Friday, May 24

🚨NATION

📌 Louisiana legislature approves bill to classify abortion pills as controlled substances (CBS NEWS)

📌 Supreme Court throws out race claim in South Carolina redistricting case (NBC NEWS)

📌 Baltimore’s former top prosecutor spared prison for mortgage fraud and perjury (AP)

📌 Norfolk Southern, EPA reach $310M settlement over East Palestine train derailment (AXIOS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Taiwan scrambles jets and puts missile, naval and land units on alert over China’s military drills (AP)

📌 20 Singapore Airlines passengers injured by turbulence still in intensive care, many needing spinal surgery (CBS NEWS)

📌 9 dead, 54 injured as wind causes stage collapse at Mexico election rally (CNN)

📌 What’s on the menu for the White House state dinner honoring Kenya (PBS NEWS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 TikTok rolls out new rules to limit the reach of state-affiliated media accounts on its platform. (AP)

📌 Blood test to detect colon cancer could move a step closer to FDA approval in the US (CNN)

📌 About 1 in 9 children in the US have been diagnosed with ADHD (NEW SCIENCE)

📌 A lawsuit accuses Hershey's of using 'deceptive' packaging on Reese's products (NPR)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Cassie Ventura breaks silence on Sean 'Diddy' Combs assault video (BI)

📌 Sean Kingston's mother arrested during SWAT raid at singer's South Florida mansion (CBS NEWS)

📌 Catherine, Princess of Wales portrait becomes latest royal painting to spark debate (CNN)

📌 Michael Strahan's daughter Isabella reveals she has memory loss due to cancer treatment (USA TODAY)

Thursday, May 23

🚨NATION

📌 Uvalde families reach $2M settlement with city and say they are suing school district and 92 officers over shooting response (CNN)

East Palestine, Ohio residents face choice over $600 million train derailment deal (PITTSBURGH POST GAZETTE)

📌 Biden administration cancels $7.7 billion in student debt for 160,000 more people (MO NEWS)

📌 Hunter Biden's tax evasion trial postponed from June until September (NBC NEWS)

📌 Trump's attorneys found classified docs in his bedroom months after raid (AXIOS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Sherpa guide Kami Rita breaks record again this month, climbs Mount Everest for his record 30th time (NBC NEWS)

📌 Norway, Ireland and Spain say they will recognize a Palestinian state (AP)

📌 Billions from Russia's frozen assets will go to help Ukraine's military, the EU says (NPR)

📌 British PM Rishi Sunak calls election, with his Conservatives at risk of a heavy defeat (BBC)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Second human case of bird flu linked to dairy cows found in Michigan (NBC NEWS)

📌 TikTok plans global layoffs in operations and marketing (CNN)

📌 Warner Bros. Discovery and ESPN strike 5-year deal for College Football Playoff games (THE WRAP)

📌 BuzzFeed stock soars after Vivek Ramaswamy acquires activist stake (YAHOO)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Graceland auction halted after Elvis Presley granddaughter's push for injunction (FOX NEWS)

📌 University of Georgia QB sues rival university head coach and others alleging broken promises worth millions (CNN)

📌 Nicole Brown Simpson’s sisters break silence over O.J.’s death (PEOPLE)

📌 Jennifer Lopez & Ben Affleck living separately as 'whirlwind of love' is over and 'real life' sets in (FOX NEWS)

Wednesday, May 22

🚨NATION

📌 Multiple fatalities as tornadoes rip through Iowa (CNN)

📌 Key GOP senators criticize Alito over upside-down flag incident (CNN)

📌 After backlash, Trump pulls social media post with reference to ‘unified reich’ (REUTERS)

📌 Texas files 75th lawsuit against Biden administration; This one targets gender identity law (TEXAS TRIBUNE)

📌 Woman found living in Michigan store sign; told police it was her ‘safe spot’ (NBC NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Putin begins nuclear weapons exercises as he accuses west of being ‘provocative’ (POLITICO)

📌 Pentagon admits no US aid via $320 million pier is actually getting to Palestinians in need (CNN)

📌 Egypt changed terms of Gaza ceasefire deal presented to Hamas, surprising negotiators (CNN)

📌 Kenyan special forces police to arrive in Haiti to help combat gang violence (GUARDIAN)

📌 Ukraine makes progress in fight against corruption (BBC NEWS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Biden releasing 1 million barrels of gasoline from Northeast reserve in bid to lower prices at pump (AP)

📌 Target is cutting prices on 5,000 items including milk, butter and pet food (NPR)

📌 AI companies make fresh safety promise at Seoul summit, nations agree to align work on risks (ABC NEWS)

