NFL Kicker Accused of Sexual Assault on Team Flight (www.thedailybeast.com)
How Uvalde’s GOP congressman is navigating a tense runoff and plotting to take out right-wing ‘anarchists’ | CNN Politics (edition.cnn.com)
Rep. Tony Gonzales called his GOP opponent in Texas a “neo-Nazi” and an “anarchist” intent on “burning the place down” — and said Republican hardliners seeking to oust him are a bunch of “scumbags” and MAGA wannabes....
Pilot dies after Spitfire crash in Lincolnshire field (www.bbc.co.uk)
New York's high court upholds requiring insurance to cover medically necessary abortions (apnews.com)
New York can continue to require companies with health insurance plans to cover medically necessary abortions, the state’s highest court ruled Tuesday....
Trump posts video referencing ‘unified Reich’ if reelected (www.cnn.com)
Biden releasing 1 million barrels of gasoline from Northeast reserve in bid to lower prices at pump (abcnews.go.com)
2 teens die in suspected drownings after accepting dare, jumping off bridge into lake (www.usatoday.com)
Top oil firms’ climate pledges failing on almost every metric, report finds (www.theguardian.com)
Oil Change International says plans do not stand up to scrutiny and describes US fossil-fuel corporations as ‘the worst of the worst’...
Disneyland Workers Form Union In Landslide Election Win (www.huffpost.com)
Fox News Is Flipping Trump’s Trial Coverage on its Head (www.politico.com)
Sean 'Diddy' Combs can't be prosecuted over 2016 video, LA DA says. (www.usatoday.com)
US prisoners are being assigned dangerous jobs. But what happens if they are hurt or killed? (apnews.com)
Trump-linked dark-money group spent $90m on racist and transphobic ads in 2022, records show (www.theguardian.com)
Revealed: Citizens for Sanity was one of top political spenders last election cycle and is back for 2024 with more extreme messaging...
University Professors Are Losing Their Jobs Over “New McCarthyism” on Gaza (theintercept.com)
Many scholars committed to Palestinian liberation can no longer do their jobs. That’s because many of the professors most supportive of Palestine don’t have jobs anymore....
Child care costs more than a mortgage payment or rent almost everywhere in the U.S.: ‘There is no escaping it’ (www.marketwatch.com)
Violence on UCLA campus was linked to outsiders, CNN investigation finds | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
The larger the nonprofit, the more likely it is run by a white man, says new Candid diversity report (apnews.com)
White men are most likely to lead the largest, best-funded nonprofits, while women of color tend to lead the organizations with the fewest financial resources, according to a study from the nonprofit data research organization Candid....
Tesla must face vehicle owners' lawsuit over self-driving claims (www.reuters.com)
A U.S. judge on Wednesday rejected Tesla’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit accusing Elon Musk’s electric car company of misleading owners into believing that their vehicles could soon have self-driving capabilities....
Bethlehem, PA cop assigned to middle school sexually assaulted student multiple times, including in boy's locker room during school dance, authorities say (www.wfmz.com)
Congressional Dems Demand Answers From Big Oil Over Trump’s “Quid Pro Quo” Offer (truthout.org)
Defendants unmasked in court face cost of damage for allegedly felling famous 150-year-old tree (apnews.com)
High Interest Rates Are Hitting Poorer Americans the Hardest (www.nytimes.com)
The economy as a whole has proved resilient amid the highest rates in decades. But beneath the surface, many low- and moderate-income families are struggling....
Possible summer COVID surge? What to know about the new FLiRT variants (abc7.com)
Army major resigns over Biden's response to Israel (www.newsweek.com)
UN cuts estimate of women and children killed in Gaza by 50% (www.click2houston.com)
The UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) stated on May 6 that over 9,500 women and 14,500 children had been killed in Gaza....
