Friday, June 14

🚨NATION

📌 Trump, McConnell finally meet again, with a fist bump (AXIOS)

📌 Tropical rainstorms in South Florida lead to flight delays and streets jammed with stalled cars (AP NEWS)

📌 Russian warships arrive in Cuba; US submarine follows (AP NEWS)

📌 Native American tribe wins right to hunt gray whales off Washington coast (GUARDIAN)

📌 Supreme Court blocks 'Trump too small' trademark bid referring to crude joke (NBC NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 As Trump turns 78 today, and runs against an 81 year old Biden: How the two men stack up against the ages of all world leaders (PEW)

📌 Nearly 120 million people were displaced around the world in 2023, UNHCR report says (NPR)

📌 WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich to stand trial in Russia on espionage charges (AXIOS)

📌 Protesters and police clash in Argentina as Congress debates Milei’s reform bill (CNN)

📌 Greece closes Acropolis and other ancient tourist sites in heatwave (NBC NEWS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 US Supreme Court backs Starbucks over fired pro-union workers (REUTERS)

📌 Trump talks tax cuts with some of the biggest CEOS in the world (CNBC)

📌 The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits unexpectedly spikes to 10-month high (FOX NEWS)

📌 El Niño is over, and La Niña is likely to be next, NOAA says (AXIOS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Will Ferrell dressed as a Medieval Lord to embarrass his son at prom (PEOPLE)

📌 Hot dog-eating champs Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi will go head-to head in a Netflix special (AP NEWS)

📌 Tom Brady inducted into Patriots Hall of Fame (ESPN)

📌 Jennifer Lopez and Jennifer Garner spotted arriving at Ben Affleck’s rental home amid his marital woes (PAGE SIX)

Thursday, June 13

🚨NATION

📌 Heavy rains shut down I-95, ground flights in Florida (NY TIMES)

📌 US House votes to hold attorney general in contempt (REUTERS)

📌 Oklahoma Supreme Court dismisses lawsuit brought by survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre (CNN)

📌 Anti-Israel protesters target homes of NYC Jews (NY POST)

📌 Bus passengers frantically texted loved ones as gunman hijacked an Atlanta commuter bus during rush hour (CNN)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Pope Francis accused of repeating homophobic slur that prompted Vatican apology (NBC NEWS)

📌 Russian warships arrive in Cuba (AP NEWS)

📌 Fire in Kuwait building kills 49 foreign workers (REUTERS)

📌 US scrambling to prevent Israel-Lebanon war (AXIOS)

📌 Houthi terrorists abduct aid workers from UN, other orgs (MO NEWS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌Fed holds rates steady, indicating only one cut coming this year (NBC NEWS)

📌 Elon Musk and SpaceX sued by former engineers for alleged sexual harassment (FORBES)

📌 Boeing's Starliner now has 5 leaks while parked outside the ISS (GIZMODO)

📌 9/11 first responders with severe debris exposure have higher risk of dementia (CBS NEWS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Bridgerton showrunner Season 4 revelations (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)

📌 Oprah hospitalized with serious stomach bug (PEOPLE)

📌 Kevin Jonas shares skin cancer diagnosis (CNN)

📌 Billy Ray Cyrus files for divorce from Firerose after 7 months of marriage, claims fraud (AP)

📌 Céline Dion took up to 90 milligrams of Valium during health struggles: 'It could have been fatal' (PEOPLE)

📌 Jerry West, NBA legend, dies at age 86 (NBC NEWS)

Wednesday, June 12

🚨NATION

📌 Eight suspected terrorists with ISIS ties arrested in a sting operation after crossing US border last year (NBC NEWS)

📌 Federal judge throws out Florida transgender law (AP NEWS)

📌 4 US college teachers stabbed in China (NPR)

📌 Trump will huddle with congressional Republicans today in DC (AXIOS)

📌At least 25 protesters arrested after pro-Palestinian encampments formed on UCLA campus (CNN)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Ceasefire talks in turmoil as Hamas responds to proposal (CNN)

📌 Malawi vice president killed in plane crash along with 9 other passengers (CNN)