📌 Ocean water is rushing miles underneath the Antarctica ‘Doomsday Glacier’ with potentially dire impacts on sea level rise (CNN)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Latest Accusation: Model sues Diddy, accusing him of drugging and raping her (NBC NEWS)

📌 LAPD, DEA open investigation into Matthew Perry death (AP NEWS)

📌 Elvis's granddaughter sues to block sale of Graceland, charging fraud (ABC NEWS)

📌 Scarlett Johansson gets support from Hollywood in her ChatGPT fight (THE WRAP)

📌 Southern Charm star Kathryn Dennis 'arrested for DUI' following three-car collision - six months after being 'identified as a suspect in elementary school hit-and-run' (DAILY MAIL)

Tuesday, May 21

🚨NATION

📌 Almost 2 months after it destroyed Baltimore’s Key Bridge, the Dali cargo ship has been moved and docked (CNN)

📌 Republicans Ted Cruz and Katie Britt introduce bill to protect IVF access (CBS NEWS)

📌 Uber and Lyft say they’ll stay in Minnesota after legislature passes driver pay compromise (AP NEWS)

📌 Supreme Court Justice Alito sold Bud Light owner's stock amid conservatives’ 2023 boycott (NBC NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Britain slammed in inquiry for infecting thousands with tainted blood and covering up the scandal (AP)

📌 Former Iranian official partly blames US sanctions for the helicopter crash that killed its president (BI) Iranian women celebrate death of President Ebrahim Raisi, who led brutal crackdown on rights (NY POST)

📌 UK court rules Julian Assange can appeal extradition to US (AXIOS)

📌 Haiti's main international airport reopens nearly three months after gang violence forced it closed (ABC NEWS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 OpenAI pulls its Scarlett Johansson-like voice for ChatGPT. She claims she denied them permission to use her voice and they copied it anyway (VERGE)

📌 Red Lobster files for bankruptcy, but restaurants will stay open (NBC NEWS)

📌 Spirit Airlines gets rid of change and cancellation fees, joining Frontier (CNBC)

📌 US pediatricians reverse decades-old advice against HIV-positive mothers breastfeeding (AP)

📌 Cannabis poisonings among older adults have tripled, study finds (CNN)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Donald Trump origin film ‘The Apprentice’ gets 8-minute ovation at its Cannes premiere (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER) Trump vows to sue filmmakers over Ivana Trump rape scene (DEADLINE)

📌 Courteney Cox says late ‘Friends’ co-star Matthew Perry still ‘visits’ her after death (PAGE SIX)

📌 Eminem’s daughter Hailie Jade gets married and shared dance with Dad (TMZ)

📌 Zac Brown's estranged wife fires back after country star granted temporary restraining order (FOX NEWS)

Monday, May 20

🚨NATION

📌 Trump at NRA convention floats 3-term presidency (POLITICO)

📌 Central US braces for potential derecho packed with 'extreme' 100+ mph wind gusts, baseball-sized hail (FOX WEATHER)

📌 Rudy Giuliani gets indictment papers at birthday party after mocking Arizona attorney general (NBC NEWS)

📌 Benedictine College nuns denounce Harrison Butker's speech about women prioritizing motherhood at their school (NPR)

📌 Noncitizen voting, already illegal in federal elections, becomes a centerpiece of 2024 GOP messaging (SEATTLE TIMES)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 US warns of possible Pride Month terror attacks around the world (BBC)

📌 Israeli War Cabinet member says he'll quit government June 8 unless new war plan is adopted (CBS NEWS)

📌 Brazil’s floods smashed through barriers designed to keep them out, trapping water in for weeks — and exposing social woes (CNN)

📌 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange facing pivotal moment in long fight to stay out of US court (ABC NEWS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Social Security ‘myth’ leads too many people to claim benefits early (CNBC)

📌 Why the OpenAI team in charge of safeguarding humanity imploded (VOX)

📌 Boeing whistleblower John Barnett died by suicide, police investigation concludes (CBS NEWS)

📌 Blue Origin launches six tourists to the edge of space after nearly two-year hiatus (CNN)

📌 Microsoft set to unveil its vision for AI PCs at Build developer conference (CNBC)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Scottie Scheffler well back at PGA as officials say no bodycam video of arrest (YAHOO SPORTS) Charges likely to be dropped after arrest during PGA Championship (FOX NEWS)

📌 Disneyland characters vote to unionize (NPR)

📌 Country star Zac Brown sues estranged wife Kelly Yazdi over Instagram post & seeks a temporary restraining order (NBC NEWS)

