Sen. Lindsey Graham Suggests Nuking Gaza, Calls Hiroshima ‘the Right Decision’ (www.thedailybeast.com)
Vladimir Putin set to transfer Sergei Shoigu from Russian defence ministry (www.bbc.com)
The cost-of-living crisis is so bleak that some Gen Zers genuinely fear becoming homeless (fortune.com)
Americans are choking on surging fast-food prices. "I can't justify the expense," one customer says (www.cbsnews.com)
Kevin Roberts remembers when he could get a bacon cheeseburger, fries and a drink from Five Guys for $10. But that was years ago. When the Virginia high school teacher recently visited the fast-food chain, the food alone without a beverage cost double that amount....
Thousands protest in Israel amid anger at Netanyahu over hostages held in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
Medical residents are increasingly avoiding states with abortion restrictions (kffhealthnews.org)
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Google blasted for AI that refuses to say how many Jews were killed by the Nazis (nypost.com)
Google is coming in for sharp criticism after video went viral of the Google Nest assistant refusing to answer basic questions about the Holocaust — but having no problem answer questions about the Nakba.
Team Trump Says Classified Docs Judge Aileen Cannon Is a 'Godsend' (www.rollingstone.com)
Target Pride merchandise only available at select stores after rightwing backlash (www.theguardian.com)
Company, which operates roughly 2,000 stores, declined to disclose number of stores where merchandise will not be available...
Migrants, real and imagined, grip US voters, 1,500 miles north of border (www.theguardian.com)
Few residents of this Wisconsin small city have seen a migrant but some are blaming Biden for an ‘invasion’ regardless and elsewhere in the state an influx of foreigners is not all it seems...
Students walk out during Jerry Seinfeld’s commencement speech at Duke (www.independent.co.uk)
Michael Cohen Was Paid to Fix Trump’s Problems. Now He’s One of Them. (www.nytimes.com)
Trump trial fans show up for 'spectacle' and 'to witness history' (www.bbc.com)
A Scottish woman on vacation. A retiree carrying a Trump puppet. A 22-year-old film producer. A former criminal defence attorney....
Idaho doctor with love of adventure dies in avalanche he apparently triggered while skiing (www.nbcnews.com)
Emergency room doctor Terrence “Terry” O’Connor connected awe-inspiring adventure to a greater sense of altruism through his podcast and a Tedx Talk....
Local governments struggle to distribute their share of billions from opioid settlements (apnews.com)
Settlement money to help stem the decades-long opioid addiction and overdose epidemic is rolling out to small towns and big cities across the U.S., but advocates worry that chunks of it may be used in ways that don’t make a dent in the crisis....
Critics accuse pro-Israel Republican mega-donors of trying to tip the scales in a Democratic primary (www.salon.com)
NBC Meet the Press - May 12 - Sec. Blinken, Sens. Bernie Sanders and Lindsey Graham (yewtu.be)
Former US Marine pilot arrested in Australia worked with Chinese hacker, lawyer says (www.reuters.com)
A former U.S. Marine pilot fighting extradition from Australia on U.S. charges of training Chinese military pilots to land on aircraft carriers, unknowingly worked with a Chinese hacker, his lawyer said....
Renters need to make roughly $20,000 more a year to afford the typical rent than they did 5 years ago (fortune.com)
California says restaurants must bake all of their add-on fees into menu prices (www.wshu.org)
Need this nationwide. I hate having fees added on to the price of what I’m ordering.
Trump-appointed judge halts Biden administration credit card late fee cap (thehill.com)
Fox News won’t bother mentioning this to their viewers.
'Let her go! Let her go!' Fontana officer shoots armed man who put his partner in a headlock (www.yahoo.com)
Seconds later, a shout rang out: “He’s got a gun!”...
Wife of U.S. soldier detained in Russia says he was having an affair, not involved in 'geopolitical intrigue' (www.nbcnews.com)
Megan Black said her husband’s trip to Russia was “ill-advised” but simply part of an extramarital affair. Black’s mother said she thought he had been set up by his girlfriend....
Dozens of professors among those arrested in campus protests | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
As police cracked down on anti-war protests on college campuses across the US in recent weeks, among those arrested were a pair of silver-haired 65-year-old professors armed only with their cell phones....
Elon Musk’s X can’t invent its own copyright law, judge says (arstechnica.com)
