Ex-wife of slain Microsoft exec Jared Bridegan charged with his murder (abcnews.go.com)
DeSantis debate memo urges him to defend Trump and take 'a sledge-hammer' to Ramaswamy (www.nbcnews.com)
A memo written by leaders of a pro-DeSantis super PAC outlined the “overarching goals” for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in next week’s first GOP presidential primary debate.
Drinking water of millions of Americans contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’ (www.theguardian.com)
Pilot dies after emergency landing in Panama (www.cnn.com)
A pilot has died after suffering a medical emergency during a flight from Miami, Florida, to Santiago, Chile, on Monday.
Netflix is sending its DVD subscribers up to 10 extra discs for the service’s last hurrah (www.theverge.com)
Sweden raises its terror threat level to high for fear of attacks following recent Qur'an burnings (www.ctvnews.ca)
An invasive hornet that hunts honeybees is spotted in the U.S. for the first time (www.npr.org)
Agriculture officials are raising the alarm after an invasive yellow-legged hornet was seen near Savannah, Ga. The insects are devastatingly effective at preying on honeybees and other pollinators....
Looming auto workers strike could cost $5 billion in just 10 days, new analysis says (www.cnbc.com)
World chess federation bars transgender women from competing in women's events (apnews.com)
The world’s top chess federation has ruled that transgender women cannot compete in its official events for females until an assessment of gender change is made by its officials.
Russia fines Google $32,000 for videos about the conflict in Ukraine (abcnews.go.com)
A Russian court on Thursday imposed a 3-million-ruble ($32,000) fine on Google for failing to delete allgedly false information about the conflict in Ukraine
Pentagon review calls for reforms to reverse spike in sexual misconduct at military academies (www.news4jax.com)
China's state banks seen selling dollars for yuan in London and New York hours (www.reuters.com)
China’s major state-owned banks were seen busy selling U.S. dollars to buy yuan in both onshore and offshore spot foreign exchange markets this week, people with direct knowledge of the matter said, in an attempt to slow the yuan’s depreciation.
We Know Where New Weight Loss Drugs Came From, but Not Why They Work (www.nytimes.com)
We Know Where New Weight Loss Drugs Came From, but Not Why They Work...
As Israeli settlements thrive, Palestinian taps run dry. The water crisis reflects a broader battle (apnews.com)
The struggle for water access in this strip of fertile land reflects a wider contest for control of the West Bank — and in particular the Jordan Valley, which Palestinians consider the breadbasket of their hoped-for future state and Israelis view as key to protecting their eastern border....
'Barbie' beats Batman, becomes Warner Bros.' highest-grossing domestic release (www.cnbc.com)
“Barbie” has topped $537 million, making it the highest-grossing domestic movie in Warner Bros. Discovery’s 100-year history....
Hundreds of wildfires raging in Canada’s Northwest Territories prompt evacuations in what officials are calling a ‘crisis situation’ (www.cnn.com)
Hundreds of wildfires raging in parts of Canada’s Northwest Territories have prompted officials to issue evacuation orders and declare a state of emergency as the blazes threaten the capital city of Yellowknife....
Two brands suspend advertising on X after their ads appeared next to pro-Nazi content (www.cnn.com)
At least two brands have said they will suspend advertising on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, after their ads and those of other companies were run on an account promoting fascism. The issue came less than a week after X CEO Linda Yaccarino publicly affirmed the company’s commitment to brand safety for advertisers.
NYC bans TikTok on city-owned devices (www.theverge.com)
New York City is banning TikTok from city-owned devices and requiring agencies to remove the app within the next 30 days....
Pig kidney works in a donated body for over a month, a step toward animal-human transplants (abcnews.go.com)
New York surgeons transplanted a pig’s kidney into a brain-dead man and for over a month it’s worked normally
Cancer diagnosis rates are going up in younger adults, study finds, driven largely by rises in women and people in their 30s (www.cnn.com)
Certain kinds of cancer are being diagnosed more often in younger adults in the US, a new study shows, and the increases seem to be driven by cancers in women and adults in their 30s.
Biden will use Camp David backdrop hoping to broker a breakthrough in Japan-South Korea relations (apnews.com)
Camp David, the rustic presidential retreat in the mountains of Maryland, has been a backdrop for signal moments in U.S. foreign policy, perhaps none more notable than the peace accord President Jimmy Carter brokered between Egypt and Israel in 1978....
Starbucks ordered to pay extra $2.7M to employee who said she was fired for being white (abcnews.go.com)
A jury previously awarded Shannon Phillips $25.6 million.
'Hell on wheels': Teen convicted of crashing car at 100 mph, killing boyfriend and friend (www.nbcnews.com)
“This was not reckless driving. This was murder,” the judge said before she read out Mackenzie Shirilla’s verdict Monday afternoon.
Texas woman charged over threat to kill judge overseeing Trump case (www.axios.com)
This one doesn’t sound like she was serious, but it’s a look at what is to come.