📌 New biography of Carolyn Besette-Kennedy reveals a sore spot between her and husband John F. Kennedy Jr.: He never introduced her to Jackie (PEOPLE)

Friday, May 17

🚨NATION

📌 House Republicans "curry favor" with Trump trial visits (AXIOS)

📌 TX Gov. Abbott grants pardon of Army sergeant who killed Black Lives Matter protester (FOX NEWS)

📌 VP Harris accepts CBS News' VP debate offer for the summer (ABC NEWS)

📌 California city orders scientists to stop controversial cloud brightening experiment (SF GATE)

📌 House passes bill to prevent Biden from withholding weapons to Israel as GOP ramps up pressure on Democrats (CNN)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Pope Francis says US Catholic conservatives have 'suicidal attitude' (REUTERS)

📌 Suspect charged in attempted assassination of Slovakia leader (CNN)

📌 Putin is putting his bromance with Xi on full display — but China has reason to be wary (BI)

📌 Algerian man kept captive in neighbor’s cellar, found alive after 26 years (BBC)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 The most misunderstood emoji of 2024 (AXIOS)

📌 Teen died from eating a spicy chip as part of social media challenge (AP)

📌 Nearly 900,000 popular ‘immune support’ tea bags recalled due to possible pesticide contamination (CNN)

📌 Are tacos and burritos sandwiches? A judge in Indiana ruled yes. (WASHINGTON POST)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Full ‘Wicked’ movie trailer released (WATCH)

📌 Nicola Coughlan 'specifically asked' to be 'very naked' in Bridgerton Season 3 (PEOPLE)

📌 Caitlin Clark’s WNBA debut helps ESPN set viewership record for league game on network (AP)

📌 Ben Affleck reportedly staying at separate house from Jennifer Lopez as split rumors loom (PAGE SIX)

📌 Kevin Spacey receives star support as he fights to get his career back (CNN)

Thursday, May 16

🚨NATION

📌 Senators urge $32 billion in emergency spending on AI after finishing yearlong review (AP)

📌 Grandson says Jimmy Carter is ‘coming to the end’ in brief update about former president’s health (CNN)

📌 Truck driver in deadly Florida bus crash told authorities he smoked marijuana oil the night before, arrest report says (CBS NEWS)

📌 Florida HBCU launches investigation after record $238 million ‘gift’ from 30-year-old hemp mogul is deemed likely worthless (FORTUNE)

📌 17% of voters blame Biden for the end of Roe v Wade (NY TIMES)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Mexico is stopping nearly three times as many migrants now, helping keep U.S. border crossings down (NBC NEWS)

📌 France imposes emergency in Pacific territory of New Caledonia as violent unrest turns deadly (NPR)

📌 Biden plans to send $1bn arms shipment to Israel (BBC) Massive US dock to deliver food and other humanitarian aid to reach Gazans today (NBC NEWS)

📌 Massive manhunt underway for escaped inmate known as "The Fly" after officers killed in prison van attack in France (CBS NEWS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Google and Harvard unveil most detailed ever map of human brain (CNN)

📌 Uber announces shuttle rides, features for caregivers and Costco perks (CNBC)

📌 New inflation data could signal cheaper grocery prices, more discounts, expert says (ABC NEWS)

📌 Billionaire Frank McCourt assembles "people's bid" to buy TikTok (AXIOS)

📌 FDA approves self-tests for cervical cancer, as an alternative to the dreaded pelvic exam (USA TODAY)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Kansas City Chiefs player faces backlash for graduation speech criticizing working women, calling Pride month a 'deadly sin' (ABC NEWS)

📌 Magician David Copperfield’s alleged sexual assault victims speak out (GUARDIAN)

📌 Elton John’s new photo exhibition: 'I collect photos but hate ones of myself' (BBC)

📌 'Law & Order' actor Angie Harmon files suit after dog shot and killed by Instacart shopper (NBC NEWS)

📌 Sophie Turner and daughters stayed at Taylor Swift's NYC apartment after divorce bombshell (PEOPLE)

Wednesday, May 15

🚨NATION

📌 The ship that struck the Key Bridge had electrical problems in port, the NTSB says (NPR)

📌 Trump allies show up in court to show support (AXIOS)

📌 Nine year old boy narrowly missed in drive-by shooting caught on home security camera (NBC NEWS)

📌 Harvard’s Gaza encampment ends after administration agrees to meet (GUARDIAN)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Unique King Charles portrait unveiled, first since coronation (BBC)

📌 Whistleblower who exposed alleged war crimes in Afghanistan jailed for leaking documents (CNN)

