News in :90 – May 8, 2026

Spanish authorities are preparing to receive a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed to the Canary Islands.

Health officials are planning the evacuations of the more than 140 passengers and crew when the MV Hondius arrives in Tenerife this weekend.

The U.S. and U.K. are arranging flights to bring their citizens home. The World Health Organization says the risk to the wider public is low. Health authorities are tracking passengers who disembarked before the virus outbreak was detected.

A batch of UFO files was released by the Trump administration Friday morning.

Apollo 11 photos of Buzz Aldrin observing a “fairly bright light source” and video footage of mysterious objects flying over Kazakhstan are included in the files.

A canvas outage tied to a cyberattack has sent college campuses into a headspin before final exams.

The hacking group ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the outage, which occurred Thursday afternoon and evening, said Luke Connolly, a threat analyst at the cybersecurity firm Emsisoft.

Most universities have resumed operations on Canvas but are expecting ripple effects throughout the coming week. St. Thomas students received emails Thursday informing them of the outage. Canvas operations at UST resumed Friday, according to an email sent Friday.

Owen Bell can be reached at bell9606@stthomas.edu.

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