📌Migrant boat sinks off Yemen coast, killing at least 49 people (CBS NEWS)

📌 South Korea fires warning shots at North’s troops crossing border (AP)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Best Buy conducts another round of layoffs as it tries to survive (THE VERGE)

📌 Banana company ‘Chiquita’ found liable for financing paramilitary group (BBC)

📌 Solar flare blasts out strongest radiation storm since 2017 (SPACE NEWS)

📌 New study finds that a ‘planetary health diet’ can reduce risk of early death (CBS NEWS)

📌 Elon Musk drops lawsuit after OpenAI published his emails (CNN)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 King Charles’ first official portrait vandalized by activists (CNN)

📌 Joey Chestnut banned from 2024 Nathan's hot dog eating contest after 16 wins (FOX NEWS)

📌 Oprah Winfrey hospitalized with stomach virus and dehydration (PEOPLE)

📌 Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson suffers arm injury on set (TMZ)

Tuesday, June 11

🚨NATION

📌 Jury begins deliberating in Hunter Biden gun trial (AXIOS)

📌 Stranded kite surfer's "HELP" message on Santa Cruz County beach leads to rescue (CBS NEWS)

📌 Main channel to Port of Baltimore fully restored 11 weeks after Key Bridge collapse (AP)

📌 Pharmacists cite highest number of drug shortages since 2001 (WASHINGTON POST)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 UN Security Council adopts a ceasefire resolution aimed at ending Israel-Hamas war in Gaza (AP)

📌 Inside the Israeli rescue mission and how it almost failed (WSJ)

📌 Gaza Hamas chief calculates more dead Palestinian civilians will help him (WSJ)

📌 UN halts food distribution from US-built Gaza pier due to security concerns (FOX NEWS)

📌 Singapore offers $10,000 to each passenger on turbulence flight (NBC)

📌 Canada's capital rocked by treason allegations (VOA)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 African elephants call each other by unique names, new study shows (AP)

📌 FDA warns consumers against eating ‘microdose chocolate’ bars after six people hospitalized (CNN)

📌 Lilly Alzheimer's drug gets unanimous backing from FDA advisory panel (REUTERS)

📌 Number of US millionaires grew by 500K last year (THE HILL)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Julia Louis-Dreyfus says criticism of political correctness by people like Jerry Seinfeld s a 'red flag' (NBC NEWS)

📌 Teresa Giudice breaks silence on Real Housewives of New Jersey's canceled season 14 reunion (E!)

📌 Carrie Underwood falls off stage at rainy South Carolina concert: 'Won't let a little rain stop us!' (PEOPLE)

📌 ‘Practical Magic 2’: Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman in talks to return for sequel (VARIETY)

Monday, June 10

🚨NATION

📌 Fewer migrants caught crossing illegally at US-Mexico border as Biden asylum ban rolls out (REUTERS)

📌 ‘Catastrophic landslide’ closes critical mountain highway between Wyoming and Idaho (CNN)

📌 Trump probation interview set for Monday after hush money conviction (NBC NEWS)

📌 Manhattan DA agrees to testify before House GOP over Trump hush money trial (THE HILL)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Far-right gains in EU election deal stunning defeats to France’s Macron and Germany’s Scholz (AP) French President Macron dissolves parliament after EU defeat, calls election (POLITICO)

📌 Haiti’s new prime minister hospitalized days after being selected to lead country (AP)

📌 South Korea to restart loudspeaker broadcasts into North to combat trash balloons (NPR)

📌 Aid is delivered to Gaza from newly repaired US-built pier, US military says (CBS NEWS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 FDA set to propose nutrition labels on the front of packaging to encourage healthier choices (NBC)

📌 Service dogs are working wonders for veterans with PTSD, study shows (USA TODAY)

📌 TJ Maxx, Marshalls have started using body cameras to combat theft (CBS NEWS)

📌 Tesla shareholders to vote whether Elon Musk deserves billions judge struck down (CNN)

📌 Parents are key when it comes to limiting screen time for kids, study finds (NPR)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck hire realtor to sell $60M home amid looming divorce rumors (YAHOO)