📌 Ongoing Brazil floods raise specter of climate migration (NBC NEWS)

📌 German church puts on Taylor Swift-themed service in bid to boost attendance (AOL)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Bumble wants to let ‘AI dating concierge’ do the dating for you (NEW YORK POST) Bumble apologizes for its anti-celibacy ad fumble (VERGE)

📌 Biden hikes tariffs on Chinese EVs, solar cells, steel, aluminum — and snipes at Trump (AP)

📌 Red Lobster closes dozens of locations as bankruptcy filing looms (FOX BUSINESS)

📌 More than 200 million seniors face extreme heat risks in coming decades, study finds (NPR)

📌 Students borrowing from the federal government this fall will face the highest interest rate in more than a decade (NBC NEWS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Aaron Rodgers says he considered RFK Jr. VP slot, admires Vladimir Putin (AWFUL ANNOUNCING)

📌 Tom Brady says Netflix roast affected his kids and he wouldn’t do it again (VARIETY)

📌 ABC taps 61 year old school administrator to lead inaugural season of ‘The Golden Bachelorette’ (DEADLINE)

📌 Prince Harry, Meghan Markle's Archewell Foundation back 'in good standing' after being declared ‘delinquent’ (FOX NEWS)

📌 Elle Woods goes to high school in Reese Witherspoon-produced 'Legally Blonde' prequel (USA TODAY)

Tuesday, May 14

🚨NATION

📌 Biden to announce 100% tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles today (CBS NEWS)

📌 Louisiana bill would place abortion pills on same list as opiates (AXIOS)

📌 Michael Cohen testifies Melania Trump cast ‘Access Hollywood’ tape as ‘locker room talk’ (THE HILL)

📌 Major airlines sue Biden administration over junk fee disclosure rule (MO NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 The UN reduced estimates for the number of women and children killed during Israel’s war in Gaza (MO NEWS) Israel proposes Palestinian Authority unofficially operate Rafah crossing (AXIOS)

📌 Two Americans among those arrested at Georgia protest against controversial foreign agents law (CBS NEWS)

📌 Haiti's notorious gang leader, Barbecue, says his forces are ready for a long fight (NPR)

📌 Children pulled from mud as hundreds die in severe flooding in Afghanistan (CNN)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 How Instagram ads are used to solicit sex with children (NY TIMES)

📌 Google and Apple partner to fight location tracker stalking (MO NEWS)

📌 Counterfeit fentanyl pills are becoming a lot more common in law enforcement seizures (NPR)

📌 OpenAI debuts new model with enhanced real-time voice abilities (AXIOS)

📌 GameStop, AMC stocks soar more than 70% each as ‘Roaring Kitty’ meme trader resurfaces (CNBC)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Ellen DeGeneres sets final comedy special with Netflix (VARIETY)

📌 Miss Teen USA 2023 runner-up declines title after winner steps down (E!)

📌 New ‘Lord of the Rings’ film coming in 2026 (CNN)

📌 Harry and Meghan wrap up a very royal looking tour of Nigeria (CBS NEWS)

Monday, May 13

🚨NATION

📌 Smoke from Canadian wildfires reaches US for second straight year (ABC NEWS)

📌 Melania Trump vetoes decision to have Barron Trump serve as RNC convention delegate (AP NEWS)

📌 30 students out of 7,000 walk out on Jerry Seinfeld address at Duke due to his recent support for Israel (POLITICO) Seinfeld’s full commencement address with his 3 lessons for life (VIDEO)

📌 Biden taps Obama, George Clooney, Julia Roberts and the Clintons for mega fundraisers (NBC NEWS)

📌 Gold bars and envelopes full of cash: Sen. Bob Menendez’s trial (D-NJ) begins today (CNN)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 White House to raise tariffs on Chinese Electric Vehicles to 100 percent (NBC NEWS)

📌 Israel pushes deeper into Rafah and battles a regrouping Hamas in northern Gaza (AP)

📌 Putin replaces defense minister in shakeup of Kremlin national security team (POLITICO)

📌 US aims to stay ahead of China in using AI to fly fighter jets, navigate without GPS and more (ABC NEWS)

📌 A car-free town in the Amazon teaches us some lessons for net-zero emissions (NPR)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Apple is revamping outdated Siri with AI to catch up with chatbot competitors (BUSINESS INSIDER)

📌 First person to receive a genetically modified pig kidney transplant dies almost 2 months later (CNN)

📌 Nearly 90% of adults over age 20 in the US are at risk of developing heart disease (NBC NEWS)

