Bankrupt Steward Health puts its hospitals up for sale, discloses $9 bln in debt (www.reuters.com)
Bankrupt Steward Health Care has put all of its 31 U.S. hospitals up for sale, hoping to finalize transactions by the end of the summer to address its $9 billion in total liabilities, its attorneys said at a Tuesday court hearing in Houston....
The governor of Kansas vetoed four anti-abortion measures. Republicans rammed them through anyway. (www.motherjones.com)
Judge’s warning provides dilemma for Trump over whether he will risk jail for a political point (www.cnn.com)
Donald Trump and the judge presiding over his hush money trial are staring each other down with profound implications for the former president, the coming election and the rule of law in the United States....
Stormy Daniels to testify in Trump hush money trial, according to media reports (www.reuters.com)
Ole Miss fraternity expels member who appeared to make ape-like sounds toward Black protester (www.nbcnews.com)
After years of scandal, Boy Scouts of America changes its name to Scouting America (www.npr.org)
[Pay Wall] Metro areas in the West are growing. So is their wildfire risk. [Avery Ellfeldt | 05/08/2024 | E&E News] (www.eenews.net)
Americans Continue to Name Inflation as Top Financial Problem (news.gallup.com)
US report on Israel’s wartime conduct in Gaza delayed, aides say (www.politico.com)
The Biden administration’s report on whether Israel has violated U.S. and international humanitarian law during the war in Gaza has been delayed and will no longer be released Wednesday as planned, three Senate aides and a House aide told POLITICO....
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Rapper Macklemore blasts Biden over Gaza in new song with graphic video [Tara Suter | 05/07/24 | The Hill] (thehill.com)
Revelations from the FDIC report on sexual harassment, toxic workplace [Lauren Irwin | 05/07/24 | The Hill] (thehill.com)
An investigation by a law firm confirmed that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. failed to provide a workplace safe from sexual harassment, discrimination, fear of retaliation, and called for a “necessary” cultural and structural change at the federal banking regulator....
Boeing forced to scrub first crewed Starliner launch to the space station (www.nbcnews.com)
The launch attempt was called off roughly two hours ahead of the planned liftoff....
Ex-Purdue president says student protesters who break laws should be expelled and replaced [Sarah Fortinsky | 05/05/24 | The Hill] (thehill.com)
Israel seizes Gaza's vital Rafah crossing, but the US says it isn't the full invasion many fear (apnews.com)
Israeli troops seized control of Gaza’s vital Rafah border crossing on Tuesday in what the White House described as a limited operation, as fears mount of a full-scale invasion of the southern city and talks with Hamas over a cease-fire and hostage release remain on a knife’s edge....
US consumer watchdog fines Chime $3.25 million for delaying refunds - CNA (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Drake's Security Guard Seriously Injured After Shooting at Rapper's Toronto Home (www.etonline.com)
Trump trial live updates: 'Don’t worry about that,' Stormy Daniels says Trump said of Melania (abcnews.go.com)
Exclusive records show Nevada athletics ran afoul of Title IX. Its leaders shrugged. (www.usatoday.com)
Teen pizza delivery driver shot at multiple times after parking in the wrong driveway (www.nbcnews.com)
Interview with the victim....
Trump privately urged Greene to drop push to oust Speaker Johnson (abcnews.go.com)
Trump told the Greene that the party needs to be unified, a source said....
FAA opens new Boeing probe after company admits it may have skipped some inspections (www.independent.co.uk)
Oil Companies Contaminated a Family Farm. The Courts and Regulators Let the Drillers Walk Away. (www.propublica.org)
Pulitzer Prizes in journalism awarded to The New York Times, The Washington Post, AP and others (apnews.com)
The New York Times and The Washington Post were awarded three Pulitzer Prizes apiece on Monday for work in 2023 that dealt with everything from the war in Gaza to gun violence, and The Associated Press won in the feature photography category for coverage of global migration to the U.S....