📌 Carlos Alcaraz wins the French Open for a third Grand Slam title at 21 by beating Alexander Zverev (AP)

📌 Howard retracts Diddy's honorary degree, ends $2 million in agreements following 2016 assault video (NEWS NATION)

📌 ‘Bad Boys’ ticket buyers toss Will Smith a career lifeline (NY TIMES)

Friday, June 7

🚨NATION

📌 Trump ally Steve Bannon ordered to report to prison July 1 in contempt of Congress case (CBS NEWS)

📌 Hunter Biden's sister-in-law testifies she threw gun into trash out of fear of his spiralling addiction (CBC)

📌 Port of Baltimore shipping channel could fully reopen this weekend after the last piece of collapsed bridge is removed (CNN)

📌 Rex Heuermann, accused Gilgo Beach serial killer, charged with murdering 2 more women (NBC NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Putin warns he could provide weapons to attack the West and issues new nuclear threat (NBC NEWS)

📌 IDF Northern Command chief: Military ready for potential war against Hezbollah (THE TIMES OF ISRAEL)

📌At least 100 killed after RSF paramilitary group attacks village in Sudan (THE GUARDIAN)

📌 At least 35 dead in Israeli strike on U.N. school, UNRWA head says (CBC)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Common low-calorie sweetener linked to heart attack and stroke, study finds (CNN)

📌 SpaceX’s starship rocket completes test flight for the first time, successfully splashes down (CNBC NEWS)

📌 FDA reverses order taking Juul vaping products off the market in US, opens door to possible authorization (ABC NEWS)

📌 Starbucks partners with food delivery platform Grubhub (REUTERS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 A new ‘Hunger Games’ book and movie is coming (AP NEWS)

📌 Kansas City Chiefs postpone practice after defensive lineman BJ Thompson suffers cardiac arrest (PEOPLE)

📌 Rapper 50 Cent says Black men are 'identifying with Trump' over Biden (FOX NEWS)

📌 Pat Sajak departs 'Wheel of Fortune' as TV's last old-school game show host (NPR)

Thursday, June 6

🚨NATION

📌 Trump asks to have gag order lifted in New York criminal trial (AP NEWS)

📌 Anti-Israel protesters arrested and suspended after barricading inside Stanford University president's office (NBC NEWS)

📌 Controversial Congestion pricing in New York City indefinitely postponed (ABC 7)

📌 Trump suggests political enemies could face prosecution: “Very possible” (AXIOS)

📌 Trump team asks VP contenders Burgum, Vance, Rubio for documents (ABC NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 A gunman was captured after a shootout near the US Embassy in Lebanon (NPR)

📌 Georgia’s ruling party introduces draft legislation curtailing LGBTQ+ rights (AP NEWS)

📌 US and allies warn China is intensifying its efforts to recruit Western military pilots (CNN)

📌 CIA chief returns to region to push hostage deal as Israel vows not to budge further (TIMES OF ISRAEL)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Boeing spacecraft carrying two astronauts lifts off on historic voyage (MO NEWS)

📌 How broken are Apple’s parental controls? It took three years to fix an X-rated loophole (WSJ)

📌 First case of rare, sexually transmitted form of ringworm reported in the US (NBC NEWS)

📌 Dollar Tree is exploring sale of Family Dollar brand (FOX NEWS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Actor Wendell Pierce claims he was denied Harlem apartment: 'Racism and bigots are real' (USA TODAY)

📌 Travis Kelce says Secret Service warned he might get tased at White House if he touched podium (PEOPLE)

📌 Taylor Swift defends Lady Gaga amid pregnancy rumors, slams 'invasive & irresponsible' comments (NBC NEWS)

📌 WNBA rescinds second technical foul against Sky's Angel Reese (ESPN)

Wednesday, June 5

🚨NATION

📌 Three Trump allies charged in Wisconsin fake elector scheme (CNN)

📌 Man literally dodges bullet thanks to his chain necklace: 'Just incredible' (FOX NEWS)

📌 Nebraska funeral home discovers hospice patient was still alive hours after being declared dead (ABC NEWS)