📌 Schools turn to artificial intelligence to spot guns as companies press lawmakers for state funds (ABC NEWS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Actor Steve Buscemi punched in random NYC attack on street (NY POST)

📌 Oprah Winfrey apologizes for her ‘major’ role in ‘diet culture’ (TODAY)

📌 ‘SNL’ host Maya Rudolph channels Beyoncé for spicy sketch and Mother’s Day monologue (NY POST)

📌 Switzerland's Nemo emerges victorious at Eurovision Song Contest (USA TODAY)

📌 Rihanna and A$AP Rocky celebrate son RZA’s 2nd birthday with N.Y.C. bash (PEOPLE)

Friday, May 10

🚨NATION

📌 Florida airman gunned down in his own apartment by police officer (NY POST)

📌 Back-to-back rulings against Hunter Biden pave way for June gun trial (CNN)

📌 Harvey Weinstein will remain in NY prison as he awaits new rape trial (ABC NEWS)

📌 Barron Trump, 18, to make political debut as delegate to the RNC (AP)

📌 Stormy Daniels stands her ground in tense Trump trial testimony (AXIOS)

📌 Anti-Israel protester who vandalized WWI memorial in NY turned into cops by his father (NY POST)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Taliban affirms that stoning will be punishment for adulterers — especially women (NPR)

📌 UN says 80,000 have fled Rafah in Gaza as Israeli strikes intensify (BBC)

📌 Prisoners in Ukraine to be granted parole for military service as part of mobilization overhaul (CNN)

📌 Brazil’s southern state of Rio Grande do Sul is being inundated by its worst flooding in 80 year — photos of impact (REUTERS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Where the class of 2024 wants to work (AXIOS)

📌 CDC announces strict rules for traveling to the US with your dog (USA TODAY)

📌 Apple’s new iPad Pro ad sparks backlash, company issues apology (TIME)

📌 OpenAI considers allowing users to create AI-generated pornography (GUARDIAN)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Hailey Bieber is pregnant! Expecting first child with Justin Bieber! (COSMO)

📌 Taylor Swift changes set list as Eras Tour heads to Paris (BBC)

📌 Miss Teen USA steps down just days after Miss USA’s resignation (CNN)

📌 Andy Cohen addresses John Mayer dating rumors (E!)

Thursday, May 9

🚨NATION

📌 RFK Jr. says worm ‘got into my brain and ate a portion of it’ (CNN)

📌 Court rules North Carolina catholic school could fire gay teacher who announced his wedding online (ABC NEWS)

📌 Haley won 1 in 5 Indiana Republican voters in the presidential primary despite leaving the race in March (AP)

📌 Public school district leaders face questions from Congress on antisemitism school policies (CBS NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 US soldier detained in Russia broken Army rules, traveled via China to see girlfriend (RFE)

📌 US paused the delivery of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel ahead of a possible Rafah attack (AP)

📌 Brazil floods leave 150,000 homeless, scores dead or missing (MO NEWS)

📌 France says it built the Olympics safely, amid concerns about migrant workers (NYT)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 AstraZeneca withdraws Covid-19 vaccine, citing low demand (CNN)

📌 FDA chief says bird flu risk to humans is low, but agency is still preparing (THE HILL)

📌 Failed crypto giant FTX has recovered billions more than it needs to pay back bankruptcy victims (NY POST)

📌 Study raises concern over exposure to flame retardant chemicals used in some car seats (CBS NEWS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Summer box office bust? This season’s movie slate could put up the lowest haul in decades (CNBC)

📌 Andy Cohen breaks silence on 'hurtful' claims of Bravo exploitation: 'it's no fun to be a target’ (PEOPLE)

📌 Travis Kelce lines up another TV job and joins FX’s ‘Grotesquerie’ from Ryan Murphy (AP)

📌 ‘The Office’ spinoff is happening! Here’s everything we know, from the premise to the cast members (TODAY)

Wednesday, May 8

🚨NATION

📌 New York governor regrets saying Black kids in the Bronx don’t know what a computer is (AP)

📌 US probe finds widespread sexual misconduct at FDIC (REUTERS)

📌 Trump's federal classified docs trial date postponed indefinitely (AXIOS)

📌 Biden warns of ‘ferocious surge of antisemitism’ in US (NPR)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Army investigating whether detained U.S. soldier was lured to Russia by intelligence services (NBC NEWS)

📌 Netanyahu says Hamas offer aimed to ‘sabotage’ Rafah op as Israeli delegation in Cairo (TIMES OF ISRAEL)

📌 Ukraine says it foiled a Russian spy agency plot to assassinate President Zelenskyy (AP)

