proposed budget cuts could harm the city's most vulnerable students by dismantling critical support systems, such as relationship building, crisis response, and cultural connections.

King County has launched mobile crisis response teams to provide immediate, community-based care for youth facing mental health and substance use emergencies, in response to the growing crisis of youth mental health needs.

The Tubman Center for Health & Freedom has taken over the Black Elders Wellness Program from Catholic Community Services, with the aim of providing culturally responsive care that addresses the physical, mental, social, and emotional health needs of Black elders in Seattle and King County.