Iran, US exchange fire in Hormuz; Officials race to track virus ship passengers

Missile strikes in the Strait of Hormuz. President Trump calls the U.S. blockade a wall of steel and tells Iran to make a deal

Plus, finally heading to port, the cruise ship hit by a deadly Hantavirus outbreak is now sailing toward the Canary Islands

And the handgun is in the mail. Trump administration wants to let people ship pistols through the U.S. Postal Service for the first time in nearly a century

The stories that matter, clear and credible, from across the country to around the world

These are your unbiased updates from Straight Arrow. Good morning, I'm Craig DeGrelli

This morning, the U.S.-Iran ceasefire is looking increasingly fragile after the United Arab Emirates says it responded to a new missile and drone attack

The escalation comes just hours after the U.S. said it stopped attacks on three Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz

and retaliated against Iranian military facilities. President Trump insists the ceasefire is still holding

but also warned Iran to sign a broader peace deal quickly or face a much stronger American response

They trifled with us today. We blew them away. They trifled. I call that a trifle

I'll let you know when there's no ceasefire. You won't have to know. If there's no ceasefire, you're not going to have to know

You're just going to have to look at one big blow coming out of Iran. And they better sign their agreement fast

Iranian officials say they are still reviewing the latest U.S. proposal, which would formally end the fighting and open a 30-day window for talks on bigger issues

including Iran's nuclear program and control of the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, the renewed tensions are pushing oil prices higher again

Brent crude topped $100 a barrel early this morning, though it's still below the extreme spikes we saw earlier in the week

The U.S. standards saw little movement. The cruise ship hit by a deadly Hantavirus outbreak

is now heading for Spain's Canary Islands as health officials race to contain the spread

Authorities in the Canary Islands are preparing a fully isolated evacuation zone for the roughly 140 passengers and crew still on board the MV Hondias The expedition cruise ship is expected to arrive

in Tenerife by the end of the weekend. U.S. officials are sending a charter flight to bring

17 Americans home, while the U.K. is arranging a separate flight for about 20 British passengers

The outbreak has killed at least three people. Several other cases have also been confirmed

The ship had been sailing near the remote South Atlantic island of St. Helena when passengers first started reporting flu-like symptoms

The World Health Organization says the risk to the general public remains low because Hantavirus is typically spread through contact with infected rodent droppings or urine, and human-to-human spread is considered rare

But the biggest concern now is tracking people down who already left the ship

About 30 passengers from more than a dozen countries disembarked two weeks ago before the outbreak was confirmed

Now, health officials around the world are working to identify those passengers and anyone they may have been in contact with

A federal court has struck down President Trump's latest global tariffs push

On Thursday, a three-judge panel of the Court of International Trade in New York

ruled Trump's 10 percent global tariffs are illegal after a group of small businesses sued

Trump put the new tariffs in place after the Supreme Court blocked his broader Liberation Day tariffs earlier this year

In a two-to-one decision, the court said Trump overstepped his authority, calling the tariffs, quote, invalid and unauthorized by law

The Trump administration is expected to appeal, and the case could ultimately head back to the U.S. Supreme Court

Also Thursday, a federal judge ruled Elon Musk's Department of Government Deficiency cuts to humanities grants were unconstitutional

The case centers on more than $100 million in canceled grants through the National Endowment for the Humanities

The judge said Doge, quote, blatantly used race, gender and other protected characteristics in deciding which grants to terminate

The judge then issued a permanent block on the cuts. It not yet clear whether the Trump administration will appeal the ruling Down south Florida could soon close its controversial Alligator Alcatraz immigration detention center in the Everglades

less than one year after state leaders touted it as a model for the Trump administration's

crackdown on illegal immigration. New York Times reports the state is now in preliminary talks

with the administration about shutting down the facility after homeland security officials

concluded it's too expensive and not working as intended. The state has spent $1 million a day to

keep operating the site, which sits on a swampy stretch of the Everglades between Miami and Naples

The center opened last summer and became a political lightning rod, praised by President

Trump and Republicans as a tough deterrent, while immigration advocates described conditions inside

as inhumane and unsanitary. A senior official in Florida told Fox News the facility was always

meant to be temporary, saying it would, quote, return to the Everglades once larger federal

detention sites are opened. More than 21,000 migrants have been processed through the facility

since it opened. You could soon be able to send a handgun through the mail via the U.S. Postal

Service. The Trump administration is pushing to overturn a nearly 100-year-old federal restriction

that bans most people from shipping concealable firearms through the mail. The Justice Department

says the rule violates the Second Amendment that law-abiding gun owners should be allowed to mail

handguns under the same types of safety requirements already used for rifles and shotguns

The proposal is already drawing pushback from Democratic attorneys general in more than 20

states, including Nevada, where the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history happened

at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas in 2017. In a statement to the Associated Press

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford said, quote, To suggest we make it easier for criminals and abusers to access firearms is a slap in the face to gun violence survivors and law enforcement

The NRA, though, is praising the change, while gun safety groups warn it could make illegal firearms harder to track

Finally this morning the average life expectancy for men in the U is about 79 years But one of the world most famous voices has blown past that milestone Broadcaster and naturalist David Attenborough turns 100 today

For decades, his voice has been synonymous with wildlife, nature, and conservation

narrating some of the most iconic documentaries ever made. The BBC is marking the occasion

with a special tribute broadcast featuring stories and reflections on his life and legacy

Attenborough says he has received birthday wishes from everywhere, from preschoolers to seniors in nursing homes

and says he's been touched by the response. I had rather thought that I would celebrate my 100th birthday quietly

but it seems that many of you have had other ideas. I simply can't reply to each of you all separately

but I would like to thank you all most sincerely for your kind messages

And to mark the milestone, the Natural History Museum has named a newly discovered species after him

It's called the Attenboroughculus tau. That's a newly identified species of parasitic wasp

Huh. Parasitic wasp. That should be like a trivial pursuit question, right

Or final Jeopardy question? It'd be pretty tough to answer. All right, before we head out, here's what we're tracking today

At 11 this morning, Pope Francis marks one year since becoming pope with a visit to the Basilica of St. Francis of Paola, where he'll address religious leaders and local officials

At noon, President Trump delivers remarks from the Rose Garden at the White House. At 1 Costa Rica swears in President-elect Laura Fernandez

Delegations from more than 70 countries and nearly 20 international organizations are expected to attend

We're the fastest, fairest few minutes in news. Watch Unbiased Updates anytime at san.com or on the app

You can also stream us on Spotify. Less noise, more clarity. Sign up for the all-new Straight Arrow morning newsletter

Go to san.com slash newsletters. Those are your Unbiased Updates for this Friday

We'll see you back here on Monday. For all of us at Straight Arrow, I'm Craig DeGrelli. Have a fantastic Friday, a wonderful Mother's Day, and a great weekend