📌 China’s Xi, in France, offers few concessions on trade, support for Russia (VOA)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Panera is dropping Charged Lemonade, the subject of multiple wrongful death lawsuits (CNN)

📌 NASA forced to scrub Boeing’s first crewed Starliner launch to the space station (NBC NEWS)

📌 ‘Draw a line in the sand, but don’t draw a swastika,’ Robert Kraft’s foundation tells campus protesters in new ad (CNN)

📌 Boy Scouts of America changing name to more inclusive Scouting America after years of woes (AP)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Security guard shot at Drake's Toronto home amid beef with Kendrick Lamar (BBC)

📌 Katy Perry's own mom fell for her Met Gala AI photo. Do you know what to look for? (NPR)

📌 Whoopi Goldberg opens up about former cocaine addiction and grief in new memoir (YAHOO)

📌 Kendall Jenner cozies up to ex Bad Bunny during Met Gala after-party (ET)

Tuesday, May 7

🚨NATION

📌 FAA is investigating Boeing for apparent missed inspections on 787 Dreamliner (NPR)

📌 Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the second oldest member of the US Senate, will run for re-election at age 82 (AXIOS)

📌 Pastor credits divine intervention after man pulls gun on him during live-streamed sermon on Sunday (ABC NEWS)

📌 House Republicans plan to move forward with contempt against Attorney General Merrick Garland (NBC NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 American solider detained in Russia over theft charges (MO NEWS)

📌 Last-minute candidate José Raúl Mulino wins Panama's presidential election (NPR)

📌 Afghanistan’s only female diplomat quits after being caught smuggling almost $2 million worth of gold into India (CBS NEWS)

📌 Macron puts trade and Ukraine as top priorities as China’s Xi opens European visit in France (AP)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 More women are working now than at any time in U.S. history (AXIOS)

📌 Tick season is ramping up, and experts say people should take precautions before venturing outside (USA TODAY)

📌 Some cases of Alzheimer's caused by two copies of a single gene, new study suggests (NBC NEWS)

📌 Experimental gene therapy restores some vision in patients with inherited blindness (CNN)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Miss USA Noelia Voigt suddenly resigns, urges people to prioritize mental health (CBS NEWS)

📌 Here are the winners of the 2024 Pulitzer Prizes (NPR)

📌 Kim Kardashian addresses Tom Brady dating 'rumors' during Netflix comedy roast: 'I'd never say' (PEOPLE)

📌 First photo of David Corenswet as Superman in James Gunn's DC superhero reboot released (USA TODAY)

Monday, May 6

🚨NATION

📌 40 million at risk of severe storms this week, "intense" tornadoes possible today (AXIOS)

📌 At a private donor event, Trump likens the Biden administration to the 'Gestapo' (NBC NEWS)

📌 Mexican thieves kill three surfers (2 Australian and 1 American) in Baja California (AP NEWS)

📌 Trump VP hopeful Gov. Kristi Noem suggests Biden's dog should be put down, and admits that her book falsely claims she met Kim Jong Un (CBS NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Israel to close Al Jazeera news network in the country, accusing Qatari-owned network of supporting Hamas (CBS NEWS)

📌 Why China is buying gold like there’s no tomorrow (NY TIMES)

📌 How Pope Francis opened the Vatican to transgender sex workers (WASHINGTON POST)

📌 Russia puts Ukraine's Zelensky on criminal 'wanted' list (FRANCE 24)

📌 Rwanda won't guarantee how many migrants it will take from UK (BBC)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 It’s tick season: How to get them under control (USA TODAY)

📌 Boeing set to launch astronauts to International Space Station today aboard new capsule, after years of delays (AP)

📌 Snakes almost on a plane: TSA discovers a bag with small snakes in passenger's pants (ABC NEWS)

📌 A record number of satellites entered orbit last year, adding concerns about congestion (AXIOS)

📌 To fend off aggressive female mosquitoes, L.A. is releasing thousands of sterile males (NBC NEWS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Highlights: Tom Brady roasted by top comedians and celebs in Netflix special (PEOPLE)

📌‘SNL’ mocks parents’ response to campus protests in cold open (DEADLINE) 📌 Dua Lipa deep-dives into Drake and Kendrick Lamar ‘beef’ in ‘SNL’ sketch (TODAY)

📌 Longshot Mystik Dan wins the Kentucky Derby by a nose (NPR)

📌 Vanessa Bryant honors late daughter Gigi’s 18th birthday by hosting basketball camp in her memory (PEOPLE)

📌 What is the 2024 Met Gala theme? "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion," explained (CBS NEWS)