📌 Lawmakers expensed millions in 2023 under new program that doesn’t require receipts (WASHINGTON POST)

📌 A number of Democrats plan to give Israeli PM frosty reception at congressional speech (POLITICO)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Hundreds of German police raid properties in probe into 'Reichsbuerger' coup plot (REUTERS)

📌 Burkina Faso named most neglected crisis for second year in a row (CNN)

📌 China said its lunar spacecraft unfurled the country’s red and gold flag for the first time on the far side of the moon (ABC NEWS)

📌 Epoch Times CFO Bill Guan is charged in alleged $67 million global money laundering scheme (CNBC)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Instagram is testing ‘unskippable’ ads that you can’t scroll past (VERGE)

📌 Poppi faces lawsuit from consumer who questions its gut health claims (AP)

📌 Stream-flation: Cost of most major streaming services has increased by more than 40% since launch (AXIOS)

📌 More than half of US adults will have cardiovascular disease by 2050, research finds (CNN)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Alec and Hilaria Baldwin announce reality show featuring all 7 of their kids (PEOPLE)

📌 San Diego Padres player Tucupita Marcano banned for life by MLB after betting on games (CNN)

📌 Kanye West sued for sexual harassment by former assistant (NBC NEWS)

📌 Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sells majority stake in Revolt, the media company he founded (CNN)

Tuesday, June 4

🚨NATION

📌 A heat dome will send temperatures into the triple-digits across the American West (CNN)

📌 Louisiana lawmakers approve surgical castration option for those guilty of sex crimes against kids (AP)

📌 Jury of 6 women, 6 men chosen to hear opening arguments in Hunter Biden trial today (AXIOS)

📌 Indicted NJ Sen. Bob Menendez plans to file as independent Senate candidate (ABC NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 IDF announces deaths of four Israeli hostages in Hamas captivity (TIMES OF ISREAL)

📌 Russia is trying to scare people away from the Paris Olympics, report says (NBC NEWS)

📌 South Korea to suspend military pact with North over trash balloons (REUTERS)

📌 Nigeria plunged into darkness as union workers shut down national grid in minimum wage protest (CNN)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 AI isn't a daily habit yet for teens, young adults (AXIOS)

📌 Extreme heat set to drive home cooling costs to 10-year high, advocates warn (NBC NEWS)

📌 Bitcoin billionaire to settle DC tax fraud suit for $40 million in city’s largest tax-evasion settlement (CNBC)

📌 New York Stock Exchange says bizarre glitch that showed Berkshire Hathaway down 99.97% has been resolved (CNN)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Epstein accuser files lawsuit alleging famed psychiatrist Henry Jarecki facilitated sexual abuse (CNBC)

📌 Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez kiss on the cheek as they attend his son basketball game amid separation rumors (PEOPLE)

📌 WNBA upgrades foul on Caitlin Clark by Chennedy Carter, fines Angel Reese for no postgame interview (AP) ESPN host Pat McAfee apologizes for calling Caitlin Clark ‘White b*tch’ (CNN)

📌 Kris Jenner reflects on friend Nicole Brown Simpson's murder 30 years ago (TODAY)

Monday, June 3

🚨NATION

📌 Guilty verdict fuels Trump's push for Black voters (AXIOS)

📌 Biden administration preparing to announce border executive action (CNN)

📌 Former Manhattan DA says he would be surprised if Trump gets jail time (POLITICO)

📌 Water pipes burst in Atlanta, causing major outages and disruptions (ABC NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Claudia Sheinbaum, former mayor of Mexico City and AMLO protege, projected to win Mexico’s historic presidential election (BBC)

📌 The ANC party that freed South Africa from apartheid loses its 30-year majority in landmark election (NBC NEWS)

📌 Israel reacts to Gaza cease-fire outlined by Biden (AXIOS)

📌 46 children were taken from Ukraine. Many are up for adoption in Russia. Experts say it could be a war crime. (NY TIMES)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Male birth control gel is safe and effective, new trial findings show (NBC NEWS)

📌 With home prices up more than 50%, some states try to contain property taxes (AP)