Friday, May 3

🚨NATION

📌 Arizona Democratic governor signs bill repealing 1864 abortion ban (CNN)

📌 Sex tapes and Lindsey Lohan rehab records: Trump trial detours into tabloid scandals (NBC NEWS)

📌 Second Boeing-related whistleblower Joshua Dean dies (NPR)

📌 President Biden calls Japan and India ‘xenophobic’ nations that do not welcome immigrants (AP)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 How Russia, China and Iran are exploiting campus protests and using them to divide America (NY TIMES)

📌 US accuses Russia of using chemical weapons in Ukraine (AXIOS)

📌 Paris inaugurates giant water storage basin to clean up the River Seine for Olympic swimming (AP)

📌 Top ministers huddle as Israel expects Hamas to decline latest hostage deal offer (TIMES OF ISRAEL)

📌 Summer heat hits Asia early, killing dozens as one expert calls it the "most extreme event" in climate history (CBS NEWS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 IRS aims to more than double its audit rate for wealthiest taxpayers in strategic plan update (CNBC)

📌 Insurer readies $350 million payout tied to Baltimore bridge collapse (REUTERS) Fifth body recovered more than a month after Baltimore bridge collapse (NBC NEWS)

📌 Orangutan seen treating wound with medicinal herb in first for wild animals (GUARDIAN)

📌 At least 25,000 people in the US are starting weight-loss drug Wegovy each week, drugmaker says (CNN)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Former Nickelodeon producer and writer Dan Schneider sued the creators of “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” (MO NEWS)

📌 Italy has right to seize Greek 2,000-year-old statue from Getty Museum in California, European court affirms (FOX NEWS)

📌 Wally, the emotional support alligator once denied entry to a baseball game, is missing (CNN)

📌 "Big Nude Boat" offers a trip to "bare-adise" on a naked cruise from Florida (CBS NEWS)

Thursday, May 2

🚨NATION

📌 RFK Jr. is all over conservative media. Trump’s camp is concerned (POLITICO)

📌 Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she will force a vote to oust Speaker Mike Johnson next week (CNN)

📌 House passes bill condemning antisemitism (ABC NEWS)

📌 Most Americans see TikTok as a Chinese influence tool, but political party plays a role in what people think (REUTERS)

📌 Fox News pulls down series as Hunter Biden threatens lawsuit (NPR)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Why Hamas keeps rejecting ceasefire deals (NY TIMES)

📌 Kenya floods: tourists evacuated from Maasai Mara after river bursts banks (GUARDIAN)

📌 China highway collapse sends cars plunging, leaving at least 24 dead, dozens injured (CBS NEWS)

📌 Russia shows off NATO military hardware captured in Ukraine; Moscow to beef up weapons, front line forces (CNBC)

📌 United Methodists repeal longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy (NBC NEWS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Bird flu testing shows more dairy products are safe, US FDA says (REUTERS)

📌 In surprise move, Musk axes the team building Tesla’s EV charging network (CNN)

📌 Fed holds interest rates steady, citing stalled progress on inflation (AXIOS)

📌 Science shows how a surge of anger could raise heart attack risk (NBC NEWS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Former Nickelodeon Producer Dan Schneider sues ‘Quiet on Set’ docu-series makers for defamation, calls it a ‘hit job; (USA TODAY)

📌 Travis Kelce had to take action after people kept sending ‘random s–t’ to his house (NY POST)

📌 Ryan Gosling and Mikey Day crash Emily Blunt’s ‘Fall Guy’ red carpet interview as Beavis and Butt-Head (THE WRAP)

📌 Daniel Radcliffe ‘really sad’ about J.K. Rowling’s anti-trans rhetoric (CNN)

📌 Sofia Vergara reveals the one ‘deal-breaker’ when it comes to her romantic relationships (FOX NEWS)

Wednesday, May 1

🚨NATION

📌 Trump fined for violating court gag order (NPR)

📌 Florida's 6-week abortion ban takes effect today — here's how the law will affect access to the procedure in the Southeast (YAHOO NEWS)

📌 Fox News pulls down Hunter Biden series after he threatens lawsuit (NPR)

📌 House Democratic leaders say they would help save Speaker Mike Johnson's job (NBC NEWS)

📌 Supreme Court declines to block enforcement of age-verification requirements for porn sites (CNN)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Secret document says Iran security forces molested and killed teen protester (BBC)

📌 Mexico is taking Ecuador to the top U.N. court over storming of the Mexican Embassy (NPR)

📌 Taiwan on high alert as China begins military exercises (REUTERS)