📌 OPEC+ agrees to extend production cuts in bid to boost oil prices (VOA)

📌 Donald Trump joins TikTok and rapidly wins two million+ followers (REUTERS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Jennifer Lopez cancels summer tour amid bad ticket sales; Claims it is to spend time with family (NBC NEWS)

📌 93-year-old Fox founder Rupert Murdoch marries fifth wife in California ceremony (FOX NEWS)

📌 King Charles threatens to cut off Prince Andrew unless he moves out of royal residence (BI)

📌 France files preliminary terrorism charges against teenager accused of plan to attack Olympic fans (AP)

Friday, May 31

🚨NATION

📌 Supreme Court sides with NRA in free speech ruling that curbs government pressure campaigns (CNN)

📌 FAA investigating near collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (NBC NEWS)

📌 Chief Justice Roberts declines to meet with Dems over ethics after Alito flags controversy (AXIOS)

📌 New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez has enough signatures to run as an independent despite his federal bribery trial (GUARDIAN)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 South African elections results show collapsing support for Mandela’s ANC party, amid 33% unemployment rate (AP)

📌 Biden gives Ukraine permission to carry out limited strikes within Russia using US weapons (CNN)

📌 14 pro-democracy activists convicted, 2 acquitted in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case (AP)

📌 Slovak Prime Minister released from hospital after assassination attempt (REUTERS)

📌 Tens of billions of dollars in gold flows illegally out of Africa each year, a new report says (AP)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Six planets to appear to align on June 3 in ‘parade of planets’ (ABC)

📌 PTSD has surged among college students (NY TIMES)

📌 US nears deal to fund Moderna's bird flu vaccine trial after third US farmer worker reported to be infected (REUTERS)

📌 Amazon gets FAA approval allowing it to expand drone deliveries for online orders (ABC)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 12 year old Florida boy wins National Spelling Bee after rare ‘spell-off’ (CNN)

📌 Lenny Kravitz reveals that he has been celibate for 9 years (NBC NEWS)

📌 John Lennon's 'Help!' guitar sells for a record $2.9 million at auction (ABC NEWS)

📌 New details about killing of General Hospital actor (EW)

📌 Cher wins lawsuit against Sonny Bono's widow over royalty payments (NBC NEWS)

Thursday, May 30

🚨NATION

📌 Verdict Today? Trump jury fails to return verdict in first 5 hours, asks several followups to judge (POLITICO)

📌 Jill Biden claims this election is a choice between good and “evil” (MO NEWS)

📌 Justice Alito tells congressional Democrats he won't recuse over flags, blames his wife (CBS NEWS)

📌 RFK Jr. complains to campaign watchdog over CNN debate criteria (NEWSWEEK)

📌 Tennessee gov. approves bill which penalizes adults who help minors receive abortions, gender-affirming care (NBC NEWS)

📌 Farmers must kill 4.2 million chickens after bird flu hits Iowa egg farm (NBC NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Person dies after falling into engine of departing passenger jet at Amsterdam airport (CBS NEWS)

📌 US to boycott UN session today paying tribute to dead Iranian president (REUTERS)

📌 Iran's Supreme Leader seeks trusted hardliner to replace Raisi in June vote (REUTERS)

📌 North Korea sent hundreds of trash-carrying balloons to South Korea (MO NEWS)

📌 South Africans go to the polls in election seen as biggest test yet to ANC’s 30 years in power (CNN)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Nissan warns owners of older vehicles not to drive them (ABC)

📌 Ancient Egyptian skull shows oldest attempt at cancer surgery (NBC NEWS)

📌 Someone wants to go back! Billionaire plans submersible trip to Titanic wreck (BBC)

📌 Gravitational changes, 178-feet drop caused injuries on Singapore Airlines jet that hit turbulence (AP)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 George Clooney, Brad Pitt reunite for first film together in 16 years, watch 'Wolfs' trailer (USA TODAY)

📌 Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi are married, father-of-the-groom Jon Bon Jovi confirms (BBC)

📌 Selena Gomez Reveals She Was Planning to Adopt Kids as a Single Mom Before Falling for Benny Blanco (BILLBOARD)