📌 Netanyahu vows to launch an offensive in Rafah; UN court won’t block German military aid to Israel amid war in Gaza (AP)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Walmart launches store-label food brand as it seeks to appeal to younger shoppers (AP)

📌 US reforms green law to speed clean energy, infrastructure permits (REUTERS)

📌 Get screened for breast cancer starting at age 40, new recommendations say (USA TODAY)

📌 Utah cat found in Amazon warehouse a week after being accidentally shipped in a box (NBC NEWS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Barbra Streisand asked Melissa McCarthy whether she used Ozempic, sparking a backlash from fans (BUSINESS INSIDER)

📌 Kendrick Lamar responds to Drake disses with new song “Euphoria” (PITCHFORK)

📌 Anne Hathaway hits 'milestone' of being 5 years sober: What else has she said about her drinking? (NBC NEWS)

📌 Tony snubs & surprises: No noms for big names Steve Carell & Michael Imperioli; little love for Brit hit ‘Patriots’ & hearty welcome for ‘Outsiders’ (DEADLINE)

Tuesday, April 30

🚨NATION

📌 Hunter Biden threatens to sue Fox News for airing 'revenge porn' (ABC NEWS)

📌 Dog lovers and politicians roast South Dakota Governor over killing dog (AP NEWS)

📌 Rodeo workers help Washington police round up runaway zebras on interstate (GUARDIAN)

📌 Four law enforcement officers killed in North Carolina (CNN)

📌 Texas sues Biden administration over expanded protections for LGBTQ+ students (CNN)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Hamas to swiftly accept Israel’s latest and “extraordinarily generous” proposal (MO NEWS)

📌 US warns of genocide in Sudan (AP)

📌 Ukraine's Zelensky calls for faster arms supplies as NATO chief visits (REUTERS)

📌 Scotland’s leader resigns after conflicts over climate change, gender identity weakened government (AP)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Paramount Global chief Bob Bakish exits amid scramble to agree merger (GUARDIAN)

📌 AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile hit with $200M FCC fine for sharing user location data without consent (THE HILL)

📌 CDC says 3 women diagnosed with HIV after receiving 'vampire facial' (NPR)

📌 Elon Musk's full self-driving (FSD) software a 'really big deal' (FOX BUSINESS)

📌 Gold pocket watch found on body of Titanic's richest passenger sells for record $1.46 million (CBS NEWS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 New concerns about Britney Spears as she deletes her Instagram, again (TMZ)

📌 Beyonce and Blue Ivy to voice characters in new Lion King prequel (PEOPLE)

📌 Kate Middleton and Prince William mark 13th anniversary with stunning never-before-seen photo from wedding (PEOPLE)

📌 After Justin Bieber posted crying selfies on Instagram, there's new reports on his mental health (YAHOO)

Monday, April 29

🚨NATION

📌 Best jokes from the White House Correspondents Dinner (Colin Jost + Joe Biden) (WASHINGTON POST)

📌 Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at campuses as colleges crack down on encampments (NBC NEWS) One university has shut down classes until the fall due to protesters occupying several buildings (SF GATE)

📌 Trump and DeSantis meet to 'bury the hatchet' after 2024 primary fight (ABC NEWS)

📌 Harvey Weinstein hospitalized after his return to New York from upstate prison (AP)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 US intelligence believes Putin probably didn't order Navalny to be killed this spring (REUTERS)

📌 Israel working to block potential International Criminal Court arrest warrants (TIMES OF ISRAEL)

📌 Australians call for tougher laws on violence against women after killings (BBC)

📌 Russia arrests more journalists (THE HILL)

📌 US State Department blasts new Iraq anti-homosexuality law as human rights threat (NBC NEWS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Musk courts Chinese officials to seek approval for Tesla's self-driving technology (AP)

📌 Why more working-age men in the US have stopped working (BUSINESS INSIDER)

📌 Google tries to throw out ad tech antitrust case before trial (BLOOMBERG)

📌 Louvre considers moving Mona Lisa to new, exclusive space (NPR)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Selena Gomez: Getting off Instagram was ‘the most rewarding gift I gave myself’ (CNBC)

📌 Florida mayor blasts cop for treatment of 'frightened' Gisele Bündchen who cried over paparazzi during traffic stop (CBS NEWS)

📌 Emma Stone wants to be called by her real name: ‘I can’t do it anymore. Just call me Emily’ (FOX NEWS)

📌 Nicole Kidman given life achievement award by American Film Institute (GUARDIAN)

📌 Colin Jost jokes about married life with Scarlett Johansson (PEOPLE)