📌 Kate Middleton seen ‘out and about’ with kids amid ongoing cancer treatment (US)

Wednesday, May 29

🚨NATION

📌 Biden campaign sends Robert De Niro to Trump’s NY trial. He calls Trump a threat to the world and clashes with pro-Trump protesters (MO NEWS)

📌 Company that posted discriminatory 'whites only' job ad settles with federal government (ABC NEWS)

📌 Democrats plan to nominate Biden virtually to avoid missing Ohio's ballot deadline (AP)

📌 Harvard plans to stay silent on any controversial issues after months of Israel-Hamas war backlash (HARVARD CRIMSON)

📌 Second American avoids prison time in Turks and Caicos for accidentally packing 2 bullets (ABC NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 US aid deliveries to Gaza by sea suspended after damage to $320 million temporary pier (NBC NEWS)

📌 IDF says hidden store of terror munitions may have caused deadly Rafah blaze (TIMES OF ISRAEL)

📌 Pope Francis accused of making homophobic slur in a closed-door meeting (CNN)

📌 Georgia parliament overturns veto on “pro-Russian” law (BBC)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 OpenAI announces new safety board after employee revolt (CNN)

📌 NYC sunset phenomenon, Manhattanhenge, dazzles New Yorkers (MO NEWS)

📌 YouTube Music will let you search by humming into your Android phone (VERGE)

📌 Melinda French Gates to give $1B for global women’s rights efforts (AXIOS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 US box office on track to have worst Memorial Day weekend since 1995 (CNN)

📌 'Home Alone' house hits the market with $5.25 million price tag (TODAY)

📌 Jimmy Kimmel's son Billy, 7, undergoes third open-heart surgery (USA TODAY)

📌 Country singer Darius Rucker breaks silence, explains 'crazy thing' about drug arrest (FOX NEWS)

📌 World's rarest album — Wu-Tang Clan’s ‘Once Upon a Time in Shaolin’ — to go on display in Australia (BBC)

Tuesday, May 28

🚨NATION

📌 Closing arguments, jury instructions and maybe a verdict? Major week looms in Trump hush money trial (AP)

📌 Air Force unveils photos of B-21 Raider in flight as first-of-its-kind nuclear stealth bomber moves closer to deployment (CBS NEWS)

📌 Trump's longshot Libertarian nomination bid halted by party chair (AXIOS)

📌 Over a dozen dead after tornadoes, severe storms batter 4 states as storms move east (USA TODAY)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Papua New Guinea fears thousands buried after landslide (BBC)

📌 Iran further increases its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels, watchdog says (AP)

📌 US expected to lift ban on offensive weapons sales to Saudi Arabia (FINANCIAL TIMES)

📌 Weapons are on the way, US lawmakers tell Taiwan during visit after Chinese military drills (NBC NEWS)

📌 Chasing cheese wheels or lugging sacks of wool, UK competitors embrace quirky extreme races (AP)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Polling finds that every generation thinks America was “great” in the decade they turned 11 years old (WASHINGTON POST) [All think “right now” is the worst for every category]

📌 TSA sets new record for number of travelers screened in a single day (CBS NEWS)

📌 Elon Musk’s xAI firm valued at $24 billion as investors pledge more money (CNN)

📌 Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg defends administration building only 8 EV charging stations in 2+ years, despite 500K goal (FOX BUSINESS)

📌 Boutique airline launching this week caters to dogs first, humans second (NPR)

📌 Tattoos found to increase risk of developing lymphoma by 21%, new study finds (PEOPLE)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Nicki Minaj back on stage after arrest in Amsterdam for carrying drugs, claims officials 'took my bags without consent' (ABC NEWS)

📌 Hall of Famer Bill Walton, 2-time champ at UCLA and in NBA, dies (ESPN)

📌 Watch North West make her The Lion King Concert debut (ET)

📌 Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's Daughter Vivienne, 15, drops Pitt and adds Jolie in The Outsiders Playbill (PEOPLE)

📌 Britney Spears claims her jewelry was stolen: ‘It’s all gone’ (PAGE SIX)

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)